DOSE:	5 seeds	oral	H.B. Woodrose	(edible / food)
	450 mg		Pharms - Bupropion	(daily)

BODY WEIGHT:

130 lb

Currently taking: 450mg Wellbutrin everyday, as well as BC pills. I procured 5 Hawaiian baby rosewood seeds from a local headshop in town. I had done a lot of research on them, including previous people’s trip reports and the different methods on how to prepare/ ingest them, before I decided to do them.

I had planned to take them about 8am in the morning, knowing that the trip was to last a good 6-8 hours. Unfortunately, my entire dorm was awoken at about 7:45am to the horrendous noise of the fire alarm. We all filed out and waited in the cold and rain until the security guards let us know we could go back in – false alarm. I went back to my room and, having a slight headache, decided to go back to sleep.

I didn’t wake up until 12pm, and then began to get ready for the trip. I had left the seeds to soak in water for about 20 hours, thinking that this would soften them and make them easier to chew, for I did not have a coffee grinder or anything on hand really to crush the seeds. I was ready to chew the seeds, but upon trying this, realized they were still too hard. So I emptied them into a bowl and proceeded to scrape off the brown husks. This took forever, but I actually enjoyed the meticulousness of the activity.

So here’s the actual trip report:

Approx. 1 pm – Chewed up the five seeds, gagging a bit now and then, and kept the mash in my mouth.
+ 10 min – I swallowed the gross mash of seeds and saliva, with much effort. I felt the need to throw up, but it was more of a gag reflex.

+ 20 min – Nausea rearing its ugly head just a little bit. Listening to music is very relaxing, though I usually find this to be the case. Don’t think I’m feeling anything yet.

+ 40 min – Threw up, though I kept telling myself, “You’re not going to throw up, you’re not going to throw up.” But I did, and rather violently (or projectile-ly) in my dorm room sink. I’m hoping the seeds had time to metabolize, and I’m also hoping that the yellow liquidy stuff I threw up was only the peppermint tea I drank after consuming the seeds to, ironically enough, lessen the nausea. I feel so much better now though!

+ 50 min – Well, damn. Pretty sure I just threw up the seeds, along with the raspberry yogurt I thought would make a good base in my stomach for the seeds to rest upon. I was apparently wrong. I really hope this still works; the throwing up wasn’t so bad since it was mostly liquid stuff (I made sure to have yogurt for breakfast for this reason), but I don’t like throwing up for no good reason. Not sure if this has to do with the throwing up or if it is an effect of the seeds, but my eyes are really bloodshot.

+ 1 hr 20 min – Perhaps feeling some effects? Watching Glee right now and not really able to focus. I looked at my door and the corner of the room and thought I saw the walls not exactly moving, but morphing? It also seems that, if I stare at the room for a while, it starts to seem like it is a little off kilter, like it is turning crooked. I’m finding it hard to explain this right now, I think my thoughts are becoming jumbled. I can just tell by how I’m writing, questioning everything. I am really hungry, seeing as I’m pretty sure I threw up all the yogurt I had for breakfast, but I’m afraid to eat anything for fear of throwing up.

+ 1 hr 30 min – Feeling very relaxed. Nausea coming back, though I’m not sure if it’s from the seeds or from hunger. I’ll tell you what though, this body feeling that is creeping up on me is making me miss ecstasy. I want to roll so badly!

+ 1 hr 37 min – Okay, okay, I think I’m feeling something now. Listening to “Ecstasy” by ATB (lmao, inspired by my desire to roll), and it seems louder, more intense, I’m hearing instrumental parts in the song I overlooked before, all the classic signs of being under the influence that can be realized by listening to music. Feeling sooo relaxed, like I could fall into a deep, amazing sleep, but I don’t think my body will let me, nor do I want to sleep through this experience. I’m becoming more loquacious, which I tend to do on pretty much every drug except for the more stony strains of marijuana.

