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MXNR said:
The jury is very much closed on this topic. If anyone does a very quick search, they will witness the myth being debunked. This is an old wives tale.

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nothinghealz said:
In Amsterdam they give you a small pack of High potency Vitamin C tabs with a shroom purchase. They tell you to eat the Vit. C if you wanna come down from shrooms. They claim it takes only 15 minutes to get back to normal again. I never tried it; who wants to kill the best experience in your life?????

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djd586 said:
I used to do the shrooms blended up in OJ thing. It's all fine and good, but I can't stand to consume that concoction anymore. It works fine, and hits you fast. I find the nausea to be a bit much. And you'll burp up this orange shroomy taste throughout your trip.

As for the vitamin C thing. Most claim it just to be a palcibo effect. I stick by that theory as well. But none-the-less, it's not going to hurt you to pop some vitamin C or drink some OJ with your shrooms. It never hurts to give your body a little extra vitimin C now does it.

I think the best way to go is with a Tea. You really can't miss that way. And you can always mix in some vitamin C if it makes you feel better.

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supernova said:
Here is my theory on OJ. Vitamin C has nothing to do with it. Think about how most people's trips go. You don't eat for a couple hours before you trip. You can't eat for a couple hours after you start tripping. You may have gone 4 or 5 hours without eating when you get to the peak of your trip. Another hour or two and you're coming down. Now it has been 6 or 7 hours since eating. Your blood sugar level is depressed. You guzzle a pint of OJ. Orange juice is packed with natural sugar. Your blood sugar level shoots up, and you get a buzz. The buzz from the sugar is exponentially elevated by the magic of the shrooms. Chocolate does the same thing, probably being a combo of the sugar and caffiene in chocolate. Some people say the OJ thing is a myth, but years of experience tell me that the myth is based on fact, and the fact is that something happens. This may not be the same if you have been chomping on stuff prior to and during your trip.

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wietstocker said:
Many of the dutch smartshops claim that sugar and vitamin c actually bring you down from tripping, and that if at any time you are uncomfortable and want it to stop, to eat or drink something sweet.

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CuckoosNest said:
you hear mixed results because all the Vitamin C (or OJ) does is add a placebo effect. People, myself included, seem to have had some amazing trips while injesting mushrooms with OJ (covers up the taste quite well too, even though it does not bother me) even though the vitamin c does not add to the effects. So if you have the idea in your mind that the vitamin c is going to intensify the trip, then it just may. However, I think we can just chalk up another one for the sugar pill.

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SouthernGent said:
hell i dont know either lol.. i always blend shrooms up with some pure grape juice and slurp em down.. it sure dont hurt a trip... most of what i d heard here and read in other places is bullshit anyway .. i take em and eat one them also.. i ve had up to 4 grams of PR and 3.5 grams TC in two seperate doses and i ve never really had visuals either ..i defineately trip but it mainly makes me wanna cover up and just watch tv...LOL.. maybe its just me or I m doing something wrong.

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Organic said:
I almost always break up my shrooms into small pieces and mix them with some OJ. It hits so incredibly hard this way, I think the acidity helps the psilocybin absorb very quickly into your body. Not recommended if you are prone to bad trips (the peak will be over pretty quickly, but it will be intense).

I've never noticed Vit C making a difference with psychedelics except MDMA, which it notably made the experience *feel* easier on the mind (maybe the antioxidant properties of vit c...)...ymmv

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thegoldenteacher said:
that was a pretty widespread rumor, the only way I can rationalize this rumor occuring is someone said that vitamen c helps you from getting burned out afterwards, and someone exxagerated this by saying oh less burn out....MORE FUCKED UP HALLUCINATIONS! yes! its a lie.<br><br>Originally no one is deluded.
<br>-bankei

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gnrm23 said:
also, the addition of vit C to shroom tea helps stop the water from turning so blue (prolly caused by oxidation and/or dimerization of the psiloc(yb)in molecules...)
<br>in your body, vit C may help "quench" free radicals(molecular "bad guys")<br><br>

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Dogomush said:
Well, this question is akin to ones like "is there a God?" in that there seems to be no way to prove to everybody that Vitammin C enhances the trip. Maybe it does.. maybe it doesn't.. if you think that it increased the trip on LSD, then you would probably think that it increases the trip on mushrooms too.

In my opinion there is no way to subjectively answer a question like this because as scientists have shown, there is great fluctuation of active chems in even one single mushroom. ie the bottom part of the stem is potent, but the top isn't or one section of thee cap is really potent whereas the rest isn't. So how can you possibly know that the vitamin C is actually enhancing the trip? You can't. If it does, it's too subtle. Want a non-subtle trip enhancer? Try Syrian rue. Research it first though, cause you gotta watch your diet.

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