I would highly recommend a light MAOI previous to your experience.  After consuming an 86% Cacao bar (theobromine--only sold at Target as a specialty bar) and a few St. John's Wort capsules (MAOI) previous to my journey and using ~35mg (almost double the first experience!), I had a significantly less frightening, "out-of-control", but still completely satisfying experience.  Since these are both moderately weak and easily attainable, they seem to be a great tool to help soften the rough "push"  of smoked spice.