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LSD (Lisergic Acid Diethylamide)

ACUTE LSD POISONING GIVES POINTERS FOR ITS HOMEOPATHIC USE

PSYCHOLOGIC EFFECTS
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Excitement, hyperactivity, restlessness.
Later (8 hours): depression, slow, preservative thinking; sluggish responses.

USUAL PHYSICAL EFFECTS
Vertigo, headache

COGNITION:
Disruption of orderly, intentional thinking processes; quality of hypomania with flight of ideas, or in more severe cases, incoherent thinking; paranoid ideation; fearfulness, suspicion, or grandiose behavior.
Slight temperature elevation

PERCEPTION:
Generalized hyperacuity of perception; colorful illusions to hallucinations; auditory hallucinations in 25%; diminished ability to screen out irrelevant stimuli; inattentiveness; distractibility; suggestibility.
Elevation of blood pressure

BODY IMAGE:
Bizarre physical sensations; experiences similar to depersonalization.
Tachycardia

AFFECT:
Early: euphoria, with lability and abrupt switches from happiness to sadness.
Late: General depression of mood.
Nausea

GENERAL LEVEL OF AWARENESS:
Dreamlike state; patient can be fairly easily roused to function alertly but cannot maintain this alertness.
Motor restlessness; fine tremor