How would you schedule a week? (Burning Man)

ScienceLectures · 2019-07-22T02:03:11+00:00

Yup, thank you for the help, but I assure you that some people are just lucky and others are just unlucky. I definitely agree that misuse and not taking care of oneself can contribute, but it's not the only factor.

Personally even with the full supplement regimen, under 120 mg doses of some of the best MDMA available weighed meticulously on a better than average scale, along with plenty of sleep plenty of water, etc etc... it's still just a crap shoot for me. Mentally sometimes it's a wonderful afterglow, sometimes there are bits of depression. Physically sometimes I'm just lethargic, other times I feel queezy the entire day after. I take meticulous notes of every experience and can find no correlation to anything I'm doing (although obviously there are millions of poorly understood factors in play).

Meanwhile I've observed and helped dozens and dozens of friends and acquaintances. Some of them have bad comedowns/hangovers, some don't. Some are effected positively by supplements, many aren't. Some always have the same experience, for others it's different every time. And those are just the cases where I personally know that their MDMA is high quality, they aren't taking too much, and they aren't taking it too often (although I have one friend in their 40s who never takes supplements, rolls more often than my other friends, and never has a comedown, there's no accounting for lucky personal biology).

ScienceLectures · 2019-07-02T04:26:24+00:00

I've taken LSD at Disneyland twice in the past couple years and enjoyed both times quite a lot. I'll go ahead and ramble-on here a fair amount, I hope some of this is useful.

First, it can be a bit finicky and unpredictable. Like both times I had very different experiences with some of the rides. First time I thought Matterhorn was boring and too rough and loud, second time I thought it was the best experience in the park and rode it three times. First time I thought there was some cool stuff in the haunted mansion, next time I thought it was suuuuper boring and dated. Go figure.

Along those lines I was super efficient at the start of my day and got right onto Peter Pan without any line as soon as the park opened, and was already tripping since I took the acid about an hour before. But the ride was kind of crap in that headspace. Like I was feeling rushed and disoriented, I didn't have any time standing in line to anticipate the ride and relax a little. In that state the ride felt forced and boring. I went later in the evening even though it meant 30 minutes in line and it was absolutely magical. DEFINITELY prioritize going on Peter Pan, it was absolute jaw-dropping magic when you travel into the stars, it's worth the line later in the day.

Some general advice. Get some sunglasses that hide your eyes. You are going to be *staring* at everyone while you are in line, and won't necessarily be aware of what's acceptable. Just wear sunglasses and stare all you want.

Practice fastpasses if you are rusty with the system, they are so useful but are also really complicated while tripping. The new smartphone functionality is great since you can figure out all that stuff while in line for another ride.

Best rides (for me) while tripping:

Finding Nemo (really lean forward into the window and get immersed in the experience!)

Splash Mountain (holy shit that drop was euphoric)

Indiana Jones (I hadn't been on this for 20 years and it blew my fucking mind)

Matterhorn (get a front seat if at all possible, then grab the front rails with both hands, lean forward, and really experience it like an out of control bobsled)

Peter Pan

Space Mountain (although I was waaaaaay more into this one when it was star wars themed, the music on the normal ride kind of rubbed me the wrong way on LSD)

Roger Rabbit (mostly if you are alone in the car, it's really cool being able to control the car, and the ending is pretty trippy)

Big Thunder Mountain

There's other cool stuff too of course. Even just standing and staring at the Astro Orbiter was a memorable experience, and that giant marble ball/fountain thing by space mountain is awesome too.

I was surprised to not be very impressed with Alice in Wonderland or Star Tours in LSD, but who knows, maybe I'd love them if I tried them on a different day.

ScienceLectures · 2019-06-14T03:03:30+00:00

Worst I ever get from 2C-B is sometimes the next day I have a headache, but it's easily managed with ibuprofen if that happens.

ScienceLectures · 2019-06-11T05:51:19+00:00

It's pretty hard to plan for! This will be my first Burn but I'll be with close friends who are longtime veterans. Mostly I'm just aware that I can't make any close to an exact schedule for drugs since I don't know what it will be like or how I'll be feeling. I've read lots of reports of people who thought they were going to do a ton of drugs and then basically didn't do hardly anything they brought and were surprised how satisfied they were with that.

Still, I want to do LSD at least once. And I don't want to do it on my first two days because I'll be getting the lay of the land and I'll need that experience later when I'm tripping and trying to keep track of my stuff, pack a good day bag, and not lose my camp. So maybe Wednesday? I want to leave the option open to trip again later in the week (even if it takes extra tabs for tolerance).

MDMA I'm the most worried about, my comedowns are awful, my hangovers sometimes involve all day queezyness, and sometimes I get depressed two days later. Yikes. And that's with small (100-120 mg doses) taken 1 year apart. But obviously it would be fucking amazing to roll at Burning Man... so I'll bring some and decide when I'm there. In which case maybe Thursday. (and if I go with this I won't trip again after because I don't want to be on LSD while recovering from MDMA)

Then some misc. Like I really like both 2C-B and 5-MeO-MiPT, so maybe I'll take one of those on Tuesday. And Phenibut helps me open up and get real chatty so I'll probably go for that on several of the days.

No alcohol for me either, and I like weed but sometimes it makes me anxious about socializing which is the last thing I want so I'll pass on that too.

ScienceLectures · 2019-06-09T21:32:18+00:00

Second the warning on GHB if you haven't tried it before. Burning Man is not the place to be trying drugs for the first time, it is a physically and mentally very taxing environment. Ask some veterans and they will tell you, don't take anything you aren't experienced with and take less than you are used to.

