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Posted by Amigan on June 8, 2008, at 13:57:52
This is a little weird question, i know..
Does anyone know if NMDA antagonists makes you experience the projection of your "sins" in your mind, in a similar way it suppose to happen when you die? I'm NOT talking about out-of-body or even dissociative states.
Posted by rgb on June 8, 2008, at 14:59:17
In reply to NMDA antagonism and 'divine judgement', posted by Amigan on June 8, 2008, at 13:57:52
Hello,
I don't have an answer to your experience in particular, but NMDA antagonists can certainly induce feelings of deep meaningfulness, vastness and infinity! Quoth the (excellent) dextromethorphan FAQ:
"Shortly after publishing version 3.0 of the FAQ I started getting letters from people who were having what they believed to be psychic, paranormal, or spiritual experiences on DXM. As time went on, the number of these letters increased, and I received additional information from psychonauts who have used ketamine in paranormal investigations.
[...]
It may surprise you to know that there are very good reasons to suspect that paranormal experiences may involve some of the same brain mechanisms affected by DXM. Whether or not these paranormal experiences have any validity outside of the human brain is entirely a question of faith, and I won't try and make that decision for you."it continues in much more detail here: http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/faq/dxm_paranormal.shtml#toc.8
Posted by cumulative on June 12, 2008, at 15:57:54
In reply to NMDA antagonism and 'divine judgement', posted by Amigan on June 8, 2008, at 13:57:52
Yes -- they can sure as heck make you trip balls. :P
Posted by nellie7 on June 17, 2008, at 15:03:42
In reply to NMDA antagonism and 'divine judgement', posted by Amigan on June 8, 2008, at 13:57:52
Hi,I don't really know what NMDA antagonists are, but one can assume that any chemical substance is capable of having various effects on perceptions, feelings and other functions of the mind which are expectedly different for each individual.
For me, dopamine blockers have had effects similar to what you have described.Nellie.
Posted by dbc on June 23, 2008, at 18:38:02
In reply to Re: NMDA antagonism and 'divine judgement', posted by nellie7 on June 17, 2008, at 15:03:42
In my much younger years i had experience with at least two NMDA antagonists to a large degree. Yes a serious trip could easily cause some sort of odd, mental visual experience. Think of it as the same sort of internal hallucinations people have in deprivation tanks, you're stuck inside yourself and theres no getting out so your conscious can do anything it damn well pleases and take you on strange journeys in that deep dark hole.
As for the paranormal thing haha. At a certain point i once had a group of friends who would get together and use DXM. Often times we'd end up going on these bizzare walks at night and i swear we would have 2 or 3 street lamps randomly turn off when we walked by them. Everyone saw it even sober people so this wasnt an illusion.
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