i’ve tried it a couple times, a local metaphysical/spiritual/witchy store near me sometimes has it in stock. i bought like, an oz, and maybe a couple cups of tea out of it. i tore up the petals to break em down without grinding em. i put a strainer ball of it into my nightly sleepytime chamomile, valerian root, passionflower tea.
it’s definitely very subtle in it’s effects but it was noticeable to me. shortly after drinking it i consistently noticed a nice relaxation. my body was very physically relaxed, was very nice for my tense sore muscles. mentally i felt very calm with a slight, but noticeable mood boost. very anxiolytic, it calmed my ass down and i’m basically a ball of anxiety wearing a human costume lmao. relatively sedating too, helped me drift off to sleep easily. all the effects felt very clean and light, too. it didn’t feel like i had taken a drug, i didn’t feel high, it felt very natural.
had a major effect on my dreams too. a lot of people take it for lucid dreaming and i can see why. on the nights i took it my dreams were incredibly vivid. some of them were nightmares, or at least would mess with my head with how vivid they were. i almost had a lucid dream on it one night, ive only had a lucid dream once or twice in my life. i woke up shortly after falling asleep, i was half way between sleeping and wakefulness. my body was asleep but mentally i was awake. i could tell that i was about to slip into a dream. i felt very close to being awake while dreaming, but i fell asleep what felt like right before i started dreaming. i felt like i got better sleep on nights that i took it too, spare the nights with vivid nightmares.
all in all was definitely a nice experience. it’s not something i’m chomping at the bit to get more of but i’d certainly do it again. was very nice. i struggle to relax at night (or any time), lot of anxiety and panic attacks. blue lotus was a nice break from that, didn’t seem like any risk of dependence or anything. plus i love dreaming so the vividness was cool. if the shop near me doesn’t get it in stock often but i’ll likely pick some up when they do.
