Amanita Muscaria a friend or a foe?

[Mrs. Peel]

Just a little update on my micro- dosing experiment.
So far nothing major to report. OSIT

I've put mine on hold. After going up to 5 drops of tincture at night and noticing nothing sleepwise, I thought maybe I should take it in the morning. I tried the 5 drops on an empty stomach and almost immediately my heart started to pound., which alarmed me.

Not sure if I'm going to order the dried caps or not now. I guess it isn't for everyone.

 

[Z...]

Not sure if I'm going to order the dried caps or not now. I guess it isn't for everyone.

I think so too.
I guess one has to thread very softly with caps, listen to the body and develop relationship with this herb. So far I do have a distinct feeling it is helpful to me.
I am not big fan of tinctures ( except for external use) since I think the process adulterates the properties found in dried cap.
However lots of people report very good results with ton tinctures too.

 

[Steph_rivers]

I've put mine on hold. After going up to 5 drops of tincture at night and noticing nothing sleepwise, I thought maybe I should take it in the morning. I tried the 5 drops on an empty stomach and almost immediately my heart started to pound., which alarmed me.

Not sure if I'm going to order the dried caps or not now. I guess it isn't for everyone.

I would say that what you may be looking for is a highly decarboxylated amanita that has been heavily converted into Muscimol, which is usually achieved heating via tea and lemon juice, from what I understand. There are also tinctures that are more decarboxylated than others, if rest/anxiety reduction is what you are trying to achieve. So the active compound Ibotenic acid is a stimulant, will energize and create focus to the consumer, over time as the ibotenic acid is metobolized by the cells, it turns into muscimol at the end of the day. if you take ibotenic acid at night, it may keep you up if it is not converted. I believe @worldbridger mentioned the recipe book by Amanita Dreamer. I’m going to give that a read and see if there’s any more detail on how to exactly decarboxylate ibotenic acid for night time relaxation users. Just waiting for it to arrive.