Anxiety, depression and DIY vaporiser

[corpus callosum]

I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for about 12 years now, and went through a bunch of specialist and medication to try to get out of it. At first I was prescribed an SSRI by a General practitioner, which he literally took samples of Venlafaxine (Effexor) from his shelf and gave it to me, like it was candy. Tried for 3 months, didn't help at all. Then a few psychologists, which most didn't resonate with me. Saw a psychiatrist that prescribed a SNRI, Sertraline (Zoloft) which I then took for a full year in a desperate effort to make it work.

Hi SwordEdge and welcome to the Nexus.

Effexor is actually a SNRI and Sertraline is a SSRI; psychedelics can be of benefit but then again, they can potentially compound your problems. Best of luck!

 

[the.alchemist]

Hi SwordEdge,

Just wanted to say hi as I am also looking to explore entheogens and the like as a way to manage (and hopefully heal over time) anxiety and depression. Am currently looking into the whole micro-dosing thing and looking at maybe starting with Caapi tea and see how I get on.
Anyways I wish you all the best on your quest and look forward to seeing how you get on.

Good luck!

 

[SkyWolf]

Hey, Sky Wolf, and welcome to the nexus. I have found this place ( most of the time) to be a source of valuable insight, intelligence and compassion. It has been a great resource to me and a community of like minded folks-people who see the power of psychedelics and who use them to become better people.

That said, remember that if you are not talking to a professional, then please be careful with the advice given. I have not read all the responses to your post, but there's a couple things i did see that bother me and prompted me to answer this beefier i did.

There are many people here ready to tell you what your course of action should be. I can tell you though, it should NOT include keeping toads in captivity to extract drugs from them. For one thing 5meo is probably the most powerful thing you may experience outside of dying. Without exp, or a sitter, DON'T DO IT. The stuff saved my wretched life, and put me on a path to becoming a better human, but I was 42 when i did it and had lots of trips under my belt. Read up. The other thing is, well, keeping critters in cages to extract drugs from them.

Also, for anxiety and depression, psilo micro dosing is something I've found extremely useful.
the point is not to have some earth shattering experience, but rather to use the psilocybin as one would any other type of medicine. The doses are sub threshold. I experimented with this technique for a period of nearly a year with i when I was able to come across enough mushrooms to do so for several months . ( unfortunately, the last and current season have not allowed me to find as many. I don't think it has been researched to discover how it works, but it seems to modulate serotonin in some way and it stabilizes one's mood.

I'm not trying to come across as a dick, you are just having what could be or become some serious problems, problems that have led some friends of mine to commit suicide and nearly put me there as well.

like I said psychedelics changed my life and have helped make me a better person and you will find a plethora of great information and great people here. I'm sure there are some great responses in this thread. I just want you to take it easy and take your time and be careful.

Peace Skywolf best of luck.

Hey null24, you're wellcome. :thumb_up:

I am sure and also I feel you are totally constructive in manner and I do agree with you. Because I am aware that psychologic/neurologic problems are much deeper than we think and they cannot be solved by "take the pill and fly (?!)" approach even this manner will definitely make everthing much worse. Thanks for your comments - I do respect your awareness - as an experienced nexus member and also as an experienced person (over 40 ! live long and healthy) who struggled with problems and found a way using psychedelics. My intent of course was not giving "drug" advices (I know the nexus rules and agree with) since it is clear that taking omega-3 and/or melatonin pills will not solve these "iceberg" problems. This is also clear from my real experience that's why, after my 35, I still search for answers to be a better person.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with psilo mushrooms. I have'nt tried them yet and I believe a true cure come with low-dosage but longtime use as you did.

All the best null24.

 

[alex mowry]

Hello everyone, I'm glad to be here!

I've been reading this site for a few months now with great interest, trying to gather as much information as I could. I am planning the use of LSD, then DMT and maybe others like mdma in an effort to help with my anxiety and depression, in conjunction with talk therapy. I heard about the benefits of psychedelic by chance, when I first discovered the darknet. Then, the more I've research into it, the more interesting it got, shattering most of the preconceptions I was told about psychedelics. I know many say don't use drugs to fix your problems, but I still feel I need to give it a least a shot (relatively small doses) to see if it could help.

I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for about 12 years now, and went through a bunch of specialist and medication to try to get out of it. At first I was prescribed an SSRI by a General practitioner, which he literally took samples of Venlafaxine (Effexor) from his shelf and gave it to me, like it was candy. Tried for 3 months, didn't help at all. Then a few psychologists, which most didn't resonate with me. Saw a psychiatrist that prescribed a SNRI, Sertraline (Zoloft) which I then took for a full year in a desperate effort to make it work. I finally gave it up, since it was not helping at all, except the side effects were really serious after stopping. I still have them at time, that brain zap, even after 3 years without it. It's only when I'm tired, but when I move my eyes fast with a big movement (like looking strait, then 90 degree to the left) I get a brain zap.. it's like an electrical shock in your skull, and you loose reality for an instant. Pretty annoying, and it seems to be permanent, unfortunately. I wish I never used any of it, or that I was informed of such consequence, which doesn't seem to be rare at all, at least when you try to stop de medication.

I've finally found a good psychologist and saw her for 3 and half year, and now recently changed to two social worker with a different approach, which is just starting to be effective. I'm hoping LSD , DMT and MDMA will help and maybe speed up my journey.

DIY Vaporiser

So here is what I've built so far, it's a conduction vaporizer with a rather simple design. Having read the forum here afterward, seem convection is much better, so I would like your opinion on it, and how should I modify it or rebuild it to improve the design:








The bowl is copper, which I was told can interfere with DMT, but I'm not too sure about that one, because I can't find much information about it. Seems some user use copper wool to retain the dmt in a convection setup (aka the machine), so it seems unlikely to be true. I could try plating the bowl with gold if it's really reacting I guess.

The main goals behind this design was to be cheap, washable (the glass part anyway), and use simple butane lighter. The glass bottle is there to accumulate the vapor, and then you take one "big" hit. I have no idea if it's going to be enough or if it's going to work very well with dmt.

I think I did good for a first try, but I'll probably have to fix the issue the copper and conduction in the future.

Would appreciate feedback

Thank you!

ahahaha! i feel you good sir! how is it so far? i mean; psychedelic work? has it harmed you or helped you? i'm mostly asking because i think i feel from where you are coing