Shrooms with vitamin c.........

In other words, orange juice makes the trip better or more intense?

 

Hmmm... There is a lot of stuff out there about washing down your doomers with orange juice, and that it is supposed to make the high stronger. Havign experimented quite a few times, using O.J. and without, I've not noticed much of a difference that couldn't be attributed to different potency in the shrooms themselves.
I don't know if there is any scientific evidence supporting the claim... A good place to look would be Erowid.com... They have all kinds of FAQ's on drug experiences, for many different entheogens.
My theory, that I formulated while stoned trying to figure out why O.J. might boost the experience was(note: I don't really follow this much anymore, and have NO IDEA if it's true AT ALL) is that because Vitamin C is so quickly and readily absorbed into your bloodstream through digestion, that it might open up pathways that the psilocybin utilizes as well facilitating a faster peak and stronger high. *shrug* Really, I don't know. That's pot head logic(some of the best logic*tehe*).

 

From my research, I've found that the Vitamin C idea is anecdotal at best. No scientific reasoning for it has been published. BUT, if you want to factor in the placebo effect, then sure, it works. A lot of times with psychedelics, you trip as hard as you want to/think you will. So if you really believe that vitamin C will help, then it will.

 

never heard about such thing... read on trusted websites... www.erowid.com www.thegooddrugguide.com no thingi mentioned... and can not be.. vitamin c is just one of the essential elements... powerfull antooxidant, u dotn trip whel u drink orange juice do u ?

 

^^ If you read experience reports a lot, you will find OJ/Vitamin C a very common theme with LSD/Shrooms/X. I think with shrooms, OJ helps a lot of people combat the taste since OJ is so flavorful.

 

Ascorbic acid has been shown to preserve psilocin in blood samples.

Vollenweider published a paper a couple years back showing this among other things. I'm not sure what other references are out there.

'Renal excretion profiles of psilocin following oral administration of psilocybin: a controlled study in man' (J Pharm Biomed. Anal 30:331–339)

So it seems to have some basis in science.

I'd say a reasonable hypothesis is that the ascorbic acid would help at least the psilocin reach a higher peak in blood serum and extend the time it takes to drop to baseline.

Personally though I've no real anecdotal evidence on the matter.

 

man, i had some doomers once...