Here is a fascinating article about the use of sub-trip-effect tryptamines to literally CURE cluster headaches--which are often referred to as "suicide headaches," because they are so bad that many regular sufferers end up committing suicide to escape the pain. The report was so convincing that a study was conducted through Harvard med school, and the effect verified.
btw, I found the article from a google search on "beta blocker psychedelic." The reason I searched that is because DMT definitely does increase blood pressure and heart rate significantly (at least on the "first rush" ). I'm older, I have slightly high blood pressure and slightly fast pulse, and I was thinking of taking a simple beta blocker (like propranolol/inderal) with the idea that my pulse and BP wouldn't rise so much when smoking DMT (which I haven't yet tried).
And that got me thinking.... Propranolol is one of the first (actually, I think THE first) beta blockers made, and it's is GENERAL, i.e., it works on all the beta receptors. It has often been touted as a great anti-anxiety drug, which can be taken before an anxiety causing event, to greatly reduce the anxiety response (of course, higher heart rates and BP go with anxiety because they're all responses to epinephrine (adrenalin). Propranolol blocks that response. SO....I then got the interesting idea that perhaps using propranolol with DMT might possibly block so-called "bad trips!!" Really, this is quite plausible--and I've never heard this idea mentioned!
Anyhow, I will probably TRY THIS. I plan to monitor my heartrate, etc., during my first smoking tries, to see how I'm reacting (I'll do this with an electronic monitor, from which I can transfer the data to my computer). I'll try with and without propranolol, to see whether there's an effect on heart rate, and also to see it there might be less anxiety and anxiety type responses. It'll be awhile before I do this, however. Don't hold your breath. Probably at least a month--I haven't even done an extraction yet.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT making a recommendataion to people to use this drug. And first of all, it is a SERIOUS DRUG--taking twice the normal dose, for example, can DANGEROUSLY lower heart rate. Mixing drugs can be VERY DANGEROUS. I will want to do considerably more research before I'm ready to assure myself that there's no conflict between tryptamine use and beta blocker use.
btw, I found the article from a google search on "beta blocker psychedelic." The reason I searched that is because DMT definitely does increase blood pressure and heart rate significantly (at least on the "first rush" ). I'm older, I have slightly high blood pressure and slightly fast pulse, and I was thinking of taking a simple beta blocker (like propranolol/inderal) with the idea that my pulse and BP wouldn't rise so much when smoking DMT (which I haven't yet tried).
And that got me thinking.... Propranolol is one of the first (actually, I think THE first) beta blockers made, and it's is GENERAL, i.e., it works on all the beta receptors. It has often been touted as a great anti-anxiety drug, which can be taken before an anxiety causing event, to greatly reduce the anxiety response (of course, higher heart rates and BP go with anxiety because they're all responses to epinephrine (adrenalin). Propranolol blocks that response. SO....I then got the interesting idea that perhaps using propranolol with DMT might possibly block so-called "bad trips!!" Really, this is quite plausible--and I've never heard this idea mentioned!
Anyhow, I will probably TRY THIS. I plan to monitor my heartrate, etc., during my first smoking tries, to see how I'm reacting (I'll do this with an electronic monitor, from which I can transfer the data to my computer). I'll try with and without propranolol, to see whether there's an effect on heart rate, and also to see it there might be less anxiety and anxiety type responses. It'll be awhile before I do this, however. Don't hold your breath. Probably at least a month--I haven't even done an extraction yet.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT making a recommendataion to people to use this drug. And first of all, it is a SERIOUS DRUG--taking twice the normal dose, for example, can DANGEROUSLY lower heart rate. Mixing drugs can be VERY DANGEROUS. I will want to do considerably more research before I'm ready to assure myself that there's no conflict between tryptamine use and beta blocker use.
