I think im giving up noids for good, i havent smoked any in maybe three months. I were never addicted, i smoked maybe once or twice a week.
In total i made (and smoked) one 5F-AKB48 batch, one AB-FUBINACA batch, and then some samples of PB-22 and 5F-AB-PINACA. Some years ago i smoked JWH-018 and UR-144.
What makes me think im not going back is that i love weed, and these synth things are very harsh in comparison; they cut me no slack while im at it, and they leave a hole when im not. Weed keeps me gently afloat during the comedown + afterglow and puts me down on earth lightly like a feather. I visualise it like synths hitting one part of the weed high very hard, and the other parts not at all - i feel somethings missing, so i smoke more, and the part that is actually hit get so intensely hit im uncomfortable? Something like that.
Also the tolerance is nothing i can live with if i care to continue my weed use.
Though i will probably linger here and in other forums still, its interesting to see what new stuff pops out and how it affects people. Id like to see where the scene is going... more and more binges, addictions, blackouts, hospitalizations, etc... where will this end?
Also, completely unrelated, on the naming of AB-FUBINACA and the likes. Who makes these names? They are the only one that follows a pattern, i believe? As such:
A[[D]B-][FUB/P/CHM][INA/I][CA]
the first A i dont know about. its just there.
if theres an adamant(yl?) thing then there is no B, but if theres a clusterfuck like whats on AB-FUBINACA then the B is there. the D means an addition of a methyl on the particular AB-FUBINACA one.
this gives us A, AB-, and ADB-.
then theres the pokey end, where we either have a pentyl, P, a cyclohexylmethyl, CHM, or flourophenylmethyl: FUB.
depending on if its an indole or an indazole, the next part is I or INA, respectively.
the trailing CA i suppose means the carboxyl.
if you combine these you get the various chemicals.
AB-FUBINACA means an indazole with flourophenylmethyl, and "the clusterfuck" (i dont know what to call it? the iupac is too long and cumbersome) attached with a carboxyl.
AB-CHMINACA has recently surfaced in my country. The only difference to AB-FUBINACA is the flourophenylmethyl has become a cyclohexylmethyl. Thus FUB -> CHM.
APINACA means indazole with pentyl, and adamantyl on the carboxyl. (this one is also known as AKB-48)
APICA is the same as APINACA but with indole instead of indazole (akso known as SDB-001).
You could make something up, like ACHMICA, meaning adamantyl, cyclohexylmethyl, indole skeleton. (AFAIK this one doesnt exist (yet?) and i dont know if it would be active.)
then theres ADBICA which should, according to this index, be named ADBPICA. Its the clusterfuck again, with the extra methyl, on an indole skeleton, and with a pentyl. There is no P in the name though.
The system breaks quickly. PB-FUBINACA should be called PB-FUBICA, and theres many chems thats just "wrong". My belief is maybe pfizer or what have you made the first four or five and named them after this pattern, and later on people (vendors?) just wants to name their new chems in a fashion that attracts customers... ?
/end of rant