Obscure Hallucinogen Review 1 – Mirtazapine
Mirtazapine is an anti depressant that you won’t be able to find online or through a dealer, in order to obtain this drug you’ll need to have a connection with somebody who has a prescription from a doctor as its recreational use, although interesting and worthy of exploration will never take off enough for it to become popular and available on the black market and it’s not exactly something you can grow or extract yourself.
The effects of this drug are somewhat bizarre and after the initial onset of roughly 15 minutes to half an hour leave its user feeling as though they haven’t slept in days alongside an increased appetite and mild but definitely psychedelic closed eye visuals. Once the person inevitably gives up on fighting the drowsy effects and decides to go to bed they are greeted by an intense chemically induced state of hypnagogia and hallucinations as they drift off to sleep.
These hallucinations typically involve completely random but realistic short scenarios that swap between each other and are remarkably similar to the hallucinations some regular psychedelic users often experience when trying to fall asleep after a night of buzzing on MDMA.
For occasional recreational use this drug is very safe as overdoses up to 50 times the recommended dose have been shown to be relatively non toxic and show no significant cardiovascular effects. However repeated prolonged use with this drug as a prescription anti depressant has been shown to cause addiction and tolerance. It’s interesting to note that very little information exists online regarding the psychedelic properties of this drug and even on Erowid the highest dose trip report is roughly only 90mg which gives me and other Psychonauts who have access to it an exciting opportunity to actually break some new ground.
If you are considering trying this drug you should take a starter dose of 30 – 60mg taken roughly an hour or two before you plan on going to bed combined with as much Weed as possible. It’s not recommended that you try this drug on a work night if you are a commuter who tends to sleep on the train to work as you will find yourself once again tripping balls the next morning as you drift in and out of a hallucinatory state, this drug stays in your system for roughly 20 – 40 hours and will create a cross tolerance to the effects of Serotonergic psychedelics such as LSD and Mushrooms causing their effects to be greatly diminished if taken before the Mirtazapine is out of your system.
EDIT: After an intense trip I have found that this drug has certain aspects closely related to deliriants. At high doses this drug produces realistic auditory hallucinations and intense psychedelic visuals.
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