A week ago I tried AL-LAD for the first time. The last time that I took anything before that was two weeks prior, which was 210 mg MDMA and 150 ug LSD, at a concert. I'm not going to put up a list here, but suffice to say I have a lot of experience with all sorts of RC's, chemical and natural substances (amongst which well over a 100 LSD trips), just to give an indication of where I'm coming from.
I put one 150 ug tab (from the ones with the chem structure on one side and the name on the other) under my tongue for about ten minutes and then swallowed the mush, it's orally active after all. Due to the novelty of this compound I didn't have it officially tested, which is going against my usual practice, but I don't think the service that I have access to will fully recognize it yet and my supply of the material is limited, so I thought it would be a waste and accepted the fact that this would be a calculated risk.
I had an empty stomach, a few hours earlier I took 0.5 mg Pyrazolam. At T+0.75 the first signals appeared to me, as did the first yawns. The come up was extremely gradual, easy, smooth, subtle (no nausea, but then I rarely get nauseated, only with materials like AMT, 2C-E, Mescaline and its analogues). It felt as if I was taken by the hand and being led gently into the trip, with a very light sort of stonedness.
At T+1.5 / T+1.75 I got the feeling that it wouldn't go any further than it was at that moment. At the same time I also had some GI (as you did, Dr Mamba, I never have this with LSD either) and I had to, so to speak, stain the porcelain throne for a bit
Considering the effects/dosage so far it seemed to me that this compound is indeed AL-LAD, although I couldn't definitively rule out an NBOMe (although the tab was tasteless and the bodyload light or almost non-existent, without any noticable vasoconstriction). DOx was completely ruled out, because those compounds seem to have little effect on me, unfortunately, even at high doses I only feel amped up without much psychedelic effect. Later I had learned from a friend that an Ehrlich test had been performed on this substance (coming from the same supplier) and that it indicated that this would be a tryptamine or ergoline, ruling out it being a phen. Now that I know that I'm convinced it is AL-LAD (or at least an x-LAD).
There were obvious similarities to LSD, but also distinct differences. The 'tripset' of the body, the bodyload if you will, was more or less comparible and not heavy at all, thankfully. It felt somewhat 'electric', as with my experience often is with LSD, to the same degree, along with some tremors in my underarms. This almost made me think of Mescaline, but the Mesc tremors are more in my legs or throughout my whole body. The visuals and mindfucks however stayed way behind. Only ever so slight CEV's and OEV's (patterning, no warping or breathing), the mindfucks too were many factors less than with LSD. I did notice a huge distortion in the perception of time. The playful, sinister, evillish, Mr. Hyde like side which sometimes manifests itself during a good acid trip was entirely not there. Later into the trip I thought, for only a moment, that it felt a bit like a light roll, a very light one and not exactly the same, 2C-B and AMT have that a whole lot more. Maybe it was the serotonin. It was euphoric (a serotonin shiver here and there), there was much laughter at moments. Music was pleasant, as expected, but I didn't really feel like becoming one with it. I don't know if the tab is really 150 ug, but compared to LSD this was clearly weaker, so much weaker in fact, that the next time I'll be taking this, it shall be 300 ug. If it really is 150 ug per tab (and I don't really have much reason to severely doubt that, because I really do trust the supplier, which I had some really good experiences with in the past), then the potency isn't quite comparible to LSD and therefor the material is more expensive.
The experience nevertheless was very pleasant, somewhat underwhelming, but light trips can be just as valuable as strong ones IMO. Lying on my bed with music got boring real fast, so I went to my living room and put on the first disc of Planet Earth to watch, which was absolutely brilliant, especially the piranha underwater footage. I smoked quite a bit of Cannabis, an amount that would probably be problematic if I'd taken acid, I think (I've gotten very sensitive towards Cannabis over the years and had some trips going out of hand due to smoking a bit too much). There was some erotic effect between T+4 and T+6, maybe partially because of the weed. At T+5 / T+6 the trip seemed to be going downhill, but at T+8 I realised that I could still clearly feel it.
At T+9 / T+9.5 I fell asleep in my bed in somewhat of a chaotic state of mind (probably the grass, I often have this with LSD as well) and I slept like a baby (with a good strong acid trip this is unthinkable). The next day there was a beautiful afterglow, no LSD hangover at all, some good energy, not drained whatsoever. The material partially feels a whole lot cleaner than any LSD I ever took (no LSD body smells and/or hangover the next day, things felt clean during the trip as well); I wrote 'partially', only because of the GI part in the beginning.
After only one experience I find it hard to judge AL-LAD completely on its merits, I feel that I need at least one more experience and a bigger dose to properly do this. This first one could be called: A Mild Ride.
I don't think this is much of a real trip report, more an overall description after the deed and an ever so slight comparison with LSD, so I'm putting this here. HIH.