I've had numerous experiences with nutmeg, and recently have been working on a long document where I wrote about several of my nutmeg experiences, mostly in conjunction w/ other substances. I'm going to copy-paste it here, as I feel it's relevant to this thread:
. . . it was around this period of time when I started experimenting with nutmeg.
(NOTE: From a Harm Reduction standpoint, what I did with nutmeg was a BAD BAD idea, particularly with how much and how often I combined it with DXM. Nutmeg is a mild MAO inhibitor whose psychoactive effects are heavy on deliriant qualities; most people experience a horrendous body load and intense sickness after trying nutmeg, which has put off many-a-druggie in a search for an OTC high; it is also notoriously poor on the liver, amongst other things. I include my experiences here for posterity’s sake.)
One person I knew . . . loved nutmeg, swore by it, though then again they were the kind of person that stops liking a band once they get mainstream attention. I always did research on any new drug before I tried it, but if it wasn’t for one or two people on the [online drug forum] talking about how fucking awesome their nutmeg + DXM trips were, I probably would not have attempted such a venture. I’m not blaming it on anyone except myself, but I do need to be honest about my thought process inre: drugs and combinations of drugs; for as much as people on the [online drug forum] helped me, the flip side of the coin was that it made it easy to want to do drugs and to find a reason to do said drugs. Harm Reduction has its downsides, especially in this group of people.
I never liked nutmeg on its own, and I tried it by itself once or twice, trying to glean the positive effects I’d read about from certain experience reports. The vast majority of things I’d read about nutmeg painted it as a singularly uncomfortable, unpleasant ride—except for a clear minority who apparently really enjoyed it. Those who enjoyed it swore by it, touted its hypnotic and empathogenic qualities, talked about how damn nice it felt to be stoned for several days, and not just stoned but relaxed as hell. Nutmeg’s range of effects extend far beyond the first day into day two and three, though the first 7-12 hours are where the main hypnagogic, otherworldly sensations occur (if they are going to occur, that is; quite a few people experience nothing but sickness from nutmeg).
At first I got nothing from nutmeg, nothing at all. I upped my dose and still got nothing beyond feeling just a little stoned, a sensation that was hard to tell apart from my daily weed habit. Disappointed, I was about to give up on nutmeg until I remembered one or two people reporting on the [online drug forum] having success mixing nutmeg with DXM. Not many illustrated the potential dangers, and I was victim of a nonevent feedback loop—if one person didn’t get hurt from the experience, then it stands to believe I won’t get hurt, right? Dangerous thinking.
I have a hard time recalling specific trips with nutmeg + DXM, only general feelings and sensations. I convinced myself that I had to take an inordinate amount of nutmeg just to achieve noticeable effects; a reasonable nutmeg dose for psychoactive effects would be something like 15-20 g on the low end (approx. 3-4 nuts), but I worked my way up to 8-10 nuts per dose, sometimes more, which was something like 50 g—and this was in combination with a high DXM dose. God knows how my liver survived, amongst other things.
Anyway, I would smash up several nuts in a baggie with a hammer and choke them down three/four hours before I dosed the DXM. The nausea would usually be hitting me hardcore before I even downed the cough syrup products, but once I did that (and smoked some weed) it was off to the races. In my computer’s saved files I had accumulated a handful of guided meditation tracks, not to mention one brainwave generator simulation that really did the trick for inspiring deep psychonautical mindstates (not to mention kickass CEV’s) while on upper-tier DXM trips. Guided meditation was also very useful on DXM, in particular learning the fine art of visualizing a ball of light that systematically opened up my chakras—and don’t get the idea that I’m a practitioner of new-age mumbo jumbo; meditation is useful in sober contexts as well as intoxicated, provided you keep a clear head that doesn’t subscribe to any one set of beliefs for too long.
The guided meditation tracks became something special on the nutmeg + DXM combination. Once both drugs peaked (which was ~ 6-7 hour mark for nutmeg, ~ 3 hour mark for DXM), this was prime time to attempt some chakra exercises. Nutmeg shaded a DXM trip with hazy, earth-like overtones, almost as if everything was colored with a fine glaze of translucent desert sand. Night hues became mirage-like and coated with dream residue.
But for as pronounced as the visual effects were with this combination, it was the hypnotic headspace which seemed truly special. The guided meditation exercises always culminated with a surge of energy pushed through the chakra of your choice, the one you felt the most strongly (mine was the third eye); that ball of light that started above your head gets shot like a canon through the open chakra, and with it goes your consciousness into a beautiful timeless void of pure energy. Ostensibly, at least, as I had trouble creating that final release through my third eye chakra on just DXM alone.
Adding nutmeg into the mix, however, and this guided meditation exercise became an exercise in pure concentrated bliss and sensation. Visualizing the ball of light descending through my body and opening each chakra became something effortless, and projecting my consciousness through a powerful current than ran through my third eye became something that was equally effortless. It was beautiful, being able to create an out-of-body-experience of that magnitude. This combination, for as unhealthy as it was, became a personal favorite of mine.
[POST-SCRIPT: DO NOT COMBINE NUTMEG AND DXM, it is categorically dangerous for reasons hopefully I've made clear. I only include this excerpt to show that some people do get positive effects from nutmeg, that it has been known to happen. I've combined nutmeg with LSD before to good effect, though I don't recommend this combination either. Tread safely, start low, know your limits etc. et al]