Gave this compound a test last night. Its like a very calm, non chaotic, non confusing version of MXE. It doesn't produces the mania MXE tends to give, it's much more "controllable" and give a heavier bodyfeel than MXE (Which is good, because on MXE you on walk around on m-hole doses)
yes, this compound is definitely much closer to ketamine than to methoxetamine, in the sense that the stimulating/manic effects do not occur. in higher doses, ethylketamine just leads to calm dissociated effects, just like ketamine.
I just had my first proper dose yesterday, and I really like this substance. I went through 500 mg within the course of several hours nasally. first observation: for me, this compound is just as easy on the nose as regular ketamine, it even has a similar taste/smell/feeling in the nose, which I actually appreciate a lot. it just contributes to my pleasant anticipation to sense the ketamine taste in my nose. of course I have grinded my material to a fine powder before snorting, as it is IMHO mandatory with any substance one plans to consume nasally.
maybe the people complaining about nose problems have never realized the importantce for mechanical breakup of compounds intended for nasal use...? hard to imagine for me that this could be a big revelation to someone, but then again one reads too often that for some "silent rollers" the only technique to powderize ketamine seems to be to dissolve it in water and then cook it off again... 8)
coming to the effects: it is very similar to ketamine, basically. sweet dissociation, music appreciation, complex geometrical closed eye visuas... for me as a ketamine lover, the same magic is there within this compound. I get the same psychedelic, euphoric and visionary effects out of ethylketamine that I also get from regular ketamine. I cannot find anything in this experience that is "darker" than ketamine. in some sense I cannot explain, the ketamine/ethketamine experience always felt turquoise to me; the subtle differences in quality of the experience then maybe can be described as ketamine more on the blue side, and ethketamine more on the green side (or the other way round, I'm not sure yet
). basically, what I am trying to say is that the qualitative effect of both compounds feels very similar to me, with only slight differences that are hard to put in word (in the same way as it is hard to explain the difference between e.g. 4-HO-MET and 4-HO-MiPT).
also, I did not experience any other negative side effects, just like with ketamine; the only thing I could complain about is some lingering stimulation after the psychedelic effects have already ended, but this again is completely the same with usual ketamine, and can be easily cured by a little etizolam. on the next day, I woke up completely refreshed and feeling fine.
the only negative thing I can say about ethylketamine is that the duration is a bit shorter than regular ketamine, while the potency is only slighty increased (what a pity the SAR prediction of two- or threefold increased potency did not turn out to be true...). because of that, I still didn't hole on ethylketamine this time, but I came close. unfortunately, I had a huge tolerance for dissociatives from the beginning (my first tries with ketamine were all very disappointing, because I did the same amound everyone else did to hole, which gave me only mediocre effects - then I realized I just need much more than others - but then, I am also quite big and heavy), and this tolerance of course even increased with years of use (I did no heavy abuse of arylcyclohexylamines execpt for one heavy methoxetamine binge, but as you know, dissociative tolerance builds up quick and decays only very slowly). so next time I will be using ethylketamine, I will make sure to get an initial dose of 300 mg nasally, and I have no doubt this will give a wounderful hole. again, words of caution: that is just me and my tolerance. I can perfectly imagine a lighthead already holing on 150 mg ethket nasally or even less.
with all the things said above, one has to admit that this compound is quite pricey compared to regular ketamine. but since all my ketamine connections have dried up and I wasn't able to purchase my favourite delight in over a year, I really appreciate this compound appearing on the RC market. hopefully, we will see a significant price slash before the inevitable ban, so that I can buy a lifetime supply of this gem...
