BCB, I didn't get to copy it down either. I PM'd Kin last week about the thread being deleted but have not heard back. A real mystery considering all the time and effort put into it over the past year.
What happened to DVAP, Kinabaloo, Tceight, and the other experimenters? Nobody has posted any WTA results for quite some time. I was hoping that someone would at least post a step by step process on a video and not just images. I'm starting to get a little paranoid thinking that the tobacco industries had them and a few forum onlookers whacked off (no I don't mean it that way).
I'm wondering the same thing, Barney. Kinabaloo posted the entire process on a separate thread, then apparently deleted the whole thing (or the men in black deleted Kin AND the posts) and of course it happened before I could copy it all down, so now I'm screwed come armageddon. For the moment I'm stuck with the traditional vaping and snus combo.
Thanks BCB. They probably got bought off by the tobacco companies. Either that or they all got together to patent it and make some profits. I hope the later and can't blame them if so. We'll just have to wait a little longer. I did see this happening a few months ago but didn't want to suggest anything to ruin it for us all (if I didn't already...oops).
BCB, I didn't get to copy it down either. I PM'd Kin last week about the thread being deleted but have not heard back. A real mystery considering all the time and effort put into it over the past year.
Yeah, it's a bummer. I'd appreciate a PM from you if you get a response from Kin. I figured out we can re-create the process by sifting through this thread and the MAOI thread because those posts have not been deleted, but it would sure take a long time and whenever they get into the chemistry I become hopelessly lost.
Yeah, it's a bummer. I'd appreciate a PM from you if you get a response from Kin. I figured out we can re-create the process by sifting through this thread and the MAOI thread because those posts have not been deleted, but it would sure take a long time and whenever they get into the chemistry I become hopelessly lost.
There are other chemicals in Tribulus besides β-carbolines. While it's the β-carbolines that interest us, this plant is used by weightlifters for another set of chemicals it contains, chemicals called steroid saponins. If you encounter Tribulus extract at a health food store, it's an extract of these chemicals, with the MAOIs removed.
Well, this thread clearly continues to fascinate - and although it has been one heck of a long time since I contributed here a couple of things seem to have come up recently which have given me the necessary 'push'.
First up: I'm really not sure why folk seem to feel so cheated by the fact that DVap's WTA extraction method is not publicly available. Mydnight's recent post regarding the use of some pretty nasty solvents only hints at some of the problems - you need to be able to remove these solvents again with expert precision before there's any chance of the resulting product being at all 'safe' (as in not actively dangerous) to vape, or in fact consume by any method.
BCB freely admitted "whenever they get into the chemistry I become hopelessly lost" despite apparently being keen to have access to the details. Please believe this is NOT intended as a criticism, but everything I've read to date about DVap's methods left me feeling that his version of WTA just simply isn't something that even the most determined enthusiast would have the expertise, equipment and materials needed to produce safely. I really wish it were otherwise, too!
I still haven't even plucked up the courage to try out Virk's water extraction method described at post #2516, which would seem the logical place for the unqualified (like me) to start our own experiments. If I've missed reports from others trying this one out, please forgive me; ECF's just so darn huge these days!
The other area which is causing me some very real concern is related to attempts to nail down alternative sources of these magical MAOIs which some of us, and I am including myself here, seem to miss so very much.
To put this into context, I suspect I fall into DVap's Group 3 quartile of those who were not only dependent on nicotine but also those (now missing) MAOIs. Don't get me wrong, I'm still incredibly pleased that I've managed to stay tobacco-free by changing to vaping; this has made a huge difference to me. However, I've also rather unfortunately been battling depression for better than half of my life. I'd been aware since first hearing about MAOIs in tobacco smoke (late 1990's?) that there was a better-than-even chance that one of the reasons I'd always failed in my attempts to quit smoking was that I'd been self-medicating with tobacco - I'd even tried to justify my failure in just those terms.
The medications I'm currently taking are actually working a little better than most I've been prescribed over the years, but I still miss what I'm not getting from e-cigs and would dearly love to get that back again without having to resort to burning tobacco. I tried snus a few years ago prior to discovering e-cigs and didn't get on with it at all. My vaping can vary enormously from one day to the next, as I sometimes feel pretty stable despite not vaping very much at all but on other days just cannot seem to stop more or less compulsively dragging and dragging on my e-cigs. Hiking the nicotine strength doesn't always put a stop to that, and can lead to the start of overdose effects which are basically pretty counter-productive.
Getting back to my point, my history does mean I've had rather more experience of having my brain chemistry messed with than many people by the various pharmaceuticals that I've been exposed to over the years, which in some cases I certainly wish I hadn't. Trying to get it through to a medic that being turned into a suicidal zombie does not constitute an improvement when you feel as if you can barely string a sentence together is not easy! There's an unpleasant likelihood they will suggest that you should try taking it for longer in order to "see the benefits"... and this at a time when you barely have the confidence to make a decision whether to stand up or sit down...
