DOSE: T+ 0:00	4.0 - 4.5 mg	oral	DOM	(blotter / tab)
T+ 5:30	250 ug	oral	Bromazolam
T+ 7:00	1 glass	oral	Alcohol - Beer/Wine
T+ 11:00		smoked	Cannabis
T+ 15:00	0.5 mg	oral	Bromazolam

BODY WEIGHT:

150 lb

Context:
This week, my area had the first good snow storm of the season. The night prior to my experience, I decided that the following day would be a good idea to try this new substance that I had been holding onto for a while, but never had a good opportunity to try it. My girlfriend shared the day off with me and I had went to bed with the intentions that tomorrow would be a perfect day to trip and play in the snow.

My prior psychedelic experiences have been with LSD, Mushrooms, DMT, MDMA, and 2C-B. Going into this, I knew it would be an all-day ordeal and understood the experience would be a bit longer than anything else I had tried before. Except for a few brief excursions, this mostly took place inside my home. Another thing in retrospect that may have changed my experience, I’m usually a pretty chronic marijuana user but decided to abstain mostly for today to avoid potentiating any effects, but I feel smoking may have calmed me down at some points.

This report is a timeline written the morning after, I’ve never been terribly good at writing reports during my experiences. This is also my first time sending one off to be published, so bear with my less than scientific approach to things.

The Trip:
T+0 / 10:30am - After eating some breakfast, I put the blotters under my tongue (approx 4.375 mg). Not terribly bitter but definitely noticeable. After about 15 minutes, the taste was gone and I swallowed the tabs.

T+1.75 - I was cuddling in bed with my girlfriend trying to start off calm. I started to get my first tells, similar to how I feel on the come up of LSD where I feel achey in my legs and feel the need to stretch. I also started getting a little bit nauseous, but lying still helped me feel composed.

Looking at the tapestry on my wall, I couldn’t quite tell if the pocket of air behind it was moving, but my girlfriend pointed out that I was in fact starting to see some visuals. When shifting my focus from up close to across the room, I could tell the carpet was “breathing” a little, seemingly like a wave that was rolling away but wouldn’t really continue once I was focused on what I was looking at.

T+3 - I decided now I was ready to leave the house and see what the outside world had to offer. I wished I was under the influence when it was snowing the night before and not the day after where cars had already begun to push the grey slushy mess off to the sides of the road. I appreciated how quiet it was and that everyone wasn’t outside driving around. I wasn’t really equipped for trudging in the slushy wet snow in low top shoes, but I was still pretty comfortable and warm and enjoyed the change of scenery.

We don’t have too much nice open space to walk around where I live, but I had stopped at this storm water runoff and enjoyed watching the creek flow from the melting snow. I never really noticed too much color effects, but I did notice how the remaining yellow leaves would slightly change in vibrancy and hue which was pretty. When I would stop and look at the untouched snow, I would see textures that I best can describe as watching cracks form on the surface the more I looked which was also pretty. We had also stopped at this point on the main road where there was a big puddle from the melt and I had fun watching people either try to avoid it, or be bold and send it through and make a huge splash.

T+4 - We had gone back home as my girlfriend wanted to go out and get food with her friend who ended up cancelling on her which made me feel pretty sad and empathetic for her. I got back onto the couch and tried getting comfy since my feet were wet and I felt gross. I tried reheating some leftovers I had, but the smell was very vivid and I ended up vomiting back up the one bite I had, even though my earlier nausea had subsided.

Up until this point, I really was not enjoying the stimulating effects that I was feeling. When I was laying down trying to calm down, I would get what felt like gunshots of energy that would pulse through me and interrupt the calmness that I was starting to feel. I spent some time thinking how the day probably would have been better enjoyed relaxing without taking this because I couldn’t get to a state where I felt secure. My mental state was fairly clear and at this point after not being able to eat, I decided I wanted to take .25mg Bromazolam at about T+5.5 to hopefully mellow me out. My girlfriend then left alone to go get some takeout as I really didn’t like the thought of being in a car or public spaces.

T+7 - Girlfriend got back after about an hour and I was feeling a bit calm but definitely still stimulated with nothing that I really wanted to do. We went on a walk to the convenience store next to us for a couple of drinks. Again, I don’t think I noticed too much color enhancements but I was really enjoying the deep reds from the last of the sunset over the mountains. After getting home and drinking a beer and slowly eating the rest of my girlfriend’s sandwich, I started to feel a bit more like myself and was relieved.

We watched some Adventure Time and winded down, and I was a bit more tuned into the episodes than I usually am. I felt like I had a bit more empathy with the characters and could pick up on the nuances in their behaviors and feelings.

T+11 - It was time to start winding down as my girlfriend had work in the morning. I showered with her and smoked a joint, and only after then I feel like I was able to start calmly appreciating the visuals that were remaining. I remembered looking at the texture on the drywall and I could notice how the pattern repeated across the entire wall, when in reality I think it is a bit more random. I had tossed my top sheet to warm in the dryer for after the shower, and once putting it on the bed, I really liked the way that the fuzziness looked where it was rubbed and the fibers changed directions. It wasn’t morphing or anything, but I was able to notice the geometric patterns more prominently. I was a little bummed that I was finding more enjoyable things about the experience at the very end, but ended up laying down with her as she went to bed.

While lying down, I noticed some slight closed eye visuals. They were kind of fractally, in the same triangular pattern I noticed when I was looking at my blanket. I wasn’t completely restless and shaking anymore, but my mind was very much awake while my body was able to rest. After about 3.5 hours of tossing and turning, I took .5 mg more Bromazolam (T+15) which knocked me out pretty well, and had a nice rest with no notable dreams or anything.

Retrospect:
I know different substances will affect different people in different ways, but none of the words “Serenity, tranquility, and peace” are words I would have used to describe how I felt at any point. Throughout the entire trip, it was definitely more stimulating rather than psychedelic for me. I expected more visual geometry and colors rather than how I ended up feeling.

I also didn’t have a clear plan on what to do with my day, as most of the time I’m comfortable enough deciding what I’d like to do in the moment. I love music, but regret not trying to listen to any during my experience. Every time it was brought up, it seemed too overwhelming to enjoy. I’m glad I waited to try this until I was at home instead of trying it at a music festival or other public setting where I think I would have just been trying to keep my composure the entire day.

I think the biggest thing that made me uncomfortable was the ongoing stimulation I felt, rather than other substances where the come-up and peak move quickly enough to notice and you feel the effects pass and change. Maybe I’ll try again another day, maybe not. I’m also pretty glad I started off with the DOM instead of the DOB that I also have on hand.

Love to all, take care and stay safe :)

Exp Year: 2024	ExpID: 118521
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: 21
Published: Dec 12, 2024	Views: 15
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