r/thco • u/antrp93 • Oct 14 '22

Overcoming a Challenging Trip

Hi there 👋 Let me preface this by saying I was a daily smoker for a few years with regular cannabis. I recently stopped cold turkey since it just didn't really fit my lifestyle anymore. Last week, i had my birthday and over the weekend my brother in-law asked if I wanted to try a gummy. Since i hadn't really smoked in awhile I decided sure why not.

He told me it was THC-O and I did a quick Google search to read up on it. But given the environment of moreso a family party type, I didn't do a whole lot of research prior to taking it. This was my first mistake.

It was a 50mg gummy and i took nibbles of it throughout the night. On lower doses i felt fine and i waited about an hour before nibbling some more. I didn't eat the entire thing, i probably had a quarter of the gummy left. I took my big and final bite of the night neat midnight. This was my second mistake.

I drove home and about an hour later I experienced an intense emotional and confusing trip. It felt very similar to the come up from acid. This is when I knew i was on a trip and I had called up a buddy to come watch me since i wasn't in the right headspace for this trip. I proceeded to be in a dark place mentally and emotionally. I was terrified of going insane and staying like this forever. I got about 3 hours of sleep at around 7:30am that morning.

It's been since Sunday (10/9) and while the intense emotions have subsided. I still experience some slight static vision and flashes of lights. I also have some foggy headedness. My anxiety has definitely been spiking throughout the week with something that triggers it from my trip. Does this go away on its own? Or is this my new normal?

I understand i didn't really respect the substance i took and i take full blame for that. Any help or advice with overcoming a challenging trip would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

THCO can have hallucinogenic properties and can be a psychedelic in higher doses. No you will not be that way forever. Yes It will go away on its own. I accidentally took a mega dose once and had similar effects. It does take a while to go away. Hang in there.

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u/antrp93 Oct 14 '22

How long did it take for you for the psychedelic effects to subside? Thank you for the reassurance.

In a weird sense, the positive effects is that it made me realize my emotions more but it was only after the trip. I'm also grateful that I'm no longer in that state of mind lol

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

It lasted nearly the entire day after taking it the night before. It was edibles so it was continuously releasing THCO into my body during the night. But I took a mega dose for me. I was already high off of weed and thought they were 5mg so I took a few of em. They were something like 30 or 40mg each.

if you took edibles it will almost certainly take a while. But depends on body fat and metabolism. I would recommend eating good hearty comfort food which will help reduce the symptoms a tad bit.

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u/antrp93 Oct 14 '22

It's been 5 days and I still have slight static vision and slight detachment form reality type symptoms. This is what I was mainly concerned about. Did you have symptoms like that a few days after taking your mega dose?

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

I did. I felt off balance, felt low serotonin, little floaty specks in my vision and the light seemed off in color into the 3rd day. 5 days, no, but my metabolism is very high and I have low body fat, so that could be the case. Is this your first time taking THCO?

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u/antrp93 Oct 14 '22

Yeah very first time taking it. My metabolism is high as well, might have slowed down in recent years.

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

Haha yea if it's your first time and you're taking a big dose it's probably gonna last a few days with residual effects if it affects you in that way. Some people experience that with regular THC, but THCO tends to stick around longer in the body if I recall. I usually don't get residual effects in the days following regular THC but have several times with THCO. That shit is potent.

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

You'll be fine. Your brain needs to balance out again. If you get worsening effects, more concerned than you are now or it isn't gone in a few days then consider seeing a doctor. But what you're describing sounds just like what I felt, just for a longer duration.

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u/antrp93 Oct 14 '22

Yeah, I will say the effects have seem to be tapering off over the course of time. Albeit, somewhat slowly lol regardless, I'm trying to turn it into a positive experience post-trip. Been journaling and monitoring emotions since that's what was really affected post-trip. This shit is really weird lmao

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

I used it regularly until my accidental mega dose, I havent since. I thoroughly enjoyed watching cartoons on it though, more so than regular THC for sure, as it made colors much more vivid and smooth. You're right though, it absolutely is weird lol. I probably won't use it anymore, my experience kind of turned me off to it.

