DOSE: T+ 0:00	1 cup	oral	Ginger	(ground / crushed)
T+ 1:00	1 cup	oral	Ginger	(ground / crushed)
T+ 1:00	15 mg	oral	4-AcO-MET	(capsule)

BODY WEIGHT:

60 kg

Taken as part of my visit, in a friend group, of a multi-day Goa festival. After a bad 2C-B trip the day before, I wanted to have a good time. I knew of my previous experience that 4-AcO-MET has a profound impact on me even at the supposedly "light" 15 mg dose. And, today was going to be my anniversary of me having been introduced to this substance, but I have the chance to finally do it in a festival environment, instead of smaller raves and parties!

Some of the others in the group did acid instead, and accordingly, did their intake earlier than me.

As for preparation, planned intakes of water were available, and I prepared two ginger powder capsules specifically to counter come-up nausea.

T-1:00: Ingested one ginger capsule, to counter nausea that used to be a bit overbearing in previous experiences.

T-0:30: I enter the main stage dance floor with my friends :) I ask $friend, who went to this event in sobriety, whether she wanted to hear about what this substance does to me, and maybe test my reaction to certain visual stimuli. She effectively becomes my "tripsitter" in this context.

T+0: I ingest both a prepared capsule with 15 mg of 4-AcO-MET, and another ginger powder capsule, along with about a quarter liter of water.

T+0:30: I notice some slight discomfort, but that's about it.

T+0:45: The colors of the beautiful stage decorations, as well as the UVA-illuminated art nearby, start to get banding around the edges of colors. My visual perception of the environment starts to shift, and my mood lightens a lot.

T+1:00: Visually, everything seems to be both separated and joined into "half-rooms". Everything gets some shroomy pattern to it, that is, everything starts to get these distinct fractals, particularly lattices and spirals, especially on trees, their branches and the leaves. Music is more intense and even more enjoyable than before. And, uncontrollably, my lips start to form a smile I could never make normally. I can't suppress it, it's accompanied by a powerful, happy feeling. A swaying rhythm, like seaweed in slightly disturbed water, sets in, and I have to move my body along with it while dancing. In my thoughts, I start to "understand a concept that I can't put into words", it is related to being interconnected with everything.

Colors first start to be entirely unrecognizable, consisting of infinite fractalization instead, and suddenly start shifting hues in a constant rhythm, which seems to fit to the music playing. To do a reality check, I ask $friend if the colors of the lights around are currently static, she says yes.

T+1:15: I ask $friend if she wants to step off the main stage and talk for a little bit. We wander around the festival site. My swaying rhythm remains, I can't stop doing it. She points at some light dots thrown at the floor by a large disco ball, and asks me "for my opinion" on them. I can't think of anything other than these dots being super interesting, but also funny, and break out into a fit of laughter. She shows me some of the psychedelic art around, and asks me for my opinion there as well. I say I find the art beautiful, and break out into a fit of laughter. We walk to the food court, where I order some curry, but not without struggling trying to suppress my laughter while ordering. I struggle eating, because I have to laugh so much, and feel the need to tell $friend just how much I like the substance I'm currently tripping on and the various reasons why.

T+1:45: After lots of struggling trying to eat the food without laughing and not getting distracted talking, we finally manage to head back to the stage.

The hue-shifting lights have gotten more intense, and I feel as though I am somehow connected with the environment, and everyone else here. Dancing feels like less of a conscious thing I do, it feels as if I am flowing along with the rest of the crowd, who seem to have a similar rhythm to myself. Oddly, despite being wide awake, I have to yawn quite a bit, and my eyes seem a little bit too wet. My body feels warm, and the light sticks in the crowd seem hypnotically nice to look at while dancing. I start feeling euphoric instead of feeling like laughing, and the laughing fits finally stop. Some of the people in the crowd take notice of this fact and specifically wave around their light sticks in front of me while watching me following them with my eyes.

T+3:30: The visual patterning weakens, and the environment slowly shifts back to what it should be. The euphoria still sticks around, and so does the swaying rhythm.

T+5:00: The whole group, minus one, who was busy being in a hammock somewhere, went to eat something, and to refill on water. Everyone spent some time telling everyone else about their current state of mind and the effects of the substances they're on. Afterward, we went back to the main stage.

T+6:00: All effects have started to fade. The only thing that sticks around is my color perception being fucked still. It's no longer shifting hues, but the colors are not correct, and much more intense than they should be.

T+6:30: Only the aforementioned color effect remains.

T+9:00: After lots of further dancing, all of the mental effects gone, with the colors still being intense for me, we head back to our tents at the festival, and get ready to sleep a little for the next festival day. I felt drained, and I felt slow in my thoughts, with a mellow sense of contentness. Some of the others, who did acid a bit earlier than I did my intake, are still coming down from their trip.

T+16:00 (the next morning, afternoon): The colors have stopped being as intense, and have started to be compatible with reality again , but they are still a bit more intense in my perception than they should be. Everything else is back to normal.

T+1 week: The traffic lights in my city, at night, and neon shop signs, still seem more interesting than usual.

T+2 weeks: The color after-effects have now fully worn off. The colors are normal again, and not as interesting anymore.

I don't see the point in taking more than 15 mg for myself still, because everything I've experienced (before, without making experience reports of it) and described is intense on a level that I genuinely don't want to surpass. I am not sure why the color effect sticks around as much as it does, but that's the main reason I avoid doing it more than every 3 months.

Exp Year: 2025	ExpID: 119383
Gender: Not Specified
Age at time of experience: 23
Published: Dec 6, 2025	Views: Not Supported
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