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Accutane, LSD, Psychosis, Paranoia

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Well, a few years ago I took Accutane for acne (It should NOT be perscribed for that, I don't know why it is) for about 6-8 months. It helped quite a bit w/ my acne, but dried my face like a desert.

After a year or two off of Accutane, I started using LSD and Salvia (I used Salvia while on LSD once aswell). Anyways, I used LSD extensively for a few months. Eventually, I had a really bad experience which was too intense, but very insightful, but I was having almost a psychotic level of paranoia and anxiety. I would feel the area between my lungs feel like it was being crushed and my stomach would feel like it was exploding.

Anyways, it's been 10 months since that experience, and I've never quite come down. I still have vivid motion-trails, after-images (I will see red and green lines if I read text for too long or if the contrast is bad), and extreme paranoia. I will often come up w/ delusional scenario's and then not be able to tell if they actually happened or not.

Schizophrenia runs in my family, and I am worried. Did I deep fry my brain? Or is it some sort of interaction w/ Accutane?
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replied February 7th, 2012
It is also a possibility that the bad experience was not LSD, but in fact 2C-E; is it possible for either chemicals to have adverse effects w/ retroactive Accutane in my fat cells?
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replied February 7th, 2012
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Dunno about the 2C-E, but LSD is not stored in fat tissue. From wiki: "Although the body does store some toxins in fat tissue, and residues of some drugs and toxins can be found in spinal fluid, LSD is not among these. LSD is metabolized by the liver, and has an elimination half-life of around 3-5 hours, and is insoluble in fats, being an alkaloid."
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replied April 4th, 2012
Possible solution to aftereffects to Accutane/LSD use
Dear 2CEternity, there is a method of detoxification that might help you. When I went through this program, I re-experienced an LSD trip even though it had been seven years since I had taken the drug. It is called the Purification Rundown and is available around the world.
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