arcologist
Rising Star
I'll add my recent data points:
7g cubensis - very mild but noticeable headache that started 5 or 6 hours after returning to baseline, lasted for a few hours.
10g cubensis - much worse than the previous trip, pounding throbbing headache at around the same time afterwards that would mostly go away if I tried to not move my head or exert myself. It was significantly reduced in severity by taking acetaminophen.
It seems like there is some sort of residual headache that can occur when the brain is stimulated by psilocin for long periods of time. I also paid special attention to keeping hydrated, so it wasn't that. Interestingly, I have had very similar headaches that occurred while on pharmahuasca, with doses of 150mg and 200mg DMT fumarate, so it is likely the same is true of DMT in high doses over long periods of time. I had assumed that it was the harmalas that gave me the headache, but now I am thinking it is the tryptamines that can cause headaches, at least with certain individuals.
I never get headaches after smoking DMT though...
7g cubensis - very mild but noticeable headache that started 5 or 6 hours after returning to baseline, lasted for a few hours.
10g cubensis - much worse than the previous trip, pounding throbbing headache at around the same time afterwards that would mostly go away if I tried to not move my head or exert myself. It was significantly reduced in severity by taking acetaminophen.
It seems like there is some sort of residual headache that can occur when the brain is stimulated by psilocin for long periods of time. I also paid special attention to keeping hydrated, so it wasn't that. Interestingly, I have had very similar headaches that occurred while on pharmahuasca, with doses of 150mg and 200mg DMT fumarate, so it is likely the same is true of DMT in high doses over long periods of time. I had assumed that it was the harmalas that gave me the headache, but now I am thinking it is the tryptamines that can cause headaches, at least with certain individuals.
I never get headaches after smoking DMT though...