Experience:25B-NBOH
Experience index — 25B-NBOH Substance(s): 25B-NBOH Dose: ~1.25mg (1 tab) Route of Administration: Sublingual/buccal
Subject Age: 19 Sex: M Height: 6 feet, 2 inches Weight: ~165lbs
Background hey, here's a quick report on 25B-NBOH. This was around 4 years ago, but has stuck with me as an overwhelmingly positive experience.
I was surprised that there aren't many reports out there about this intriguing compound, so I hope to spread more info as well as to perhaps inspire others to do the same with reports they've been sitting on (for this compound and others!).
Experience report (Note: time stamps are very approximate)
T0:00 - 1 tab, approx 1.25mg 25B-NBOH, taken sublingually. Bit of a weird setting, as I am in an unfamiliar social setting where I'm meeting/interacting with new people but, given that they are also ingesting a variety of drugs, I feel okay. I hold the tab in my upper lip, ensuring that a bit of my saliva gets to it so the process can begin. I don't have many expectations for this trip, beyond a fun and not too intense time.
T0:25 - Still holding the tab in my mouth, start feeling a bit of the stomach weirdness (which i call the psychedelic fishhook due to the sort of upwards pulling feeling that your stomach gets). A friend and I begin to head out back to my place, but we get caught up talking to someone that I do not know that well. I've been told that holding your saliva in your mouth ensures that you absorb all of the drug, so I'm sure i look like a freak at this point-- my mouth is numb and full of saliva, im sweating profusely, and getting the classic come-up tweakiness.
I swallow the tab around T0:30 to much relief, and we head home. Effects gradually mount, but at a very low/manageable level: Mainly an electric feeling throughout my limbs, kinda like the first rush of adderall. Breathing feels expansive, and I have the first hints of a trippy headspace but not too bad.
T1:00 - I'm now setting up for a house party with my housemates, and am able to interact with others and navigate the harrowing task of pairing a bluetooth speaker to my phone without too much difficulty. Effects have been slowly building over the past half-hour. My body feels warm, light, and full of energy, and my sense of touch is greatly enhanced -- couch fabric and even generic red solo cups feel pleasant to touch. Not like MDMA or similar, where you're like "oh fuck this couch feels amazing" but just really enjoying acutely sensing/feeling different surfaces to a high degree.
Socializing feels good and natural too, and I find myself in a jovial goofy mood, leading conversations and telling jokes easily. This is a theme that continues all night. Beneath all this, the trip is mounting/peaking, with visuals starting to manifest if I relax my eyes. Mostly at this point I am focusing on talking to my housemates and cleaning/setting up. Overall a very gentle and pleasant comeup, not at all stoning or confusing but quite the opposite: I feel clear and energized, excited for what's to come and without the nerves or bodyload that comeups might usually connote.
T1:30~5:00 - The peak sunk in gradually, without me noticing -- not at all a sharp or violent emergence to the peak. That said, this is definitely when the peak was occurring. This span is a bit of a blur. I hung out on the porch, chatting with friends and watching partygoers while a pretty out of hand party built up inside. Despite the chaotic party, I never felt out of control, overwhelmed, or anxious -- I was able to handle a cop responding to a noise complaint, kick out an old man who was trying to come in to creep on girls, and help an international student with middling english get where he was going, all without difficulty or fear (and all of which are tasks that would probably wreck me on most other psychs). All this to say, my primary takeaway from this substance was that this is an amazingly pro-social psychedelic, especially for someone like me who usually clams up and likes to be alone on even small doses of LSD or shrooms. This could be the nature of phenethylamines as a whole, or of 25B-NBOH specifically, but it was quite pleasant and effortless to socialize.
Headspace: I was able to navigate these various situations easily thanks to the light/manageable headspace. It didn't lend itself much to introspection/profound thoughts, and it felt very easy to "gloss over"/focus in to reality out of the trip when needed. I was for sure tripping, and wouldn't have driven a car or done a job interview or anything, but I doubt I seemed overly out of it to my friends or strangers or anything. Very easygoing mentally, I felt able to move on from minor social faux pas without a hitch (uncommon for me on many psychs).
Bodyload: The body load was minimal throughout the whole trip, without any nausea or bad feelings. Despite the highly electric and stimulating feeling, my body felt pleasant and not overly stimulated, with some jaw tension, but no more than normal when tripping. That said, it was a very stimulating experience, with some eye wiggling (nystagmus??) and a decidedly "on" feeling. But not uncomfortable or overly pushy.
Visuals: The visuals were fun, playful, and not too overwhelming. There was a sort of mandala/persian carpet effect overlaid on my field of vision, with primary colors of pink, purple, and dark blue. If I relaxed my eyes, textures would move and drift, but I wasn't in a particularly trippy environment that would engender an overly exciting visual experience. People's faces weren't too distorted or scary, and colors seemed fairly close to how they'd look sober -- perhaps a bit brighter and bluer. I didn't explore CEVs too much, but when I did the persian carpet came into sharp relief, strobing/pulsing slightly and fractalizing as I watched.
But again, the main focus of this trip was socializing, which felt amazing and surprisingly natural (or even reflexive, as if occurring unconsciously/in the background processes of my mind) the whole time. I was on aux the whole party while socializing, and felt very in tune with what people would want to hear -- which was proven correct by the ten or so people who complimented my music and the party overall. It felt really nice to get so many compliments on my music while I was tripping :)
T~6:00 - Well past the peak at this point, and I've left the party as well. I'm just chilling with a couple of drunk friends outside, enjoying the cool night and walking around quietly. As the main effects start to wane, I'm left with some lingering stimulation which is a bit uncomfortable but mostly alleviated by moving around in the cool air. I've also realized that I'm pretty dehydrated, so I start pounding some water. Visuals were mostly gone at this point as well. It was a fairly gentle comedown all things considered, less of that cracked out feeling you get on the tail end of acid and more of a relaxing down into reality. I realized that I'd been breathing pretty shallowly all night, and forced myself to take some deep breaths which really hit different.
T~7:30 - It's quite late at this point, so I bid my friends good night and head to bed. I smoke a bit of weed and it doesn't take too long for me to fall asleep, feeling physically and mentally exhausted like I just finished a long run despite mostly sitting on the porch all night. I wake up with a minor headache and a bit of a fried feeling, but overall very satisfied and happy.
TLDR: Amazing experience! Electric, light, easygoing, and forgiving. Reminiscent of 4-HO-MET or AL-LAD in terms of light headspace, visual character, and stimulating/electric body feeling. I don't usually get a ton of visuals from psychs, and 25B-NBOH was no different, but CEVs and OEVs had a light, playful feeling with lots of pink and blue, and an inorganic mandala overlay nature. A very stimulating and pro-social compound, perfect for a chill friend party or similar. Minimal downsides, and easy to act sober or interface with the real world if needed. Would recommend!
Submitted by PeanutGod