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2C-B - First time - Magical sensory tripping

Jaw Clenching

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A few years ago, when I first became interested in changing the way I feel with chemicals, I quickly learned about a substance called 2C-B (from Erowid.org). It looked like something I'd enjoy, but it seemed like this particular phenethylamine was sort of difficult to acquire. After giving up hope ever finding this rarity, I recently happened to come across some!

When the time came to finally sample this elusive compound, I weighed out two 20mg gel caps - one for me, and one for my girlfriend. The time was 12:00am, the first minute of a mildly cool Sunday morning. We had eaten some pizza an hour or two prior to ingestion of the gel caps. I think the food made the onset of the 2C-B much slower than it normally would be. Erowid lists the time of onset for 2C-B as 45-75min. At 1:10am we were both still at baseline, maybe some slight visual distortions. At this time we both took 30mg pseudoephedrine to help with any kind of side effects (phlegm, mucus, coughing).

From this point began a gradual climb in effects. I noticed my body starting to feel different - warm vibes of electricity flowed up and down my body. I felt quite relaxed and even euphoric. It wasn't anything close to MDMA induced euphoria, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. As for my girlfriend, she wasn't enjoying herself too much. She did not enjoy the body high at all. It was more like a body load for her. She said it was uncomfortable and irritating, but she was having interesting visuals. She kept commenting on how the dimly lit room we were sitting appeared to have an orange tint to it. To her, the refrigerator seemed to have many dents on the front of it.

I decided to put on some music. I wanted to experience how 2C-B affected my perception of it. Music made me feel euphoric and it seemed to have more depth to it. The feeling was nothing like what DXM does to my perception of music though. Within seconds of me putting on the music, my girlfriend started complaining about how it really bothered her. Our tastes in music are quite different to say the least. She was telling me that the instruments she heard sounded like bees flying at her. I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so I put on my headphones. After a few moments of enjoyment, my girlfriend let me know that she could still hear the music even though my headphones are enclosed. I just turned it off after that.

The body high was going pretty strong for me about 2 hours after ingestion of the 2C-B. My girlfriend's negative body load was still there as well. She decided to go outside and walk around for a bit to see if that made her feel any better. At this time, all I felt was a cool body high with some visuals. Definitely not anything worth taking again if that was all it was. Since my mind still felt sober, I decided to smoke some cannabis since that always makes the mental trip and visuals much more noticeable for me with psychedelic drugs. I proceeded to smoke what I perceived to be my 'normal' amount of pot (it was enough).

Before I was even done smoking, my girlfriend came back inside and told me that I needed to come outside with her. I told her to wait inside until I was done smoking and putting on warmer clothes, but she just went outside again. After I was ready to venture into the unknown realms of the great outdoors (a quiet tract house neighborhood), I went outside. All street lights and lights on people's houses were quite bright. I couldn't look directly at them. I stood in front of our house with my girlfriend and smoked a cigarette with her. I normally don't smoke cigarettes that much, but it was enjoyable.

The mental aspect of the trip was starting to really take a hold of me. It was quite unique, but difficult to explain completely. I was having what I can only describe as 'fractalized thoughts'. I would think of a seemingly complex idea, and it would be represented in visual form. This visual form would then repeat itself over and over, creating a larger pattern. This pattern also represented a complex pattern of thought which would start to repeat itself creating more patterns. The cool thing about this was it felt like I could understand and comprehend this detailed array of visual thought.

After some time, we decided to go for a walk. It was somewhat cold outside; so walking helped us stay warm. 2C-B has quite an effect on one's hearing. We both felt like we had hearing similar to that of a dog because we could hear distant sounds quite clearly. Walking around was nice, it was not overly weird and almost frightening like with 5-MeO-AMT. The visuals were beginning to get more intense for me. The entire sky had a strong red tint to it. Pink and purple clouds were moving swiftly above us. Size, distance and proportion of objects were also slightly distorted.

We stopped to look at some residential buildings that were under construction. I think they were townhouses or apartments. The wooden frames and walls were completed, but the rest of the structures had not been completed yet. To me, the wood appeared as sand, clay and stone. The front of the building was covered with cryptic symbols, gold and jade decorations, and Egyptian looking figures. I felt very imaginative.

We continued to walk, and reached the back entrance of a near-by middle school. We walked across a dirt field covered with small weeds and other curious plants. I'm not sure how much of what I saw next was real, but it was definitely cool. I looked down at the ground, at the small weeds. They had thin ghost-like branches coming up off of them forming an angular sphere shape. I saw small, faint purple flowers on the thin branches as well. My girlfriend was feeling a little better at this point, but still thoroughly disappointed that 2C-B hadn't lived up to all it's hype.

What happened next was, well in the words of Peter Griffin, "un-freaken-believable". My girlfriend and I were looking at a metal structure that was on a small hill. It was for the school kids to eat lunch under I believe. We had to look up to see it though, so the night sky was in our visual field as well. While discussing passed school experiences, the entire night sky lit up in a blinding white flash. Right above the metal structure, a meteorite fell through the sky and burnt up after about 2-3 seconds. To us it was both startling and amazing. It looked quite big and close to us. It was a white ball of light, with a streak of light behind it. It gave off lots of patterns and colors around it. After were done being startled, we both discussed how cool that was for a while. Eventually we made our way back home.

