I tried a couple of times, but 3-meo-pcp proved consistantly unpleasant. It was like laying back in bed, & remembering all the most awful things you've seen in real life, on TV, all the things you've
heard about, that have distressed you, all the memories of pain, terror or fear.. All rushing back, round & round in there! Boy, was glad when
that one wore off.
Yes, Dissociatives, despite being facinating, are wierd fucking drugs.
I too have used Ket in the way you describe, never seeking a hole, but edging periously close once or twice. Mostly I just loved the colour enhancement watching Sci-Fi. In fact, at one point, having gotten some actual vials, I got quite used to having it in the evening instead of a spliff, & when it ran out I was quite sad Lol
I fought terrible fear of Ketamine to try it, after being sedated for a week with it in hospital in the mid 90's. I've never tripped so hard, & in such a sterile enviroment, under the knowledge that I'd narrowly avoided death & lost an entire week of my life. Bad trip city! I was tripping HARD on the K from the moment I awoke, for three whole days, 24/7 no sleep, & suffered auditory hallucinations for 3 months after I got out of hospital. Within the first hour I'd punched my way out of bed, hitting a cute Kiwi nurse in the face whilst almost overpowering 5 orderlies & had effectively gone psychotic. Ten minutes later I'd decided the Kiwi nurse was the cutest thing I'd ever seen & resolved to stay in ICU forever. Then a minute later I'd be making a run for it again... I thought nothing through, my mind was not my own. In fact, I didn't even know who I was, I had to get a nurse to bring a mirror over, once they got me calmed, coz I didn't know what I looked like!
My first experience of K was memorable, shall we say, but terrifying. I steered well clear of it until about 5 years ago when an opportunity to try it arose, as it had many times, & this time I said a timid yes. Took a LONG time to get over the fear after the ICU trip, but I did it!
I doubt Diphenedine will fill this gap, but my experience with it was limited, biased in advance by the above 3-meo-pcp experience & an overly paranoid view of RC Dissociatives. Be careful but enjoy if you can