San Pedro--Moderately Experienced--Like Food Poisoning

[Lady Codone]

First of all, let me say that the entire trip didn't feel like food poisoning--parts were actually pretty enjoyable and there was some great insight gained. But for me it just isn't worth doing again.

STATS:

Female, 26, 120 lbs. Had about 5 previous San Pedro experiences total since my first time about 5 years ago. No other drugs were taken. The dose is not known, but I took about 15 small capsules stuffed with ground up plant material on a mostly empty stomach.

Mindstate was good: I was well-rested and looking forward to a quiet day off at home. I dosed 4 pills every 10 minutes along with some ginger tea while lying down and surfing the web. I originally planned to take a low dose along with a low dose of shrooms to boost the effects of the shrooms...but never got that far.

About 45 minutes after taking the first round, the nausea hit. Hard. For me, nausea is the single worst feeling in the world. I have emetophobia and haven't vomited in 14 years, though I almost broke that record with the SP.

The visuals set in at the same time as the nausea and included vividness of colors, slight movement of still objects and strong CEVs. I laid on the floor in complete stillness for 3 hours, praying for the nausea to let up. Normally nausea comes in waves, but not this kind--it was 3 hours of constant torture. As much as I wanted to puke and get it over with, my mind is so averse to vomiting that it just won't happen. The best way to describe the feeling is poisoning. There were some interesting mental/visual effects, but they were inseparable from the illness. My mouth was producing tons of foamy saliva that I had to spit into the nearest cup due to my inability to move. Gross.

After about 3 hours I was finally able to get up and move around. I'm still tripping as I write this, and it's been about 10 hours since dosing. The nausea still comes in small waves but is much more controllable now. I can definitely say that this is my strongest trip on mescaline despite taking the lowest dose I've ever taken. Not sure what happened, but I won't be doing it again any time soon. I really wanted to like this substance, too

 

[sockpuppet]

If you are not able to utilize the body's natural response to ingesting nasty stuff you should probably not be doing plant based sacramental potions. Purging pretty much comes with the territory with many brews and extracts and is almost always a good thing. As with psychedelics in general, fighting effects only leads to trouble. So probably this is not for you.

 

[pofacedhoe]

grow up and puke, then feel better or dont then moan about it later

phobias can be overcome using psychedelics (i lost my wasp phobia this way), but if you choose to ignore this benefit you have no-one but yourself to blame.

 

[AndroidsDreamofBTC]

Come on guys, I don't think these kind of comments are very helpful. While I agree that puking can come with the territory with psychedelics, I don't feel you should bitch at people if they don't enjoy puking.

To the OP:
So did you get any mental psychedelic effects, or was this pretty much as full on bad trip?

 

[pofacedhoe]

its not bitching because they didn't enjoy puking- they never even gave it a go to dislike it

lots of things that seem unpleasant normally can be completely different when tripping, puking on mdma was orgasmic, puking on 2ci was necessary to relieve the body load (and that it did with flying colours). either way you wouldn't hold in a shit so why hold in puke?

of course it will affect the quality of the trip because tripping is very psychosomatic

on mushrooms i was scared to poo and it would negatively preoccupy the whole trip and then i would just do a big fart and wonder why i had given it so much thought.

 

[Lady Codone]

Actually, I did "give it a go" 5 times...all of which were either too mild or just downright unpleasant. The nausea wasn't the ONLY effect I didn't enjoy either, it was just the most severe. I don't get nausea on MDMA, shrooms, salvia, opiates or any of the other drugs I've done, so there's no need to rule out the whole psychedelic class because of one bad experience.

The fact that I had a bad experience is not a personal attack or reflection on the potential of the plant to be enjoyed by others. I did acknowledge the insight I gained and made sure not to put down the substance itself, so why the attitude? I blamed it on my own fear of vomiting, which is something I've struggled with since the age of 2. Meanwhile, I'll continue to enjoy psychedelics that provide both insight and pleasant physical feelings.

@Levictus: I did get lots of psychological/visual effects that were pretty cool. Colors were brighter, things moved if I looked at them long enough and the CEVs were the most vivid of any drug I've tried. I got some cool physical sensations too, like my body feeling light and enhancement of touch. Pupils were pretty wide throughout

 

[jackie jones]

I experience no nausea at all and trip very hard from tar cooked down from one cutting. Perhaps it was the preparation that was wrong?

I agree - mescaline visuals are divine. Mescaline is my favorite psychedelic next to LSD.

 

[pofacedhoe]

i'm just pissed off you didn't enjoy it cos out of all the psychedelics its the easiest to go out and about doing things on (for instance dancing and raving) plus it feels massively like mdma when youre coming up. its such a good drug but i guess everyones different...

 

[lazydullard]

i soaked cactus powder in 99% rubbing alcohol for a few days, then poured off the rubbing alcohol, evaporated the alcohol, and ate the residue. i only got mild nausea on the comeup, none after the 3 hour peak started.

was an awesome experience. i was about to throw out my cactus powder before that, since eating it made me barf too hard to enjoy the trip.

 

[Lady Codone]

I wanted to enjoy it, I really did! I've never gotten nausea from it before, but have never tripped that hard either so I guess it was the dose. And there were some MDMA-like aspects to it, which I enjoyed very much. I'm fond of the speediness and tactile sensations of phenethylamines, so the fact that this was so unpleasant is a real bummer.

As for my prep, I cut the green flesh off, put it in a blender, dried it on a plate, ground it up and put it in gelcaps. Having swallowed 30+ in the past, I didn't expect to feel so sick from so few pills. I'm really interested in rectal administration, as I've heard it eliminates all nausea from a friend who did peyote enemas in the '60s. No one seems to know much about it though...