PRE-CONDITIONS: Only third time trying changa, too much
(mind)Set: Happy but tired.
(physical condition) Set: Tired, but good. Had a lot to do and lots of people to visit during the holidays
Setting (location): My bedroom, on my bed. Three candles lit, as I always do.
time of day: started around midnight, lots of stars out. Managed to make it last about an hour.
recent drug use: anti-biotics (Doxycycline) for treating a buccal abcess
last meal: 14:00, very heavy festive meal. Turkey, potato croquettes, pie, ice cream.
PARTICIPANT
Gender: M
body weight: 75kg
known sensitivities: Caffeine, did not consume that day. A cup of coffee after 1500 will keep me awake until the following morning.
history of use: Some experience. 6 trips on quality sclerotia, ranging from mild to very strong. Dmt on a few occasions, have broken through a total of 5 times.
BIOASSAY
Substance(s): 1:1 Changa with 11x caapi. Some mugwort and red clover to recover molten DMT from glass (no solvent method of infusing DMT in leaf).
Dose(s): Unknown, though probably too much.
Method of administration: Smoked pure from a dedicated pipe.
EFFECTS
Administration time: T=0:00
Duration: 1 hour in waves
First effects: T=0:10
Peak: Multiple peaks over one hour
Come down: T=01:00
Baseline: Unkown
Intensity (overall): (use HRS-like scale i.e. 0-4: 0 = "Not at all;" 1 = "Slightly;" 2 = "Moderately;" 3 = "Quite a bit;" 4 = "Extremely.")
Evaluation / notes:
OPTIONAL
Pleasantness: During, 3-4. Afterwards 0.
Implesantness: During, 0. Afterwards, 3-4.
Visual Intensity: Ranging from 1 to 4 over one hour.
AFTER-EFFECTS
Hangover: 4, detailed in report
Afterglow: 0, detailed in report
REPORT
Last night, I was smoking my 1:1 changa made with 11x caapi leaves. During the travel, all went well, had a few subtle and not so subtle breakthroughs. The first was me in a place of pure calmness and bliss. Then my room was not my room anymore, but something completely different. The last breakthrough is just impossible to describe, except that there was a lot of purple and I kept thinking 'everything is in everything'. Not sure what to make of that.
Now, I have a tendency to really push experiences, especially with changa. As soon as I toke, my brain tells me to toke more since I'm not yet 'far enough'. I would keep flaming the herbs, trying get more out of it. I know this is a bad thing and not something 'Aya' likes. At one point, I loaded up some more changa in the pipe, but realized half way through I was being greedy and wanted to put some of the herb back in its container. You know what this influenced smart-ass does? He just dumps the contents of his pipe in the original container. Luckily, not too many ashes came with it, so the changa is still smokable. I felt like such a dumb ass.
At one point, the herb will just tell you 'stop, enough, you're not getting more'. I, greedily, tried anyway. I torched the dedicated pipe, made out of a small section of dried corncob and a hollow blackwalnut branch as stem. The head of the pipe lit up. I was inhaling increasingly harsh smoke and decided to call it quits. I've had what I came for, and I really should not be pushing Aya for more.
I put away the pipe and notice I'm sweating profusely. My stomach is completely empty, but demands me to go to the bathroom. I puke, or try to, but nothing comes out for a while. I'm shaking, shivering. Still heaving. I go back to bed, but each breath I take hurts badly and makes me more nauseas, ordering me to puke more. I'm hot, I'm cold. One moment I'm wearing thermal underwear and a fleece bath robe in bed and the next I'm standing next to my bed, naked and sweating. My muscles ache, badly, especially my back, thighs and everything that's in my belly.
I wake up this morning, still sweating, still sick. I ate a small bite so I can at least vomit something if need be, but it stayed in alright. I couldn't get warm, so I took the hottest bath I could bare and fell asleep. Now, my lungs are still tight and breathing kind of hurts, but nowhere near the proportions of last evening.
What happened? Can anyone tell? I see it as a bit of a 'punishment' for trying to push it too far. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, right? But from a pharmacological standpoint, what went wrong? Too much harmala's? Too much smoke? God forbid, too much DMT?
I did learn something from this trip though, even if it wasn't a gentle lesson: don't be so greedy, calm down. It'll come. And if it doesn't, so be it. No use torching the everliving love out of it. That'll just get you in a very bad spot.
(mind)Set: Happy but tired.
