Introduction:
I was gifted a gram of ground iboga bark by someone very, very, special. Knowing very little about it(didn't browse experience reports aside from doseages and possible health contraindictions), I decided to perform an 'allergy test'. Approximately 100mg was first tasted with a couple dips of a saliva moistened finger tip. It surprisingly tasted sweet in small quantities. The rest of the 100mg was encapsulated and taken down with a splash of peach mango juice. There was no expectation of 'drug' activity from this doseage. What happened next was a pure gift
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Experience:
Somewhere around 50minutes or so after ingestion the beginning effects became apparent. My personality felt not 'disconnected' but rather put to the side of consciousness but readily still accessible.(using _ instead of I to signify the character of this new 'personality'
In the chat-room, _ was able to talk with other people even about myself very objectively without bias. Also able to see where my mind would run off on 'unhealthy' tangents and would sort of glide to other topics without even a conscious attempt.
Sometime after this _ had gotten off of my bed to do some laundry. Walking was an interesting sensation, as though my legs were spinning and my body hovering effortlessly above them. I say 'as if', because that is what it felt like, not as though that was a visual hallucination. I decided to take a shower and an overwhelming sense of calmness and clarity was already in action. Rather then what would normally be a mind trying to relax.
Beautiful things such as the out-doors were obvious and blatant. The shadows created by the tree in my window was another note-able beautiful thing. Not to say I was being blasted with visual sensations or anything, it was more of rediscovery of the blessings that are so often over-looked in day-to-day happenings.
Maybe 3-4 hours later, over-taken by a ferocious hunger, I cooked up some veggie enhanced rice. No big deal, it was fun cooking and eating. In that chat-room house said "Good medicine", that is the best way to describe even this lightest of dose.
From that point on the night seemed ordinary with a really healthy mood that stuck. Not a glow like DMT/mushrooms it has it's own character. That is until around 3:00a.m. and trying to sleep. I was asleep but still quite awake. I did have a mild visionary experience of a strange scene that was divided into 'parts' and each part would scurry off, as if a noise/tone was associated with each piece. Not like "I'm tripping ballllls maaan", more like, here is something to see.
The next day:
I felt over-all good, even from the lack of true rest. I burnt a bank state-ment and there were very obvious trails nothing heavy but they were present. However it wasn't until I had slept for 12 hours that night and woke up today did I realize how much of an effect this has had on me.
Two days after:
Today(two days after dosing) would have normally been a 'challenging' day. All sorts of things kind of went hay-wire hahaha. However it was first-nature to keep my cool, play with a situation, LAUGH, move on to the next fascinating thing that would occur. No stumbles, bumbles, or upsets. Just unbiased cheerfulness. This perspective is invaluable and something I don't think I've ever experienced before, but am very grateful to have it!
Conclusions:
I realize I have typed a mega-lith for such a small dose-age. Most people read experience reports to hear about someone finding god, alien contact, being ripped to shreds, a good combination, a bad one, etc. However this is to show that even small dose-ages of iboga bark can be lastingly beneficial. The Traveller, our friend and owner of the site, wondered if a low-dose free from side-effects could help someone struggling with depression.
My experience and opinion is, without a doubt, it could. So long as the person is willing to work with the experience a little bit.
I plan on consuming more of this Iboga. At the moment though, I can't say I've ever felt this content before without being blasted by drug/stimulus euphoria. So there is no hurry just yet.