#+TITLE: MET Trip Report #+DATE: <2023-04-15 Sat 19:16> * MET Trip Report I dosed 125mg of [[https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MET][MET]] fumarate orally, mixed into ginger beer. MET is a rather niche tryptamine and there are not many trip reports online; it is also more common to vaporize it than ingest it orally. Contrary to the information on PsychonautWiki it came on fast and hard, taking 20-30 minutes for visuals and body load to appear. The body load was on the heavier side of things and came with a strong urge to vomit, but dissipated rather quickly, being mostly gone an hour or so into the trip. Visuals were very spacious and clear, with colors appearing vibrant and smooth and edges appearing crisp and well-defined. The visual experience was similar to DMT albeit more glossy and digital feeling. There was a sense of simplicity and cleanliness to everything, as though noisy detail had been removed, giving the distinct sense of a fourier transform with the high frequencies chopped off; in fact the distinct continuous, analog, wave-like nature of subjective experience was on my mind throughout the trip, no doubt inspired by the [[https://qri.org/][QRI]] whose writings I have been exploring recently. The most astonishing feature of MET to me is the headspace, which is extraordinarily clear, clearer than my usual headspace. My ability to reason and mental acuity were enhanced and I found myself to be very talkative. Curiosity and a sense of wonder were also prominent elements of the experience - I wonder if "a sense of wonder" is how neuroplasticity feels from the inside? I did not find this substance the least bit debilitating, though I also feel the dose I took was not particularly high. This seems like a great compound for learning, creativity, exploring or social activity. It's less suitable for deep spiritual work, I think. Another aspect that was quite pronounced was an increase in empathy and sociability and such, feelings reminiscent of compounds like MDMA, albeit less intensely. Overall I found the substance quite stimulating but not forceful. It does come in waves of stimulation and sedation, similar to psilocybin and friends, and mental acuity definitely goes down during the waves of sedation, but I found the waves of sedation to be quite short and so not a very large part of the overall trip. I reached peak effects quickly after which effects started to very slowly taper off. About 3 hours into the trip I smoked a small amount of cannabis which increased the vibrancy of colors and general glossiness and added more of a fractally nature to the experience while muddling the headspace somewhat, bringing the experience closer to LSD. I only had a tiny bit of weed left so I was not able to inspect this further. It was a beautiful day, so about 4 hours into the experience I took my bicycle out into the countryside. At this point perspective distortions became very obvious; everything seemed to be much further away than it was, and it was near impossible to judge distances accurately. Thankfully I can get to the countryside while only encountering an absolute minimum of traffic, otherwise this would be quite dangerous. Cycling on this compound gave the pleasant sensation of going fast as fuck. At the time I described the experience as "using elytra at Quake Pro FOV in Minecraft". [TODO insert image, remember to strip exif data] The bicycle trip was very pleasant. I had a significantly enhanced sense of what my own body was doing as well as a better sense of my bicycle. Moving around and enjoying the spaciousness was very pleasant; I usually stay inside when I take psychedelics because I usually find them quite debilitating and I get very anxious about potentially having social interactions, but the headspace on this compound was so clear that this did not worry me. There was something very siple and pure to the experience, just being outside on a nice spring day, moving around, enjoying the beauty of the countryside. The experience was cathartic and euthymic. I also really enjoyed messaging my boyfriend throughout the experience; once again, this makes for a great social drug. I stopped by the grocery store on my way back and then settled in back home. At this point a quite pronounced headache started developing. I was able to sleep, though not very well or very long. I usually struggle a lot with sleeping after psychedelics and cannot sleep at all after taking a compound like LSD, but this compound didn't seem that disruptive. I slept for a little bit, then spent a few hours at night reading things on my phone feeling quite alright but unable to sleep, and then slept again for a few hours in the morning. The next day (i.e. today) I have a bit of a hangover with a headache and an uneasy stomach. It's not super debilitating but it is noticably present and seems to be the main downside of this compound. At the time of writing, almost 30 hours after I took the substance, I still experience some residual visuals and such, but it should be noted that my body is unusually slow at clearing psychedelics and I usually have after effects the next day on LSD as well. Overall this is a pretty interesting substance. I've always really enjoyed the idea of being more active and doing creative things while under the influence of psychedelics, but most psychedelics create a lot of confusion and noise which makes this difficult; this drug seems very functional. The hangover is a distinct disadvantage, though; this substance feels like it is quite hard on the body. * blurk xxxx how to deal with brain fug