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LilyWoo

LilyWoo

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Hi, I’m really pleased to be here and looking forward to some serious learning. I’m (very nearly) 55, female and have been using psychedelics of various sorts for almost forty years. I’m a great lover of 4-aco-dmt, preferring the absence of body load in comparison to shrooms.

The last time I had LSD, I got bored because it wasn’t engaging me spiritually/emotionally in the same way as I had become used to with 4-aco-dmt. I haven’t done acid for a while now, but have recently met someone with whom I plan to take some. I’m guessing a moderate dose would be best. Or should I go high? Going low would just be irritating.

I extract my own spice and make up my own e-juice. I’m gathering together as much tek info as I can find so that I and my new guy can make this together. Tips that aren’t mentioned in the available literature would be greatly valued, as I’m seeking to maximise yield and minimise time and mess. I don’t mind if that means doing smaller, fiddly bits rather than one big extract; I have a chronic pain condition and cannot stand over the cooker for hours, nor lift large pans etc.

I’m also interested in pressure cooker use. Any experience on here that might help, please?

Thanks for any responses. X
 
Welcome, good to have you here. It's not often you get to talk with someone that has as much experience with psychedelics as you. I'm sure you've seen and experienced a lot of things, and I'd love for you to share some of your wisdom with us.

Regarding the most efficient teks, I'm not exactly the right guy to ask as I've done it only twice, but if you find the information we have in our Wiki insufficient, I'm sure you can ask around and you'll get plenty of info. Lots of folk here with tons of extraction experience.

Cheers! ❤️
 
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Hi, I’m really pleased to be here and looking forward to some serious learning. I’m (very nearly) 55, female and have been using psychedelics of various sorts for almost forty years. I’m a great lover of 4-aco-dmt, preferring the absence of body load in comparison to shrooms.

The last time I had LSD, I got bored because it wasn’t engaging me spiritually/emotionally in the same way as I had become used to with 4-aco-dmt. I haven’t done acid for a while now, but have recently met someone with whom I plan to take some. I’m guessing a moderate dose would be best. Or should I go high? Going low would just be irritating.

I extract my own spice and make up my own e-juice. I’m gathering together as much tek info as I can find so that I and my new guy can make this together. Tips that aren’t mentioned in the available literature would be greatly valued, as I’m seeking to maximise yield and minimise time and mess. I don’t mind if that means doing smaller, fiddly bits rather than one big extract; I have a chronic pain condition and cannot stand over the cooker for hours, nor lift large pans etc.

I’m also interested in pressure cooker use. Any experience on here that might help, please?

Thanks for any responses. X
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Welcome, always nice to hear from an experienced psychedelic user.

I like 4-aco as well, have your tried doing it with harmalas? I have heard it becomes extremely powerful when potentiated like this, I intend to try it at some point with a Rue tea.

Regarding LSD, it can definitely be spiritual, no less so than mushrooms in my opinion.
If you are used to high doses of tryptamines then I would say go reasonably high if you want a more full on spiritual experience - perhaps 300ug.

Personally my preferred dose is 400ug, more than this I can find a bit much at times. Bear in mind the higher the dose the less social the experience will be and the more introverted, so if you want to share the experience more with someone then 200ug would be about right.
 
LilyWoo,

Wow, what can I say but welcome Sister. I am also a 55 year old female psychonaut.

The last time I personally took LSD it was a deep 11 hour experience, but the last 3 hours were spun around miserable body temperature regulations issues. Stuff going way beyond a hot flash level of discomfort. Lots of heavy sweating and feeling cold kind of stuff.

I personally have found now that I am older my response to psychedelics has changed. They are hitting harder and more profoundly at lower doses. Have you noticed anything similar?

In terms of extraction TEK's I'm sure the young guns will have lots to say and no doubt if this thread gets long we will see claims of yields of oily yellow spice over 2%.

I get white and off white spice generally. I do small extractions and our resident bench analytical chemist @benzyme has said point blank smaller batches give higher yields..

I believe in a KISS principle personally. My stupid was granted thanks to COVID and general aging issues, therefore keeping it simple is the way to go. Therefore I stick with Straight to Base (STB) TEK's focusing on Noman's or variations on it. No need for a pressure cooker or much fancy equipment.

I do warm my solvent a bit in a hot water bath created from the faucet (not the stove). I am not sure if that helps.

I work slow in batches of 100 grams of bark or less. I have had great extractions using 30 and 50 grams of bark in the past. Best yield of 1.6% came from a 50 gram run.

I procured a couple graduated cylinders and some pipettes. I use the pipettes to suction out as much of the solvent as I can then one the FINAL pull I use a stainless steel funnel and transfer the MHRB soup to the graduated cylinders. This minimizes surface area and maximizes thickness of that last little bit of solvent which can now be suctioned off.

I consolidate the pulls and let that sit for an hour or two. Then I carefully decant into another jar, leaving any dross or visible oils behind. Let it sit for a couple hours, decant, let sit, decant. I do this at least 4 times.

Finally, when I have done all my pulls I consolidate the solvent then evaporate off about 50% (in a tray by a window, with a fan, in a sealed room) so that it is super saturated, THEN I transfer it into a small jar using one of these bad boys:

Mason Jar funnel

which ensures that not even a single drop is lost.

That jar gets sealed and placed into the freezer which I do not open for about 24 hours. I know everyone says 8 but I always do a full 24.

I am convinced these actions have upped my extraction game and my yields significantly and I hope some of this might help you.

Regardless, I am glad you are here and look forward to learning more and seeing you around.

Maybe drop in and join us in the chat sometime. . . . we are still phasing over so here is where most of the action is currently with chat:

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I cannot view that as I am not a reddit member and do not have the app.

But every time I get near extracting I make sure that I am sober, well fed and rested, dressed in long sleeves and have shoes, have a gallon of vinegar nearby with a loose cap, use a dual cartridge respirator as well as chemical rated gloves and full protection goggles. I also work in a very well ventilated space and try not to leave solvent exposed (uncapped) too long.
 
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