Hello :)
Welcome! Do you have a sitter? What are your post-Iboga plans?
Thanks and I have a friend willing to do the job. Well I am planning on just getting back on track to a productive life. The most immediate things will be no more cigarettes , weed or stimulants every weekend which has been a habit of mine for the past 8 months or so. Speaking from the experience of one who has consumed his body weight in 'ecstasy' - this is the likely culprit for you, I think...yep, I am on board with the notion. I have found, to my chagrin, that I have a finite amount of endogenous neurotransmitters, and the perennial application of supplemental designer drugs is woefully inadequate to the task of 'making shit better'...imagine that! So you have some familiarity with wood, this is preferable - and a 10g dose of rootbark is not - typically mind you - a flood dose. By no means would that flood me or some other folks I know, yet there are members here who have been....let us say - surprised - by the whammy that only 10g put on them. Microdosing will not always necessarily elucidate an accurate sensitivity-response re: iboga and if your experiences are limited to sub threshold dosing you will certainly want someone else present. If you have been reading as long as you say, then you will know that we are serious about people having the birth right to explore this medicine, but equally serious about the fact that DIY does not mean 'alone'. Once again hopefulbeaver - I welcome you, hope you find the place to your liking and look forward to seeing you around, Cal Thanks man and thank you for such a detailed reply. So you are familiar with the plight of neurotransmitter depletion I have a sitter arranged The most I have ever dosed at once was ~4g and it was quite an illuminating experience despite the visuals being mild. The most interesting aspect to it was the feeling of being hit with multiple realizations regarding my life and things all 'making sense'. I think I am sensitive in comparison to most with it. peaceThanks and will do
Aloha hopefulbeaver - nice handle Welcome to our humble abode. I confess: I felt all warm an fuzzy reading that you'd lurked here for over a year, and LO! you made an account today - looks like we finally gotcha, eh? Haha, I am grateful for your presence and invite your participation, man. Speaking from the experience of one who has consumed his body weight in 'ecstasy' - this is the likely culprit for you, I think...yep, I am on board with the notion. I have found, to my chagrin, that I have a finite amount of endogenous neurotransmitters, and the perennial application of supplemental designer drugs is woefully inadequate to the task of 'making shit better'...imagine that! So you have some familiarity with wood, this is preferable - and a 10g dose of rootbark is not - typically mind you - a flood dose. By no means would that flood me or some other folks I know, yet there are members here who have been....let us say - surprised - by the whammy that only 10g put on them. Microdosing will not always necessarily elucidate an accurate sensitivity-response re: iboga and if your experiences are limited to sub threshold dosing you will certainly want someone else present. If you have been reading as long as you say, then you will know that we are serious about people having the birth right to explore this medicine, but equally serious about the fact that DIY does not mean 'alone'. Once again hopefulbeaver - I welcome you, hope you find the place to your liking and look forward to seeing you around, Cal
welcome! let us know how it goes
Welcome !!! I am also more sensitive than most to this medicine. When I first came here a month ago I was under a couple of misconceptions that had been reinforced by articles I read on other sites. 1. Microdosing without doing a flood dose first is useless. 2. If you are hesitant about flooding because you feel you can't find a stress-free time and place or a sitter you can trust you are just making excuses and you don't really want to get better. Thanks to this site I discovered that both of these are FALSE. And I'm glad I did because otherwise I might have done something stupid. I have had success so far with microdosing combined with changes in diet and exercise and an intense program of meditation/visualization. I was taking small daily doses of a variety of ethnobotanicals and prescription meds...kratom, poppy, Prozac and wellbutrin. I did 2 weeks of dirty maintenance with root bark while tapering and I haven't touched any of those substances in over two weeks, instead I take anywhere from 35mg to 150mg of rootbark a day. With microdosing, the plant spirits aren't going to come to you and put on a show. But it will allow you to find a path to them and listen to them whisper
I'm not sure your saying you could use them some or not but basically for me at least I have a ganja addiction as bad as most have hard drug addictions, so for me if I took one puff I know next thing I would be smoking keif and bubble hash spliffs again. Ganja addiction (IMO) is in particular ravishing in a very subtle way that takes over ones life. Granted their are few users of the sacred herb that get full blown addiction but I am definitely one of them and would suggest if you have that addiction and want to break it, treat it like a hard drug break. That means say good bye to 'friends' associated with your present usage. This is a controversial subject and we have many (or most) members that utilize this sacrament but I personally can never use it again because "I'm _____ and I have a Ganja addiction". Which always caused laughter during the NA meetings I use to attend. Nice one!
Hey everybody , I ended up going for 7g rb and it was amazing! I actually managed to go pretty deep with this dose. I had some beautiful closed eye visuals of the cosmos , various earth landscapes and beautiful gardens. Also the open eye visuals where intense , it looked like a strobe light was flashing on full blast in the room the whole time. My mind was incredibly clear and I was able to analyze my life without the usual emotions clouding my judgement. Ever since I have been feeling fantastic mentally but unfortunately my sinuses are acting up so I am a bit sick today. I have also not touched a cigarette in 2 days and I do not feel the craving at all. I am content being sober although I am still smoking a little bit of cannabis at night to get me to sleep. All in all I am very pleased with how it worked out , it was a trip I will not forget!
Sounds like a surprise flood! Congrats. You quit for cheap too, no need for hcl or TA wow.
Hi hopefulbeaver, Sounds like you have some good bark! Thank you for sharing and don't think that you can just have a smoke with coffee in a few weeks.. I made that mistake after two hole weeks without one and I am now smoking again.. Blah. I had gotten through the toughest part and I guess if I want to quit, I cant have "just one" this probably goes for most of us. Good luck! roxine