I just joined today!!! I was inspired to join when I saw there was a mental health forum. I'm not advocating this, because I read that Salvia D. and antipsychotics are not a good combination.....but I tried it anyway. I've found that by smoking it my illness is way better....I've been more inspired, i've been doing more around the house, I feel more like my old self again, although maybe just a bit more sarcastic or something, but I like that. Just wondering if anybody has had a similar experience.
i guess i could see why it might have the opposite effect on someone who's got schizophrenia.. for me personally, it makes me feel crazy. ive smoked it twice in my life.. it made me withdraw a lot from my friends immediately after smoking the first time. i had lots of physical pain coursing through my body.. like tracks on a railroad pulsating through me.. the second time however (which was pretty much a year later, and a gift from a friend) was a lot different.. but not more pleasant in any way. i was one with a great light, and the "presence" of a woman was telling everyone to pair up and get ready to leave.. when it was my turn to go i felt like i was forgetting someone... so they left me behind.. i tried to think of their name, but it just wouldnt come to me.. i was a million miles away from this reality. it was warming to be there in a way, and i saw many other things about my life... but i "awoke" from that state very sad and confused.. i called out to my friend who was downstairs to hurry up so we could leave together like the others only to realize where i truly was. i felt i had cheated myself out of something fantastic.. the light and colors were so peaceful.. if doing it makes you feel good and inspires you.. it really must not be so bad. : ) i never really talked to others about their trip.. where do you go?
Mind you I only smoked the leaf...not the extract, so maybe your trip was more intense than mine. I pretty much just stayed in reality every time I smoked it except once. The time I left reality I was imagining that my mother and her boyfriend were teaming up to steal my song lyrics. The rest of the times I felt a real strong connection to the here and now. My eyesight seemed to be twice as good as usual, and I felt as though my destiny was not only calling me to make a big difference in my life, but that I was important as I am to the universe. I'm all through with the stuff for now, though....the main reason being it makes me want to smoke cigarettes more than usual and I'm desperately trying to quit. I also thought that maybe I was getting a little egotistical or something when one time the thought popped into my head that "I was a magic man"....(although I really could use a self esteem boost....I definitely don't have the persona of a magic man) Thanks for replying....maybe we can talk some more. Peace.
No offensice but thats nothing. If you want a real sally experience GET THE EXTRACT! it makes a world of difference. It is so far from reallity you want believe it. The leaf does nothing for me, and many of my friends. At least in comparison to extract. Get 20X if you can find it. It will blow your mind!
I tried salvia twice and both times I had an out-of body experience, but nothing mystical...just me standing there 3 feet away from me. It was not pleasant at all, or illuminating, just scary. Very scary to feel that way, and the second time (first time I just hugged the wall till I was sane again) I groped my way to the bedroom, lay down and hugged my cat till I came around. The stuff ended up in the trash and I'll never try it again. Anybody else have a similar experience?
salvia 20x.... and i was still wanting a spliff of real weed. salvia's never done anything for me except for mild haziness and ripple kind of mushroom-like effects. but these ar enothing when i'm used to full on trips. i dunno, maybe it's coz everyone reacts differently or because im used to tripping on L and shrooms, and get my vision blurred by rolling on E and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol... glad it worked for you hippypoet33, and welcome to the forums by the way!
Well i don't think it has anything to do with past usages of any other psychedelic because i had a friend that smoked shit loads and didn't feel a fucking think. I think it just varies from person to person.
as all drugs do. it's a shame though because i've heard friends tell me how it's affected them and if it did the same to me i'd be able to blaze something to get me wrecked, but legally! oh well!
I know, we could even legally grow it, would be great but what I've heard about it isn't appealing as pot. I've got a couple grams of leaf that I'll smoke once my pot's gone. Schizophrenia might not mix well with it though.
