Schizophrenic Model Psychosis Induced By LSD 25 Pt. 2 of 2

Schizophrenic Model Psychosis Induced By LSD 25 Pt. 2 of 2 aka LSD: Experiment in Terror (1955) Doctor asks him to taste malted milk so see if any distortion in sensation. Bill says its the same distortion throughout the experience. “It’s lopsided...I seem to be listening to you & being the audience listening to me.” They discuss food; he doesn’t want food as he is feeling fine and that food would interrupt the experience. Doctor says in a few hours this whole thing will leave him. 17:07:17 Bill tries to explain the special meaning this experience is having for him. 17:07:45 2 pm “he is flying high” Again makes a drawing of the same fellow as before. Bill says he feels like time is going backwards. Sketches w/ the charcoal w/ his left hand. Questioned while he’s sketching. “I’ll never get over it. I’ll never be the same.” Talks of beauty. 17:09:52 Bill gets very emotional. Doctor leads him in drawing. Picture very rigid. Asked if more difficult now to draw he says “Its a lot of fun.” Doctor ask him to compare the drawings. Bill says he doesn’t see any real difference; however very different. 17:12:13 Bill describing colors & what he’s seeing in terms of doctor’s face. “I don’t know how much I’m seeing, and how much I’m pretending to see.” “I’ve had some sort of entrance into an emotional life.” 17:13:21 Concentrating on his hands; describes one as heavier, more positive. “I feel these lovely colors vibrating all over me.” Tries to describe it for the doctor. Completely into himself, smiling & says he can’t describe it, begins to cry. Doctor claps his hand and asks what it does. He says it interrupts the experience. 17:15:13 3:05 “This is where the LSD experience normally goes into decline, but Bill is still at it.” Bill: “such benevolence...I feel as though I have no enemies in the world...its marvelous.” Questioned about the messianic experience that he previously had described. Doctor describes what Bill’s experiences on ending the experiment. Drugs; Psychedelics; Research Testing; Human Experiments; Psychological Experimentation; 1950s; 1960s;