[DOB]1.4mg Trip Report

Disclaimer

This report was written with the intention to provide a subjective view of a 1.4mg DOB trip which had proven to be intense and engaging. I have had previous experiences with LSD, 25i-nbome, mdma, 2c-b, 4-ho-met, DMT, salvia, mushrooms, magic truffles and weed therefore I wanted to try a longer-lasting psychedelic, DOB being the choice. In addition to that I consider myself mentally stable while tripping (a good friend of mine has lost touch with reality on 200ug of lsd while I found a 200ug trip to be weak, frankly) therefore I wanted to see what a strong and long-lasting trip feels like, to the point where I do not desire to trip anytime soon after (you never know what is enough until you know what is too much). The report was written two days after the trip.

Pre-trip preparation

I have cleaned my studio as if I were supposed to receive a visit from my parents, therefore the place was sparking of cleanness, which for a lazy student is indeed an achievement to be proud of. In addition to that I have pre-loaded an A-Z multi vitamin supplement and drank a ginger tea 2 hours before the start of the trip.

Ingestion (T:00:00 = 12:05 AM)

Briskly reaching for the curtain I gaze outside my window to catch a final glimpse of the reality as I know it. Consequently I take the DOB tab from my drawer and since I have no curiosity about the taste I swallow it with a glass of water. Afterwards I jump into the shower with the intention to remain there until things start moving, however I forget about the onset time of this drug, which is why after 25 minutes I get out of the shower, dry myself with a towel and return to my couch. At this point I log on the tripsit chat impatiently waiting for the drug to do something (the waiting game is the most annoying aspect of doing drugs in my opinion).

Come-up - A dance with the devil (T:00:45=12:50 AM to ~T:05:45 =5:50 AM)

As I browse the lovely internet I notice that the letters on my screen slowly start shifting direction and slightly warp into different perspectives. Afterwards I raise my gaze towards other objects in the house and I notice that the colors are way brighter than they should, the shadows are already dancing and the walls are breathing. I go check myself in the mirror and I notice that my eye pupils are fully dilated. Having returned to my couch I start to feel an unrecognizable body euphoria which came at times and in waves as shivers of coldness (yet a very pleasant icy coldness) up and down my entire body. That feeling of euphoria altered at times with the feeling of nausea, the feeling of throwing up and pretty much the feeling of dying. I found the headspace to be the most pronounced at this stage of the trip (although while on acid you can space out for hours, with DOB you can return back to reality as long as you refrain from digging too deep for answers). The visuals at this point increased in magnitude and although at first sight they seemed washed away (under the water, transparent) if I focused on them, they would progressively gain color, clarity and sharpness, eventually turning into scenes from movies. As I shift my gaze upon the closet, I notice up to date the most frightening visual that I have ever had - a guy appeared to have come out of my closet, that felt 99% real. I was puzzled and that lead me to search whether or not DOB can induce delirium, luckily it doesn’t. I calm myself with a joint of sativa weed as I turn on the music. As I blaze through the joint I notice that the headspace increases in intensity and I eventually find myself stuck in some minor thought loops (although they were nowhere close as pronounced as the ones I have had on LSD). A really different aspect of the drug is that there are always visuals on your peripheral sides of your eyes’ view (the corners), and those are pretty much the most clear ones. For example I saw two teenagers going at it on my bed on the corner of my right eye, however if I swifted my sight towards them, that visual would be replaced with something else. Due to that I’ve decided it would be a good idea to jerk off (the waves of euphoria increased in intensity and the feeling of nausea was pretty much gone at this point, 2 hours into the trip). After I’m done with my manly job I return to my laptop and start chatting with a couple of friends over at tripsit. To my surprise, I am happy to discover that the time distortion is nowhere near as pronounced as the one on LSD (time does indeed move a bit slower, but if on acid 1 minute feels like 10, with DOB 1 minute feels like 90 seconds). The come-up settled in intensity around the 5th hour mark.

The 1st peak - A trip in Eden’s gardens (T:5:45 = 5:50 AM to ~T:12:45 = 12: 50 PM)

Once I get a hang of the direction this trip is heading to, a few thoughts are crossing my mind: the fact that this is going to be a long day, the fact that I will catch both the sunrise and the sunset of this day, the fact that this drug might have more than a singular peak and that I should eat something. As I make myself two sandwiches I notice that I am somewhat more mentally stimulated than usually (while on LSD I am unable to compute basic stuff, with DOB it took me less than two minutes to make those sandwiches). After I finish eating I decide to roll myself another joint of weed. This was indeed a more demanding challenge due to the fact that the grinded weed would move by itself inside the paper (Totally aware of the fact that this was all in my head however it increased the difficulty of rolling). As I blaze through my second and last joint (I have ran out of weed at this point) I thought it would be a good idea to take a walk through the neighborhood (around 7 in the morning). Stepping out through the back of the house, through the garage, one thing that gains my attention is that the nature has the same visual aspects as on LSD (it appears to be alive and more colorful) although the visual perspective is not warped at all (while on LSD some roads and streets appear endless, this was not the case). The best part about my neighborhood is that everyone here is in love with flowers, hence the local scenery is a blossom of vivid colors. It felt as if I was walking through paradise with the music blasting through my ears, not giving a fuck about anything else but my own well being. 30 minutes later I decide it’s time to return home as people and cars started to pop up from all sides (Tip if you decide to trip outside: all cars are real). Having returned home I decide to blast some more music before I start chatting with a few friends on Facebook. A good friend of mine wanted to puff and chill later in the afternoon, hence why I’ve agreed to join him later on for a small weed and game sesh.

