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2C-I (25mg) -- 1st time -- Self-Exploration and Discovery

Dr Greenthumb

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2C-I -- 1st time. Experienced user @ 25mg oral

I recently acquired a small amount of this, and tried it out for the first time on 4/20. I will try and put my experience in the form of a coherent trip report:
I dosed 25mg, +-1mg, weighed on a laboratory digital scale. Erowid lists the dose for a 'strong' experience at 20-30mg, and judging from my stature (about 6'5" and 220 lb) and my metabolism, I figured I'd better aim a bit on the higher side of the 'strong' scale for a nice experience, which I definitley wanted due to the limited nature of the supply (and it was 15mg short at that).
I took the powder in a gelcap at about 11 P.M.
t+:00 I take my powder, and two friends take a hit on 'geltabs'. We roll up a blunt, and walk from the house to a nearby park.
t+:45 We are at the park, and have smoked the blunt. I am naturally high, but still feel no real tangible sign of psychedelic activity. Meanwhile, my friends can't really decide if they are tripping or not. They get into a rather lengthy discussion on whether or not they are tripping. I try my best to convince my friend he is tripping balls. Theres no harm in a little placebo, and I dont wholly trust any irregular spurts of LSD. But I steer the topic towards the profound, and fool him, if only for a little while.
t+:1:20 We are still in the park, when an SUV full of quite obviously drunk loud people comes tearing several hundred yards across the grass, past the school, and climbs up onto the top of a steep prominent hill. Once at the top, intermittent flashes from a lighter indicated marijuana consumption, presumably from some sort of 'bowl'. This is an extremely bizarre occurance, to say the least. Yet I just stood there, occasionally commenting on the idiocy or some such. I remember thinking that if I were on something such as LSD or mushrooms, I would probably be doubled over in laughter, or at the very least giggling and with a perma-grin on my face. At the time I interpreted this as a lack of activity, but I recall a general lack of grinning, with respect to more traditional psychedelics. I also start to notice the first signs of oncoming activity, through an odd olfactory sensation, or at least thats the best I can best describe it.
t+:1:30 We are back at the house, and much to my dismay, the others opt for - of all things - watching a video. From the beginning of the video things built rather slowly, I remember feeling fairly sober a full 2 hours after I ingested the gelcap. As the movie went on, my two friends concluded the acid had, indeed, been bunk. One drifted off to bed, and me and the other went to smoke a couple bowls. Once I moved from the futon, it was very apparent that I was affected. There had been vague OEV's and patterns in the dim light, but moving my own body seemed unusually light and alien.
Comparing pupils by the mirror as we smoked, it was very apparent just how bunk that acid had been. The bowls may or may not have helped, but my friend announced he was going to bed, and I, tripping heartily, dug in for the finale of 'Being Joh Malkovich'. I felt a good degree of empathy for the carachters sharing mainly their euphoria. I beleive 2c-I may induce a substantial serotonin release. The body buzz was phenomenal, and unique in its own right. Much more pronounced for me than mushrooms, but with a softer ede than LSD. Visual imagery could be acertained with little effort, and included among the standard fractals, rug patterns, and coltic-knot style visuals andother type which I've not seen on any other substance that looked like elaborate Spirograph™ drawings.
I found this substance to be very tactile, but since I have not tryed 2c-B I cannot compare it.
After the movie, I spent a few enjoyable hours in self-exploration and discovery, as well as discovering a few other thigs, such as the futon (I beleive I may actually have discovered it on several occasions). I found myself gnashing my teeth a few times, but more because it felt good than due to an uncontrolable compulsion like with MDMA. Like I said, this is, not surprisingly, this substance is quite tactile.
I was bona fide awake until at least 6 AM (t+:7:00) at which point I was still trying to figure out what the hands on my watch meant time-wise (I was able to figure it out ex-post-facto). I may have slipped into spleep for varying periods, but I dont really remember falling asleep or waking up. My friend awoke at about 9:00, and I was still feeling a bit affected and sluggish. Considering my limited sleep, the hangover wasn't bad. all that disappated rather quickly with a short nap in the afternoon.
Anyway, thats it. My first 2c-I experience. This is definitley an interesting material, and I will certainly covet the remaining portion
 
Nice one doc. It's refreshing to read a well written, legible report!
Sounds like 2c-I could be a context-dependant substance. Perhaps you could have got more out of in a more visually/intellectualy stimulating environment.
[ 26 April 2002: Message edited by: *=Regulator=* ]
 
After the movie, I spent a few enjoyable hours in self-exploration and discovery, as well as discovering a few other thigs, such as the futon (I beleive I may actually have discovered it on several occasions).
lmao!!
Do you think you would have gotten more out of the trip/experience at a higher dose?
 
