10Mcg x 20 pieces, 200Mcg per bag. About a five-weeks supply if you’re doing four days on and three days off.
Common microdose: 10–20 micrograms
If microdosing mushrooms is more about enhancing play, then microdosing LSD is more about improving work. It’s often associated with tech entrepreneurs, and many people claim it enhances their productivity and creativity. “The positive energy was massively different from my typical coffee-fueled workday,” said Joe Moore, a 39-year-old psychedelics educator in Colorado. “Microdoses seemed to boost my mood, give me amazing focus, and decrease my chronic pain.”
From a scientific perspective, his experience seems to be part of a pattern. “Anecdotal data suggests that LSD produces an energetic response, more creativity, and better cognitive functioning and problem-solving skills,” said Shafir. However, the rush of energy some people get could be a downside: Even after microdosing LSD in the morning, Moore has had trouble falling asleep at night.
Preparing a true microdose usually means cutting a tab of acid into at least 10 pieces, said Shafir. One thing to keep in mind is that LSD has a lower hallucinogenic threshold than mushrooms—that is, it’s easier to hallucinate on acid. “With some people,” said Giordano, “the kinetics of how they process LSD allows it to bind in a way that can produce a rapid onset and be hallucinogenic.”