The drug has been tried as a treatment for infantile autism, for alcoholism, and to accelerate psychotherapy, but no medical use has been established. The LSD experience is usually described as a trip because it is like a journey to another place. This experience may be broken up into four different phases . Repeated patterns may be seen with eyes closed. Patterns are now visible with eyes open.
Fantastic visions appear from nowhere-from shapes in smoke, to lines on the palms of the hand.
THE PEAK- Time is slowed to a standstill. Trippers may feel they are in a different world. For some this may be profound and mystical, for others it can be very frightening. The sense of reality is altered-people may feel feelings of flight, or feel they can breathe underwater like a fish. After eight hours the trip is usually over, however some residual effects may remain until sleep.