View source for Experience:~150mg MDA(oral) - a case of mistaken identity

'''[[Experience index|Experience reports]] - [[MDA]]'''

*'''Date''': February 2016
*'''Age''': 19
*'''Sex''': Male
*'''Height''': 5'10" / 178&nbsp;cm
*'''Weight''': 61&nbsp;kg / 135&nbsp;lbs
*'''Dosage''': Approx. 150&nbsp;mg initial dose, fractionally sized redoses thereafter
*'''[[ROA]]''': Orally
*'''Setting''': Home; specifically the living room couch

===Report===
====Introduction====
I was in a very different headspace when I chose to take this substance and I look back on my actions with great guilt and shame but it taught me, in retrospect, to always test the substances you purchase if they come from unknown sources. 

House to myself for a week and was getting extremely fucked every day on a cocktail of [[cannabis]], [[opioids]] and [[benzodiazepines]]. My entourage included two other friends, and we were seated on the living room couch smoking cannabis and insufflating crushed pills to a steady dub bassline.

We were naïve to the dangers of street drugs and assumed the unfamiliar source meant his word. It became known to us in the aftermath of this drug frenzy that what we had taken was in fact 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine: [[MDA]] or Sass. 

The initial dose was slightly upwards of 150mg, followed by multiple smaller doses. The redoses were due to the slower onset of more than an hour; compared to my previous experiences with [[MDMA]] which began within 30 minutes and associating this with being of less purity; thus requiring more substance to achieve the desired effect. Dosing recommendations by [[Alexander Shulgin]] in [[PiHKAL|PIHKAL]] place the upper limit at 160mg, however he reported no significant toxic effects at high doses.

As a result of this careless abuse and what I retrospectively believe to be neurotoxic effects; I slipped into a what could be described as a psychotic state. This was exacerbated by heavy poly-substance use and as the psychiatrist who helped bring me back from the brink called ''"a complete and total depletion of the brain's neurotransmitters"''.

This substance caused me great mental anguish but it was as a result of my doing and I respect it for that power to harm or help. However I would choose to take it again, now having the knowledge of how to properly administer it. 
  
====Experience====
I had been administering about 30mg of [[Oxycodone]], 20mg of [[Hydrocodone]] through the oral and nasal route and was taking 2mg [[Alprazolam]] orally each day for three days before this experience. I also had been consuming about 300mg of [[THC]] daily through smoked [[cannabis]] flower for roughly 180 consecutive days. The amount of these four substances in my body significantly altered my perception of of the experience and does not equate to an objective example of an [[MDA]] experience at this dosage.

I weighed out 0.15g of the yellowish crystal on my scale and rolled it up in a rolling paper to take orally. After about an hour without any effect, I took the remainder of my share thinking it was just low purity MDMA. When it finally hit me, I was overcome by intense sensations unlike the warm blanket of ecstasy I was seeking. 

Physically it came as waves of muscle relaxation and was accompanied by a consistent tingling that covered the body as a euphoric aura. I was not alert, energized and loved-up like was intended by my consumption of this substance and knew that it was not what was advertised. 

The most interesting effects I noticed were the visuals: smoke appeared in both 3D and 2D distortions across my visual field with my eyes open.  As [[Alexander Shulgin|Shulgin]] had mentioned in his report at 128mg, ''"an abundance of curling gray smoke rings was readily observed"'' in a what is considered a true hallucination, a visual phenomenon totally believed to be reality. Slowly the smoke began to develop itself as a more solid shape upon static objects in my field of view. This manifested as horns on my friends heads like classic examples of demons and gave me a feeling of pure terror. I was frozen until I was wrenched from my stupor by the urge to look in a mirror. I  went to the washroom and looked into my eyes as my head slowly grew smoking horns while my face remained static. Returning to the living room I was relatively mute for the remaining experience, slowly forming words and appearing catatonic. 

I cannot recall the majority of the experience after this point. 

''Submitted by [[User:The Pharmer|The Pharmer]]''

''Much Love From Above''

===Effects analysis===
''These effects did not manifest at once, nor were they a direct result of the MDA:'' a''dditional substances and a psychologically unsound mind contributed to the development of them.''

====Visual effects====

*'''[[Effect::Brightness alteration|Brightness Alteration]]''' (Decrease)
*'''[[Effect::Colour enhancement|Colour Enhancement]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Depth perception distortions|Depth Perception Distortions]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Drifting]]:'''
**'''[[Effect::Drifting#Morphing|Morphing]]'''
*'''[[Effect::External hallucination|External Hallucinations]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Object alteration|Object Alteration]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Pattern recognition enhancement|Pattern Recognition Enhancement]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Peripheral information misinterpretation|Peripheral Information Misinterpretation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Tracers]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Transformations]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Unspeakable horrors|Unspeakable Horrors]]/[[Shadow people|Shadow People]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Visual haze|Visual Haze]]'''

====Auditory effects====

*'''[[Effect::Auditory distortion|Auditory Distortion]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Auditory enhancement|Auditory Enhancement]]'''

====Tactile effects====

*'''[[Effect::Spontaneous bodily sensations]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Tactile enhancement|Tactile Enhancement]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Tactile suppression|Tactile Suppression]]'''

====Cognitive effects====

*'''[[Effect::Analysis suppression|Analysis Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Anxiety suppression|Anxiety Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Confusion]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Creativity suppression|Creativity Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Delusion|Delusions]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Depersonalization]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Derealization]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Emotion enhancement|Emotion Enhancement]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Empathy, affection and sociability enhancement|Empathy, Affection, and Sociability Enhancement]]''' (Decrease)
*'''[[Effect::Enhancement and suppression cycles|Enhancement and Suppression Cycles]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Euphoria]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Feelings of impending doom]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Focus suppression|Focus Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Increased music appreciation|Increased Music Appreciation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Introspection]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Language suppression|Language Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Memory suppression|Memory Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Motivation suppression|Motivation Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Paranoia]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Simultaneous emotions|Simultaneous Emotions]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Thought deceleration|Thought Deceleration]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Thought disorganization|Thought Disorganization]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Thought loop|Thought Loop]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Time distortion|Time Distortion]]'''

====Physical effects====

*'''[[Effect::Appetite suppression|Appetite Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Changes in felt bodily form]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Changes in felt gravity]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Decreased libido|Decreased Libido]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Dehydration]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Difficulty urinating|Difficulty Urinating]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Euphoria]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Excessive yawning|Excessive Yawning]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Increased heart rate]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Motor control loss|Motor Control Loss]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Muscle relaxation|Muscle Relaxation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Nausea]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Pupil dilation|Pupil Dilation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Sedation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Stimulation]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Teeth grinding|Teeth Grinding]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Temperature regulation suppression|Temperature Regulation Suppression]]'''
*'''[[Effect::Vibrating vision|Vibrating Vision]]'''

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