Hello Alieneyes,

Welcome to the Nexus.  Thank you so much for taking the time to submit such a thorough essay.  I am so sorry for the difficult experiences you have had in your life.  I am not judging because I've used alphanumeric soup in my day, but those RC's can be real rough bro.  Especially if you don't have any way to test them, etc.

I know LSD is difficult to source these days, and I at least personally partially blame that on the popularity of RC's these days.  But, part of the focus here on the Nexus is that you may have some plant based options open to you . . . .

I would stress I am a not a doctor or licensed counselor, but given the rough ride you have had (I am so sorry for the loss of your friend), the elements of confusion you describe as well as the fact that you are dealing with lots of changes and the reality of an undergraduate education program make me want to recommend to you to continue abstaining at this time.  Continue with the meditation and yoga and good food and study and integration and reflection and growth.

If I were to recommend anything to you it would be to consider brewing some light banisteriopsis caapi brews and dosing that regularly.  I have personally found that very healing and stabilizing of both my mind and my digestive issues in the past.

You had a lot of technical questions and I am not able to answer them, otherwise I would because I believe in free dissemination of information.  I am not sure which thread you referred to and all my pharmahuasca preparations seem to misfire.  LOL.

There is a powerful search link in the upper right and you can enter naphtha in the header field - perhaps that will help.  Also there are specific sub-fora here that would probably interest you such as the one on pharmahuasca.  You can always post extraction questions in the Welcome Area.

Please take a good look around - I hope you like what you see.  And I warmly welcome you to the Nexus.