Those were original tabs from I think 2014, when *snip* first produced them, so they had to be 150mcg. I have only acquired branded analogue tabs and have assumed that nobody is buying branded blanks, imprinted with compound formulas, and laying sheets themselves. Have there been any rumors of people doing that?
Right, good logic. No, I've never heard any rumors of that sort and have a hard time fathoming someone doing this.
I will say that 150 µg is a fairly powerful per hit dose. Makes two hits a solid 300µg and three becomes a head-knocking 450 µg. Of course most of these analogues/homologues are structurally slightly heavier in molar weight, but this wouldn't affect the potency by much more than a few percent.
I guess I have to qualify what I said. With one tab AL-LAD, I would still have body energy which was not to my liking, but not enough of visual effects and depth of headspace. With 2 tabs, the headspace would be there, but the stimulation would be overwhelming.
No, I get that. It's not a very clean, pleasant feeling during the come-up. However, I find that the anxiogenesis of LSD (and its ilk) comes on during the first 1/3 of the trip, then levels off during the peak, which is Act 2/3, as it were. Finally, the comedown—which is sometimes introspective—comes in waves during the final third as it tapers off and leaves me with an afterglow until I sleep.
I do relatively very little research in vivo - with lysergamides, maybe 2 times a year or less. Back when it first came out, thinking that it would be soon banned I bought more AL-LAD that I needed for a few experiments , so it is the only lisergamide which I have lying around - thus when I do want an occasional recreational experience I tend to add it to 1P-LSD just to use it up eventually.
Makes sense. You should have someone do a blind study with you in which you're given one or the other without knowing which is which and then after the trip seeing if you can guess correctly.
Well, one might be able to choose the appropriate set, but setting might be much harder to control if you are in a particular long-lasting phase in of your life or if there is something that you are aware and accept of yourself in a normal state, but feel reprehensive under an influence of a particular psychedelic.
Ok, but that's still a matter of set & setting and not the drug's fault, per se.
Meditation doesn't work for me for this purpose. 1P-LSD never made me do "emotional work" (mindfuck), but ALD-52 did it twice, both times in good setting. I suddenly felt a pit in my chest, as if somebody close would emotionally hurt me. Beyond vulnerable. You know, sunk kind of feeling. (Not anything like panic attack)
Yeah, tripping involves deliberately placing yourself in a state of vulnerability. Doing so with courage, compassion, and aplomb takes practice and forethought. It doesn't come naturally, but it can be cultivated, learned, even mastered. And even
then, it will still serve up a slice of humble pie once in a while to keep us on our toes.
I made a mistake. I never got to try ETH-LAD. It was 1P-ETH-LAD experience, that I was referring to. Is ETH-LAD really comparable to 4-HO-MET and 2C-B?!
Yes, and I've read similar opinions elsewhere, too. Mind you: ETH-LAD is still a lysergamide, 4-HO-MET is still a mushroom-esque tryptamine, and 2C-B is still a psychedelic phenethylamine. But within their respective divisions, they all share in common that they're chill AF whilst still being visually arresting, pleasantly euphoric, inducing of the best headspaces, and all while keeping your social skills and communicative abilities in tact. It's generally what I'm looking for… unless I'm going HAAM.
In low dozes these two chemicals can be taken in any party setting - there is absolutely no mind fuck with them and almost no load of any sort.
Moderate doses, too, just not at the same time
I believe that ETH-LAD was distributed at 100mcg per tab. Did you have such easy-going experiences at that dosage?
Definitely, and at 200µg as well. Much over that can get difficult unless you're experienced. I wouldn't take more than three hits and go out unless it were to a like a Phish show or a festival or something, and only with a relatively sober trip-sitter/good, trusted friend. Lysergamides turn into delieriants if the dose gets too high.
Did you experience it at party setting. (And I don't mean a party with just a few close friends)
Yes, but compared to others, I kinda have balls of steel when it comes to tripping in public. The more you do it, the easier it gets. And the more frequently you trip, the less unfamiliar the headspace will be to you. YMMV. Good luck
