Hello Nexians,

The following is probably not the most thrilling report but probably more me trying to make sense of what happened

So last night I loaded 25mg in my GVG as part of my incremental 5mg dose increases. I took the first hit, which was quite big but there was a little left in the chamber which I thought I would pick up on the second hit. After the second hit I got to the point where I felt like I was unable to use the lighter again so thought it was done. Anyway the effects were very similar to that of a 20mg so after a couple of minutes I was able to pick up the pipe and see if any was left. There was another good hit in there and then things started to get weird.

It's difficult to really remember exactly but I had extremely intense visuals, my hands were stretched out about double their normal length and the room took on a 2d effect, so my hand looked like it was on the floor. I heard what I can only assume others have described as the carrier wave, but then this died down. It also felt little bit creepy, not in the sense that it freaked me out or anything, just more that it seemed so unfamiliar despite its familiarity. I remember thinking it felt a bit hansel and gretel, probably not helped by the fact my wife had accidentally left up a Halloween decoration of a ghost my son had made at group! But like I say I wasn't freaked out, I had cognitive function, I was just thinking that this was very weird and that I sort of wished I hadn't done it and worrying that it was going to put me off future attempts. Overall I would say it was uncomfortable rather than unpleasant, certainly not enjoyable as such but, well, neither here nor there, in both senses of the phrase.

Well it hasn't put me off, if anything it's made me want to try again. I think the things I need to fix are:
Getting it all in, obvious I know but sometimes when it's coming on it can be difficult to keep coordination!
Maybe not spending so much time looking round the room, I think this was mere distraction and I would have perhaps benefited more from sitting back and closing my eyes.

So I'm gonna try again with about 27mg. I feel eager to try again as soon as possible, like today the next morning, but think I should perhaps take a few days as I think it's my ego telling me to get on with it as I feel I got so close, rather than my intuition leading the way.

Woody

Nice report.

Yeah, getting all the tokes in as efficiently and quickly as possible (although making sure to hold each hit as long as humanly possible and/or until you start to feel the effects) is important. Even when you think you can't do another toke ...this is the key point when you should take another hit. This will usually pay off in the end.

And you nailed it about closing the eyes. It's nice to keep them open initially ime, when things are beginning to ramp up. But imho, keeping them open as the intensity is climbing only lends itself to keep you dug into consensus reality. Give up, close the eyes, lay back ..and smile.