i've never heard of LSD being synthed from LSA. i know its much easier to do it with ergotamine. Achaemenian you seem to imply ergotamine is relatively easy to get...it isnt
LSA seems to be more individually oriented than LSD.
My experience with LSA: One friend got a bad trip (I was with him during it) and had a yearlong conversation with Jesus, thought he was dead, wasn't sure if I was real, thought his heart stopped, etc. Another one of my friends got no visuals just wierd head feelings and slight mindfuck. I personally get intense visuals and mindfuck if i smoke pot with it, but no transcendence or mystical affects.
It seems that most people who use LSD (virtually all) get strong visuals and mindfuck, and if the right set and setting is there, get mystical or transcendental experiences. And "potency" dosnt really matter because if a drug is more potent, you just take less mass of it.
LSA constricts blood vessels, causing leg pain, and of course, the seeds cause immense nausea. LSD is usually more "speedy" than LSAs, many people claim sedation fromt he seeds.
"Is extracted LSA (using non-polar solvent + alcohol) still a source of nausea, cramping, limb aches, etc.?"
i've read in anotehr post that the nausea is due to somethign in the seeds, not the LSAs, and its in many other seeds as well