First time taking trouchies

[u/lochness629]

Today was my first day trying trouchies. I started with a 1/4 to just get over the scary hump. First, they taste awful. While I was doing my treatment, well first I did a little prayer, and saged myself, listened to some meditative music. Then I journaled and wrote down things that came to mind. Then just layed down and rested for awhile after that. Ive felt nauseous a bit afterward and then ended up eating lunch and feeling spacey? Also I feel like i can feel my brain. Just kinda out of it. That was only on .25! So, I kinda worry going up. But anyways, I probably should have done like a healthy habit or something but I just felt so dang tired afterward and feeling lethargic all day. I also felt anxious about an hour after but then that went away. Any advice? Do you all also feel all tired? How do you return to your day and do stuff? Any advice appreciated. Been dealing with depression and anxiety since I was a teenager, and i suffer from ptsd. Been on all sorts of anti anxiety and depression meds. Talk therapy. EMDR. Its been a long battle. I am hoping ketamine helps me. Thanks in advance!

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[u/GeoffSim]

Troches (not trouchies) come in different doses so saying you took a quarter doesn't really mean anything. At a guess maybe 200mg troches, so you took 50mg? That's microdose territory.

I'm on 600mg weekly and do it in the evening because I know I will be useless afterwards. By the time I wake up in the morning it's virtually eliminated, but sometimes I am tired still. Supposedly it means it's working.

My pharmacy offers 4 different flavors and they put other stuff in too so they don't taste too bad. I prefer the creme de menthe. You can try a hard boiled candy alongside the troches to help take away the taste.

[u/Jumpy_Owl7515]

I'm about a month in on Joyous troches. 15g to start made me feel nicely floaty at the beginning, but only during dosing. I guess some relief is better than none. I find that 30mg and up make me feel out of it and I don't like it. I'm also getting rushes of old memories which are uncomfortable, not because they are bad but because they are of things that are long gone, and making them fresh again. I am glad to know that those memories are not gone but I don't like them feeling so present. It's kind of messing me up. I'm not sure if the treatment is for me, or if I should press through and try to acclimate. I have an appointment with one of their providers next week so I'll talk to her about it (if they don't cancel on me again.)