(physical condition) Set: Tired, but good. Had a lot to do and lots of people to visit during the holidays
Setting (location): My bedroom, on my bed. Three candles lit, as I always do.
time of day: started around midnight, lots of stars out. Managed to make it last about an hour.
recent drug use: anti-biotics (Doxycycline) for treating a buccal abcess
last meal: 14:00, very heavy festive meal. Turkey, potato croquettes, pie, ice cream.
PARTICIPANT
Gender: M
body weight: 75kg
known sensitivities: Caffeine, did not consume that day. A cup of coffee after 1500 will keep me awake until the following morning.
history of use: Some experience. 6 trips on quality sclerotia, ranging from mild to very strong. Dmt on a few occasions, have broken through a total of 5 times.
BIOASSAY
Substance(s): 1:1 Changa with 11x caapi. Some mugwort and red clover to recover molten DMT from glass (no solvent method of infusing DMT in leaf).
Dose(s): Unknown, though probably too much.
Method of administration: Smoked pure from a dedicated pipe.
EFFECTS
Administration time: T=0:00
Duration: 1 hour in waves
First effects: T=0:10
Peak: Multiple peaks over one hour
Come down: T=01:00
Baseline: Unkown
Intensity (overall): (use HRS-like scale i.e. 0-4: 0 = "Not at all;" 1 = "Slightly;" 2 = "Moderately;" 3 = "Quite a bit;" 4 = "Extremely.")
Evaluation / notes:
OPTIONAL
Pleasantness: During, 3-4. Afterwards 0.
Implesantness: During, 0. Afterwards, 3-4.
Visual Intensity: Ranging from 1 to 4 over one hour.
AFTER-EFFECTS
Hangover: 4, detailed in report
Afterglow: 0, detailed in report
REPORT
Last night, I was smoking my 1:1 changa made with 11x caapi leaves. During the travel, all went well, had a few subtle and not so subtle breakthroughs. The first was me in a place of pure calmness and bliss. Then my room was not my room anymore, but something completely different. The last breakthrough is just impossible to describe, except that there was a lot of purple and I kept thinking 'everything is in everything'. Not sure what to make of that.
Now, I have a tendency to really push experiences, especially with changa. As soon as I toke, my brain tells me to toke more since I'm not yet 'far enough'. I would keep flaming the herbs, trying get more out of it. I know this is a bad thing and not something 'Aya' likes. At one point, I loaded up some more changa in the pipe, but realized half way through I was being greedy and wanted to put some of the herb back in its container. You know what this influenced smart-ass does? He just dumps the contents of his pipe in the original container. Luckily, not too many ashes came with it, so the changa is still smokable. I felt like such a dumb ass.
At one point, the herb will just tell you 'stop, enough, you're not getting more'. I, greedily, tried anyway. I torched the dedicated pipe, made out of a small section of dried corncob and a hollow blackwalnut branch as stem. The head of the pipe lit up. I was inhaling increasingly harsh smoke and decided to call it quits. I've had what I came for, and I really should not be pushing Aya for more.
I put away the pipe and notice I'm sweating profusely. My stomach is completely empty, but demands me to go to the bathroom. I puke, or try to, but nothing comes out for a while. I'm shaking, shivering. Still heaving. I go back to bed, but each breath I take hurts badly and makes me more nauseas, ordering me to puke more. I'm hot, I'm cold. One moment I'm wearing thermal underwear and a fleece bath robe in bed and the next I'm standing next to my bed, naked and sweating. My muscles ache, badly, especially my back, thighs and everything that's in my belly.
I wake up this morning, still sweating, still sick. I ate a small bite so I can at least vomit something if need be, but it stayed in alright. I couldn't get warm, so I took the hottest bath I could bare and fell asleep. Now, my lungs are still tight and breathing kind of hurts, but nowhere near the proportions of last evening.
What happened? Can anyone tell? I see it as a bit of a 'punishment' for trying to push it too far. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, right? But from a pharmacological standpoint, what went wrong? Too much harmala's? Too much smoke? God forbid, too much DMT?
I did learn something from this trip though, even if it wasn't a gentle lesson: don't be so greedy, calm down. It'll come. And if it doesn't, so be it. No use torching the everliving love out of it. That'll just get you in a very bad spot.
(perhaps due to lactobacillus casei that came with the supplement)
The throat still hurts a bit, but not as bad as a few days ago. It seems like a bit too much of a coincidence that I'd get sick right after smoking changa, but it's possible, of course. 