Long-term'ish 2C-I use....

[Ixchellian]

As of right now, 2C-I is my favorite psychedelic, and for sheer eye-candy alone.... except it also is the most steerable, and the least jarring.

As it goes.... by far, the 2C family is extremely painful to insufflate.... and I'm pretty tolerant of nasal pain. And that was with just a small test bump.

So far, I've been doing 10mg doses regularly (once every three days, over two months), with no ugly crashes or cracked-other sundays afterwards. On weekends, I like to treat myself to a good 20mg dose, usually preceded by an extra days' break and a days' fast (except light & healthy snacks) This makes for extra special visuals, now much subdued during the regular week.

As I've never done anything really physically active (beyond sex) on 2C-I; for the first half-day I'd feel bit mentally drained, as if I'd just watched Dr. Zhivago, Blade Runner, and played a really long & hard game of chess the night before.
Any residual nausea or feeling of imbalance I treat with B-complex vitamins, good tea, and possibly the appropriate cannabinoid.

Sexual activities on low-moderate dose 2C-I (after or just before the body-load peak) are enhanced especially in low-light, variable light situations. Good electronic or rhythmic music is a must. Orgasm is somewhat delayed, but not at all impossible. It's more like it'll start to happen, but something stops it just before the peak. This is amazing enough, but once it's time all one needs to do is to realize to just let go. Otherwise, it'll eventually become boring or impossible.

In the long term.... my sleep patterns have somewhat normalized; in that I sleep solidly fof 7-8hrs, rather than intermittently for 3-4hrs at a time. For the first 3-4 doses, I stayed up for at least 24hrs. Now, if I could just switch sleep schedules......

An empty stomach, and either ginger-beer or crystallized raw ginger pieces do the trick for any nausea or bad tastes..... my normally bad stomach, which I use cannabis & loperamide for with regularity, is actually somewhat calmed down.

Hint: Native American blankets/pottery/rugs, and Tibetan mandalas are highly recommended with this compound.

Mods: merge this if needed? I thought about including it in the big/dandy CI thread, but since this is rather longish and about a "habit"

 

[JBrandon]

Any cognitive effects?

Have you played with the other 2C-x compounds? I feel like T-2 and E were a bit more visual, actually.

 

[whataboutheforests]

well I railed about 8 mgs tonight its perfect for a wednesday night at home. I've been using 2c-i about once a week.

 

[Ixchellian]

Yeah, T7 mainly. I've tried T2,4; and 2C-E, which was very close to C-I.

All of them are really painful insufflated.... it might be more tolerable, if the burning didn't linger so badly.
In any case.... I just do small test bumps when I first get a batch.... the burning is worth it, so I can get a better idea of the overall picture of the behavior of each compound.

However, 2C-I has been the easiest on me, physically. At low dose, it feels more like a stabilizing anti-depressant & good anticholinergic to me.... albeit a really enjoyable one.
Everything else has normally made me feel like I'd run a marathon.

Note: I normally cough a lot; from being a ex-heavy cigarette smoker, and smoking a lot of other herbs. This has ceased. During a trip, I'll not cough at all (unless it's off of a monster bong-rip), but I'll feel out-of-breath during the peak body-load at 20mg or above.
However, during my "off" days.... the coughing fits stay nicely absent.
I also tried a small amount of MXE in conjunction with 10mg of 2C-E..... while interesting, I came too close to being in a k-hole..... and I'd rather not forget the pretty things I witness.

And I really like avoiding any excess nausea if at all possible. The normal cause of getting the heaves from 2C is usually from just being spun from the intense visuals.
If it means anything, I've never gotten spontaneously sick from mescaline or psilocybin.

I was known during my younger years for disappearing into the woods for a few days, and then coming back with rather large bags of 'cybe mushrooms.... and then after drying, eating them like chips (along with anything else that came along) at bonfire parties.
Guess I'm paying for that kinda behavior now though lol.

 

[clubberdude]

I personally find 2C-P to be not only devoid of comedown effects, but actually enhances my mood for a few days after.

I wouldn't be surprised if many of the 2C phenethylamines have similar effects.

However, I have never used 2C-P more frequently than weekly, so maybe negative effects build in with repeated use.

I absolutely love 2C-P - absolutely beautiful! The way it enhances music is unlike anything I've ever seen.