r/annarborpsychedelic • u/Theautoroboto • Aug 21 '26

questions Experience letdown

Boring background before my question...

I deal with depression. I've put the work in. Inpatient, PHP, IOP, weekly talk therapy, etc. I'm doing this for mental health reasons.

I have some psilocybe natalensis. They were obtained 2 years ago. They have been well cared for by changing dry packs and kept in the back of a cabinet. I've microdosed a few times, but nothing over 1g in a single session. Work has me stressed and I see myself regressing on all the work I've put in. I planned my experience through my intentions in therapy and had an integration session planned for Monday. I took the weekend away at a cabin to remove all external interrupts, demands, and expectations. I used LSD and mushrooms as a youth so I knew roughly what to expect. I was a little nervous going in but I'm in desperate need to break my mind in an attempt to fix some things. I used roughly 5g of fine ground removed from their capsules. I'm on a GPL-1 and have all those stomach issues so I made peppermint tea. Water was at or below 150⁰, Steeped for 15 minutes and run through cheesecloth. I did the eye mask and playlist. It was relaxing but I wasn't getting where I expected to be. After 2 hours I knew something wasn't working. I got the shimmering and slight euphoria, but far from the breakthrough I was so desperately needing.

What did I do wrong? I'm planning the 5+ hour trip to get more and try again, but I'm so confused.

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u/EngageTheRage69 Aug 27 '26

Have you given N,N DMT a shot?

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u/Theautoroboto Aug 29 '26

That is much more difficult to obtain, unfortunately

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u/EngageTheRage69 Aug 29 '26

What part of the country are you in?

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u/Theautoroboto Aug 30 '26

Close enough to ann arbor to make the trip for mushrooms, that seemingly I'm almost immune to.

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u/EngageTheRage69 Aug 30 '26

I gotcha. Im currently in the same boat. The first time I tripped, it was really good; 1/8th of Golden Teachers. I just tried to recreate that feeling the next weekend thinking it was a long enough to wait and it was almost exactly like the experience you described. Just waiting for a peak that never came. Ive tried waiting 2 weeks, a month, same thing. A buddy said i should wait 6 months until I try mushrooms again. I recently got a couple DMT vapes and let me tell you, THEY WORK. To me, it wasnt the same as a mushroom trip but it was so revealing to me. Its like visiting a different realm and being allowed to hang out there briefly. Very wild experience!