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@morothar

Where do you get white lotus? Are there other methods of ingestion than vaping?

@yourautisticlife I personally get it from a seller on amazon, dried whole blossoms. Make sure that the latin name matches, as it can go by different names.

There are people who smoke blue lotus (similar ingredients) so I' guessing you could do that. Also, a traditional way is to put 1-3 blossoms into a bottle of wine and wait for 24h to let the alcohol extract the ingredients. But I don't know how micro-dosing would work in that case.

I ground up the blossom, put it in a container and then use small amounts (haven't measured yet, probably at most ~1/10th of a blossom) in my herb vaporizer. I like to go for a temperature of 160-165°C. But I'm still experimenting. And in the end, like with adhd meds, personal optimal dosage might be very different for each individial.

@yourautisticlife Nymphaea Alba has a less sedating effect and I feel less "dreamy" compared to N. Caerulea. I do have the latter and I like to use it for meditation / long thoughtful walks, it supports introspective thinking. With N. Alba I don't feel sleepy, just a bit more serene and mentally relaxed. For me, being a programmer and a team lead, I feel like I can work just as effectively, if not a bit less distracted. (I don't operate heavy machinery ever, no idea if it would be bad for that.)

Also, N. Caerulea is great for dream enhancement. N. Alba also let me have dreams while sleeping again, but I wait about 30mins after vaping it before going to bed, because sometimes it lead to lots of cold sweat if I went to bed right away. Don't know why, just a weird side effect that sometimes happened (but never happens when I wait a bit). In any case, N. Caerulea is definitely better for dream enhancement.