A couple questions on preparing myself

I think it is different for each person, I went on a crazy trip with 8-9 g RB. There are posts that clear things for you on your preparetions, like what to eat and how long to fest before the use. GL

Hi deepwren, Max ive have took is 300mg ibogaine. Had my dad watching over me through whole experience, just in case. Hope it goes smoothly for you.

Good luck to you niceboat! It's really hard to advise in this area since its such a personal thing. My first flood was on the evening of my birthday, and I had been microdosing about a week. I was feeling iboga very strongly and I went out dancing all night at a great live show, no desire to drink anything but water, and then flooded at like 4 am with a bit over 20 g of bark eaten with a spoon. I was out for one day, the second day I was ok to run errands, and then after that I just came back stronger then before. I think your plan sounds great. It's wonderful that you have a family that supports you in this. cheers

Well niceboat.. 5-6 grams of bark shouldn't really floor you, but you will definitely be feeling things - expect ataxia as well.. It's all gonna depend on how potent the bark is, and I'll add right now that I have zero personal experience with bark (all i've ever worked with is TA and HCL) so I can't help you too much on the dosing question in regards to quantity. But I will say that 4 hours is, in my opinion, a little too stretched out.. Most of the providers that I'm in contact with usually say you have about a 3 hour window to get the whole dose down - though my personal opinion is that somewhere in the window of the first hour to two hours is ideal.  I'm not sure of the reasoning the providers use for suggesting the 3 hour window - but I personally prefer and recommend a quick ingestion time because, though it can be good (and make things easier) to give yourself a nice gentle come-up, if you wait too long you're not going to get to the same heights that an identical dose taken all at once (or at least faster) would get you. And about the family: When I had my first flood, I was living with my father, stepmother, and 2 little half-sisters - having just gotten out of jail.  Let me rephrase that though.. I didn't flood in the house, but that was my residence at the time.  I flooded in a hotel (also, not saying that what you're taking is a flood dose).  But I did several boosters at home, with family home, staying in my bedroom.  And I have drank Aya several times at home - out in the backyard at night, by myself. I let them know what I was doing and told them I would most likely not want to be disturbed at all the whole time.  They've been great  about all that, and very understanding, ever since they saw the changes I was able to bring about for myself after my first flood.  So yeah, they're very cool with the plant medicines. But personally, I would prefer to do it somewhere alone (or maybe with a sitter) if I had the option..  More often than not, I get this weird social anxiety when I'm on psychedelics, and it's usually even weirder for me when I'm around family. Sounds like you've covered your bases pretty well though - hope my thoughts can help a bit.

Those craaaazy Africans don't think so.  Spacing it out allows decreased anxiety, generally, and a way to calculate dose very carefully (why give more than necessary, why slam the heart, why slam the head). Just my observations. We all work a bit differently. FWIW

Hahaha.. Good point CP - but.. you, my crazy friend, are one of the first people who told me there was about a 3 hour dosing window!  Lol.. Unless it was 4 that you said?  Either 3 or 4 though.. I still very distinctly remember my anticipation as I sat in that hotel room, making my last few phone calls before I embarked on my flood... Ahhh, memories.  Shit, that was almost exactly a year ago now! Anyway.. Yeah, you do make a great point - sometimes I very stupidly forget that there's a whole culture of people out there, on the other side of the planet, who have been working with this plant longer than western society has even known about it's existence!  Very very good point charley.. And ya know, I guess since niceboat isn't doing this for detox purposes, I wouldn't place as much importance on dosing as I was previously suggesting. Glad you weighed in on this one CP, thanks for the input.. (Glad you're back!)

The four hour window, yes, I still shoot for that for addiction interruption doses. With some people, depending on how they metabolize, it's six, eight, etc. To me, it's a matter of getting in a target dose of ibogaine, before it breaks down to 'noribogaine'. One could see an addict through the withdrawals using lower doses stretched out, but it's the whammy dose which resets. This is, as always, only my experience. I am working with someone currently who gives a 3-5mg/kg for addicts, waits til the withdrawals come back, then does the flood dose at more like psyspiritual levels, followed by a big boost the next day. Interesting for me, learning. I see that this way is a bit easier physically. But also prolongs session. I am still inclined to reach peak before ibogaine metabolizes. Good to be here. We all learn from each other. I always enjoy your posts, digital. CP