How I changed my life… by microdosing on LSD – Telegraph.co.uk

It’s a sunny March morning in 2017 and I’ve just taken my first dose of LSD. I’ve had a tenth of a tab: 10 micrograms of blotter acid diluted in sterile water and administered orally via a dropper. The effect is subtle. After an hour, colours seem richer, edges more defined. Sunlight assumes a different quality, flickering softly at the edge of my peripheral vision. It’s like looking at the world in HD after a lifetime in low resolution. I feel calm and present. Optimistic, even. Small stressors are easier to shake off. At dinner that night I feel personable and engaged, good humoured, fun. My date, an ex-partner and long-term friend, notes my mood. You seem lighter, she says. And I do. I’m 34…