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Nihon_Hyperspace
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Questions About Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
#18799158 - 09/04/13 01:08 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So this weekend my friends and I will each be taking a single blotter tab of LSD, and since I've heard so many great things on shroomery about combining LSD with nitrous oxide, I decided to visit my local headshop yesterday and picked up a cracker, a couple balloons, and a box of whippets.
So to my understanding, after filling the balloon with N2O (at the peak of my trip mind you) I plan on inhaling a small amount of oxygen first, then putting my mouth to the balloon, then inhale about half of the N2O slowly from the balloon, then hold my breath for a few seconds and then exhaling.
I've gone on youtube to research the technique on how people are inhaling these balloons, and seemingly every person on youtube is keeping their mouth on the balloon and is repeatedly inhaling and exhaling into the balloon for about a good 60 seconds before taking their mouth off of the balloon.
This seems extremely idiotic to me. By continually inhaling and exhaling into the balloon, aren't you inhaling your own carbon dioxide and essentially suffocating yourself? Doesn't this lead to oxygen deprivation? Judging by the looks of the guys doing this, they look like they just killed a bunch of their own brain cells and are bound to run into adverse health effects.
Can anyone help explain why they are doing this? Is this method dangerous for you like it seems, or am I wrong? Can I just inhale a small breath first and then just inhale half the balloon then take my mouth off the balloon to reach the desired effects?
After watching all these videos with all these guys using this same method I'm honestly a little nervous about trying nitrous oxide especially at the peak of an acid trip. Also what will I experience after exhaling the nitrous oxide while tripping? Is it as great as everyone makes it out to be? I also plan on buying a vitamin B12 supplement to counteract the N2O and I won't be smoking weed during the entire trip either. Hopefully I'm in for a real treat 
I appreciate your time to read my post and I look forward to your reply. Much love and cheers!
~Nihon_Hyperspace
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sonamdrukpa
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You can hold your breath for quite a long time without killing yourself or causing brain damage. It's just hard to, so people trick their body into thinking they're breathing by inhaling and exhaling into the balloon. You can get the desired effects from the way you're describing, they'll just be less intense. It's the same way if you want to get higher you hold the weed smoke in for longer.
Nitrous by itself is good for a few giggles. Nitrous on psychedelics is amazing. Last time I did it on acid the sky turned into a digital computer and spoke something to me that I immediately forgot when I came back to my acid-sobriety.
Edit: to assuage your worries, from a real medical school:
http://www.med.nyu.edu/content?ChunkIID=96472
"Brain cells without enough oxygen will begin to die after about four minutes."
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Edited by sonamdrukpa (09/04/13 01:15 PM)
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excalibur127
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Re: Questions About Nitrous Oxide (N2O) [Re: sonamdrukpa]
#18799222 - 09/04/13 01:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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The way I always did nitrous was to fill up a balloon with as much nitrous my lungs could hold (this takes several tries to find the right amount). First do some breathing exercises: take a few deep breaths, then empty your lungs completely and take that balloon and start inhaling until you either feel like you can't no more or the balloon empties.
I always make sure to take a tiny gasp of breath at the end to make sure I still have about 10% oxygen in my lungs and I won't faint. This is just a precaution but I would advise on doing so too.
Nitrous is crazy on psychedelics! I once tried it with nbome, just after a hit of DMT and SHIT you get launched hard, everything started vibrating and the visuals get super intense.
Definitely recommended to try on your peak, great times ahead!
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JacksonMetaller
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Re: Questions About Nitrous Oxide (N2O) [Re: excalibur127]
#18799248 - 09/04/13 01:27 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah I used to do this until I sat and thought about how stupid it was. Just inhale all you can, hold. Exhale. Inhale. Repeat. You're not going to run out of oxygen with a balloon. That applies to people using tanks with masks. You can hold your breath a while, just avoid the CO2 like you said. And enjoy the combo. Herb in the mix is even better
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Kief Ledger
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The thing I don't like about nitrous is as soon as i hit a balloon, that's all i want to do is sit there and take balloon after balloon. They call it hippy crack for a reason. Only ever done it on the comedown though. Been meaning to hit some while peaking at some point.
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