The mystery powder of meh

Iprocin - "The mystery powder of meh"

This very fine off-white powder is a serious contender for the title of "most underachiever compound in my books"

It has a reputation for a short 3-hour end-to-end trip, but I would use the word "trip" in the most lenient way: I think the bodyload of Iprocin is not worth the minimal psychedelic effects.

Music is slightly distorted for the worse, vision is only marginally changed with shimmers and reflection of colours, and the thought process is random and scattered (as in most other trypts) - and this is on a medium dose. Perhaps it's just my metabolism and your mileage will vary, but for me it is a profound disappointment.

Iprocin is just not too much fun - the only advantage I see to it is that it lasts from 2 to 3 hours. But it does not produce in me any of the most memorable effects. I have read several articles in Erowid comparing it to LSD or psylocibin, among other things. Go figure.

I have tried it on several dosages, from 3mg all the way up to 15mg. The only real change is the intensity of the tremors and shivering, with some feverish sweating on larger doses. But with very little of that fine classical psychedelia I crave.

How come 4-Ho-Met is the bomb at a similar dose but 4-Ho-Dipt is not? I suspect it's got to do with my own body.

My final word on Iprocin: meh.

Colour has decayed and now it's gone

In a previous post, I described the characteristics and effects of one of my favourites: "Colour" or 4-Ho-Met.

Early this year I had sourced an amount of this compound from a manufacturer in the P.R.C -where most chems actually come from, if you have ever wondered that- and stored most of it in an airtight, steel container away from heat, humidity and every other source of harm.

After a few months I opened the steel can and to my surprise all the 4-Ho-Met had degraded into a tarry, disgusting mess - it looked like hashish resin: a lustrous and almost wet, brittle slab.

In storage the whole batch of 4-Ho-Met had decayed. My heart sank when I realised that "the Colour" had gone bad so dramatically. Shit.

The rest of the compounds in said steel can looked fresh and properly stored. What could have happened to 4-Ho-Met? Could it be that it was impure, or was not properly purified? Could it be that it spontaneously degrades? Maybe something else?

I started researching around the 'net and could not find an answer, until I got to a Russian forum: in it I read about the fragility of the 4-substituted tryptamine molecules - they seem to degrade without any apparent reason; even for those who keep them stowed away safely in a refrigerated container. Those buggers are unstable by nature.

It seems I am not the first to report on the degradation of 4-Ho-Met. The "tar" is supposed to be some deranged byproduct of 4-Ho-Met that underwent major dimerisation, polymerisation, something-else.

"The tar" is presumably psychoactive, but I did not have the courage to try its effects. As I do not have a Mass Spectrometer with me, I refuse to be a test subject for something unknown that could be really bad. Ironic statement for a psychedelic dad, but very sensible.

I did test the solubility of "the tar" - it dissolves in water and in ethanol (vodka) and the liquid has a very dark brown colour, almost purple. Very unappealing and dirty-looking.

"The tar" in a bowl with water

Off the drain it went.

5-Meo-Mipt

5-Meo-Mipt, Moxy 
5-methoxy-N-methyl-N-isopropyltryptamine; C15H22N2O

This is a close relative of the more famous "Foxy" (5-Meo-Dipt) and just like its big brother, it is also a very tactile, empathogenic, euphoric and aphrodisiac compound, with marked psychedelic characteristics. I have found "Moxy" as a light tan powder with a very strong chemical odour.

Dose ranges, oral, milligrams (male, 90 Kg)

• Light: 1.0 to 3.0
• Mid-range: 4.0 to 9.0
• Strong: over 10.0

In my experience, "Moxy" is one of several "minors" in my collection - not because they are not capable of fully-blown experiences or even cause death or harm, but because I use them very infrequently, if at all.

"Moxy" and "Foxy" are compounds that can only be taken orally - anecdotal stories suggest that insufflating these compounds requires larger doses than a similar oral dose. I have not read any reports of rectal administration.

Nausea and trembling hands are de rigueur whilst under the influence of "Moxy" and -in medium doses- I have found that my vision is impaired. The visual distortions are pronounced and I end up looking at black and white checkerboards like 1960's Op-Art . These cover most of my field of view and are very distracting.

Such as this one I found around the 'net:

The tactile and emotional component of "Moxy" is very pronounced, the enjoyment of music is intensified and so is the sensuality. There is a very strong component of empathy -just like with MDMA, you feel close to everyone around you and sometimes it is possible to talk a lot more than you should, because your inhibitions are drastically lowered.

"Moxy" is a drug that will lead to increased sensuality and awesome sex - no doubt about it. I have managed to have multiple very enjoyable orgasms in one night whilst on "Moxy" - not bad for a forty-something!

But it is not a magical aphrodisiac. With "Moxy" you know that "the sensuality" is part of the psychedelic excursion; it should NEVER be used on others without their consent - not only it is ethically wrong but it does not work when "slipped into" someone else's drink or food in order to have sex.

The taste of "Moxy" is foul and most importantly - it's a very strong psychedelic drug and will most likely result in a hellish trip for the recipient. The consequences will be catastrophic and you will be in real trouble.

