afterglow thread!

[Solipsis]

DMT has a nice afterglow but it's pretty short (the experience is short itself so yea)

The winner is definitely mushrooms for me, also because it is the absolute most jarring and least understandable. The similarity between mushrooms and DMT is that it can feel everything is permanently screwed up and when it becomes clear that everything will be OK while you are still able to take your lessons from the flipped out experience there is a sense of peace and most of all thankfulness.
My afterglows seem to be a function of this thankfulness, of course the chronic effects of well good euphoria are also great but if that is all there is it lacks meaning.

 

[chaoticc]

For me, a 3rd plateau trip on DXM gives me an afterglow for 1-2 days. If I take dxm every day for at least 3 days,(which happens rarely because of the damaging effects it has on the brain) I can get an afterglow that can sometimes last up to a week!

lsd gives me an afterglow for at least a day, but I also stay happy for weeks after the trip.

I remember long ago I took 2 hits of lsd and mixed it with 800mg of DXM.. best trip of my life. I could feel both of the chemicals, like they didn't mix, but rather 'worked together'.

That night I came to the conclusion that dxm was the 'death' part of the trip, and lsd was the 'life' part. I felt as if the dxm killed me, and the lsd brought be back to life, as if I was being reborn, like a baby. I was the earth, and I saw the earth as it would be 1,000,000 years from now, and then the continents went back their original shape to form pangea, and I was reformed into a new planet.

It was a life changing experience for me.

 

[Choronzon333]

what would a bromodragonfly trip be like? What would a dox afterglow be like also? Anyone wanna comment. Never tried either and don't intend to try bdragonfly ever probably. Since they last so long would you have a reaaaaaaly long afterglow possible if other psyche's like shrooms give u a 3 day afterglow like some people said??

 

[Raw Evil]

Since they last so long would you have a reaaaaaaly long afterglow possible if other psyche's like shrooms give u a 3 day afterglow like some people said??

Not necessarily. The afterglow has more to do with the experience than the drug. However, I say that while, apart from a couple of times taking shrooms, and a single, disappointing experience with DMT, I've only ever really tripped on acid.

I find afterglow is not a single phenomenon but rather a series of stages.

The first is the immediate afterglow, in my circle of friends this is simply called the "comedown", despite the usual negative connotations associated with the word. Since it forms the tail-end of a trip, it is generally the same length of time, and its intensity is dependent on dose/the trip itself.

The second phase is a general feeling of well-being towards everything; for me this has lasted anywhere from under 12 hours to a few days. This is a valuable time to reflect, but even if I don't, it's still simply... pleasant. Life is just good, even if I have a few communication failures.

After that, there are the lingering effects which slowly fade out over the next week or two. Not so much explicit pleasure as simple happiness and contentment. I find it hard to get angry at just about anything during this time.

It's simply amazing how much there is to psychedelics

 

[chaoticc]

mushrooms were the only psychedelic i didn't experience an afterglow on.. but i did have hella anxiety for days after. :/

I guess it all depends on what kind of trip you have.

 

[bunnyhentman]

DMT most consistently gives me a lovely afterglow, no matter how scary the ride, but I agree with others above it's pretty short. It makes me really hungry too.

In general, tryptamines give me nice afterglows and phenethylamines give me less nice hangovers, or nothing at all -- with the exception of those first beautiful mdma experiences I should have treasured more so many years ago.

 

[Survived Abortion]

I'm in the afterglow of a moxy (5-meo-mipt) trip right now. It has been over twenty-four hours since I dosed, and I still feel lovely.

I find that my afterglows get more noticeable and beautiful each trip, because like a conoisseur of fine wines, tasting all these wonderful psychedelics in different settings and dosages brings you an ever increasing appreciation for the finer points of the psychedelic experience. It's actually like you never really stop tripping, or at least that is how it is for me.

Everyone should feel so glowy. Love to everyone, everything.

 

[chaosbydesign]

I love afterglows ^_^;
I will have tripped the night before and I'll be walking to my class in the morning, looking at the dew drops on each individual blade of grass, smiling at everyone who I see that gives me a good feeling, anticipating the adventures of life...

 

[chaosbydesign]

Afterglows usually last about a week for me.

