Not so strange I think, there are so many variables: personal metabolism, diet, weight, etc... I can hardly imagine it's a lack of harmine/harmaline in your brew...

If you felt the motion sickness I bet your body was thoroughly MOA-inhibited. Probably a good decision not to swallow that capsule... why not vaporize a little sub-breakthrough dose first. The difference with the non-harmala'd state is huge, even if you hardly feel the harmalas on their own!

Just my 2 cents, good luck.

Sorry if I sounded over-protective, I was worried it could have worked 'better' than expected.

But yes, smoking DMT while under the oral harmala influence makes a huge difference! Much, much longer duration and afterglow, a more fluid experience. Bio-assay recommended.

definitely, i can take a full dose of extracted rue harmalas (200-250mg) and not feel anything. add some spice into the mix and suddenly the world shifts.

It seems a little strange to me that you took 5 grams of harmala with 250mg extract and felt nothing, but everyone is different. I feel the effects at 3 grams, and 4 is usually enough to be in a trance with the nausea and distinct harmala-heavy-headspace... but that's just me.
I believe you were certainly MAOI'd with that dose, and your Spice could have worked much more strongly than with just 3g... but maybe not, considering you are in a small percentage (is he?) of users who don't feel the harmala alks. I know I and everyone I have given them to for sure have.

I'm sure it would have

cool....!