Residual Effects Days after Dosing? (first time experience report)
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 6:30 pm
I think I'm going to divide this post into two parts, otherwise it will feel really long winded. I'm going to state my primary concern, and then go into my medical history, which I think could be useful information as well.
I obtained a sample of fly agaric ointment, and tincture on Monday. I've never used any psychadelics before, although I have been curious about them. I was particularly lead to try fly agaric because of spiritual reasons (long story), and in an attempt to relieve a myriad of health issues including fatigue, anxiety, and depression.
On Tuesday at 5:00pm, I tried the ointment for the first time, probably in retrospect using something like the higher end of a microdose since I didn't really know how strong it was, and then I tried less than half a ml orally of the tincture the next morning on Wednesday. (So far the effects of the ointment seem stronger, but more pleasent... anyone have a recipe?)
The first time, right away I felt I could see better and everything smelled and sounded better and things were kind of funny. Then that evening, I got into a fight with a friend. The next day, I realized that after the initial nice effects, I fall into a state of anxiety. Every so often I would feel dazed and sleepy, especially if I was stressing about something. If I fought it, I'd go into an anxious thought cycle, but if I gave into the feeling, after a few minutes, it would pass and I would feel more focused and calm than I've been able to feel before taking it. Yet, I still felt largely detached from my body, and unable to feel fully engaged.
Three days later I'm still experiencing this pattern to some degree, although the effect is becoming less extreme with time. This really worried me, because everywhere I read, a fly agaric trip is supposed to last no longer than 12 hours at most, and that is usually from people who used much more than I did.
I contacted amanitadreamer and she graciously responded, letting me know that she also felt the periodic drowsiness when she first started experimenting with fly agaric. This made me feel slightly less afraid that I've somehow managed to fry my brain, but if anyone else has any input, that would be helpful as well. I am arguably better overall, but the moments of feeling dazed seem concerning and maybe even hazardous if I wanted to drive anywhere, and also seem to be making me slightly more skittish/paranoid.
For two days I did not use any entheogen other than a tiny amount of artemesia ointment to calm my stomach. Last night, as an experiment, I drank a couple glasses of wine to see how it would interact. I got really sleepy earlier than I normally do, and when I slept I had very stressful dreams (though they've been a bit stressful the last few days too), and woke up sore and depressed in a way that I haven't felt since before I used the fly agaric.
It was good, though, to remember how it felt, and pull me more into my body. As the effects of the fly agaric have been lessoning, I've also been able to notice that some of the positive effects are indeed genuine, and not just because I'm dissociated from my body. The depression also faded faster than usual and I went back into the dazed-alert pattern again. In spite of the fact that I still don't feel totally normal, I'm itching to try the fly agaric again, and probably will try two ml tonight to see what happens.
I obtained a sample of fly agaric ointment, and tincture on Monday. I've never used any psychadelics before, although I have been curious about them. I was particularly lead to try fly agaric because of spiritual reasons (long story), and in an attempt to relieve a myriad of health issues including fatigue, anxiety, and depression.
On Tuesday at 5:00pm, I tried the ointment for the first time, probably in retrospect using something like the higher end of a microdose since I didn't really know how strong it was, and then I tried less than half a ml orally of the tincture the next morning on Wednesday. (So far the effects of the ointment seem stronger, but more pleasent... anyone have a recipe?)
The first time, right away I felt I could see better and everything smelled and sounded better and things were kind of funny. Then that evening, I got into a fight with a friend. The next day, I realized that after the initial nice effects, I fall into a state of anxiety. Every so often I would feel dazed and sleepy, especially if I was stressing about something. If I fought it, I'd go into an anxious thought cycle, but if I gave into the feeling, after a few minutes, it would pass and I would feel more focused and calm than I've been able to feel before taking it. Yet, I still felt largely detached from my body, and unable to feel fully engaged.
Three days later I'm still experiencing this pattern to some degree, although the effect is becoming less extreme with time. This really worried me, because everywhere I read, a fly agaric trip is supposed to last no longer than 12 hours at most, and that is usually from people who used much more than I did.
I contacted amanitadreamer and she graciously responded, letting me know that she also felt the periodic drowsiness when she first started experimenting with fly agaric. This made me feel slightly less afraid that I've somehow managed to fry my brain, but if anyone else has any input, that would be helpful as well. I am arguably better overall, but the moments of feeling dazed seem concerning and maybe even hazardous if I wanted to drive anywhere, and also seem to be making me slightly more skittish/paranoid.
For two days I did not use any entheogen other than a tiny amount of artemesia ointment to calm my stomach. Last night, as an experiment, I drank a couple glasses of wine to see how it would interact. I got really sleepy earlier than I normally do, and when I slept I had very stressful dreams (though they've been a bit stressful the last few days too), and woke up sore and depressed in a way that I haven't felt since before I used the fly agaric.
It was good, though, to remember how it felt, and pull me more into my body. As the effects of the fly agaric have been lessoning, I've also been able to notice that some of the positive effects are indeed genuine, and not just because I'm dissociated from my body. The depression also faded faster than usual and I went back into the dazed-alert pattern again. In spite of the fact that I still don't feel totally normal, I'm itching to try the fly agaric again, and probably will try two ml tonight to see what happens.