However, some "afterglows" have lasted forever. This type of afterglow I believe is a result of some psychic shift for the better, improving one's own sanity/happiness/spirituality.

I don't have a lot of experience, but I can attest to wonderful afterglows from dmt, peyote, mdma (never once a harsh comedown), mushrooms, and to a lesser extent, Salvia and DXM.

I feel it's important to examine what's different post-trip as it pertains to your afterglow. I feel it helps in the integration process, so that the rest of your life may be one big afterglow!

I couldn't agree more with this. :D The perma-afterglows are the best, and the most beneficial to us as people-- and the people whose lives we intersect!

 

[chaoticc]

I love afterglows ^_^;
I will have tripped the night before and I'll be walking to my class in the morning, looking at the dew drops on each individual blade of grass, smiling at everyone who I see that gives me a good feeling, anticipating the adventures of life...

I know that feeling all too well.
hehe :D

 

[doppelganga196]

Psilocybe cyanecscens (shrooms) have offered me the most pleasant afterglow, next to that would be gooood quality mdma/mda.

Opium can produce something of an afterglow too if you're into that.

Really good marijuana experiences that are intense & highly enjoyable can leave you feeling pretty buzzed even hours after the effect itself; this is more common in amateurs though...

 

[artic]

Not wanting to sound like a broken record, but.... MESCALINE! The afterglow of mesc is better than the actual high of most drugs.

+1

Seems like this should be a poll.

Cactus has one of the smoothest come-downs and longest afterglows of any psychedelic I've come across. Come up was also smoother than expected, but still a little rough.

I haven't had the opportunity to try ayahuasca, but ya'll are making a strong case for it.

 

[thevan]

Best afterglow I've ever had was from mushrooms.. lasted two or three weeks. Wonderfully at peace with the world.

 

[sublimestyle420]

It's been 24 hours since i dosed an eighth of psilocybe azurescens for my first ever mushroom trip. Still glowin' like crazy%) I feel extremely creative as well. In the middle of getting some homework done, i completely immersed myself in a doodle of a magic mushroom that I drew on the side of my paper for about an hour.

 

[someguy]

The dmt after glow I get after coming back to this reality is like no other.

 

[Chemical Wizard]

can anyone talk about taking advantage of afterglows by tripping while in an afterglow mindset?

say you trip, have an after glow lasting a week, and while still in the afterglow mental state but after tolerance breaks, you trip again and have a wonderful trip due to being in a positive mental state, have another week of tolerance, and repeat..... can it actually work this way?

I have done just this to great effect. It was two years ago; I had just gotten back from a 5 day psychedelic music festival, where as you might have guess, I consumed enourmous quantities of phenethylamine psychedelics, tryptamines, LSD, MDMA, and ketamine (and marijuana too). Anyways, after it was over, I immediate returned to my house, and my room mates weren't home yet, so indulged in a 4-aco-DMT + K-hole level ketamine trip, which was AWESOME.

I put headphones on and lied in my room with some psytrance on, and once the 4-aco-dmt was about to peak, I snorted enough ketamine to k-hole.

The experience that ensued was highly out of body, and I also felt like I was flying though space or something at an enormous velocity, and I also felt like I was spinning very fast. I was extremely extremely euphoric though, and at the very peak of the experience I actually had a strong religious experience. And I say religious, becuase I was having lots of "jesus type imagery" and kind of got a little bit confused about myself being jesus somehow, but I coudln't figure out how. It didn't take me long to realize that I was tripping balls. But yeah, and then I had a lot of really amazing deep insights about my family and promptly got in touch with them all soon after the trip. I was very impressed.

Also, i find it impressive just how much you can trip day after day after day if you use difference research chemicals each day. I am in no way saying doing so is safe nor do I recommend it, but I have done exactly this, and you definitley have to use big doses, but I had several +++ trips on multiple psychedelic drugs 4 or 5 days in a row.

 

[Quantum_truffle]

I think the DXM afterglow is really amazing for me. At least, when I keep my use to low doses. Once I took more than my usual to see what happens, and I had a really nasty kind of hangover, lasting for 3 days. Irritable, anxious, reduced concentration.

The normal DXM afterglow is for me a feeling of slight euphoria, relaxation, and loss of social inhibitions, lasting for about 5-7 days after the use.

(My normal dose is 4,2 mg/kg)