Hi, This is my first post. I have searched the net for an answer to my strange salvia reaction and i just wondered if anyone else here has ever had the same experiences...
As a background i have been in love with this plant for many years and only quid dry/fresh leaves ( i have smoked the leaves and extract, made my own tincture and crystal but it just seems wrong for me personally to do any of these things now) I also have many other plant allies but SD is very sacred to me. I know of no other substance that can, in 20 mins acheive what hours of sitting meditation often fails to. I digress-

Usually i quid twice with 5grams in each quid (dry) or 1- 15 leaf green cigar on the rare occasion i get leaves ( there is little difference in effect other than the fresh is more bitter). 30 minutes in i change quid and keep that one in as long as i can or until my mouth/ face disappears..

Then after maybe 60 minutes of bliss/terror/weirdness.. I start to itch, my skin feels like a wetsuit, clammy and very sensitive (in a bad way),or like being wrapped in wool - i cant stop itching.. my armpits feel like theyve been glued together and my groin area hurts also.
But it doesnt end there, I piss every hour like this is the most diuretic plant ever! im up like a ferret all night taking a piss, and its not a little dribble either. Even when i have just gone, i lie down to enter salvia space once more and i feel i need to go again? Finally i cant sleep ..i just lie there wide awake in between toilet breaks as if my brain is switched on like ive had 10 cans of energy drink! The next day i have a headache from the dehydration and sleep deprivation..

For this reason i find i cannot quid 4 hours before bed.. however this means i would end up quidding in the day which just doesnt work as Sally likes it dark and quiet not bright and 2 kids screaming which seems to makes sally run and hide.

Does anyone have any suggestions or have any of the above symptoms i would be very grateful to hear im not alone.

Peace

i get those same 'wetsuit' and diuretic effects from psilocybin.
but i can offer no solutions as i am a night owl anyways.

Interesting... crystalising my thoughts into words, i realised that in all this time i never asked the plant ally herself, how foolish of me...
I proceeded to make aquaintance with her earlier today and while in silence i asked the question in my mind... She played with me for a while but i kept going back to my question, suddenly there was a vacuous silence followed by the whoosh i get when a presence tears through.. I wont lie i was scared shitless as this has only happened on a handful of occasions.. anyway i digress once again-

i feel a bit silly writing this as i heard it but here goes... she said " you only need to make love to me in your mouth, i dont need to be in your belly... you need to be in mine.."

i was so shocked by this i turned the lights on (foolishly) and started to mill around the room.. Of course this ended the meeting instantly and i feel i may have offended...

So im assuming that swallowing the juice ( for me anyway ) may be the cause of the predicament and the bitter tannins are having a diuretic / insomniac/ skin rubberising / armpit glueing effect...
i will try again with this method and post again...

This is a great site BTW, it brings a lot of unconcious thought up to the surface

Peace

does it, or do you?

peace