Slow waves and emotional struggle
TiHKAL import · al-lad
Alexander & Ann Shulgin — TiHKAL entry #1 (AL-LAD), 1997
Inferred dose-response curves
AL-LAD
inferred from 1 report
- Amount
- 160 µg
- Method
- oral
intensity
+ PLUS ONE — Clearly noticeable. You can tell when it began and how it's changing, though its full character isn't apparent yet.
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.
intensity
+ PLUS ONE — Clearly noticeable. You can tell when it began and how it's changing, though its full character isn't apparent yet.
Onset crept up over two to three hours while listening to music with eye shades, then intensified in intermittent waves for another hour, at one point blurring the line between the room and the music. A difficult emotional stretch followed, with hopelessness, prayer, and tears in private before calm returned. By the fifth hour the subject rejoined the group and the rest of the day passed pleasantly, with good sleep aided by tryptophan.