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{ (S)-Ketamine / 1 line } - First Time - A little less goes a long way

Mr.Mountain

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Ketamine (s-isomer), first time, 1 line insufflated
Prescribed: fluoxetine, methylphenidate, trazodone


School just started up again, and so me and 2 other friends recently did some ketamine together. I have had one friend tell me that he didn't like this stuff, but another who always tells me that I'll love it. So I accepted my second friends offer to let me try some. So I watch as he takes out a miniscule opalescent/off yellow pebble and cuts it with a razor into fine lines as he explains that this is the best K that he has ever had. When I finally take half the line, I feel that my nostril is stinging.
Very quickly I start to realize that I feel distant and cheerful, we put on some music and talk for a while. After I felt comfortable, I did the second bit of my line, saving a tiny little bump. It doesn't sting as badly this time, but the postnasal taste awful, and my friend tells me to spit it out because it could make me sick. Now I feel as though I am floaty, it seems as though I am trying to come out of the top of my head, almost like a wind is coming out of my hair. I begin to see tracers, in the form of smoke and light coming off of objects. Sudden sounds are very noticeable, such as the subtle sliding of a chair.
We then smoke some weed and I begin to feel a tiny bit anxious (5 out of 10), but it just kind of seems to taper off, fluxing between (0-5) . Usually when I try a new substance I am on edge anyhow because I have no idea how I will react to it. We start playing SSX Tricky, and then I begin to feel a bit more anxious, but I remember that it doesn't last nearly as long as other drugs. But then I start thinking about other drugs and realize that I have the sensation of tripping. To me it as excited jumpy feeling in my stomach that fluxes in waves from the center of my bod has minimal visuals. I tell myself that this a rare opportunity to explore something new, although I still didn't expect to feel as trippy as I did. We then have some bourbon and chill out, and smoke more.
Overall this was an interesting drug, although for me I think less would have been more. It wasn't too bad though, and it wasn't too great, It just was. This would definitely be good on the come up of an LSD trip, because I feel as though it would prepare you for the experience, but also chill you out. It may even be a good stepping stone into psychedelics in general. However my friends are pretty dependent on this stuff, so approach with caution.
 
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Thanks for the report, I'd like to send it over to the trip reports forum forum you but for that to happen can you please provide a creative title for the report? Also can I invite you to elaborate just about more about what you felt and experienced?
 
Great :) fixed TT and moved from PD >> TR .

S-ket is good stuff but I don't tolerate it as well these days, a little overboard or a combination with the wrong drug and it's a pretty horrible pukefest for me. R-ket has other advantages and disadvantages. I was or am happy to explore them in other ratio's than a 50-50 mix but in the end I feel like they are complementary and work well together. But say for holing purposes or clubbing purposes S and R respectively may be better suited separately.
 
This sounds like a fun time. I'm always amazed when people say that they feel like they're tripping from dissociatives, in a psychedelic sense anyway like comparing it to LSD. They've never done any such thing for me... just a gentle float down into my own mind. Nice report. :)

Solipsis, you are a lucky fellow to have access to each isomer separately. I'd love to be able to say I knew what each was better suited for!
 
S ket is twice as strong no question... Here is some jibberjabber from wiki

Pharmacology

Esketamine is approximately twice as potent as racemic ketamine.[1] Esketamine is eliminated from the human body more quickly than R(-)-ketamine or racemic ketamine, although R(-)-ketamine slows its elimination.[2]
A number of studies have suggested that esketamine has a more medically useful pharmacological action than R(-)-ketamine or racemic ketamine. Esketamine inhibits dopamine transporters eight times more than R(-)-ketamine.[3] This increases dopamine activity in the brain. At doses causing the same intensity of effects, esketamine is generally considered to be more pleasant by patients.[4][5] Patients also generally recover mental function more quickly after being treated with pure esketamine, which may be a result of the fact that it is cleared from their system more quickly.[1][6]
Esketamine has an affinity for the PCP binding site of the NMDA receptor 3-4 times higher than that of R(-)-ketamine. Unlike R(-)-ketamine, esketamine does not bind significantly to sigma receptors. Esketamine increases glucose metabolism in frontal cortex, while R(-)-ketamine decreases glucose metabolism in the brain. This difference may be responsible for the fact that esketamine generally has a more psychedelic or hallucinatory effect while R(-)-ketamine is reported to be more relaxing.[6] However, other studies have found no difference between the isomers in the patient's level of vigilance.[4]
 
*update* Had the chance to try it 2 more times but in smaller amounts (.005-.1). I found it to be the perfect combo with weed and a few beers. It felt as if these doses were mellower and more relaxing, as opposed to having an up a down trippy feeling. This last time, I was able to remain functional in a detailed conversation, except it felt as if it were moving at a faster pace and I was just witnessing it. Overall, everything was just right.
 
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