Tell me about your experience with Salvia....?!
Question: Tell me about your experience with Salvia!.!.!.!.!?
I'm thinking about doing it!. I have 3 very mature responsible experienced ppl to be sitters!. and im ready for a mental and spiritual journy, but id like to hear in detail about others expereince!. If your going to say dont cuz your going to be retarded!.!.!. yada yada yada then dont waste your time!. If your going to say OMFG dude i was so high!.!.!. please dont bother!. now if it was a bad trip and you can discribe it to me ill be ready to listen, or if you gained new insight and had a good experience tell me what was your environment like, and what did you see/do!? I would like to have a good experience but im nervious about what might happen!. Every one i know says they "cant explain it" !.!.!.!. so can you help me out!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Well, your attitude is a good start - this is not really suitable as a recreational 'high'!. Nor is there any toxicity or addiction, in fact it is used to treat alcohol and drug addictions, so you won't become 'retarded'!.
I recommend you start with 5x standardised salvia so that you get used to the effect!. I used 10x because the guy in the shop told me that was the most common strength he sells, and had a 'bad' trip but 5x was very controllable and I remained lucid!.
The 10x initially made me 'unconcious' but I was apparently wide awake and muttering nonsense!. I have no recollection of this until I started to come around (60 sec's later) and it felt like I was waking from a dream - I had no idea where I was or what was happening!.
As I 'came to' I had 'visual' disturbances' rather than hallucinations, ie I could see 'people' but they looked like a psychedelic artwork (see http://www!.sagewisdom!.org/gingerbreadmen!.!.!. for an example, very similar to my experience), all pixellated and vivid striped colours of orange, red, and black!. I did not recognise my sitters for maybe 2 minutes, as the images gradually reassmbled themselves into 'normal'!. I was scared stiff by them, and tried to stand up to get away!. My friends tried to herd me towards the seat again, and I got so freaked I started to shout at them and they thought I was going to attack them (I am not generally a violent person)!. Fortunately I suddenly realised who they were and I relaxed and let them do what they wanted to me - you really need to have sitters that you trust implicitly!!
During the time I was 'away' there was strong physical sensations of 'tearing', where it felt like something was turning me or pulling my head to look to the left!. I had the very strong feeling that my parents (or maybe some other authority figures) were there in the room, just out of sight to the left and I kept trying to turn to them to see who it was!. I felt embarrased that they could see me doing this 'naughty thing' (taking Salvia)!. And although my father is dead, my mother is not, so it was not a visitation from the spirits of my dead folks etc like some have suggested to me!.!.!.
It was very hard to even sit upright, with a sort of paralysis of the arms and shoulders!.
I broke into a severe sweat as soon as I took it, and the whole time I felt like I was dripping wet, in fact for a while Ithought I was going to drown and that is why I was fighting my friends when they tried to sit me down, I was scared they were going to hold me under water!
I needed a towel to dry off afterwards, I was literally running with sweat over my whole body - my hair was sopping wet and rivers were running down my face and armpits etc!.
After 5 minutes I was back to normal, and I was very glad it was over!. I nearly cried with relief that my friends were there and I was going to be safe!. It shook me up for about a week!.
The 10x still had this effect on me after a second try, so I have not tried any more in several months!.
I did buy some 5x a few weeks later and it was much better - similar visual and physical effects but I always remained lucid and not scared at all!. Still felt like someone like my parents were watching me, and disapproving of me doing this though!.
I was left with the impression that this world we are in now was actually a salvia-induced hallucination I was having back in the 'real' universe, and that the people I think are watching me are actually my sitters in that universe!.
Be very careful about your environment if you give it a go!.
It realy is best in a quiet darkened room - bright light makes the visual things scarier and your choice of music will influence the nature of the 'trip'!. For example, one of the times my friend played some grungy rap (which I hate anyway); the driving beat made it much more intense and the lyrics seemed to 'speak to me'!. I suspect you could inadvertently 'program' yourself so choose the lyrics you listen to very carefully!.
