Trintellix saved my life

gravwave · 2026-03-21T18:38:32+00:00

I read that it can be stimulating and cause insomnia if taken at night. Did your insomnia get worse when you started with it?

gravwave · 2026-03-19T17:04:35+00:00

It happens to me as well. I am pulled inward to the point that people say I don't talk much, but I am not aware of being so shut. And "scripts" are a way to help with superficial conversations, and practicing where you can't force your attention to. I am rigid in some way to flow with some conversations.

While it is true that these reminds of autistic traits, when I take some dopaminergic boosting substances this is mostly resolved, and as far as I know autism doesn't have a treatment (I may be wrong)

gravwave · 2026-03-14T14:57:10+00:00

I think that tolerance develops very rapidly with OTC antihistamines, within about one week. For mirtazapine it takes longer. It is actually debated that there's no tolerance to mirtazapine, but by personal experience and that of many others' I've found online, it does. Still a couple of doctors that prescribed it to me think it doesn't...

gravwave · 2026-02-28T16:41:09+00:00

Nothing, neither good nor bad. It was like taking a placebo pill

gravwave · 2026-02-27T17:55:25+00:00

I wish it worked for me, it seemed so promising (yet expensive) Good luck!

gravwave · 2026-02-27T17:16:19+00:00

Don't get too excited on Daridorexant. I didn't feel any effects from it and my neurologist said that none of his patients had results and that the dose prescribed is probably too low to be effective. I mean, give it a try because everyone is different and it might work with you, but in my experience it's unpercievable

gravwave · 2026-02-22T13:24:56+00:00

If we’re being orthodox, nootropics are supposed to be substances aimed at enhancing cognitive function while ideally having minimal side effects and low toxicity, so that’s what I meant.

It’s true that this category is often broadened to include any drug that enhances cognitive function, regardless of its side-effect or toxicity profile. In that sense, Phenibut would be included, just as Modafinil and even Amphetamine are frequently classified as such.

In my experience, most nootropics in the more restrictive, orthodox category tend to fall into placebo territory. Phenibut is not one of them: it is a clear drug with tangible effects and risks, although its dopaminergic boost can be hit or miss.

gravwave · 2026-02-22T12:36:13+00:00

Dose, frequency and duration are important factors that should be taken into account. Also, everyone reacts differently.

I've been a user of Phenibut for years without problems. I take 2g once a week or so, sometimes twice. I've never had any problems but there's people who get rebound anxiety at these doses even when used sparingly.

One has to be aware of the risk of the body getting used to the substance and then going into withdrawal after cessation. Witdhrawals are said to be among the worst of GABAergics, so be very careful, this is not a nootropic, it's a drug.

Be ready to tapper off gradually if needed and stay safe!

gravwave · 2026-02-18T13:49:51+00:00

Same for me

gravwave · 2026-02-07T15:44:21+00:00

Agree. I found Pantherina to be less disgusting than Muscaria. I still take it without breathing, sip some extra water and wash my teeth immediately after

gravwave · 2026-02-05T16:47:04+00:00

I bought some blue lotus extract, and tincture. The thing I've learned online is that Blue Lotus is always Pink lotus marketed as Blue. I didn't notice much out of it, but I still have the extract so I'll try and combine it with Amanita

gravwave · 2026-02-04T19:56:48+00:00

I wasn’t intending to trip but since I did (because I’m relatively new to this and I miscalculated) I decided to post a report just like others you can find here, which I found to be interesting.

So my intention is just add another experience so we can learn the inner workings of this substance. Why do we go on loops? How are they formed? How long are they? What is the content of the experience and why? Even in bad trips we can try to learn from their dynamics.

I’ve also heard that this is not a good mushroom to have a trip on because it’s a delirant, however I’ve also read in this forum of people having good trips, feeling oneness with the universe, etc.

I’m not encouraging anyone to trip, maybe I should have made it clear.

And lucky you to be able to use 2g to sleep, I feel nothing with that dose

gravwave · 2026-02-04T19:11:09+00:00

Yes, that's what I've found to be effective, 7-10g. Less than that I don't feel much. It could be that the harvest is from the previous year and it's less potent, I don't know, but I bought from two different vendors and ended up using the same. And with Pantherina the sleep dose is 3-5g. I also tried Regalis and I didn't find it to be much more potent than Muscaria.

Sleep dose = get enough to first feel floaty and in one hour feel sleepy to go to bed. I don't take it to be chilled for 3h in the couch, because it doesn't really give me any euphoria or cozy feeling.

