Tense and Restless
Context
Substances
Name | Dosage | Route of Administration |
4-HO-EPT | 45mg | Oral, Powder |
Introduction
I’d set aside this day to trip, and made sure I didn’t have any outstanding responsibilities or things to bug me later.
Onset
Dosed the full 45mg of fine, gray powder. It’s bitter, and has an aftertaste of a brie rind? The taste went away after a few minutes, though water didn’t help.
My heartrate is noticeably elevated, and I feel very tense. Almost anxious, but I don’t normally get anxious when trying new things.
Peak
I feel jittery, almost uncomfortably so. Visuals are hard to notice, but are present in the dark without light sources. Very plain geometry overall, not very colorful.
There’s an urge to dose more, for whatever reason. I don’t give into it, because I don’t see what more this substance could give me, given I’m almost physically uncomfortable, and very tense.
I have had to stretch and readjust more than once. I feel very restless, and it’s clear this isn’t really the substance to do while lying in bed.
I grab a drink from the kitchen, and the visuals are a bit more noticable in low-light. Light sources have tracers, and objects move a few centimeters when refocusing, as if you have double vision and switch between looking through just one eye to the other. I feel too restless and uncomfortably tense for this to be enjoyable.
Offset
By this point the effects are wearing off. I still have noticable tracers, and I’m tense. A mixture disappointment, boredom and just overall being uncomfortable drove me to dose 3-HO-PCP on the comedown. This helped with my elevated heartrate and restlessness, making it easier to just relax and let the former substance wear off.
Conclusion / Aftermath
Unfortunately, this turned out to be a disappointing substance. Maybe it would have been more enjoyable to do it while walking around or doing something, as I just felt very restless and tense the entire time. Aside from an elevated heartrate and the aforementioned things, there weren’t any other noticable physical effects. Headspace didn’t change at all, and visuals were incredibly light. The entire time I had to try to make myself comfortable, changing up the pillows nor music didn’t help.
I hope to revisit this substance in the future through a different ROA, along with EPT, which someone requested me to compare against.
I expect EPT to be similar but less potent, so I don’t think I’ll even bother with trying it orally first.