Ive never written a trip report before but since this plant is scarcely studied, i felt obligated to share my experience with it. I’ll try to keep it appropriately lengthened and formatted.
I had just moved in and was doing some graft work with TBM on pedro, and ended up having not as many pedros as i thought ,so i had some extra cuts of TBM. 1 full mature pup and 3 other halfcut pups, stressed in darkness for 2 weeks. I despined, cut them into chips, dehydrated, grinded to 6g dried powder, and capsulated in 20 500mg pills.
3:00pm: I eat 10 capsules (3g) with ginger beer in attempt to test the dosage, since there are mixed reports on potency. Only a smoothie in my stomach.
4:00pm: Im just hanging out, setting up my new room, chatting with roommates here and there. It was an extremely hot day, but the heat felt different, as if it were a tangible person with thoughts and ideas that you could converse with. It was somehow comforting (heat usually severely irritates me). I don’t really feel like im in a trip though. Just a little bit of the metallic bitter taste is present.
4:30pm: feeling as though I hadn’t taken enough, i went outside to smoke some cannabis. After this, a sense of being lightweight came over me, but not much else (not something that weed does to me).
5:00pm: I’m seeing a few people on reddit say that my dose isn’t enough, and since its been 2 hours with very little effect, i take the other 3g. Classic
5:30pm: I go on a bike ride along the san gabriel river, best decision i could have ever made. The beach house tracks im listening to feel like the lead vocalist’s voice was entering through my mouth and every vibration that she would probably make in her mouth and throat from singing was being felt inside of mine, even though I was silent. Not to mention the intense emotion they put into their songs driving into my essence lol
6:00pm: My jaw then drops because I stumble upon a fleet of Ricinus along the river. I grow a small one at home so seeing them so mature and numerous was really quite astonishing, especially knowing that it was all extremely poisonous. for the next 45 minutes i would be seen walking all around each plant trying to see what effect its microclimate had on its growth. At this point im clenching my jaw really hard, colors are very vibrant, and everything i look at appears to be glistening. pretty similar to LSD except objects and outlines are fuzzy instead of being HD.
7:00pm: I get hungry? strange because i was definitely still riding the peak, and can never eat when i take other psychs, but I decide to bike to a diner, which is where I realize just how gone I was. I know people often times get paranoid thinking people know theyre tripping when they really don’t, but in this case the lady at the counter knew, without a doubt that i was on something and it probably didn’t help that i was sweaty from the bike ride. This sort of thing usually isn’t a big deal to me but seeing the level of concern in her face made me question if i was actually okay for a second. I sit down and eat my bagel as the wooden tables swirl around and everything bounces around. This is an effect that was perfectly synonymous with my lsd experiences, as if everything becomes a 3d word art logo that rotates slightly back and forth on a z axis. Like if I would look at a wall, the right side would come at me, then bounce and the left side would then come and so on. This was applied to every object in my vision. Also, every shape that even somewhat resembled a circle would develop into an inverted sphere, resembling the shape of how magnetic fields. Everytime I would try and look at my phone, all the letters had a turquoise highlight behind them that would fade in and out. This paired with faint stars popping in and out of my peripheral really sums up the OEV part of the trip.
8:00pm I get home and witness one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen. It was like seeing pink for the first time. I go inside and watch a vlog of the 2021 intercity cactus show. It was 30 minutes long, but I probably ended up spending an hour and a half watching it, because i kept pausing it to stare at the mindboggling cacti they had on display.
9:30pm-2:00 am Introspection session
conclusion: The nausea was nowhere near as bad as others in this community made it out to be. I’m sure the weed and ginger certainly helped, but considering I throw up profusely from 2g of mushrooms with the same remedies, this was a surprise. HOWEVER, THE HEADACHE WAS, AND STILL IS GNARLY. There’s a chance this is a result of clenching my jaw for so long, but I was definitely feeling a bit vascocontricted. I highly recommend having cannabis on hand, unless you have a poor relationship with it. Idk what I would have done without it, as the headache getting so painful that i couldn’t think. Another thing I should note is that part of me was kind of hoping to observe some internal feelings similar to that of MDMA, but instead was greeted with social anxiety(not too bad though). Anyways that’s really all my thoughts on the experience, hope this helps somebody in the future
Thanks for reading!