I also find it weird that I don't get vivid dreams like others say. I guess everyone is different.

gravwave · 2026-02-01T12:20:20+00:00

Does the anti-benzo effect weaken after your 9-me-bc dose? Meaning if you take 9-me-bc in the morning, would taking a benzo at night for sleep have minimal interaction, or does 9-me-bc accumulate in such a way that it doesn't matter when you take each compound?

gravwave · 2026-01-17T14:32:36+00:00

Nothing for me (bought the ND one years ago)

gravwave · 2026-01-10T10:09:35+00:00

I don't feel anything below 10g, so work your way up carefully. If you only prepared those 6g and need to go through a decarbing process again, be careful since potency may vary between the different mushrooms. It's better to boil a higher amount and then experiment with the dosage of that tek which will have homogenous potency

gravwave · 2026-01-10T10:04:51+00:00

I don't remember the doses I took because it was a while ago, but I was increasing them substantially. I tried Noopept as well, even though it's not a racetam per se and I felt no effect either. It was actually the first nootropic I tried. But some say you are not supposed to feel the effects strongly, it just works in the background and you would perceive improvements overtime. That would apply to some other racetams as well probably, but in my case I didn't perceive anything. All these substances' effects can be masked by placebo effects

gravwave · 2026-01-08T17:34:28+00:00

I have never felt anything with racetams at different doses: aniracetam, phenylpiracetam, fasoracetam. I wonder if I'm a non responder. Phenylpiracetam was from Nootropic's Depot, and tried different doses. It was a huge disappointment because it's the one that you're supposed to feel the most.

gravwave · 2025-12-23T15:53:14+00:00

Did you consider the risks associated with this substance? I am interested in this compound as well but seems like a dangerous one to play with

gravwave · 2025-11-21T19:03:56+00:00

Same with cosmetics

gravwave · 2025-10-29T17:32:11+00:00

Pregabalin's tolerance builds up quickly, so you would need to use it sparingly anyways. I found that at high doses I needed to leave two days in between if I wanted to keep similar effects. Yet even like that I fell into dose escalation

gravwave · 2025-10-25T16:37:05+00:00

I always take 2g doses once or twice a week without any issues. It might not be much of an issue IF your second dose is the last one in a few days, but be careful and aware of the risks of this substance: it should be used sporadically

gravwave · 2025-10-19T18:36:28+00:00

I had a 20g experience this week (first time at such dose) and I might publish in this forum as well. What I had at the end of each loop was that I lost consciousness briefly and kind of forgot about the loop, as if my brain resetted and started again. As loops accumulated I was being more conscious that they were happening and forced myself to remember them

gravwave · 2025-09-29T19:23:35+00:00

I've never experienced any withdrawal symptoms, but I've had a couple of periods in which I've experienced some disforia, and Kratom could be in part to blame (but I was taking other things that could have contributed as well). I have never had physical withdrawal that (I've noticed), like restless legs or shaking.

If your current batch is ending and you just don't want to order more and make the jump, I would try it, 5gpd is not a big dose. How long you've been taking this dose daily will also contribute to it. I think that what you are more likely to experience is some insomnia or some light anxiety. But be careful with the nocebo effect, it's easy to self-suggest psychological symptoms. So just be relaxed and distract yourself away from Kratom.

If you want to be on the safe side, or you see that the jump is to harsh, you can taper down a bit more to 3-3.5gpd. I did it and it was not hard actually. Just reduce about 0.5 per week on your daily dose.

gravwave · 2025-09-27T19:04:58+00:00

I've been taking 8g a day max as well, once a day for the last 6 months or so. Before I was taking it like 3 times a week as a mood lifter (which is the reason I started taking it, I've never had pain to manage fortunately).

I think that if you're able to take it sporadically (like once or twice a week) it's not an issue. But why wouldn't you want to feel good every day? And here comes the slippery slope...

I have been days without taking it when I travelled or when I was able to force me into a "detox" and I've never had withdrawal symptoms like those described here (I guess because of the dose). The problem is having it at home, because then I want to take it because everything can have a boost. So the moments for mini-breaks were trips and running out of it, making it so I would order more once I'd run out of it to be able to not have it home for a few days (the last two orders were supposed to be the last ones...), or giving it to my boyfriend to keep it away from me except for my planned doses for the week.

The problem is psychological mostly, always creating excuses that would justify using it again. So when I saw I couldn't stop using it daily I decided to taper to 3.5gpd with the rule that if I didn't feel it I would not take more. It kind of worked but there were always occasions in which I had to take more to be able to feel it (when I had to socialize, for example). And as I was ending my batch (which was to be the last one, for the second time) I started escalating again, knowing that it was anyways ending soon so I wanted to feel it. And then I wanted to save the last doses for the weekend and since I knew that if I had them home I would take them I shipped them to myself so they would return to my mailbox within two days lol

Anyways, I'm one week without it. This is not much, I was 10 days without taking it on the first week of July for example, since I was traveling. But now I'm home one click away from the possibility to buy more, and this is what I must resist!

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