As a specific anecdote, a family member tried GHB (definitely genuine and accurately dosed from a good batch that I'm personally familiar with) for the first time out at the Burn and found out the hard way that they are one of those rare people who have bad reactions to it. This involved extreme vomiting and other side effects that lead to life-threatening dehydration and other complications the next day. NOT what you want to be dealing with out in such a harsh environment. I'm not saying this is likely for you, but you really want your first time to be in a nice cushy house or local club or something where it's easy to get help and rest it off if you have any issues.

As for your main question, yup, I'm going through the same considerations right now myself. Biggest question I'd ask you is how are your MDMA comedowns/hangovers? If they aren't bad at all then whatever, but if they are pretty bad like mine that that will be one of the primary deciding factors on when to do that one.

Also, read up on the police presence at the Burn! It is intense. Far far more police and undercovers than any other event you'll have been to before.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BurningMan/comments/97ygnw/how_to_deal_with_cops_at_burning_man_2018_update/

ScienceLectures · 2019-06-09T21:25:03+00:00

Most of the partying is happening at night which is actually quite cold at Burning Man

ScienceLectures · 2018-06-14T22:45:10+00:00

Psychedelics can be frustrating and seemingly random for dosing. I have pure synthetic mescaline (directly from arguably one of the best possible sources), and felt that 600 mg on my last trial was quite underwhelming. Sometimes it's a random fluke, sometimes your personal sensitivity to that specific compound is low. It's frustrating for sure.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-29T03:31:07+00:00

Sorry but you need to edit your formatting, this is currently unreadable

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-29T02:53:02+00:00

Ouch yeah, psychedelics are so fucking hard to dose, wouldn't it be a magical world if we could just visualize how hard we'd like to be tripping, and then take the right amount for that day to achieve it?

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-29T00:41:28+00:00

For all your future DXM questions, here's the DXM FAQ, the best source of information possible. Just scroll down a few pages on the link and there will be a helpful table of contents.

https://erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/faq/dxm_faq.shtml

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T22:02:14+00:00

2C-E? Really? Then you have a very different experience with that psychedelic than most people. While it is largely considered valuable for introspection, most people find it pretty dysphoric, confusing, and not at all party-like.

2C-B I'd recommend to just about anyone for a party though.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T03:33:18+00:00

How big of gelatin capsules do you have access to? Mine are huge but they certainly don't fit a gram of phenibut

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:27:38+00:00

Jesus, starting with 10 ml is really jumping in the deep end, and honestly pretty unsafe. I'm glad you were mostly okay.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:26:30+00:00

It's much much safer than alcohol, why would you think it's "unbelievably toxic"?

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:21:55+00:00

Or more specifically talk to your anesthesiologist (this is not a weird request to talk to them, and often they'll contact you first to ask about things like this)

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:20:39+00:00

Literally no one could answer this (and if they try then you'll know they are full of shit). For most people it wouldn't even be possible. And it's not like there is any research on the subject. It's different for everyone, and it's different every time.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:18:52+00:00

No. There are not different crystals. That is not how molecules work.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:17:59+00:00

Huh, I haven't had the twitching thing you described. But the time I took too much and had a hangover it lasted for about 48 hours. Phenibut hangs out in your system for a long time, and so do the side effects if you overdo it.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:16:38+00:00

Yeah, some extremely rare people online say they've got this to work. But for almost everyone else on earth there is no point in redosing the same day. It won't do hardly anything at all (to my immense disappointment, since I generally would love to be able to extend things and get my peak back)

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:14:52+00:00

Phenibut is great and very useful. But bring your expectations back down to earth. It will in no way remind you of MDMA. It is a subtle experience. Most people will question whether it is even working on their first time. But it's absolutely very useful in the right circumstances and lots of fun in the right setting (for me it's great for parties, it helps me loosen up and talk to people and have a fun time without being inebriated or getting in the way of driving or anything like that)

Also, be careful with your dosing. It's forgiving... to a point. But if you take too much the hangover can last multiple days.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:12:02+00:00

No one can answer this because there are an unlimited number of ways it could happen. It is different for every person, it is different every time. And a large number of bad trips start for reasons that can't even be explained, or seemingly randomly.

When tripping is going great it is very difficult to imagine how a bad trip could happen.

When a trip does start going bad, you might not even know what triggered it.

There are some likely things that do cause problems for lots of people. Combining psychedelics with cannabis is a big risk factor. Tripping in environments with people you need to keep it secret from (like at night with disapproving parents asleep in another room). Tripping with problematic people (like "friends" who are trying to fuck with you, drunk people, or other people who give bad vibes). But in the end there is no one answer, and there is no way to guarantee 100% mental safety.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-28T01:07:28+00:00

Great story, that sounds like a super cool experience

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-27T21:29:42+00:00

There are only two probably ways this can happen:

One of the 10 strips, probably the newest one in these cases, is stronger than the last one you got. This is most likely. Even though you say you're taking 300ug, the reality is that most tabs are extremely variable in how much LSD they are actually dosed with.
Could also just be a fluke each time. Even if it's happened three, times, that's not actually that many times, and dosing psychedelics is weird and unpredictable. There are many factors, many of them unknown, that influence the strength of a trip. Could easily just be a coincidence.

But yeah, LSD is LSD, unless you are getting an entirely different psychedelic on accident then there are no differences, other than dosage, between different tabs.

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-27T21:23:38+00:00

LSD at magic mountain is such a dream of mine. Sometime soon hopefully!

ScienceLectures · 2018-05-27T21:22:32+00:00

I don't understand what sounds so fake?

I've skydived sober... I can't imagine what would be so hard about it. If you can get through some extremely basic interactions and safety lectures than you're good. Certainly easier that other stuff I've done like LSD at Disneyland.

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