I've had a great experience with LSD and (for a while) only minor experiences with low doses of Mushrooms.

But the two times I have taken a decent dose of Mushrooms, I have had this physically overwhelming sense of anxiety. I try to sit down or lie down and all my body wants to do is stand up and pace and shake my limbs and the whole time I can't help but think - "I just can't wait for this to be over." I feel shaky, agitated, uncomfortable - not a single moment of peace, love, joy, happiness.

I know people have powerful, even spiritual, realizations on mushrooms but I'm having a hard time of seeing how that's possible, given my last two experiences. There was no time to relax, no moment to have realizations because it was so physically overwhelming. The first time the setting wasn't ideal but the second time I was comfortable, at peace and at home - and had the same experience both times.

Any advice? Are there varieties that act differently? Anything I should be doing differently? Are there some people that just react poorly to it?