DOSE:
T+ 0:00
10-15 mg
oral
2C-B
(powder / crystals)
T+ 6:00
smoked
Cannabis
BODY WEIGHT:
220 lb
I have a checkered history with 2C-B (to say it as neutrally as possible). Being that 2C-B is such a warmly regarded (near mythic) material, that it was one of Alexander Shulgin's personal favorites�one of which he was the most proud�as well as one of the �Magical Half-Dozen� Shulgin creations, I wanted to like it. I mean, I REALLY wanted to feel that this compound was an ally. But in the half-dozen times I've tried it, I was either nonplussed at best, or at worst, turned into a spastic, twitchy mess. I had always attributed these less-than-stellar experiences to either less than ideal set & setting, questionable material, or my own physiology (I have old spinal damage, and some 35+ year old partial paralysis, so certain compounds sponsor or exacerbate the pre-existing spasticity I have experienced since my injury in 1983). But in truth, I never really knew why 2C-B just didn't seem to hold my hand nicely.
Generally speaking, I find the greatest reward in either in stimulants/empathogens/entactogens (MDMA), certain dissociatives (ketamine/NO2), or the classics (LSD/Psilocybin). I am a 20+ year daily cannabis user, but my use is mostly medical, and near exclusively used at night for sleep (as an anti-spasmodic). Having said that, I went into the following experience purposefully avoiding cannabis use during, so as to allow for an un-modulated assay of the material, at least at first.
Set / Setting / Previous Notes:
Set & Setting both ideal. We are home and off work for the holidays, in good moods, and our 10-year-old is staying with her grandmother. Having done a 400mg/.5 tab candy-flip the week before, and a 10mg MDMA microdose test 12hr previous, I'm a bit surprised my partner's so up for it. I'd say she's mildly/moderately excited by the idea of doing it. �Intrigued and Interested� is a better descriptor: moreso than other substances in the past. We each had two coffees (t-4:00), 8 keto mini pancakes for breakfast (t-2:00), one Rockstar each (t-1:00), plus our normal regimen of supplements. After watching �Dirty Pictures� (the Shulgin doc) I ran to the store. Dose was straight after I got home.
00:00 (12:50pm) Between 10-15mg 2C-B taken orally from a gel-cap (amount drawn in a line, and cut roughly in half with a card). Cap & substance weighed 120mg +/- 10mg. After tare weight of the measuring cup, material weighed 20mg +/- 10mg. I vaguely remember my source saying that was the weight/dose realm, so I'm confident that no matter what, the dose could NOT be more than 15mg. She ate her slightly larger half with a wet finger / I ate the smaller pile in the same way, and mopped up the rest, plus swallowed the gel cap. It tasted about the way one would expect: nasty (but about half as bad as MDMA).
00:05: Immediate�mildly negative�stomach reaction.
00:20: Stomach seems to have settled. I'd say it was just nerves, but I know my stomach, and I'm certain there was an actual peptic reaction. Regardless, both stomach & nerves seem better.
00:25: Took a shower after she did.
00:35: First real alerts. Felt a wee bit woozy when I got out of the shower.
00:50: Definitely off base-line for both of us. She is feeling a bit of head pressure. I am feeling a headspace shift. Slight �swirly� feeling in my head.
01:00: I'm absolutely shifting into 2C-B space. Slight, very pleasant butterflies in my stomach & solar plexus. She's shifting into it as well. We agree it's a nice feeling.
01:05: + territory, and still heading up. 01:05: + territory, and still heading up.