yeah man, I do feel like I won the lottery on that one. gotta throw the towel in while I'm ahead on the random dosing of mystery compounds hah.
mescaline is great man, this experience boosted it up well into my top 3 psychedelics. probably only second to N-n dmt /ayahuasca....I might even have to put it over mushrooms and L but thats definitely subject to change over time as things go. I'm surely intrigued in it more at the moment though I can say that much.
I think one of the major drawbacks for people and probably a factor in why it lost some popularity over time is its duration and body load. from this experience I just had it seems that body load is more severe, and coupled with stomach disturbances that last a good day or two, when taken in button or cactus beverage form, synthetic might be a little mor forgiving. I think just culturally as LSD gained notoriety it guided more and more people its way. Pareto principle lol.
I seriously doubt people would mistake mescaline for acid for not only the obvious dosage range differences and appearances, (taking micrograms versus triple digit milligrams) ,but the effects are much different too . if you're familiar with tryptamines at all, as your mycophile name and preview post about liking mushrooms suggests, then you will immediately feel that this is a different class of hallucinogen completely almost immediately upon noticing effect. it effects the same 5-ht2a receptor but in a very different way than classic LSd or psilocybin
I don't think its TOO hard to find though, definitely not the most common hallucinogen but with the right crowd it should be feasible to track down (Even if just by accident like me
). I remember when I felt like DMT was almost impossible to find, years of no luck. finally it came around, and as they say when it rains it pours hahaha.
but yeah, major drawback of mescaline is a fair risk of pretty intense body load, I didn't notice it too bad this time besides that crazy cramping spell my thighs have on psychedelics.. it was actually pretty intense but kind of entertaining. I was on adderall as well from earlier though(not sure how much that would help or worsen at all). body load normally trades off for some lightening up of head space but not quite as clear headed as say a 2c-X . can still cause a lot of unwanted realization and overwhelming retrospection for the hallucinogen naive just like the classic tryptamines, its just in a different style .
fun little history lesson :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOlDLxNq-fY