Interesting comments here from someone who believes Ibogaine rises free testosterone.
I guess I wont be taking aayuasca just because it works more on serotoninā¦
and a guy posted this about the herb hereā¦
shaman-australis.com/forum/i ā¦ topic=4088
hi all,
after taking ayahuasca weekly for 6 months, there are some effects that I must relate to the community.
First of all, I feel more balanced and centred than I ever have in my life. Unflappable.
I feel more social, less afraid in social circumstances than before, it has effectively cured my social phobias.
I also feel drained in some aspects, but let me continue, as I do not know whether these aspects are good or bad:
1)my testicles have felt lifeless for 6 months. At the start of last year I used to masturbate daily and get frequent urges throughout the day, and used to ogle and think a lot about perverse sex, getting me hard. Nowdays, none of that happens. Im lucky if I build myself up to one masturbation a week, and then its pretty half-assed. I have not had sex with my partner since my ayahuasca binge, which was 6 months long. My testicles feel lifeless and unresponsive.
2)I feel uncreative, no new thoughts come to me, I could do ajob as a factory hand and not show any guile. The frustrating wonder has left me, and now I seem to be less philosophical.
But I am also at more ease. More content. Maybe my frontal cortex has been juicily fried.
and this guy responded thisā¦Ibogaine seems more likely to help us.
helema - your lack of libido is easily explained. Libido is driven by dopamine. Without dopamine we are totally not interested in sex. Dopamine is the hormone of pleasure and reward and as such it is self perpetuating. ie, if you have sex you will release more dopamine which means you will have more sex which releases more dopamineā¦
Serotonin is an antagonist to dopamine. A balance between the two is what makes us happy. An increase of both of these is what makes us ecstatic. However, an increase in just one of them means the other will drop. An increase in serotonin will cause a drop in dopamine.
Ayahuasca over time boost your serotonin levels and response of the serotonin system. This in turn can negatively affect your dopamine levels, especially if aspects of your life are frustrating (ie anti-āpleasure & rewardā). Many people who take mushrooms, ayahuasca or LSD on a regular basis feel a drop in libido and also a lack in motivation. Both are caused by this drop in dopamine. At the same time they feel an increase in peaceā¦ itās often a trade off.
OK, time to report my thoughts on my ibogaine experience. Well, Iāve been feeling pretty well since the end of the trip. I was very tired at first, but didnāt feel the anxiety I normally feel when I donāt sleep. It was hard to go back to a normal sleeping cycle, but since Iām able to sleep, Iāve been sleeping more easily and longer than before. I feel stronger and more solid and I donāt feel the uneasiness I used to feel in social situations. I would say Iām pretty satisfied with the results. Now, will it stay that way? I donāt know, but so far it was certainly worth it.
I believe the whole meaning of your ibogaine experience only appears to you afterwards. For example, itās only afterwards that I was able to understand that the vision I had of the giant Indian warrior was related to the fact that I looked like a warrior when I saw myself in the mirror three days later. It was as if I had been made a warrior during that time. I also only understood afterwards that my struggle was related to what had been revealed to me of my familyās past. There was a very strong resentment for what had happened that I had to deal with and appease. It was so overwhelming, I didnāt know if I was going to be able to overcome it. At one point, I put all knifes, scissors and sharp objects on my patio and locked the backdoor with my key because I was convinced the visions would end up killing me or I would end up killing myself. This is where a sitter would have been helpful because it would have been a link with the outside world.
I feel happy and optimistic right now. I hope others will try it.
What about libido??
At the beginning, I was too tired to think about sex, but since Sunday, it came back. I canāt tell at the moment if libido is stronger than before the treatment.
I was mentioning to someone that the most striking change seems to be the drop of the anxiety. Even on a hangover day like today, I donāt feel scared to go out and speak with people. Walking on a crowded sidewalk is also more easy and more natural. Iām able to adapt to the movements of the people I meet without thinking about it. Had problems with this before, even more so when I was very tired.
waiting for more people to use it! I want to use itā¦but Im scared to death ā¦what should I do?