Just enjoy it yourself - you don't need to involve your partner.

As far as I know, "Moxy" cannot be combined safely with any other substance. I tried once with 2C-E and the result were extremely unpleasant.

Alcohol does not work very well either, so watch your drinking to avoid making a scene.

The colours in the wall

This is a short story of a trip with a combo of 4-Aco-DMT + 4-Ho-MET.

These two chems combine and reinforce each other gracefully and it's one of the most artistic trips you can get without going over the edge of reason. 

Both drugs affect the processing of vision in the brain: 4-Ho-MET brings out the glow and saturation of colours and creates spotlights and colourful tracers in your surroundings; while 4-Aco-DMT -as weird and unpredictable as it can be- synergises with the centers of vision and plays illusions of shapes, colours and movement.

I've found the ratio to be important - when the weight of 4-Aco-DMT is about half that of 4-Ho-MET the resulting trip will affect the perception of light and colour. As the amount of 4-Aco-DMT increases, the weirdness of the trip increases as well, and strange and unusual visions will happen. 

I ate a capsule of 12 mgs of 4-Ho-MET with 8 mgs of 4-Aco-MET at noon on a fine Sunday. The sun was shining and the weather was inviting for a lazy laydown in a nearby pool, so I grabbed my hat and swim gear and went for a dive.

Not more than an hour after ingestion I had to excuse myself from my friends and returned to my apartment. I was dehydrated and felt nausea building up, a typical sign of a trip building up and about to begin. Got home just as the colours were growing in intensity and drank a cold ice tea, while sitting down for in a comfortable sofa to wait for the discomfort to ease.

As I laid there with my eyes closed I could see the visions that 4-Aco-DMT produces in me: slowly rotating shapes, like those in computer screen savers. Hexagonal solids. Cubes. Pyramids. All this while some random TV channel played nursery rhymes.

The shapes were rotating in sync with the tempo of the nursery rhymes. Charming, but eerie and uncanny. There was something sinister about the whole scene and I worried the trip might take a turn for the worse. I quickly turned the TV off and closed my eyes for a few minutes.

At some point I half-opened my eyelids to check on the clock in the wall to my left, and I was regaled with an amazing sight: the white wall started changing colour, as if a brush was slowly painting it with a shade of blue that reminded me of Delft porcelain.

Delft china.

In wide stokes of colour, the wall was being converted into a canvas. Into a piece of psychedelic art.

Soon the wall started changing hue and went from blue to green, then tan and ochre. And then back to blue.

Every time, the unseen brush would paint methodically on top of the previous colour. Sometimes with geometric patterns. Sometimes with solid colours. Sometimes the brush would paint in water colours that blended beautifully with the hue already in the wall.

This wondrous cycle of painting went on for another ten or fifteen minutes. I found I could somehow influence the trip by thinking of a colour I would like to see. I succeeded most of the time - but I could not make the wall black, red, orange or any of the bright neons.

After this, I hurriedly realised I had been away from my friends for about an hour, and thought I was feeling well enough to go back to the pool. By this time I was still tripping, but without nausea. And started to truly enjoy the tryptamine-enhanced radiance of a beautiful sunny day. I was feeling great, in a very elated and happy mood.

Everything was magical and perfect that day, and I will remember this trip as one of the most beautiful and gentle experiences I have had.

4-Ho-MET

4-Ho-MET, Metocin, Methylcybin; C13H18N2O

This lesser known tryptamine is one of the less stressful and more picturesque trips that I have experienced. And it combines very well with a wide range of substances -including some phenethylamines.

Although the literature says its effects are similar to psilocin or psilocibin, this is not how I it: 4-Ho-MET is its own persona. Again, this is solely my opinion. But it does form part of the magic mushroom experience, and it is speculated that 4-Ho-MET is metabolised in vivo into psilocin.

The 4-Ho-MET that I tracked down is a dark tan powder, like powdered breakfast cocoa, with a faint chemical smell. Over time it will darken to a mahogany shade, but its effects are not diminished.

Dose ranges, rectal, milligrams (male, 90 Kg)

• Light: 4 to 10
• Mid-range: 11 to 20
• Strong: over 21

4-Ho-MET can be taken orally, insufflated and rectally - I have tried all routes and decided that rectal is the way to go. The effects of 4-Ho-MET start coming up around 45 minutes after administration and include the usual symptoms of a tryptamine: light-headed, giggly, euphoria, mood lift, pupils dilated, extremely sensitive to temperature.

And then, it just happens. The visual component of 4-Ho-MET is like nothing I have experienced elsewhere:  my vision suddenly goes through a high-contrast filter, like the ones of those photography applications.

4-Ho-Met, not your breakfast chocolate

Colours look luscious and radiant. A rubber ducky looks like it is radiating energy and has adopted a shine. Heck, the world looks shiny. Strong colours look best: hot pinks, yellows, greens, neons.

But where 4-Ho-MET excels is at night time. The absence of strong ambient light exposes one of the most intriguing visual effects: I see spots of light around me, as if I am under a disco-ball. This is something unique and exhilarating, and adds to the social experience.

