Hi all
SWIM is currently on what he thinks is 1/4 tab of LSD but wants some opinions to confirm that's what it really is, as SWIM has recently had a bad Nbome experience before. For convenience (and to contrast), I will post both the bad Nbome experience and the current rather pleasant experience.
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The Nbome experience
SWIM took 1/2 tab of what he believed was LSD. Put it under his tongue and left it there for a good few min. It passed the Ehrlich test, but as he's now learned, that test can be fooled by simply putting some melatonin into the nbome solution (as melatonin is an indole, and Ehrlich just tests for the presence of an indole). After approx 15 min, SWIM felt his heart rate climb. High. He measured it. 126bpm. No visuals. Slightly more vivid colours. Very uncomfortable feeling. Metallic taste in mouth. Tongue numb.
After about an hour, fingers and toes were totally numb. Heart rate fluctuated wildly between 80 and 150 (averaging around 130-140). SWIM starts working out this is not LSD. Gets paranoid.
For the next 20 hours, SWIM is thinking he will die. Heart rate averages 120-140 bpm on average but varies wildly between 80 and 180, and it comes in waves. So a 5min rest at 80 and then 2 min at 180 then 30min on 130-140 or something like that. No real visuals, colours a bit cartoony and things are more vivid. Occasionally experience a bout of euphoria but there may have been 10min of that and 20 hours of suffering and paranoia.
SWIM goes to bed. Heart rate at 120. Isn't sure whether he will wake up the next morning. SWIM might have gotten 1 hour of sleep that night if he was lucky. Feels dreadful in the morning. Heart rate is better (fluctuates between 80 and 120bpm if SWIM just sits still, but skyrockets up to 150 if SWIM walks anywhere). Colours still vivid and a little cartoony.
SWIM takes a berocca and an aspirin after reading they help. They do to an extent. By the end of the following day the worst of it wore off, but SWIM still had heart rate issues for the next week and put himself on aspirin for the next month just in case.
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Current experience
SWIM tests a tab of LSD. Erlich turns purple. Marquis turns a yellow with a hint of orange (a little suspicious for 25i) and Froehde turns a light grey-brown with a hint of yellow (inconsistent with 25i and somewhat consistent with LSD).
SWIM decides to taste-test 1/4 tab. The tab is a little bitter. Out of an abundance of caution, SWIM spits it out, fearing a repeat of last time. SWIM takes around 2min to pack up and head inside. Within another 2-3 min, SWIM feels his heart start pumping. Gets a little paranoid, but thinks it might just be because he climbed some stairs to get inside his house.
Heart rate jumps to around 100bpm. Then to 111bpm. Then oscillates between 100 and 111bpm for about 1 hour. SWIM is getting paranoid. SWIM feels the very tip of his tongue turn numb. His toes go cold. No visuals but colours are more vivid. SWIM thinks this might be a rehash of last time and preemptively takes an aspirin and a berocca to not die.
Around 20-30min after doing this, heart rate stabilises at 80bpm, occasionally jumping to 100bpm but not more. SWIM felt reassured and started walking around. Thought he might even enjoy this experience. SWIM has discovered that stepping on carpets is the most comfortable thing in the world. Proceeds to go up and down carpeted staircase barefoot about 3 times because it's awesome. Colours are more vivid and SWIM can smell everything more intensely. The carpet, his neighbours cooking, the soil in the garden. It all smells amazing. SWIM relaxes. No more muscle tightness, just enjoying the ride.
SWIM starts thinking that he's either taken real LSD or a very small dose of NBOME (as he spat it out). Checks mirror for pupil dilation (SWIM knows you shouldn't usually look in the mirror when high, but SWIM doesn't feel that high). Pupils not dilated much. Or at least, nothing close to MDMA. SWIM doesn't feel the raciness he felt when on NBOME, SWIM settles into the computer chair and feels like he's sinking in. It's SOO comfortable. ALmost like SWIM just smoked an indica and went into couch lock mode but with nicer colours.
SWIM starts typing this post. SWIM is now tripping out on his fingers typing on the keyboard. They look kinda funny. Almost like they have a life of their own...
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Do you think SWIM got the real LSD?