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2C-I - 2nd time - Probably the last time

Lipsink

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2c-i - 2nd time - Probably the last time

I had had 2c-i once before in a low dose of 5mg. That had a negligible effect on me, but kinda made me feel mellow.

So this time a friend, D, and I had decided to have a night out sorta pub crawling in Sydney suburb of Balmain. I had previously prepared a 12.5mg dose for us both. It was in distilled water that I had mixed with coca-cola.

That morning I had light breakfast, and only soup for lunch. So I had basically fasted.

7.30pm. Drank the dose. One good thing about 2c-i in this form is that it has no taste whatsoever. All I can taste is the watered-down coca-cola.

7.35pm. Arrived at the first pub. Friend D, has a few beers while only sipped at a lite beer, cos I wanted to feel the effects of the 2c-i and not the alcohol.

8.30pm. The come-up was very gentle, no problems at all. Got a light-headedness feeling and had to concentrate pretty hard making my way to the toilets for a pee.

8.45pm. Left this pub to go to another only a few blocks down the road. This one was crowded with people watching a game of rugby union on the TV. Normally, I would be right into that sort of thing, cos I into watching sport on TV and enjoy the social aspects where everyone is barracking for one team. We take a pretty awkward spot to watch the game, having to stand and right next to the door. D buys me a beer, but i only sip about 1" of it. I buy myself a lemon squash and get thru that.

9.00pm. Not particularly enjoying the experience now. A body load, not severe cramps, just a mild nausea and fullness, appear. I kinda feel uncomfortable no matter what I do. Anxiety is also appearing. I dont want to be around this many people. At half time in the game, i go outside to get some air. When the game recommences, I dont want to go back in.

9.30pm. Eventually, I do go back into the pub, and feel as if I am getting on top of the uncomfortable feelings. I enjoy watching the game and D and I start making observations of the people around us. This is becoming better.

10pm. I had planned to combine cannabis with the peak of the 2c-i, so around the 2.5 hour time, we left the pub and went for a walk to a park, where we had a choof. In hindsight, this was a mistake, cos all the uncomfortable feelings I had been getting over, came back, with a vengence. It was like, nothing I did could relieve the body load or anxiety. And I was almost totally sapped of energy. I am a fit person and normally full of energy, especially on a night out. But now the absolute best I could do was walk very very slowly. D was also only strolling along, but every 20m or so he had to wait for me to catch up. I would have to have sit down about every 100m.

D, would had eaten normally throughout the day, and had been drinking alcohol at a normal pace (and he weighs about 90kg to my 75kg, if that is relevant) was also feeling uncomfortable, but not debilitated like me. He described it as "like having drank 20 pints of sea-water".

10.30pm. I thought that if I had something to eat, it might help. But I couldnt have entertained a normal meal. The best I could think of was an icecream, so I bought one. I trudged along, licking the icecream for about half an hour, but could only eat about half of it, before giving up.

There was now a trippy feel to the experience and I have had LSD about a 15 times, so I know the feeling. The difference here was that there was not one iota of pleasure about this trip. It wasnt overwhelming (like one LSD trip I had), but it was just damn uncomfortable, with low-level nausea, headache, too-full feeling and anxiety.

Midnight. Basically just wandered up and down the main street trying to take my mind off the effects - all of them negative. D was hungry (!) and got a kebab. There were a lot of people on the street now with bars and restaurants closing. It was like I was watching this activity as a spectator, not as a participant.

1am. I was tired and wanted the evening to end, so managed to talk D into going home. Once I could lie down in bed, things began to improve, although for some strange reason I was reluctant to lie on my side, so I lay face up for hours. I managed to get some sleep till around 3am, then after a toilet break, got some more sleep till around 7am.

7am. Felt fine, no hangover or anything. Just a great sense of relief that I wasnt feeling like I did the previous night anymore.

Conclusion. God, what a bummer. I had such high hopes for this stuff, which I think has been described as the new ecstasy. No way. I luv eccy, but this 2c-i is crap. If I was to have it again ( I have some left), I would eat normally in the day, have less a dose, say 10mg, and drink alcohol to ease the body load. But then again, if I need all these mitigating actions, whats the point?
 
Ironically I find the higher doses, 25mg+ to be more pleasant than anything under 20. Consider taking a larger dose with a benzo or opiate. 15mg insufflated, or 30mg orally with 60-90mg codeine makes for an amazing trip with zero body load, no headaches, no anxiety or stimulation. Just a suggestion for something that's worked for me in the past.
 
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I've had body load and uncomfortable stimulation from 2C-I at a whole range of doses.

The effects you described Lipsink were basically the reason, after a dozen or more 2C-I experiences, I have no desire to ever touch the stuff again.

I'm looking into 2C-C or 2C-D next... :)
 
funkee said:
Ironically I find the higher doses, 25mg+ to be more pleasant than anything under 20. Consider taking a larger dose with a benzo or opiate. 15mg insufflated, or 30mg orally with 60-90mg codeine makes for an amazing trip with zero body load, no headaches, no anxiety or stimulation. Just a suggestion for something that's worked for me in the past.


Insufflating over 10 mg always amplified the tension and stimulation for me, without doing much for the psychedelia aspect of it. The opiate idea is an excellent one; I have used timed release oxycodone (20 mg) with excellent results.
 
Incidentally enough, when I read you were tripping in Balmain, I instantly thought "Nice suburb, but so the wrong place for tripping."

It is awfully refreshing to read about users who restrain their drinking for the sake of wanting an untainted experience.
 
I think 2ci is just different for different ppl in the end. I mean I remember when I got a 100mg pack, me and my mate had a BALL on it, gave his gf about 10mg (what was left) and she didn't feel a thing :S it was really odd just watchin her not even feel a bit of buzz, like we weren't expectin her to trip or nuttin, but at least get a bit of go in her. So yeah. RC's are a funny thing, for me 2ci agreed with me really well. My first dose was 37mg and it was wonderful, no body load, maybe not as much headspace as I wanted and the come up I was shaking but still overall ended up being GREAT and non nauseating what so ever.
 
I have tripped 3 times on 2c I. I have never had a bad freak out or anything. But last night wasn't a good thing. Someone who just had back surgery reinjured themselves. They refused to go to the hospital because their worried about losing their wokers comp... You can imagine how bad that was messing with my head. Thank god a friend showed up and got me out of that situation or I would have had a bad night I am sure. Problem is even today though, I am going to have to go down there and see the person suffer. Over the ignorance that he obviously thinks money is more important than being able to walk.
 
I just wrote an almost identical reply (in context terms) to someone tripping at home on Morning Glory Seeds.

SET AND SETTING are vital for a good trip.

If you had read enough about 2c-i then you would understand the effects of this drug, and know that it simply isn't suitable for the scenario you describe.

Sit at home, prepare some of your favourite tunes and turn the house into a 2c-i haven. Ensure you aren't going to be interrupted and try it again.

It's not 2c-t-7 but it is a worthwhile drug all the same.
 
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