Did a sleep test with my N yesterday. I want to share my experience in case anyone is interested.
It is noteworthy that I received my N from A around 1.5 years ago in two sterile glass bottles with labels ripped off. Most of this time, I stored it in a box in either my room (during the cold season) or my basement but never in a fridge.
Preparation
This was probably completely unnecessary but I wanted to do it to have a similar experience to what is going to happen on my last day.
1. Fasted for 4 hours.
2. Had a toast with tea 1.5 hours before N time.
3. Took 10mg of meto 1 hour before
4. Drank N (it was 21:30, so waaay before my usual bedtime). I drank 3 ml (extracted it with a syringe).
Taste
It reminded me somewhat of this stomachache medicine they used to give us in kindergarten that was minty and had a very strong lingering aftereffect. It is a bit of a breathtaking taste, felt as if it went all over my body. Like some said, similar to a shot of vodka but much stronger.
I am very sensitive to peculiar tastes and don't eat many things because of that. However, N definitely was not as bad as many people describe it to be. The only thing I did to prepare for drinking it was pinching my nose. Honestly, I could not feel the taste until the moment I released my nose, even though I held N in my mouth for a few seconds. I ate some gummy candy afterward. What helped to get rid of the taste the most was scraping my tongue and gargling with Listerine. The taste was pretty much gone after that.
Although very bitter, I would not say it is disgusting or nauseating. I'd still choose to drink N over drinking tomato juice (sorry, tomato juice lovers).
Effects
10 minutes after drinking it, I became much calmer and a little bit disoriented/dizzy. The feeling was similar to the one after a couple of straight shots.
5 more minutes later I went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately. And that says a lot since lately I have been suffering from insomnia and I can barely ever fall asleep with an empty stomach.
However, contrary to what some other members here have reported, it did not knock me out for 12 or more hours. I woke up at 4 am (6 hours later) and had some trouble falling back asleep for a while.
Morning After
I woke up slightly drowsy and nauseous. The nausea still continues to this time. It is exactly like the one I get with a hangover. Perhaps A sent me two VERY expensive vodka bottles to celebrate my life instead of ending it?
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The results of this test made me a bit concerned. I definitely expected stronger effects (3ml should be around 189mg of N). However, I could not find too many other reports about how it went for the others. So given that it still did have a pretty strong effect on helping me fall asleep, I think that my N has not become completely impotent.
I am now thinking that it might be a good idea to save up and send it to EC for a quantitative test. What do you think?
If you have any experiences/tips/insights to share, please do!