I may very well get more out of this substance at a higher dose, but I am glad I didnt take more my first time around. Like Regulator mentioned, I'm sure I would have gotten much more out of the experience in a more stimulating environment. I would very much like to try this during the day, with perhaps 30mg or so. I am convinced this substance has a depth that warrants exploration which other penethylamines I have tried - notably 2c-t-7 - tend to lack.
Oh, and on another note, this trip report made Erowid. Woo hoo!
 
My first time on 2ci - 20mg taken at a club. It was fun, but I was too worried about not getting kicked out by one of the bouncers to really enjoy it.
My second time - 18mg at a friends house. It was a lower dose than the first time, but it hit me hard. It was some of the most fun I had ever had on a psychedelic.
I think 2ci is one of those substances that really does depend more on set and setting than dose.
Adios,
Steve
 
Nice Report, Dr. Greenthumb! Your description of the unique effects of 2C-I was articulate and on-point, describing the objective physiological and perceptual effects in detail while providing an entertaining account of your subjective head trip. This substance DEFINITELY requires a stimulating environment, for as a phenethylamine it produces a mild amphetamine-like stimulation. Taking it during the day would be a good idea, but if 20 mg produced the strength of effects that you describe, I would be hesitant about ramping up to 30 mg, as it may be more than twice as intense as 20 mg. Try 25 mg first. Case in point:
My first time that I took 2C-I, I relied on my previous two experiences with 25 mg oral 2C-B to calculate dosage. Because those 2C-B experiences were low intensity, and I had found that my natural baseline tolerance to 2C-T-7 was also very high, I decided that 35 mg oral 2C-I would be an appropriate moderate dose for me. It turned out to be a very high dose, producing incredible synaesthesia and euphoria, but also giving me stomach cramps and diarrhea that lasted for 2 days.
---5HT-2
 
I have tried this substance many times recently, lastly being 20mg (highest dose tested yet), its very "clean" feeling for a research chemical, very nice smooth come down. The best time i had on this stuff was starting out early on a 75-80 degree, sunny day, 18mg. Lots of morphing/movement and patterns going on. My head has been relatively clear all the times i've tried it so far, but i will have to wait a while and try a higher dose like 25mg next time.
I actually just recently tried AMT at the lower end doses (35-37mg or so), and i seemed to find it actually more fun than the 2ci (during the first 4 hours or so), more of a "party" or recreational fun, more visual than 2C-I but i can still function/socialize normally. Maaaajor trails off that shit, no nausea but daaamn the hangover sucks...after about 8 hours you just want to go to sleep and stop moving your legs around (wierd body buzz). 2C-I feels so much "easier" on the body.
 
Originally posted by fairnymph:
Do you think you would have gotten more out of the trip/experience at a higher dose?
It's been my consistent experience now that I get more out of 2C-I when I take lower doses instead of higher ones. I can truly say I didn't discover all the magic 2C-I holds until I took 16 mg with a friend and we spent the evening engaged in the most psychedelic (by this I mean mind expanding) conversation ever. Each of us had several epiphanies occur, and sudden moments of extreme profoundness where some deep personal question was answered.
This was after two previous trips involving 25 mg and 26 mg, both which had left me somewhat dissapointed with the compound. I now won't ever take more than 18 mg of 2C-I. As I always say, this is one material, for me at least, where less is more.
 
Yes, this drug definitley has a unique head trip, and there are a few other facets which are exclusive, out of all the psychedelics I have tried. I would like to explore the common themes of my future trips, to narrow down the conseistent properties. The extent to which tactile enhancement (serotonin release?) and psychedelic effects occur surprised me somewhat.
[ 30 April 2002: Message edited by: Dr Greenthumb ]
 
2ci is quite possibly my favorite rchem since 2ct7 to come along. I too recommend the less is more approach, my first time trying it was at 20mg and it was extremely pyschedelic. much more so than any reports at the time could prepare me for. everything i read up until that point suggested i would get no head fuck, and slight visuals at 20mg. On the contrary, there was definite thought loops and expanding going on, but not too bad. Not to mention the pyschedelic soup visuals. Since this time i've done doses ranging from 9mg, 10mg, 12mg, 16mg, 20mg, and 22mg. My most recent being 12mg and for me it seemed it was every bit as powerful as the nite i tried 20mg. needless to say i was not expecting such a powerful trip. so if any of you are looking for a first time dosage, please start low, do not go with the "recommended" 20mg.
 
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