i have recently gone through a gram of 20x Salvia... previous experience has been with 5x and 10x. During pretty much every trip, i became very aware of an increase in my body temperature. I don't usually notice it until i start coming down, as my focus is being brought back to the world around me. With the 5x and 10x strength, i only noticed that my face was slightly flushed and that i was a little clammy from sweating a little... however with the 20x, i would literally have sweat dripping down my face. I'm not sure if this is because maybe i don't breath deeply enough (or at all?) while i'm peaking or if Salvia causes some physiological change that causes the body to heat up quickly. Has anyone experienced this change in body temp? As with other psychedelic experiences (LSD, shrooms, MDMA) i'm used to feeling a little 'clammy' or 'pasty' but Salvia is definately a bit different. Does anyone know of any studies done on the relationship between Salvia and blood-pressure?
I don't think it's body temperature, earthfluff. I sweat too on Salvia, and so do a lot of other people, but I never actually noticed a presence of heat or warmth, just sweat. I believe it's just kind of a natural physical reaction to the presence of salvinorin-A in the body, but I could be wrong. I don't know of any studies that have been conducted about it. I've actually felt cold a few times, even while sweaty, right after an experience.
I found that if I smoked the salvia in a room that was a little chilly, I would start to feel cold soon after smoking (even if I was comfortable before). And in a warm setting I would soon begin to heat up and start sweating almost immediately after smoking. Salvinorin-A is a hell-of-a drug! (In as positive a manner as that can be said.)
hey earthfluff, i'm the same with you...after i smoke salvia, my face will become flush and beat red, very warm to the touch too....i sweat a little bit but not too much, my buddy on the other hand was pouring sweat.... after i come down from the trip, my face stays red/warm, usually stays like that for a couple hours after i do salvia cheers kris
i stumbled across a thread from some other site (sorry, i forget which one) and found others with a similar concern of feeling like they had a high body temp... one person had done his own 'study' by taking his own temp throughout the trip... it was hardly a controlled experiment, but for what it's worth, even though he felt like he was getting very hot... the thermometer stayed rather constant (to be honest, the whole way he went about the experiment was a bit sketchy). I'm not so much worried about just getting hot... but am more concerned with the implications that has to blood pressure... it has long been understood that people with high blood pressure should not do psychedelic drugs... but i can't understand why, since I CAN"T FIND ANY STUDIES TO BACK IT UP! The only other thing that occasionally gives me a sense of high blood pressure is LSD, but even then, it's nowhere compared to salvia. Interesting that some people are saying they get very cold... now that i think of it.. i've always smoked in a warm setting, maybe i'll try it somewhere cooler next time, although it really feels like less like external forces (air temp) and more like internal issues... oh well, it's not a hindrance at all to the trip ('cept for the time i got sweat in my eyeball!) but would still like some more clinical info related to Salvia other than just the neurological effects of salvinorin A. PS- NEVER HAVE "IRON CHEF" ON IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE SMOKING SALVIA... announcer started talking to me directly! and when i considered the idea that i was just tripping... he mocked me and told me i should be smarter than that... WEIRD! The most realistic voice i have ever heard on any trip! (if i didn't believe in bad trips, i might say that this was one!)
my wife told me that I get quite hot (subjectively - no theremometer) she is my sitter, and I mostly do do it in bed with her nearby. I find a hot feeling on 90% of my forays. sometimes I feel cool though. voices on tv also talk to me directly or about me to eachother and it is often a serious matter, ha!
