Nutmeg

(Myristicin)

TrippyWiki score: 2.7/10

What is myristicin?

Myristicin is the main psychoactive compound found in nutmeg. It acts as a deliriant and can cause intense hallucinations. This compound is also used to synthesize MMDA.

Long-term benefits & side effects

Many of the benefits will only occur if you follow the tips below.
Most (if not all) of the side effects are preventable and they will not happen if you follow the Safety checklist.

Nutmeg…

Has some medicinal properties at lower doses
Helps you look at your life from a different perspective
Might help you cure addictions
Can lower your levels of stress and anxiety, including social anxiety
Might help you form positive habits, such as meditation and exercise
Makes you more creative and open-minded
Allows you to heal your childhood trauma and forgive people who’ve hurt you
Can help you transcend the fear of death
…

Is toxic in higher amounts and can cause long-term damage to your body
Has led to self-harm by people who took it in an unsafe environment
Might speed up the onset of schizophrenia if you’re genetically predisposed to it
Can cause HPPD and physical damage if you combine it with other substances (such as alcohol or stimulants)
Could cause you trauma due to bad set and setting
Might lead to drug-induced psychosis if you’re predisposed to it
Can be psychologically addictive (but only if you use the psychedelic recreationally)
Can cause seizures
Will make you dislike the government and the way that our society functions
…

How to take nutmeg

Administration

The best way to consume nutmeg is by mouth. You can also extract myristicin from nutmeg.

Use a whole nutmeg instead of a powder if you can. Grind the spice and add it to a fruit juice to make it taste better.

Dosage

Myristicin

50-200 mg = Light dose
200-500 mg = Regular dose
500-800 mg = Strong dose
800+ mg = High dose

Your weight affects how intense of an experience you will have. If you are underweight, you may need to take less.

Nutmeg

3-5 grams = Threshold dose
5-10 grams = Light dose
10-15 grams = Regular dose
15-20 grams = Strong dose
20+ grams = High dose

If you take a nutmeg powder instead of a whole nutmeg, you might need to double the dose to notice the same effects because powdered nutmeg loses potency reasonably fast.

Just like with pure myristicin, the dose of nutmeg is weight-dependent. The amount of psychoactive chemicals can also vary greatly from different sources.

Never start with a strong dose. Take a threshold dose first and build your way up gradually.

Also, keep in mind that the higher the dose you take, the more important it is to be in a safe environment.

Some people are extremely sensitive to this herb which is another reason to start low.

Safety checklist

Maximize the benefits

Keep in mind that integration is even more important than the trip itself. Taking psychedelics would be useless if you didn’t retain any lessons in your day-to-day life.

What will help you the most is contemplating about the experience – be it by journaling, thinking about the trip, or sharing your memories with a trusted friend.

Distracting thoughts can get in the way, which is why you want to spend the day after your trip without TV, social media, and other distractions.

If you can, spend time in silence and solitude. Meditate, go for a walk, contemplate the experience.

Duration

Onset = 3-8 hours
Come up = 1-4 hours
Peak = 9-12 hours
Come down = 12-48 hours
*The duration of a nutmeg trip greatly depends on the dose*

The whole trip can last anywhere from 12-72 hours
If you take a regular dose, you should be able to fall asleep within 24-30 hours
If you eat before your trip, the substance will take longer to kick in

What nutmeg feels like

Common short-term effects of myristicin include:

Increased creativity and open-mindedness
Mindfulness, being present
Higher capability for love and compassion
Pain relief
Feeling one with all that is
Seeing life from a different perspective
Appreciating small things
Higher energy
Increased awareness
Memory suppression
Time distortion
Visual effects (that feel extremely real)
Confusion
Amnesia
Depression
Difficulty urinating
Dehydration
Phobias
Inability to focus
Increased body temperature
Increased heart rate
Worse thermoregulation
Difficulty urinating
Anxiety, paranoia
Vulnerability

The higher dose you take, the more intense the effects will be.

If you have experience with marijuana, nutmeg is somewhat similar but you will not experience the euphoria that you would on weed.

By no means is the nutmeg experience always pleasant.

Bad trips

Bad trips mostly happen because people take the substance irresponsibly. If you take this psychedelic the right way, there is a much lower chance you’ll get a bad trip.

In case you still do, that’s good! A “bad” trip isn’t bad, it can actually be the most healing and insightful moment of your life!

During a “bad” trip, negative emotions are coming up from your subconscious mind. They have always been there whether you are aware of it or not. They have been damaging your life and a difficult trip is an opportunity to process these traumas and unpleasant feelings and let go of them.

The more painful the experience, the more you can heal.

