Strange, Intense, Somewhat Uncomfortable Focus
Periwinkle, Nicotine & Dextroamphetamine
Citation: dexarian. "Strange, Intense, Somewhat Uncomfortable Focus: An Experience with Periwinkle, Nicotine & Dextroamphetamine (exp118398)". Erowid.org. Feb 17, 2026. erowid.org/exp/118398
| DOSE: T+ 0:00 |
10 mg | oral | Amphetamines | (pill / tablet) |
| T+ 2:00 | 4 mg | buccal | Nicotine | |
| T+ 2:00 | 3 leaves | oral | Periwinkle | (fresh) |
| BODY WEIGHT: | 155 lb |
He informed me that there is vinca alkaloids present and that they are (supposedly) better absorbed orally than when smoked. I was eager to see what will happen when I eat them. He said to pick 3 normal sized leaves (which I did) from the variant that is reddish purple with a white dot in the middle on the flower. I then went outside and picked 3 medium sized leaves, chewed them thoroughly, and swallowed. I have taken my prescription 10mg dextroamphetamine IR 2 hours before and was chewing a 4mg piece of nicotine gum (basically 0 nicotine tolerance so it hit hard).
Within 30 minutes I felt a very strange intense focus come over me, and my vision had a noticeable vignette effect to it. I could definitely tell that this was not from either the nicotine or the dextroamphetamine, because this effect felt remarkably different. I noticed I felt somewhat hot and my eyes were opened wider than normal, akin to DXM. Despite these effects, I definitely felt that they were not seretonergic. I felt very very awake and alert, but not stimulated. The level of focus I had was so strong that it was somewhat uncomfortable, and for some reason it drove me to research trazodone for almost 3 hours straight because I just got access to a handful of 50mg pills. It felt like so much pure raw focus and alertness without any real body high (besides feeling kind of hot and a little dry and wide eyed) or without any physical energy or motivation one would expect from classical stimulants.
I feel like this can be beneficial to maybe eat 0.5 or 1 leaf in addition to a stimulant to help with add and focus. I might experiment mixing them with a higher dose of amphetamine and a lower dose of C. roseus to see what happens. This plant is definitely psychoactive, but It is very strange, and I am not sure what to really do with the literal thousands of them I have growing.
| Exp Year: 2024 | ExpID: 118398 |
| Gender: Male | |
| Age at time of experience: 18 | |
| Published: Feb 17, 2026 | Views: Not Supported |
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