u/throwthatshitaway565

Hello reddit 👋

I recently completed my first microdosing experiment with powdered cactus that I harvested from my garden, a hodgepodge of different types. I wanted to share a bit of my experience with it and my method to help anyone looking to get started.

To preface this, I have taken cactus enough to trip a few times, but I'm more experienced with shrooms and lsd. I like cactus more than the other two because of how gentle and grounding it is, at least for me. I started this protocol to help integrate a cactus trip I had about a month ago that was very intense and powerfully healing. I have some mental health struggles (don't we all) and a lot of trauma that effects my everyday mindset (the joys of a broken home) and I was hoping that by microdosing cactus I'd gain some insight into how to better manage my mind and ground myself.

For this protocol, I dosed every other day for 10 days. I noticed an elevated mood on the days I dosed and a very noticable amount of negativity on the days I didn't.

Day one: 0.5g dose via tea

I took .5g of powder and put it into lemon ginger tea. The tea was, well, gross. It wasn't my first time drinking cactus juice, and it won't be my last, but it's always bracing. I used fresh lemon juice to help with the flavor, and although it helped it was still brutal. I drank this tea and went to work. I noticed a bump in my mood and a more playful attitude. I felt less urgency to do everyday mundane tasks, less stressed over small things. My meditation that morning was surprisingly better than usual. This could have been a placebo, but I felt grounded. There was a bit of nausea that I chalked up to the taste of the tea

Day 2: 0.5g dose via 00 capsules.

This was the day I smartened up and started using gel caps. These changed the game for me and made the microdose feel like I was just taking vitamins. I swallowed them down and went to work. Again I felt a more playful attitude and less soul crushingly serious, my usual demeanor was replaced with something more fluid and flexible. I didn't feel a buzz or anything like that, but there was a slight bit of nausea. Nothing unmanageable by any means. I have an active job and was able to fully function, finding a rhythm in what I was doing.

Day 3: 1.2g dose via capsules

On this day I upped the dose a bit to see where the optimal dose was for me. I didn't notice much of a difference from the other days I microdosed, but today was a challenging day emotionally. We received some very bad news for my wife's immigration process the night prior and I almost abandoned the microdose altogether because of my emotional state. But, I decided that if I want the healing I have to try even during the hard parts. So I went for it and continued as planned. I felt my feelings more on this day. Usually I tend to suppress my emotions as a type of automatic response to trauma due to my upbringing, but today I felt I could feel them. I allowed myself to grieve the news of my wife's process and felt much better. It didn't make the day any easier, but my approach to it involved much more kindness towards myself, and real love and empathy for my wife during this hard season of our lives. The nausea didn't increase despite the larger dose.

Day 4: 1.2g via capsules

There wasn't anything noticeably different on this day that set it apart from other days in the protocol. Just like my other microdosing days, my mood was elevated and my meditation was much deeper and more immersive. I felt I could surrender my ego better but not fully (which is something I'm still actively working on, life is a journey.)

Day 5: 2.1g via capsules

This was the best day of the protocol for me. We worked that morning and went to the beach in the afternoon. My playful attitude with my wife was definitely elevated, and we had a blast renting a boat and going out into the water. It felt great to jump into the water and feel it wrap around my skin. The medicine was in full effect, no buzz or anything like that, but an elevated mood and a grounded sense of being. I still noticed the same old familiar rock in my torso, that incessant knot of tension that never seems to unravel, but I was able to feel the energy around me flowing, and my own Taurus field flowing.

All in all I would consider this to be a success. I still have a long way to go in my healing journey, and if anyone has any tips I'm all ears. I would say that this microdosing experice has helped me to better understand the negative habits that I have, and given me insights into how to change them. It won't happen overnight, but the progress is definitely there. Thanks for reading, wishing all of you peace and love.

Hello reddit 👋

Basically just the ​title. I have done tea a few times and I have finally harvested my first cactus that I've grown. I purchased another cac from the sales sub and took a cutting off of that as well. One is a NOID with thick bridgesii like spines, and the other is a lumberjack.

I might do an extraction or I might just end up sticking with the powder and microdosing it in capsules, it really depends on how much powder I have to work with after I dry them out and blend up the dried plant material.

I've spent the last hour researching the sub and haven't seemed to find a consensus one way or the other. Should I remove the waxy skin for homemade powder or should I just leave it on? Same question with the cores. When I make tea I always remove the core and the skin, is it different when you powder it?

Would it be better to just do a full extraction for a microdose? I was planning on doing about .5g of powder every other day as my protocol, any advice would be helpful :). I'm microdosing to help with some mental issues and to attempt to facilitate healing. I've had 2 really transformative experiences so far with the cactus, but I feel like what I need right now isn't a big experience, I need more grounding in my day to day. Any advice is appreciated.

My wife and I have been working on her immigration process for about three and a half years now. We had some support from some local politicians and our state representatives, we also have a lawyer that has been helping us.

Since we had waited for an answer for about 3 years, we decided to file the wright ht of mondamas in March with our lawyer. They got everything together and filed it, and we just received a denial today. We're shocked.

Her Green card process was denied, and because of that her work authorization is being revoked, and she currently has no active process so the notice said we might have to self deport. We are terrified.

The reason the process was denied, is because in late December of 2023 we received a request for tax documents, we sent them​ early January of 2024. We sent them everything we had, I make more than enough money to sponsor her so I didn't foresee any issues. Apparently they were either missing a document, or decided it wasn't enough and just flat out denied her process.

We can't get in to see our lawyer until Thursday so right now we're just kind of sitting dead in the water. We've reached out to our state level and federal level politicians asking for some help, but to be honest we're not really sure what to make of this. It looks like we're going to have to start the whole process over again, at least for her work authorization and probably for her green card as well.

Has anybody ever experienced something like this before? We didn't get an interview, a Court hearing, anything. Just a flat-out denial, and we've been married for almost 4 years. We're not really sure what to do, any advice you can give us would be great. I love this woman to death and have no qualms about moving countries to be with her, but we've invested so much into getting her USA citizenship, and we want to see a return on that. I'm not usually in the business of asking for help, but reddit, our backs are against the wall and any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

I have recently discovered I might be moving to South America from the USA. This wouldn't be for another maybe 5 years, but I've ammased a pretty cool tiny collection and I'd hate to let them all go. I read that I need permits for both exporting from here and Importing into the country I'd be moving to. Does anyone have any tips on how I can transport them effectively?

Hello Reddit 👋

This is my first time posting on this sub so please be gentle. I am actually preparing for a hachuma ceremony, this is something that I'm doing myself with a friend of mine, and I want to do a ceremony diet ahead of time to show respect to the medicine. Since there's no MAO inhibitors in hachuma like Ayahuasca, there's no medical reasons, this is more just for spiritual growth.

I'm looking for some recommendations on things that I can eat as I've never done this before and I want to do it right. I'm not going to be super super strict, but I'm planning on cutting out all sex/masterbation, sugar, dairy, red meat, cannabis, and processed foods for 2 weeks. I've already cut out all alcohol, and I will have been meditating every day for about a month in preparation by the day of the ceremony.

We're brewing the cactus tea ourselves, planning on brewing it during the day and taking it at night, any wisdom you'd be willing to share would be much appreciated :). Thank you kind humans for reading I hope you have a blessed day full of abundance.