The 2nd peak - Stims on steroids (T:12:45 = 12:50 PM to ~T:18:45 = 18: 50)

As I was chilling with music it strikes me that I was right: this drug has multiple peaks since my visuals were somewhat washed away when once of a sudden a whole new wave of visuals (different this time) hits me. I focus on them then I decide it’s time to delight my eyes with some earthporn material from Reddit. It is always nice to admire an enhanced version of the nature as you know during times of sobriety, while tripping. Later on during this secondary peak I notice that the waves of body euphoria have entirely vanished. Instead, it was my brains that have started receiving stimulation because I felt 300% focused on anything that I was doing, as if I was on cocaine. I start packing my stuff because it was around time that I visited my friend (luckily he lives 4 minutes away from me by walking so reaching him was not mission impossible). Once I get to his place we get some weed from the dealer that lives 1 floor below (it’s always nice to have a dealer live in your house), I set my laptop and we decide to roll a joint, smoke it and then play some League of Legends. Bare in mind that what happened is my biggest mindfuck of the trip. I’ve been playing LoL for 5 and ½ years now and although my peak ranking was Master, I have never played good to the point where I was satisfied by my play. This was not the case at the moment of the trip. I don’t know what this drug is made of but I have never played this good before, my mechanics were on point, my decision making was in 95% of the cases perfect and I knew exactly where to be on the map, in the right place and at the right time. I have ended up carrying alone in both of the games that I have played. I would compare playing LoL on DOB to playing LoL on cocaine. These are the results of the two games that I have played: Link (note that it was my first time in a year playing Riven). After smoking a couple more joints I decide it’s time to return home and call it a day.

The final peak - Awaiting judgement (T:18:45 = 18:50 to ~T:20:45 = 20: 50)

As I get home I notice that my visuals start changing form once again and I assume this is another peak that I’m experiencing. While on the previous ones I was either body or mind stimulated, I felt rather tired at the moment. I realize that I am close to coming down, after almost an entire day of tripping, therefore I decide to watch an episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. After the episode is over I go back on the tripsit chat to update everyone on how the trip went thus far and answer some questions about the drug and how I feel. I also join the #TripSit channel which is designed to help people who seek assistance or have questions about the use of substances. Finally I begin to think how the afterglow is going to be and all I hoped for is that I don’t have a bad crash (due to how stimulating DOB turned out to be).

The come-down - Fuck you world, it’s time to sleep (T20:45 = 20:50 to ~T23:45 = 23:50 )

The come-down was indeed the most chill part of the trip and it was reminiscent of a LSD trip come-down. I got in bed and chilled with a final joint while I was Skyping with a close friend of mine because he was curious about the drug, enjoying the final waves of visuals that the drug provided. Needless to say that I fell asleep around 00:30, I did not require any sleep aid (I was debating whether will I have required Melatonin or not) and it took me less than 10 minutes from closing my eyes to the moment of falling asleep.

The afterglow - Day after the trip

I woke up after 13 hours of sleep, felt a bit drained however I did not feel sad, anxious or depressed at all. The hangover was there, but it was as if I was after a party. I smoked some weed throughout the day and played some more League of Legends later in the evening (funny enough I have lost all the games that I have played that day).

Conclusion

DOB is a very stimulating psychedelic drug. I can recommend it if you plan to trip hard to the point where you do not desire to trip anytime soon after. I would definitely not recommend it to a beginner in psychedelics as some of the stuff I saw was scary at times (alien faces, creatures from other dimensions and so on and so forth) however if you have no issue with tripping for an entire day and to acknowledge that everything you may see or feel is all in your head, then by all means go for it. The visuals are spectacular, the headspace is an issue only on the come-up, when you peak it is pretty much gone, the ego is barely softened (compared to LSD where you stop to exist). Drawbacks: Music enhancement only happens after a couple hours into the trip and I found it really odd to trip while music sounded normal on the come-up (in my opinion music aids the most to the quality of the trip), come-up nausea can be quite annoying (despite not puking) and the vasoconstriction can really mess with you (hence why I advice not going over 1.5mg)

Thank you for reading!