hey eric make sure to eat plenty of protein rich foods in order to replenish your monoamines now (amino acids found in protein are the building blocks of serotonin and dopamine).
and get sleep.
Yeah, I'm working on that. I'm thinking of going to the store and getting some more nuts and other stuff because now we're almost out. I've been eating as much as possible though. I think tonight or tomorrow morning I'll make a bunch of tasty scrambled eggs.
And yeah, sleep... it's hard not to sleep. I finally feel consistently awake for the first time today but still really tired. I've been taking multivitamins and piracetam and extra b vitamins at various stages, and idebenone and centrophenoxine occasionally. That and the food and the sleep is making me feel a lot better, but I'm definitely still a little ways off. Most importantly my mood isn't bad, and I'm carrying some of the glow forward from the peak, before the delerium.
All things in moderation. Empathogens are wonderful drugs but they're meant for single (and maybe supplement) dose. Just keep it in perspective how wonderful they are when not used to excess.
Yeah, of course, in moderation. I knew it at the time but I guess there's something in me that sometimes just says what the fuck and gives in to compulsion. I've been good about it but I slipped.
But when I said I don't think I need empathogens anymore, I mean it, at least right now as I say it. I never get anything from them that I can't get with something else like DMT-related compounds of all sorts, DOC, and mescaline. And all of those leave me feel wonderful and don't compulse me to redose. They just feel SO much better for me personally, even when considering single-dose, occasional, responsible use of empathogens.
And regarding art, particularly writing, which is a big part of what I use psychedelics for these days, empathogens can get words pouring onto the page, but usually I find those ideas need fleshing out or repairing later on. If I use something like DOC, for example (since it's the best example I've found), not only can I get a focused, relaxed 24-hour stretch in, but it both gets the words flowing and also gives me hyper-focus on the details, structure, and word choice, so that I never have to go back and revise anything. I sometimes revise my earlier works though with a DOC state going.