I have not bought any more (it has been 3-4 months now) but I have obtained a cutting and it will produce some usable leaves soon!. I am going to try chewing a wad for a while!. Hopefully the effect won't be so 'peaky', so it won't be so intense and it will last a lot longer!.
One long-lasting effect I have noticed is that I was much less likely to want to drink alcohol for several weeks!.
Hope that helps you make your decision!. Be careful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I recommend you start with 5x standardised salvia so that you get used to the effect!. I used 10x because the guy in the shop told me that was the most common strength he sells, and had a 'bad' trip but 5x was very controllable and I remained lucid!.
The 10x initially made me 'unconcious' but I was apparently wide awake and muttering nonsense!. I have no recollection of this until I started to come around (60 sec's later) and it felt like I was waking from a dream - I had no idea where I was or what was happening!.
As I 'came to' I had 'visual' disturbances' rather than hallucinations, ie I could see 'people' but they looked like a psychedelic artwork (see http://www!.sagewisdom!.org/gingerbreadmen!.!.!. for an example, very similar to my experience), all pixellated and vivid striped colours of orange, red, and black!. I did not recognise my sitters for maybe 2 minutes, as the images gradually reassmbled themselves into 'normal'!. I was scared stiff by them, and tried to stand up to get away!. My friends tried to herd me towards the seat again, and I got so freaked I started to shout at them and they thought I was going to attack them (I am not generally a violent person)!. Fortunately I suddenly realised who they were and I relaxed and let them do what they wanted to me - you really need to have sitters that you trust implicitly!!
During the time I was 'away' there was strong physical sensations of 'tearing', where it felt like something was turning me or pulling my head to look to the left!. I had the very strong feeling that my parents (or maybe some other authority figures) were there in the room, just out of sight to the left and I kept trying to turn to them to see who it was!. I felt embarrased that they could see me doing this 'naughty thing' (taking Salvia)!. And although my father is dead, my mother is not, so it was not a visitation from the spirits of my dead folks etc like some have suggested to me!.!.!.
It was very hard to even sit upright, with a sort of paralysis of the arms and shoulders!.
I broke into a severe sweat as soon as I took it, and the whole time I felt like I was dripping wet, in fact for a while Ithought I was going to drown and that is why I was fighting my friends when they tried to sit me down, I was scared they were going to hold me under water!
I needed a towel to dry off afterwards, I was literally running with sweat over my whole body - my hair was sopping wet and rivers were running down my face and armpits etc!.
After 5 minutes I was back to normal, and I was very glad it was over!. I nearly cried with relief that my friends were there and I was going to be safe!. It shook me up for about a week!.
The 10x still had this effect on me after a second try, so I have not tried any more in several months!.
I did buy some 5x a few weeks later and it was much better - similar visual and physical effects but I always remained lucid and not scared at all!. Still felt like someone like my parents were watching me, and disapproving of me doing this though!.
I was left with the impression that this world we are in now was actually a salvia-induced hallucination I was having back in the 'real' universe, and that the people I think are watching me are actually my sitters in that universe!.
Be very careful about your environment if you give it a go!.
It realy is best in a quiet darkened room - bright light makes the visual things scarier and your choice of music will influence the nature of the 'trip'!. For example, one of the times my friend played some grungy rap (which I hate anyway); the driving beat made it much more intense and the lyrics seemed to 'speak to me'!. I suspect you could inadvertently 'program' yourself so choose the lyrics you listen to very carefully!.
I have not bought any more (it has been 3-4 months now) but I have obtained a cutting and it will produce some usable leaves soon!. I am going to try chewing a wad for a while!. Hopefully the effect won't be so 'peaky', so it won't be so intense and it will last a lot longer!.
One long-lasting effect I have noticed is that I was much less likely to want to drink alcohol for several weeks!.
Hope that helps you make your decision!. Be careful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com