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Always here · three routes

Support & safety

Three different routes, depending on what you need. Preparation can help, but it cannot guarantee an easy or safe experience.

Get urgent help now

If someone is in danger, contact emergency services.

If you or someone with you is in danger — struggling to breathe, unresponsive, having chest pain or a seizure, or at risk of harming themselves or someone else — contact emergency services now.

You do not need to be certain it is serious to call. That is what they are for.

If the situation is frightening but not life-threatening, a warm line or crisis line can talk it through with you in real time. The numbers below are kept current.

The next morning

Danger does not always announce itself during the experience. If it is the day after and any of this is true, that is a reason to call, not to wait:

  • Distress that has not lifted, or is getting worse instead of better.
  • Sleep that has not come back after a full day.
  • Perceptual changes — visuals, a feeling of unreality — that have not faded.
  • Any thought of hurting yourself or someone else.

If you are reading this the day after and still do not feel safe, that is a reason to call, not to wait.

Talk with a qualified clinician

Some questions are worth asking a professional before anything begins.

Some situations are worth discussing with a qualified clinician first. This is not a complete medical screening, and this app cannot assess you. Anyone with a complex medical or psychiatric history should speak with a professional.

It is worth a conversation if you have, or a close family member has:

  • A personal or family history of psychosis, mania, or bipolar disorder.
  • A heart condition, or take medication that affects the heart.
  • Taken lithium or an MAOI — some combinations carry serious risk. A case series has linked classic psychedelics taken alongside lithium specifically (not lamotrigine) with seizures.
  • Been changing psychiatric medication, especially antidepressants.
  • Any medical condition you are unsure about, or you are pregnant.

If your usual doctor is not the right person to ask, harm-reduction services and psychedelic-informed clinician directories can help you find someone who is. See the resources below.

Consider pausing or reconsidering

If anything below is true, there is no harm in waiting.

There is no cost to pausing, and no deadline. If any of this fits your situation, waiting or reconsidering is a reasonable choice — not a failure.

You may want to pause if:

  • You feel pressured by someone else to go ahead.
  • You are in an unfamiliar or unsafe place, or with people you do not trust.
  • You are in acute distress right now, or have been having a very hard time.
  • You are unsure about a medication, a medical condition, or mixing substances.
  • Nobody knows where you are, or when to expect to hear from you.
  • You do not have a free day after this, to rest without needing to perform.
  • What you have has not been tested, and you do not know what is actually in it.
  • Something simply feels off and you cannot say why.

Pausing keeps every option open. Going ahead closes some of them.

Where to reach people

Emergency services number varies by country (for example 911, 112, 999, 000). Use your local emergency number. Last checked 2026-08-01. If a number looks out of date, treat local emergency services as the reliable route.