On larger doses, nausea comes in waves. As with other RCs, it works best if you don't eat for a few hours beforehand. Appetite is gone, although alcohol can be consumed nicely.

It goes very well with 4-Aco-DMT, methylone, butylone, MDxx and - I suspect - with psilocin and psilocibin. It does not work well with 2C-E - hard body load, strong paranoia, bad mood; or with AMT - hard body load, mental exhaustion, not worth the trouble with such a remarkable compound. Probably mixing other 2C-xx compounds or NBOM's will have bad or catastrophic results.

4-Aco-DMT

4-Aco-DMT: O-acetylpsilocin, 4-Acetoxy-DMT. C14H18N2O2

4-Aco-DMT is closely related to psilocibin and to DMT, and comes as a very fine powder with a slight burnt yellow hue. It can be administered orally, intranasally and rectally.

In a good environment the trip is a dreamy, fully immersive experience, not unlike being part of Alice in Wonderland, The Matrix or Total Recall. Or being inside a painting by Hieronymus Bosch.

In the wrong dose or in the wrong mood, 4-Aco-DMT could end it all. You might end up in hospital, jail or the morgue.

Please read a lot before using 4-Aco-DMT - this bad boy is a nuclear weapon for the mind. The Ctr-Alt-Del. of research chems.

Dose ranges, rectal, milligrams (male, 90 Kg)

• Light: 5 to 10
• Mid-range: 10 to 18
• Strong: over 20

I have plenty of experience in RC's but 4-Aco-DMT never fails to awe me: I have seen the sun become a cartoon orange hexagon, while the trees in the park morph and flex their branches rhythmically, as if embracing each other. I have seen my face in a mirror melt and change shape. I have seen walls repaint themselves in a multitude of colours.

A compound this strong means a psychedelic dad like me must plan ahead. 4-Aco-DMT is most definitely not suitable for tripping when looking after others, doing anything remotely intellectual or social, or when using machinery.

I have only tried the rectal method and the results have been very impressive; the most vivid and outrageous part of the trip happens during the come-up phase and the first half of the plateau phase. The first three hours of the experience.

The second half of the plateau is less vivid and the effects keep tapering down after the fourth hour or so. There's still a very strong visual and oneiric component, but it is much more manageable. It's possible to socialise by this point.

I also notice both a stimulated outlook and empathy with others, with persistent yawning - and a generic stoned feeling. I have not tried having sex during a trip with 4-Aco-DMT - it might be great, but it might also be a very scary experience.

4-Aco-DMT synergises really well with 4-Ho-Met. Not surprisingly both compounds are found in magic mushrooms. Considering how strong 4-Aco-DMT is I suspect it does not work well with phens, and the results might be very negative. Maybe other tryptamines work fine with it, but I have not tried those combinations yet.

AMT

AMT: alpha-methyl-tryptamine. C11H14N2

This was the first research chemical I encountered, and has been a permanent fixture in my arsenal ever since.

Also known as Indopan and IT-290, the compound was discovered in the 1950's and soon gained a place in the world through Tom Wolfe's seminal work The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It was independently produced in the Soviet Union, where its brand name Indopan was scheduled as an antidepressant drug during the 1960's and 1970's.

A member of the tryptamine family, AMT's side-effects include nausea and vomiting - which can be severe in some people. Diarrhea, gas and general malaise are also common, and should not be administered without knowing your [threshold reaction].

It's found in two varieties: as an orange powder and as a white powder. The Internet of Things says that  orange AMT is much stronger than the white variety.

Dose ranges, orange AMT, oral, milligrams (male, 90 Kg)

• Light: 10 to 30
• Mid-range: 30 to 70
• Strong: over 70

It can be administered orally and rectally, and there is anecdotal evidence that AMT can be also insufflated and vapourised or smoked. I have not experimented with these methods as AMT's smell is bad as it is. It dissolves well in alcohol and can be stored in vodka or another high-proof spirit for many weeks.

I have used both versions of AMT in doses from 5mg all the way up to 100mg - but have not ventured beyond that. This RC has the potential to bring about a catastrophic trip and reports in Erowid confirm it: you could end up in an Emergency Room.

Orange-coloured AMT

At lower doses (20 to 30mg for me) AMT is empathogenic, euphoric and slightly psychedelic. I feel energized and shiny, ready to take on the world.

As the dose increases the psychedelic effects increase as well. Tracers, shining lights and breathing surfaces are usual beyond 50 milligrams. It also lowers your inhibitions and social restraint, and can work very well in a party setting provided you don't drink too much. It's great for intimacy and sex. Actually, it's *awesome* for intimacy and sex.

In my experiences, hard liquor and AMT do not go well together and using too much of this may result in temporary amnesia. In a few adventures under the influence of AMT and hard liquor, I have not been able to recall events of the night before, including things like brawls, heated arguments or even sex.
Be careful: the AMT and alcohol combo can get you in deep trouble.

Seen that alcohol and AMT promote a darker, more dominant and more risk-taking side of my personality I have not been tempted to experiment mixing AMT with other research chemicals.

AMT's effects can go for up to 10 hours or more - some people have reported even longer trips on high-range doses. As with many other RC's, sleep is next to impossible whilst under the influence.