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Incredible, Without Side-Effects
Nutmeg
Citation:   Setentrional. "Incredible, Without Side-Effects: An Experience with Nutmeg (exp90258)". Erowid.org. Oct 18, 2025. erowid.org/exp/90258

 
DOSE:
3 nuts oral Nutmeg (ground / crushed)
BODY WEIGHT: 154 lb
This weekend I was going to be alone at home, so I decided to try nutmeg. I already knew that nutmeg could change consciousness, so I just fast researched in Internet some recipes and invited a very close friend to try it together. It was the first time for both of us. I am 24 years old and 154 lbs of weight, my friend is 22 and 150 lbs.

We bought the nutmegs in a local supermarket, it was very easy to find. It comes in packages containing 2 whole nutmegs for 1,63 dollar each. In fact, it costs ‘2,78 reals’ (Brazilian money) as we live in south Brazil. We had bought 8 nutmegs in total.

3:30 PM – Then, we went home for making the recipe. As I had read about the bad flavor, we had bought ice-cream too. So we started grinding the nutmegs by hand, which was much easier that we were thinking. We realize that 3 whole nutmegs give us a lot of powder and because of that we just used 6 of the 8 nutmegs. As we finished grinding 3 nutmegs, we put the powder in a small plate and the others 3 grinded nutmegs we put in another plate. At this time we were laughing a lot because of the many jokes we were saying.

3:40 PM – I mixed, using a blender, my portion (3 nutmegs, about 11g) with passion fruit ice-cream and my friend did the same with chocolate ice-cream. The recipe was simple and easy. We started drinking together to find out how real horrible was the flavor. I thought mine wasn't that bad, I even liked it, the problem wasn't the flavor, but the high concentration of powder nutmeg, that I believe it is kind of a ginger flavor, which I like, but is pretty strong. The passion fruit ice-cream fit perfect, it had a strong flavor that could hide some of the nutmeg´s flavor.

04:00 PM – My friend preferred his shake, but I preferred mine. Anyway, it was a fun time to be drinking something that should had been pretty awful and finding out that we made it very easy with ice-cream, much better, I believe, than with orange or lemon juice. Thanks for the researches! At this time we had completed finished drinking.

07:00 PM – Three hours had passed and we hadn't felt any of the effects yet. I had some little headache about the first two hours, which the ice-cream temperature could be the explanation, because I'm not used to it as I can't take milk (mine was ice-cream lacto-free). As we were playing cards until that moment, we decided taking a ride by walk.

08:00 PM – Walking gave us fresh air, which was good because I was feeling a little difficult on getting oxygen, as air inspiration wasn't totally sufficient for my body. My friend said that he wasn't feeling anything bad. Anyway, as we were walking, the heat of our bodies seems to be getting warm and comfortable. Walking was a pretty pleasure experience. At this point we had agreed that we began to feel something different, something nice.

08:40 PM – We got home and decided to some alcohol. We made a big cup of Mojito (vodka with lemon and mint) for both of us. We didn´t drink too much, just a cup for refreshing.

09:00 PM – After 5 hours, a walk and a cup of Mojito, we finally could say we were feeling the nutmeg's effects.
After 5 hours, a walk and a cup of Mojito, we finally could say we were feeling the nutmeg's effects.
It was delicious at the beginning of the high. It was like our entire body was warm, calm, relaxed, in peace and enjoying listening to music, so we started dancing to the music. It was like we were at a party. We feel excited at first.

10:00 PM – Listening to the music lying on the floor was the best thing to do when we got the high. It was like our body was not in mood to move. So I understood why they say nutmeg is delirious. The feelings were quite strong, but nothing we could't handle. We weren't stupid minds and had no side-effects. Our mind and body were saying that keeping lying and trying to dream was the right thing to do. Our mind could dream awake.

11:00 PM – We went to another friend's house by car for dinner and we watched the last Madonna's show (Hard Candy) on blu-ray before dinner. OMG, that was gorgeous, fabulous, the psychedelic images seemed to go out the TV. Watching a movie at a movie theater will surely be my next experience with nutmeg.

00:30 AM – The dinner was ready so we ate. The effects were calming down and we could eat the pasta very normal. After having dinner, we went home again for sleep.

01:30 AM – At this time we were in bed and talking about the experience. We had conclusion that we had much more good sides than bad; my friend didn't have any bad, in fact. And almost no dried mouth, as we were expecting after reading about the subject.

11:00 AM – Sleeping was very pleasant. We wake up a little tired but nothing that after taking a shower wasn't resolved. For the rest of the day we had no side-effects.

The next days we were totally normal, except maybe for the impression of dry mouth, which I believe was placebo effect. Even the next day I went to the gym and exercised normal, as if I didn't take nutmeg.

Maybe it was not much nutmeg, but we didn't have any bad side-effects. The experience was incredible valuable. I could summarize that nutmeg is for having a great time of world's contemplation. What I want to say is that nutmeg gives me a pleasure in thinking, dreaming, watching and touching, basically. Its experience may be more delirious with more quantity, which I believe wouldn't be that pleasurable, as the best part was watching the show then resting on the floor.

Exp Year: 2011ExpID: 90258
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: 24
Published: Oct 18, 2025Views: Not Supported
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