I come across that statement somewhat frequently and just when I start loosing interest, I come across those who describe what appears to me to be a pleasant experience.
Have you tried it before?
Haha exactly my thought. While I haven't done it myself, I figure it's probably highly interesting, but a very risky undertaking considering the hallucinations you experience.
I will never understand why most people (especially here on bluelight) seem to think the only reason to take drugs is to feel awesome. It doesn't have to be pleasant to be worth it in my opinion. I would prefer having an intense nightmare that has me wake up covered in sweat over not dreaming at all. This discussion has taken place a hundred times and never has there been any understanding. There's always the knuckleheaded anti-delirium front who will not simply disadvise doing it, but who will also eventually call people who do it names.
If you have read up on this and have plenty of experience with other mind altering substances like psychedelics or dissociatives, I would say go for it. Be aware of the health risks, have a trip sitter present (!!!!) and enjoy the show (or endure it). Most importantly let us know how it went. It will most definitely not be the hedonistic/masturbatory type of drug experiences.
EDIT: I have experienced delirium hallucinations before, but only briefly and I had amnesia for most of the experience, so I can't comment on that. But getting scared over a million spiders storming my room sounds like something I would love to have been through. Just like I am glad for the hallucinations I had during all my psychotic breaks (the worst: being eaten by a fungus and seeing my body macerate away, before and while telling my family and friends goodbye). Some people won't even go near anything that scares or disgusts them, I seem oddly attracted to some (!) of it.
It's like having Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, being trapped in a nightmare all at once [...] confusion, severe memory loss, insanity, chaos, SPIDERS AND MAGGOTS EVERYWHERE, totally convincing hallucinations of having conversations with dead relatives and friends, and feeling of impending death and doom and gloom. Absolutely horrifying
I can't say this doesn't sound tempting. Simply for the novelty aspect of it, being able to remind myself of it, getting to know another state of consciousness, being able to feel empathy towards those who have to endure it involuntarily, there are plenty of reasons. Definitely not to have a good time though. And it's not like you won't get through it either.
with the worst body load I have ever felt on ANY drug. Mouth dry as fuck, unable to drink water, the constant need to piss combined with the inability to piss, it made my legs start convulsing, tremors
Is it possible you had a bit too much? I have definitely read reports of people who have taken some pleasure in it and who have not described the sides as severe as you do.
http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=32271
I proceeded in carefully crawling around the floor and capturing every single scorpion I could find in my basement so that I could be safe and able to go sleep at ease. In total I put down maybe 50-75 glasses around my entire basement.
Excellent report, sounds a lot like a major nightmare actually, but this guy isn't whining about it.
http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=76921
This guy actually "thoroughly enjoyed" the entire experience, probably because he also "likes dreaming so much".
I'm pretty sure that this can go well depending on lots of factor, but you should never decide to do it because you want it to go well. From all I've heard in the past the experience has a high chance to resemble a nightmare. There's potential for serious consequences on the social level, so a trip sitter is mandatory.
Regarding the claims that this never can be introspective and that the hallucinations are purely random (which many people ironically also say about their dreams, D'OH):
Brother’s wife: “I want him [me] out of this house!” Brother: “I know, me too, but he has nowhere else to go…” and they continued on in this way. Now, I was well aware that this was merely an auditory hallucination, but it still made me more susceptible to believe that they didn’t want me there. It seemed that the auditory hallucinations would play off anything that I was feeling insecure about.