It was quite relieving to go back indoors, so much warmer and comfortable. I asked my girlfriend if she wanted to smoke some pot since she declined before our walk. She did, and before long was having some crazy visuals. I heard her laugh as she sat there with her eyes closed, and just somehow knew she was thinking about something 'dirty'. I told her that, and she couldn't believe I knew that. I probably would have been able to know that even if I had been sober though, I just know her well.

My girlfriend told me when she closed her eyes, she saw endless 'porno movies'. She thought it was pretty weird; since she's never had something like that happen before. Needless to say, that put her 'in the mood' and we proceeded to have some fun. It was A LOT of fun :). We ended up doing that for the rest of the morning and eventually fell asleep around 7am Sunday morning.

I woke up that afternoon around 3pm. My whole body was in pain; I hurt all over. I didn't have a headache though. After feeling sorry for myself for about 5 minutes, I got up and made some Kratom tea. It takes me a while to make, but once I drank it I felt so much better.

2C-B was cool, but there are definitely better things out there in my opinion.
 
Great trip report!

Your 20mg experience sounds fairly consistant with my own 2C-B experience, although I am probably slightly less sensative to it than you (20mg is allright, 25mg is/was total euphoria and LSD-like visuals).

Anyway I'm glad your girl came around to liking it in the end :)

I also get more audio hallucination on 2C-B than other psychedelics. This can get pretty strange, even creepy at times. Eventually this drug became overall creepy and useless for me, to the point where I gave away my last dose and I doubt I will ever try it again.

Have you tried other 2C-x chems? Out of 2C-I, 2C-B, and 2C-D, I liked 2C-D the best by far. I still have to give 2C-E a full trial though...
 
I bet if you weren't tripping, that meteorite wouldn't have shown its face! :D

Good report! 2C-B is one of my favorite substances, although I have only had the chance to try it once, and I hear from multiple people that the first time is definitely the best (and gets less enjoyable every consecutive time, kinda like 2C-I! hehe), glad you had a fun time.
 
bluedolphin said:
Have you tried other 2C-x chems? Out of 2C-I, 2C-B, and 2C-D, I liked 2C-D the best by far. I still have to give 2C-E a full trial though...

I've tried 2C-T-2, 2C-I, 2C-E and now 2C-B. So far I like 2C-E the most.
 
I've always been in the camp of those who find 2C-B rather over-rated and shallow. I've taken it in a variety of settings, and it was never anything more for me than lighthearted...even when it was taken with two best friends while camping in the beautiful and mystical Colorado wilderness at 10,000 feet.

Now 2C-B is very visual, and has a GREAT bodyfeeling (for me anyway.) But that's really it. It lacks the introspection and insight I get from 2C-D and 2C-E, and I actually enjoy 2C-C more as a recreational/hiking psychedelic because of the relaxed vibe I get.

2C-T-7 will always be my favorite of the 2Cs, with 2C-E and 2C-D just behind.

I should add that 2C-B was quite profound and amazing in combination with MDMA, and ketamine. :) But then, what isn't profound in combination with MDMA and ketamine?
 
I just recently tried 2C-B at 20mgs, and I had an amazing experience. I can definitely say it is not the best of the 2C-"X" Phenethylamines, but it is a very good psychedelic in my opinion. I didn't quite get to experience the sexual effects of it, as my girlfriend would not stop laughing. *laughs* However, it was a very sensual, introspective substance. Me and my girlfriend had an awesome conversation towards the end of the trip. I can't wait to try it again. ..Maybe at 30mgs.

2C-E is my personal favorite, and I will be using it again soon at 20mgs. I have used it at 6mgs, 12mgs, and 16mgs. All of these were very profound experiences for me. To be quite honest, I was very surprised at how strongly 6mgs affected me. 2C-E is just all around a great psychedelic.
 
wicked report, good details, stoked ur gf got into everything in the end, wel done :D
 
This is fantastic! I can relate with your girlfriend's trip quite a bit, although I must stress there is a very big difference between having a heavy bodyload throughout a trip, and not enjoying the trip. Often whilst tripping it is hard to differentiate the two, but in hindsight you only think back to the good parts :)
 
My girlfriend told me when she closed her eyes, she saw endless 'porno movies'. She thought it was pretty weird; since she's never had something like that happen before. Needless to say, that put her 'in the mood' and we proceeded to have some fun.
Wow, I'm really pleased to read another report of what I've dubbed "porno-vision," brought on by 2C-B. This happens to me almost every time, and I thought I was a weirdo. :)

In fact, her response overall sounds very much like my own. I suggest she try it a few hours after MDMA before deciding she doesn't like it - this eliminated all negative aspects of 2C-B (body load, anxiety etc.) for me. Taken by itself, we've found 2C-B to be a bit more "difficult" than is often reported.
 
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Good report, i cant believe i missed the first time around.
have you tried 2c-b since this experience? If so at what dose and how did it compare?
 
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