I was scared too, but I do think itās worth it.
Just do it with a sitter, and you shouldnāt have any problem.
I feel pretty good right now. Sleep is definitely a lot better. Seems that Iām able to sleep 10 hours per night now, maybe more if I could stay in bed later. I havenāt been able to sleep more than 5-7 hours per night for I donāt know of many years. The best I could do was with clonazepam or if I was dead drunk. Maybe I could sleep 8 hours sometimes in theses cases, but usually it was more like 7 hours. Now Iām able to sleep 10 hours without taking anything. I do wake up during the night, but Iām able to go back to sleep.
Very interesting results. I am thinking of ordering some as well. I wonder how long the results will TRULY last. I was reading about someone elses experience with this, and he said the mood gains went away after a month or so. I guess it must have a real long half life. I am hoping this isnāt the caseā¦I truly hope the happy mood and anything else it does to us will last indefinitely.
are you waking up with erections
Yes, but I did before ibogaine after I began doing intermittent fasting.
Living dead your erections are 100% hard again after fasting/ibogaā¦
your dreams are ok?
your orgasms are betterā¦ because of dopamine upregulation?
Erections are pretty good. I would need to have a girl in my bed to see if thereās an improvement in erections and orgasms (working on it right now), but I do get aroused just looking at girls in the bus.
I kept having dreams even after my crash, so itās non applicable in my case.
One of the changes with ibogaine is that intellectual work is easier and I feel more the need to do it.
I took 4 grams of Ibogaine (in tablet form) last night at 10pm its now almost 4pm.
I didnt notice anything untill an hour later when I suddenly started to feel sick and the trip started to kick in.
It was the worst trip I ever had. I started to think about all the evil in world and I had a very sad dream about my parents going to my funeral. Also I wasnt able to pee so then my body started to vomit up water. Another thing my foot was extremely cold were I just couldnt get it to warm up, my feet are still cold even now.
All in all a very sad experience I hope I never have to take this stuff again.
Anyway I shound know over the coming days and weeks if it has helped me.
I think the trip should reflect your state of mind, so itās kind of normal if you have a rather dark experience, considering that you are probably very depressed. I donāt think ibogaine cuts you from what you are feeling. On the contrary, it would more likely put you more in touch with things of which you were not aware of or not completely aware of. This is not to say that you wonāt get the benefits afterwards.
So if upregulating dopamine receptors is a key to this, hereās a potentially useful post from someone trying to recover from the effects of an anti-ADHD drug ā he thinks iboga will have the strongest effect but heās scared to take it and is asking for alternatives. Lots os suggestions:
longecity.org/forum/topic/57 ā¦ receptors/
Indian warrior style lol youtube.com/watch?v=RR9P7ksKktM at 18.25.
The Trip would be easier for someone being close to themselves, prolly the more fucked up you are mentally, wich would have the same effect fisically the harder the trip.
There are a lot of basics people dont know of, and it is not my destination to inform the lot, it should come to you in due time, there is some work involved, one having questions will find them if he looks deep enough, study upon what you want to know, and of course take care of your body(this most likely should come first and foremost), it then tends to come naturally in time.
Know thyself is key in a very literal sence. Everyone should make a study upon how the brain works, and how to make it quiet, see the relation with your subconscious mind/ and consious one.
A good book to stop the chatter in your brain, is from tholle power of now, after find out about your subconscious mind and feed it with the good stuff. lot of great books on that too, Use your mind keenly, it is a formidable weapon wich can hurt you or be a blessing.
Carefully choose the words and thoughts you produce they can hurt you or be a blessing.
Get interested with the origin of human and mind, it will help.
Fact is we have degenerated to what we are, due to some say increase in radiation, maybe some people want us dead via air,water,food, etc.
these cartoons are hellpfull even if they probably are not 100% correct, these series contain a lot of thruth you would not hear of in msm.
Hi Livingdead,
Have you had any more improvements ?