Can anxiety increase the effects of LSD?
I had already done 2 tabs with my girlfriend a couple of times and also eaten 4g of mushrooms. So last weekend I got some different LSD. Scheduled with my gf and a friend of mine (first-timer) to try it. I decided to take a step and do 3 tabs (100ug each). My first-timer friend did 2 tabs. After 40ish minutes the effects started kicking in, and BOY were they strong. Immediate strong foggy curly visuals everywhere and heavy body load, and I just knew that I took too much. Started thinking that maybe these new tabs I got were much stronger than the ones I was used to, and that led to some guilt-induced anxiety (for thinking 'if I'm not being able to handle this, just imagine how my poor friend is going to be'). In that moment my visuals were SO strong that for split seconds I couldn't even tell if my eyes were open or closed. My friend was also saying out loud how anxious he felt and that made me feel even more guilty and anxious (keep in mind that all of that was 40-60 minutes in). After that we decided to go back home since we were both so anxious, and my kind gf would cook something for us to calm us down a little. After like 20 minutes of getting home we both began calming down and things were much clearer. Ended up having a lot of fun all night but even at the peak (2-4 hours in) it seemed like I wasn't tripping as much balls as in that first hour. So that got me wondering, can anxiety make the effects seem greater than they actually are in the moment? Does anyone have similar experiences? Thank you for reading all this :)