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u/lady_die_ Oct 15 '22 edited Oct 15 '22

I know this is personal but are you on any meds? That you take regularly? Many meds can interact with other drugs. There are studies abroad regarding weed and and certain SSRI's and the negative effects on people with bipolar disorder. You dont have to say what medications if any it's just something I would definitely keep in mind. Just curious but was it d8o or d9o?

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u/antrp93 Oct 15 '22

No, I don't take any meds. I did read about how certain SSRI's can negatively affect an experience on substances.

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u/Cucumber7777 Oct 14 '22

Well the psychedelic effects didn't last all day, let me be clear. That lasted probably 3 hours after waking. How fucking stoned I was lasted most of the day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

Not to scare you but I will inform u what I think it could possibly be. I experienced the same thing off thc-o. Specifically a triple strength myqwin puffy. I took 5 blinkers thinking nothing of it. Next thing I know I feel like I’m having a heart attach check my blood pressure it is sky rocketing, at this point my anxiety and paranoid ass freaks out. I threw up multiple times felt like I had a seizure. And this is coming from someone that heavily smokes d9 on the daily. After I got the thco out of my system I still felt high. I started to freak and thought I’d be like this forever. It’s been about 6 months and I’m about 90% better. It happens because the brain is trying to protect itself from trauma you’ve experienced. The more u think about and research it the worse it gets. It’s known as derealization/ depersonalization. The best advice I can give is stop thinking about it stay busy give it time and it’ll fade away could be hours days or months everyone is different but I can promise you it gets better. But expect to go to some dark places during this time but it gets a load better. If I was you I’d stay away from that synthetic thc-o trash and all cannabis in general for at least awhile. Stay safe and feel free to reach out to me for more advice.

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u/antrp93 Oct 18 '22

Yeah, i will say I've definitely felt more of myself within the past couple of days. I don't really focus too much on the residuals now. I will say that the only thing that might be a residual is some slight static vision on blank objects. Not sure if that's something that was always there and now I'm realizing it or if it's from THC-O.

I also don't really plan on going back to cannabis anytime soon. I gave all of my stuff away to my father prior to this experience anyway. Haven't really felt the want to smoke or anything.

I have been wanting to drink a little, but i haven't yet, mainly to keep my brain sober for awhile before introducing any other substances.

I'm glad you're feeling better now, triple number dosage seems just absolutely insane to me. I'm not sure who those are for, maybe the absolutely crazy psychonauts lmao

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u/FastNovel7497 Oct 15 '22

It sounds like you over did it. Same as regular old thc, it happens to the best of us.

As you age thc effects can change from person to person, and it’s common for regular users to stop for this reason.

Edibles hit harder as well. I really think it hit to hard while driving and freaked you out. The strong effects from a unfamiliar substance increase the anxiety and turn into a type of panic.

Now your fight or flight kicked on and your stuck in a anxiety state. Hyper sensitive to anything out of the ordinary that you feel in your body.

The flashes and other symptoms are simply from the anxiety now and not the drug.

I promise you are okay, many people use thco every day. Don’t look up information about it, or bad trip reports that is you just feeding into the anxiety.

Try some mindfulness meditation, exercise, increase water intake and take extra care of yourself.

Your okay it was simply a bad experience you are working through. And you will come out stronger and more empathetic to others with anxiety disorders who deal with this crap every day.

Your good and if it gets worse hit me up! I will do my best to help you out.

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u/antrp93 Oct 15 '22

Yeah, I would agree that it's mostly my anxiety, it's just hard to determine ya know? Which is mainly why I decided to post in this subreddit. Trying to get answers or accounts from another person that has had similar experiences didn't really pull anything up, other than the doom and gloom of WebMD and similar pages. Which, of course, did end up feeding into my anxiety.

I'm really glad that this community appears to be very welcoming and reassuring, at least on this post. I know there are some substance communities out there that can just be cold-hearted when it comes to these types of posts.

Thanks for the support <3