I am just rather worried that experimenting with other plant-based psychoactive alkaloids found in the likes of Passionflower, Syrian Rue and now Tribulus carries some quite considerable risks. It does tend to put vapers rather over the border into 'alternative' territory where the information it is possible to locate is not necessarily the most accurate... to put it politely.
I also Googled Tribulus and found various contradictory things being said about it, many in what appeared to be fairly authoritative fashion - including the possibility of being supplied with something that wasn't actually Tribulus at all! Given it's apparent status as 'aphrodisiac' or 'male performance enhancer' the price certainly varies one heck of a lot. Having been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years isn't necessarily a recommendation either - think tiger bones? And as for dosage...
If you believe the hype for some of the herbal supplements currently available you can convince yourself that they can cure just about everything - being so pure and natural and all. Yeah, sure; but they CAN also be seriously toxic, also cause horrendous unwanted side-effects and particularly when it is your brain chemistry you're proposing to muck around with, cause very real and potentially dangerous (even lethal) drug interactions.
I really, really don't want to pop Barney's balloon, he may just have hit on something brilliant; but by the same token I don't want to see anyone getting hurt either. Assuming he is male I don't imagine he would be too worried about claimed abortifacient effects (likely to cause miscarriage) found here: Tribulus terrestris - Arasi Lawrence Company but I'd feel much more comfortable if his statement about "just about the same betacarb profile as tobacco" had been accompanied by a link to where he came across such precise information - even more so to his assertion that "It's definitely a safe Maoi to freebase", though I'll confess I'm not entirely sure what he means by that.
I'd like to reiterate none of this is intended to be a criticism of anyone's sense of adventure or determination; but like Aprioristic I am kind of concerned about someone coming really badly unstuck from bad or misleading information.
So I'm going to paraphrase the old carpenter's phrase about 'measure twice, cut once'. Research at least twice as much as you think you need to before sinking your hard-earned money into this. If you find something that makes you pause and rethink the wisdom of going ahead, there's no shame in this whatsoever - and it is definitely better than making an error that puts you in hospital!
Not sure if anyone has tried supplementing with 5-HTP or if this would even help, but its a natural supplement which your body uses to create Serotonin and works as an anti depressant.
What happened to DVAP, Kinabaloo, Tceight, and the other experimenters? Nobody has posted any WTA results for quite some time. I was hoping that someone would at least post a step by step process on a video and not just images. I'm starting to get a little paranoid thinking that the tobacco industries had them and a few forum onlookers whacked off (no I don't mean it that way).
Have you had a chance to try the tribulus yet? I'm looking at ordering it now.Here's one of the links: Natural antidepressant remedies. Look to the bottom of the page for vegetal MOAIs.
In addition to that, here's what E-cigarette forum member grim_piper posted on 6-08-2010 regarding his passionflower sojourn......
"So in my promise to keep you updated here goes:
No adverse health reactions after two weeks.
I'm using about a drop per milliliter when the oral dosage on the bottle is 20-30 drops, thrice daily, so it's not a particularly high dosage.
I've eaten liver, fava beans and nice chianti with no headache etc, so at this dosage the effect of an MAOI-b and a regular diet doesn't seem to effect me.
No increased sun sensitivity.
My blood pressure is lower than when I started(107/65 on average) and the shortness of breath I had experienced before is greatly reduced. I'm wondering if those were more due to anxiety than overdone nicotine and PG.
I vape less and do not freak out if my e-cig is not at hand.
My cravings for analogs are practically nil and my mood is better.
I had two drags off a friend's cigarette about a week ago and handed it back with no desire to continue.
My only complaint is that the tincture I'm using seems to leave a residue on the cartomizer and has to be washed out more often.
So, for me, this seems to be working. I do not recommend it for others without severe caution to take it slow and monitor any possible adverse reactions. Read up all you can on harmine and related alkaloids as much as you can before you try any experiments."
I followed his lead with the passionflower mixture of one drop per twenty to thirty drops with e-liquid and got similar results. According to the above link, passionflower contains Quercetin as the principle whereas tribulus's principle is from the same as that of tobacco! ( Harmala / Harmine / harmalol )!! With the success I've had with passionflower, I'd have to be crazy not to give this one a try. I appreciate Tetsab and Tescela's prudence in this matter for everyone concerned, and I too am a little weary of possibly freebasing a steroid (although Native Americans seemed to do okay with it), but if people have been taking spoonfuls of the stuff forever, then how could one tiny drop in a mixture of twenty for a whole day be so dangerous not to mention that the drop is at least fifty percent diluted?
With that said I highly doubt I'll end up in the morgue as a stiff with a stiffy. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.
I actually just may put a couple of drops under my tongue and then start vaping. That way it won't make my flavors taste bad.Have you had a chance to try the tribulus yet? I'm looking at ordering it now.
I haven't been to the forums in a long time because I just gave up vaping and went back to smoking. Vaping just isn't the same and I'm pretty sure it has to do with the MAOIs. I thought I would try it again (ordered an EGO), but I know I'm going to have to have some MAOIs in some form or I can't do it.