DOSE: T+ 0:00	26 mg	oral	2C-B
T+ 0:31		inhaled	Nitrous Oxide
T+ 0:52		inhaled	Nitrous Oxide
T+ 0:00	repeated	inhaled	Nitrous Oxide
T+ 3:36	1.5 ml	oral	1,4-Butanediol
T+ 0:00	repeated	oral	1,4-Butanediol
T+ 5:51	330 mg	oral	Phenethylamine
T+ 0:00		oral	Phenethylamine

BODY WEIGHT:

185 lb

An Elusive Experience

Context/Intent: This trip was experienced before, and during, my good friend's birthday party. We intended to kick back and chill on a rather nonserious psychedelic, setting a positive precedent for the evening. We also decided to heavily include nitrous in the experience, to potentiate the 2CB and wax over any somatic discomfort or anxiety. I intended to settle back into tripping with friends, as I’d recently been tripping entirely solo. I also wanted to focus on taking notes during the experience, to keep myself occupied and feel purposeful (quotation marks will signal raw transcriptions of my notes).

Chronology
0:00 - Dropped 26mg 2CB

0:27 - “CNS Activation." This is a term I use often when I take drugs, similar to a plus/minus on the Shulgin rating scale. There is a general enhancement of sensory perception and thought acceleration, but the flavor of the experience is not defined. Had I not known I was on drugs, I would attribute the state to high anxiety, or the rush of a hard workout.

0:31 - “Inhaled balloon, noneventful”. We used nitrous not only for recreational purposes but also to test the level of activity of the 2CB on the come-up. If the effects of the balloons were more intense, we could assume the 2CB was rising. We also used the balloons as a way to deal with come-up anxiety/any bodily discomfort.

0:52 - “Another balloon, bigger this time. Nostalgic reminiscing (signaling increased effects), still not full-blown psychedelic”. There are generally two separate genres of psychedelically synergized nitrous experience. The first experience is largely anxiolytic and euphoric, featuring strong positive affirmations and a positive, nostalgic view of the past and the people that belong to it (even if these thoughts quickly dissipate following the experience). The second experience is simply a whiteout, an obliteration of self-concept and semantic network; this largely only occurs on higher doses of entheogens (ie LSD, psilocybin). As predicted, 2CB only manifested the first type of experience; I have never experienced a whiteout state. In my opinion, I believe this is because while 2CB is a psychedelic, it is not an entheogen capable of producing consistent transpersonal states at doses of 26mg (my highest dose) and below.

1:06 - “Thoughts speeding up” I Felt as if I was on a stimulant, with no majorly defined character and hardly any visuals.

1:22 - “Definitive Activation” A bit disappointing, On my previous trip on 25mg, I had felt immersed in an encompassing watercolor visual (different batch, however). 2CB seems to have largely inconsistent visual activity. My friend and I had been doing a large balloon of nitrous each at fifteen-minute intervals. They were awesome little blips, we would queue a music video and inhale at our favorite moments of each song. In many ways, the nitrous took most of the personality of the experience, 2CB largely being used as a potentiator (speaking to its subtlety).

1:54 - “Feel more at peace with myself” I’ve had a tumultuous few months. Moving multiple time states to a place where I knew few people, struggling to reach financial stability; it’s left me feeling jagged. However, I’ve stabilized, and this trip reinforced my overall sense of well-being.

2:32 - “Some financial worries but the balloons are centering me” Despite the previous paragraph, I’m not totally out of the woods financially. I had several pending responsibilities I would have to tend to in the following months, and the thought of budgeting them came abruptly, and felt as thorny as you would expect. However, I was able to largely discard the feeling with a couple of balloons; like dislodging a piece of debris.

3:28 - “Mild entactogenic effect, largely coming down” Walked around my friend's neighborhood to shake off any leftover energy. We decided to walk down an alleyway and were promptly barked at by a hulking pitbull, which was unpleasant despite it being fenced. Later, we saw what appeared to look like a drug deal, which was pretty comedic to experience live.

3:36 - Dose 1.5ml BDO. I’d dosed BDO the following night and was interested in trying more. I knew that it was a dangerous substance to be cavalier with, so I’d been taking sub-perceptual doses, and incrementing up at .25 ml. [Reported Dose of BDO: 3.25 ml cumulative] This was the first time I noticeably felt BDO, and it was quite pleasant. A more coherent, sedative gabaergic that left little residual “ick”.

4:59 - Dose .33 gram PEA. “Noted minor intoxication from BDO”

5:51 - “Not sure how active PEA is, maybe some enhanced euphoria in synergy with cannabis” Not sure how to describe this, but there’s a certain feeling I get when I combine psychedelics and cannabis; a racey, tingling feeling. I mildly felt this after dosing .33 grams of phenthylamine, a substance known to be active only momentarily, and at higher doses. I later dosed .5 grams and felt a similar feeling.

[Reported Doses: 2C-B (26mg), BDO (3.25 ml cumulative), Nitrous (approx 10 balloons), Phenethylamine (750 mg cumulative)]

Conclusion: While certainly a “trip”, this wasn’t a profound or challenging experience. That was largely by design, however. Despite 26mg being the highest dose of 2CB I’d tried, I expected it to be somewhat lacking in the headspace. However, this trip was pleasant and casual, just as we had intended. I had the freedom to delve deeper briefly with the nitrous, but I didn't have to shoulder the burden of a full-blown trip.

Subjective Scales (1-6)
Effect Index Intensity Scale:
Visuals: 2
Introspection: 2
Cohesion: 5
Body Load: 2
Spirituality/Mysticism: 1

Noted Subjective Effects
Physical: Stimulation, Perception of Bodily Heaviness, Frequent Urination, Increased Bodily Pressure

Cognitive: Anxiety, Analysis Enhancement, Emotion Intensification, Empathy Enhancement, Immersion Enhancement, Increased Music Apprecation, Increased sense of humor, motivation enhancement, Wakefulness, Focus Suppression, Mixed Emotions, Mindfulness, Rejuvenation

Sensory: Color Enhancement, Visual Acuity Enhancement, Brightness Alteration, Flowing, Auditory Enhancement, Tactile Enhancement

Exp Year: 2024	ExpID: 117878
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: 24
Published: Sep 29, 2024	Views: 15
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