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Nutmeg?

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Hey everyone, I'm curious about how nutmeg dosages correlate with different psychoactive effects. I recently tried 20g and mostly just felt a mild, dreamy state without much intensity and forgeting a lot.

For those familiar with it, what are typical dosage ranges, and what factors influence the variance in effects? Serious replies only.
 
I don't think such a thing has been even anecdotally established by psychonauts, certainly not in medical reports.

The exact psychoactive compound which exerts nutmeg's effects isn't even known, only speculated to be myristicin (structurally similar to amphetamine), and is almost certainly a metabolitic product of myristicin and not that itself.

There are too many unknowns for anyone to even accurately speculate what an effective dose is. Myristicin readily degrades when nutmeg is prepared for sale*, the amount in each nut widely varies, and everyone metabolizes things differently.

Your best bet would be to read other people's trip reports and see how much they took.

* you really need to grind up whole fresh nuts not buy it from a store
 
Nutmeg Really Isn’t Active Unless It Is Converted To MMDA. But It Tastes Good.
 
Just don't do too much. The effects can linger over a couple days at least.
 
How do I find more potent whole nutmegs because I used to buy from a regular store maybe I should try a seasoning store
 
Nutmeg? said:
Hey everyone, I'm curious about how nutmeg dosages correlate with different psychoactive effects. I recently tried 20g and mostly just felt a mild, dreamy state without much intensity and forgeting a lot.

For those familiar with it, what are typical dosage ranges, and what factors influence the variance in effects? Serious replies only.
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I assume youre young and cant get real drugs, please stop, it ain't what you think it is and I promise you the desperate feeling to get high is much better than what nutmeg will make you feel like
 
What can happen if I try 30 g because I heard people from around this dose have seizures or pass out. Is the forgetting everything and being a bit drunk like moving even mild or is this heavy effects.
 
Nutmeg? said:
Hey everyone, I'm curious about how nutmeg dosages correlate with different psychoactive effects. I recently tried 20g and mostly just felt a mild, dreamy state without much intensity and forgeting a lot.

For those familiar with it, what are typical dosage ranges, and what factors influence the variance in effects? Serious replies only.
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I will say if youre using preground nuts that's your problem you need fresh nuts you grind yourself and the medicine dosage range is roughly 3tbsp but the actual weight of that varies so wildly its not a good suggestion so id do half that to start if you really must but again its a nasty fucking feeling friend and I really hope I can save you from that 3 day hellscape.
 
All nutmeg seems to have a baseline psychoactive effect and it can become too
toxic if taken in excess amounts that will cause psychosis.

Don't take to much because it will eventually just lead to one big bad reaction
and nothing more.

Try to keep the dosage low if you would like to sample dabbling with this spice.
 
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What can happen if I try 30 g because I heard people from around this dose have seizures or pass out. Is the forgetting everything and being a bit drunk like moving even mild or is this heavy effects.
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It's also bad internally for your body system and organs.

It's just TOXIC and is very capable of being a miserable trip.

I wouldn't eat too much of it anymore. Or even try really.

It is kind of good to make the taste of egg nog a little better though.
 
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How do I find more potent whole nutmegs because I used to buy from a regular store maybe I should try a seasoning store
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You really need to buy it directly from a farmer. Spice stores will cure it and/or grind it, both of which you want to avoid.


I gotta say, it's really not an enjoyable experience. I wouldn't go through so much trouble to get some. Never heard anyone describe it as fun or interesting. Same in my experience. It made me feel sick, hungover, and disinterested in anything other than trying to sleep it off for almost 2 days. You'll also have it's disgusting taste in your body the whole time. I'd rather drink out of a spitter.
 
I Drank 4 Ounces (a quarter pound) Of Nutmeg Essential Oil Once, So I Kind Of Know What I’m Talking About. No Trip.
 
It's not a ' trip ' as much as it is being under the influence of it. 👍

For some type of experience anyway.
 
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I Drank 4 Ounces (a quarter pound) Of Nutmeg Essential Oil Once, So I Kind Of Know What I’m Talking About. No Trip.
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Anecdotal reports of a 1 time thing doesnt make you an expert bud and you did essential oil 🤣 cmon you cant be that dense and arrogant
 
Maybe The Nutmeg Powder Is Active, But The Nutmeg Essential Oil Was Not.

You Can Get Some Visuals From Elemi Oil, Though. I Did, Anyway.
 
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Anecdotal reports of a 1 time thing doesnt make you an expert bud and you did essential oil 🤣 cmon you cant be that dense and arrogant
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I'd trust him on that. He knows his chemistry. My own andcdotal experience backs up his report that nutmeg is generally not psychoactive, but close, and some people might metabolize or react to it in a way that makes it closer.
 
I ate about five dried nuts once (I suppose take your average nut wight x5) last year to test this for myself. Everyone saying the experience sucks is pretty much right; It is most ironic then that I say that this was the closest thing that felt to weed imo.

To begin with, it takes at least three hours to kick in. I took some in the evening and woke up feeling both high as fuck, and stone cold sober. I won't lie, it was a little cool for the first two hours (after waking up eight hours later) - but quickly I realised that it makes your eyes red as FUCK and nothing you can do will fix that. I had a morning seminar class and I was trying to participate in discussion but only made myself look like a complete degenerate freak. After that moment I felt groggy as shit for the next ~32 hours like on a comedown of a fat edible which ruined my weekend.

Listen to what @Ozymandeus said and read up on a bunch of TRs about it from erowid or wherever if you want to find out. The side effects people feel per dose can vary greatly from person-to-person and can even be really dangerous. There are ones where people feel their heart beating though their chests (palpitations are never a nice feeling even when they don't spell DANGER); while others are described like insane Belladonna delirium trips where they walk to the fridge and realise they're downtown 3 hours away.

I'll always say skip this one if you know what's good for you, but if you're gonna go out and keep trying it anway don't go crazy or else you'll land on 'LocalNews7' in a hit tragic piece called 'local dies trying to get high off nutmeg' - NOBODY wants that.
 
I usually dose like half a nutmeg nut for my mashed potatoes, really helps breaking the otherwise dull potato flavour
 
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