So instead of calling bad trips bad, call them challenging.

If you understand that bad trips are awesome in the long-run, not only will you feel more comfortable diving into these challenging states, it will actually excite you!

Why they happen

The most common reasons for getting a bad trip are:

Tripping in an unsafe environment (in public, at a party, even nature doesn’t feel safe if you take higher doses)
Facing difficult times in your day-to-day life (a break-up, death of a loved one, …)
Rejecting to let go and trying to hold on to your ego and control the state
Being afraid of the trip (either because of the stigma around psychedelics or because you are not sure how pure your substance is)
Mixing the psychedelic with alcohol, weed, or other drugs
Expecting a bad trip (it can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy)

How to cope with a bad trip

Do not perceive this experience as something bad, remember that facing these difficult emotions is extremely healing
Fully surrender to the experience, do not try to feel good
If you’re alone, call a trusted friend to come over and keep you safe

How to end a bad trip

In case you are not ready to face your inner demons yet, there are a few ways to end a bad trip.

One possible way is to put on music that is familiar to you. Another way is to switch up your location and move from one place to another. This can completely change your train of thought.

In case the trip becomes extremely challenging and there is no one around you to keep you safe, consider ending your trip with a trip killer.

Using a trip killer usually is not the best idea because the bad emotions will stay unresolved and you will get little to no benefits from the experience. With that said, using a trip killer is smarter than harming yourself.

The 2 best options that you have for ending a bad trip are Phenibut and benzodiazepines.

Phenibut is generally safer. The downside is that it can take hours to kick in.

So to end a trip, use benzodiazepines but only do this if you completely have to.

Interactions

Qualia Mind
This nootropic is comprised of 28 ingredients designed to support and maximize your brain function. These ingredients act synergistically and many of them will protect you from the neurotoxic effects of psychedelics. Qualia will also make your trips more pleasant and help you retain more benefits from them.
Herbs
Herbs can help calm you down. Herbal teas (chamomile, lemon balm, valerian root, …) are especially helpful.
Green tea
Tea makes you both more alert and calm at the same time. It also contains neuroprotective antioxidants, such as EGCG.
CBD
CBD has a calming effect.
Weed
Marijuana will intensify the trip but it may also help you calm down.
MDMA
Nutmeg might increase the neurotoxicity of MDMA and vice versa. Also, do not combine the two if you suffer from heart problems.
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide will multiply the intensity of your trip. We also do not have any data on the safety of combining it with myristicin.
Alcohol
Alcohol minimizes all the potential benefits of a psychedelic experience. It also greatly increases your chance of having a bad trip.
SSRIs or MAOIs
Not only will these antidepressants greatly decrease the intensity of your trip, but they can also lead to long-lasting side effects.
Benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, …)
Benzos will end your psychedelic experience within 40 minutes but using this method may cause you side effects in the long-run.
Lithium
Combining psychedelics with lithium significantly increases the risk of seizures and psychosis.
Stimulants
The combination can easily lead to heart problems, even if you’re a healthy individual.
Opioids, DXM, DPH
Combining any of these with nutmeg can be fatal.
St. John’s Wort
This combination may lead to serotonin syndrome.

Legality

As of 2021, nutmeg is legal in every country of the world.

Extraction of myristicin from nutmeg might not be legal in your country but whether or not anyone would care is a different story.

FAQ

Myristicin acts as a serotonin receptor antagonist, while simultaneously acting as a weak MAO inhibitor.

At higher doses, nutmeg has been proven to be neurotoxic.

Most importantly, you need to trip in a safe place where there are no strangers around.

If you are a mentally stable individual who does not suffer from psychosis or have a predisposition to schizophrenia, it is unlikely to develop any mental illnesses because of taking the psychedelic. With that said, nutmeg isn’t nearly as safe as most other psychedelics.

People who have taken a teaspoon or more of nutmeg report that the taste is extremely unpleasant. Many psychonauts say that nutmeg tastes as bad as if you were to eat a spoon of salt. This is why it is best to mix nutmeg in a fruit juice or something sweet to decrease the taste.

Keep the spice in a cold dark place, preferably with no air. Do not grind your nutmeg before you store it because nutmeg powder loses potency extremely fast.

Eat a little bit of food before the trip. Do not overeat before you take nutmeg because the drug can make you vomit.

Those who don’t want to experience any long-term neurotoxic effects
Immature people who are not willing to follow the safety guidelines
People who suffer from psychosis
People who have a familial history of schizophrenia
Those who suffer from HPPD
People who are going through a manic phase of bipolar disorder
If you’re going through extremely challenging times, you can take psychedelics but the trips might be unpleasant, beware of that

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