Emotional collapse, lasting strangeness
PiHKAL import · aleph-7
Alexander & Ann Shulgin — PiHKAL entry #7 (ALEPH-7), 1991
Inferred dose-response curves
ALEPH-7
inferred from 1 report
- Amount
- 6 mg
- Method
- oral
intensity
± PLUS/MINUS — Threshold — something may be present, but it's right at the edge of perception. A stronger experience would confirm it; otherwise it may be nothing.
intensity
++ PLUS TWO — Both the timing and the character are unmistakable, but you can still choose to let it stay in the background and carry on with ordinary activities.
An alert arrived within thirty minutes, then a deeply neutral state built over the next two hours. The author danced energetically yet felt detached from the music, then broke down in tears with a sense of total loss, seeing the world as if through a distorting wide lens. Only jazz was tolerable, a walk helped nothing, and a residual odd feeling lingered for a couple of days; the author vowed never to repeat it.