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Bridgesii cactus + SSRI/First Time/No Joy

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yoyo58

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I am a 57 yo male, 170 lbs, in good health. Extensive history with chems of all sorts 30+ years ago, but nothing recently.


Did my research then ordered bridgesii from a well regarded online source. I prepped 550+ grams fresh via the blend & simmer extraction method. I consumed half of it 10 hours ago and the other half 8 hours ago. I prepped the juice the night before, poured it a glass dish, and froze it. I simply ate the ice with juice and coffee to chase, all on an empty stomach. No nausea, but it did taste pretty bad.


I could feel *a little* something that wasn't placebo effect after 3-4 hours, and had some mild mental fuzziness, but no CEV, no trails, no pupil dilation, etc. Ordinarily, a dose this size should have produced outlandish results.


I expected a diminished effect in strength and/or duration because I am on 10mg Escitalopram/Lexapro (SSRI) once a day, but I didn't expect a total beatdown of the effects.

I could find no First Hand accounts on how SSRIs affected mescaline, so I'm hoping this will help someone with their research.
 
So, I decided to transition off my SSRI as an experiment to see if I still needed to keep taking it. My Dr. suggested a SSRI "holiday" at one point and I figure now is as good a time as any. I'm in a good place. I started a taper shortly after my failed Bridgesii attempt in the OP. I went from 10 mg/day to zero without any withdrawal symptoms, so I'm one of the lucky ones coming off SSRI. Lexapro has a short half life so it will be out of my system soon. I figure it'll take a couple of months for my brain chemistry to get back to normal. I feel more energetic now and there hasn't been any of the old problems that lead me to taking it in the first place.

If all goes well, I'll give Brigesii another try in a few months. I have 630 grams fresh that I will hold onto until then, maybe push that out until Spring 2016.
 
Congrats on still feeling well after tapering off the SSRI, that's awesome. Good luck with the Bridgesii too, would be interested to hear about your trip when it happens. :)
 
I will provide a new report when the time comes with a link back to this thread for reference.

I've read so many horror stories about the difficulties of coming off Lexapro, but it's been easy for me. I've had a couple of days of feeling a little drowsy, but that's about it.

Thanks for checking in.
 
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