SWIM recently tried a mescaline acetate extraction that was a very hardcore failure, the limonene purchased wasn't right at all, SWIM got it from an aromatherapy store, it was labelled 100% pure cold press orange peel, was clear, smelled right and everything... but afterwards SWIM learned that the product left a residue, the acetate was active but the effects were extreme, SWIM first tried 200mg, got nothing, so up to 400mg 4 hours later, added 200mg 2 later, all to no effect... or SWIM thinks his judgement was altered.. just when SWIM thought nothing was happening...
...then the drugs took hold... at about 8 hrs in things started getting really anxious, it started with waves of euphoria mixed with equal and opposite waves of disphoria, sharp stabbing pains all over the body, getting stuck in a physical loop, SWIM changed his clothes about 50x, then took about 15 identical showers, the mania was absolutely frantic, very very uncomfortable feeling... extreme body tension, it was like getting hit with every physical emotion at the same time, in waves, an uncontrollable craving for something but had no idea what it was... it got so bad that SWIM felt like jumping out of window to make it stop.... you couldn't get any rest, although mentally SWIM was aware of everything, including the uncontrollable physical actions... that's when he called a friend for support, then things were easier as he had someone to focus his attention on.. the whole bad trip lasted 12 hours... very nasty.
Oddly enough, the bad trip taught SWIM a lesson, which is something positive to take from it, SWIM used to get off on stimulation and since the bad trip has learned to really relax his body and not get overstimulated because SWIM realised that it was like a chain reaction and your body is healthier when you're not on edge... sounds obvious to most people, but it's still a vague, personal thing and he never felt it so pronounced.
SWIM can only assume the faulty solvent pulled bad alkaloids + poisoned SWIM in some fashion...
So anyway later SWIM tried again with an HCL extraction, done all the washing steps, got the right stuff this time, tried 40mg got an subtle MDMA like glowing feeling for 12 hrs, peaking 4hrs in... the next day SWIM did 150mg with a glass of water and though this was stronger, SWIM was surprised to start getting mild nausea at the peak, stomach ache mainly and a little anxious, though this may have been in fear of the last trip. SWIM found lying down and focused breathing helped immensely, but there was also a lot of body ticks and twitching, not speedy at all, or even uncontrollable, it was like SWIM just had to pull shapes and it wasn't unpleasant at all... it wasn't like being tweaked on coffee or anything.
SWIM has been afraid to try a larger dose for fear of the runaway mania like the first extraction... SWIM is wondering does the nausea get stronger?, do some people respond very differently to mescaline?, because SWIM has found no real mind effect at all, no visuals no interesting thoughts, just stronger body glow and an urge not to rest. SWIM is wondering is it worth trying maybe 300mg or 400mg maybe, SWIM is just above 200lbs, maybe has a high tolerance, for example, SWIM has only ever experienced visuals on spice and once on some good LSD (thats 1x out of maybe 50 attempts with acid)... SWIM wants some visuals basically, because he only just experienced them for himself
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