Excuse me, could you please point out where exactly I was disrespectful in my reply? As far as I am aware, I did not write "you are wrong."
You've chosen to use the word "disrespectful", that's not what I was saying. I will acknowledge your clarification, and also the value of
@Sabnock1990's with respect to the ongoing discussion. I'll admit to being guilty of paraphrasing your earlier quote:
and also possibly choosing the wrong bit of the attitude to highlight (it has been very hot and humid today, making thinking a bit more difficult than usual
) [if I even ought to have brought up at all, but that's what I've done and that's how it is.]
There's also this bit:
Diversity, constructive criticism and differing opinions are welcome. Nobody has to unquestioningly agree with everything in this community. Nevertheless, we do not want a confrontational attitude, members that are constantly antagonistic, that turn arguments into fights and worsen the atmosphere. We don't appreciate dramas or excessive sarcastic posting. If one is not happy with a discussion, respectfully state why or don't post at all. Don't use the Nexus for venting your personal frustrations, please question yourself why is each post being written, if it is beneficial to the community. Please tell any moderators if you have a legitimate complaint or suggestion about the forums, but be patient and don't fuel drama. We are constantly trying to improve this community and need your help and patience for it.
Both of the passages refer more to the extremes of where discussions can go; we're aiming for a co-operative exploration of a question so perhaps I've been a bit heavy-handed in my attempts to articulate the need for wariness when stating matters of personal opinion in terms of absolutes. And I'll have to admit, this passage right from the start left me a bit sceptical about your ability to formulate a meaningful question:
Right now I want to know if Mint and Guayusa have similar chemicals, or if there is someone that mixes Guayusa with Harmala?
What was your reasoning in thinking that there might be similar substances in lemon balm, mint and guayusa? They probably all contain some amount of chlorogenic acid besides the ubiqiutous chlorophyll and other essential components of a plant's primary metabolism. What kind of information would you find to be the most useful?
It's also difficult to appreciate fully how any given individual's personal semantic mappings may vary from those of others, not to mention their persona; communication styles along with the degree to which various forms of humour may be received. Using anything other than one's native tongue can also be a minefield (and I was never quite sure if English was your first language or not; I feel I have a strong appreciation for this type of issue and tend to give a good amount of leeway as a result) so let's just get back to the matter at hand and see if there's any more of the discussion to be had.
I, for one, would try combining guayusa with harmalas if I had the opportunity; more likely I'd just try it with the more readily-available [OTC, in my part of the world] yerba maté. I'm wondering, too, if there would be a difference in between the harmine +THH effects of caapi compared with the usually harmaline-heavy effects of rue. Higher doses of rue will prevent me from sleeping to the extent that if I drink a strong dose of rue tea and promptly fall asleep it will wake me up again within about an hour. In that sense, it seems like an unnecessary accoutrement unless, perhaps, I'd happen to be using a harmine-only RIMA dose earlier in the day. Yet another case of YMMV, really.
Caffeine tablets would provide another way of testing the interaction of caffeine with harmalas while controlling for confounding factors from other components of any given plant preparation. It would also be relatively easy to isolate caffeine from the tablets if one was determined to eliminate even the effects of tableting agents and the commonly co-administered glucose.
What form of harmalas do you typically use? Have you combined them with any other caffeinated products before?
