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Cognitive dysphoria
Dysphoria (semantically the opposite of euphoria) is medically recognized as a cognitive and emotional state in which a person experiences intense feelings of discomfort and unhappiness, and is often accompanied by strong feelings of anxiety and depression.[1] Technically, dysphoria is an effect,[2] but the term is often colloquially used to define emotion and an intense state of melacholic unhappiness combined with an overwhelming sense of discomfort and malaise."
In terms of drug usage, many substances induce states of euphoria regardless of the person's previous emotional state. These feelings can range from mild senses of positivity to overwhelming emotional bliss.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:
- Experience: 105mg Ephenidine - An Intense Emotional Experience
- Experience: 15mg 2C-B (oral) - A pleasant low-dose evening with Nexus
- Experience: 200µg 1P-LSD (sublingual) + 12mg CBD - The Vortex of Empathy
- Experience: 22mg 2C-B (oral) / 100ug 1P-LSD (sublingual) - My first time tripping alone (2 days in a row)
- Experience: 300mg DXM (Oral) - Brink of the third
- Experience: 5-EAPB (60mg) + 2-FMA (20mg) + 4-AcO-DMT (10mg) - Emotional catharsis
- Experience:1000 mg U47700 over 8 days - A harmful substance
- Experience:1000mg / 1200mg / 1400mg / 1600mg - heroic doses
- Experience:10mg & 20mg Intravenous DPT HCl - Familiar Shapes, Experiencing Death, Immersed in The Light
- Experience:120µg LSD - First Bad Acid Trip, Psychosis
- Experience:150mg MDMA + 20mg 2C-B - I designed it this way myself
- Experience:170mg 4-AcO-DMT - Recklessness rewarded
- Experience:1g Methiopropamine - Chasing the Chalky Dragon
- Experience:1g of stars and love
- Experience:2.5g Mushrooms + 500mg DMT
- Experience:20mg Etizolam - Smoking Etizolam
- Experience:20mg Heroin - The Last Time I Shot Up
- Experience:225mg Pregabalin +Cannabis -Bliss and Serenity; a hedonistic evening
- Experience:25mg - A labyrinth of organs and a storybook walk
- Experience:25mg 3-MeO-PCP - Enhanced film experience
- Experience:25mg Deschloroketamine - My first time orally dosing DCK
- Experience:2mg 25C-NBOMe - Experimental trip to test personal limits of NBOMes
- Experience:2mg Etizolam & N2O - "Hippy Crack" Indeed
- Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
- Experience:3.5g psilocybe cubensis - Relinquishing of Material Chains/Fear and Desolation
- Experience:300ug LSD - The Pyramid Universe
- Experience:300µg LSD - Togetherness and the Silent Dusk
- Experience:30mg (smoked) DMT - The Monolith
- Experience:30mg - Psychostimulant egodeath
- Experience:30mg Isopropylphenidate - IPPH As A Study Aid
- Experience:337mg DMT fumarate - A Day With DMT
- Experience:37mg Isopropylphenidate - Getting Shit Done With Isopropylphenidate
- Experience:3g - I found god inside of myself
- Experience:3mg Etizolam - A Comedown Drug
- Experience:4-HO-MET – 15 mg Insufflated
- Experience:400mg and 300mg of fluorophenibut
- Experience:42 mg TMA-6: Pure Bliss
- Experience:5.3g psilocybe cubensis - Dimensional Circumstance and the Fabric of Understanding
- Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
- Experience:6-10g Red Maeng Da - Minor Dissociation and a Peculiar "Nod"
- Experience:6g mimosa / 2.5 g syrian rue - Best cake I've had for a while
- Experience:70mg Lisdexamfetamine (oral) - My first stimulant experience
- Experience:75 mg - Good tunes feat. Jeb Bush
- Experience:75mg 3-FMA - Perfect Blend of Euphoria and Functionality
- Experience:800 seeds LSA - My First Trip Ever
- Experience:A night with Ethylphenidate
- Experience:BK-2C-B - Various experiences
- Experience:DXM 1200mg - A calm flood.
- Experience:DXM and Cannabis: 100mg - Unexpected Strong Trip
- Experience:FMA (37.5 mg, oral) - Never been this productive in my life
See also
- Subjective effects index
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
- Dissociatives - Subjective effects
- Deliriants - Subjective effects
References
- ↑ Medical dictionary Dysphoria - http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dysphoria
- ↑ Key DSM-IV Mental Status Exam Phrases - http://bipolar.about.com/cs/faqs/f/faq_dysphoria.htm