+ 1 hr 45 min – Forget what I just said, I just got this rush of energy, feel like dancing! Practicing lightshow moves (totally in a MDMA mood right now) and getting really into it, finding them easier to do than before, holy shit, it’s like I just snorted Adderall. Laughing to myself, at myself, in a good way, creating new lightshow moves, this is awesome!

+ 1 hr 56 min – Feeling amazing, so glad it worked out and that I didn’t throw up all of the seeds, or that some of it had the chance to get into my system before I threw them up. Did not expect to get this energetic burst!

+ 2 hr 4 min – Wow, I can’t believe it’s been two hours already. I am struck by a bit of a philosophical burst as well – looking through the songs on my iPod, I avoid certain ones because they have certain connotations to them, i.e. they almost “belong” to a certain person, place, or time. Sometimes I add so much extra baggage to a song, so much significance, that I actually can’t listen to it for fear of emotional upheaval. So I’m listening to “Moar Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” by deadmau5 right now. It doesn’t have any words for me to get attached to, just a sweet beat, although I do relate it to my friends who I roll with most often, and I’m almost having a rollback to a lightshow my friend gave to this song.

Just an aside, songs seem to go by really fast, as opposed to weed where I’m usually like, “Isn’t this song supposed to be over by now?!” and it’s only on the second verse. I’m typing unusually quickly, well I’m a fast typist anyways, but I seem to be going at it with much more gusto right now, making a lot of noise as I pound on the keys.

+ 2 hrs 24 min – I’m having a good time writing about stuff right now. I will return later with more details/ effects.

+ 4 hrs 19 min – WOW. Went outside on a nature walk through the forest part of campus, and it was absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never seen so many different shades of green in my entire life. I am wearing this pink tank top and my toenails are painted pink, and I know this sounds strange, but I felt like a rose walking through the forest.

It was one of the most beautiful and breathtaking experiences of my life, and oh, how simple it was! I saw birds and bunnies going about their business, and they seemed not to mind me one bit! It was as if they knew I was connected with nature through the seeds, and did not run away from me as I got closer to them. I have never felt closer to, more in tune with nature in my entire life. I’ve never really been an outdoors person, but oh my, with these seeds you must venture outside. It is simply beautiful. The colors of the leaves on the trees, they blend together so perfectly. It seems as if I saw colors I’ve never seen before. Being in that forest, I was at my most content. It was just amazing, I am awestruck at the effect being in the forest had on me.

I looked up to the sky, only coming through in little bits through the trees, and the trees danced and swayed, and seemed to be waving hello to me! I regretted for a second that I hadn’t brought my iPod with me, but then thought that nature’s music was enough. I listened to the birds chirping, the rustling of the shrubs from the wind, and just the beautiful way the leaves on the trees touched each other and made such sounds. I am awestruck, I have to say it again.

I am studying abroad in England right now, and my dad keeps telling me that out of all my experiences, the ones I’ll remember most are the ones where I stepped away from everyone, closed my eyes, and just listened, and just felt. I will have to tell him all about this experience, because I believe it was one of the most amazing I’ve ever had.

While I was in the forest, enjoying the trees, birds, and bunnies, I couldn’t help but think that I’d love to have someone with me to share this experience with. Not even a lover, just someone. I told myself, I could be with a complete stranger, but if they were on the seeds as well, we would be connected for life. The next time I do these, which I think I will, despite all the throwing up, I’m going to do them with a friend, for sure.

And hah! Just before I went outside I was thinking to myself, “Man, it didn’t work that well. I threw up too soon.” Boy, was I wrong! Being in nature intensified my trip tenfold. I’m so glad I went outside. If LSD is anything like what I experienced in the forest, please, sign me up immediately. It was as if, and forgive me if this is somewhat of a drug cliché, but it was as if my world had been turned on in HD. Things seemed just more clear-cut, the leaves were so detailed and apparent to me, and every sound, every touch of the wind on my skin was much the same. As an aside, I bought an ice cream treat just before I went in the forest. I ate it in the forest, and it was delicious, but it was as if all my other senses were being so overloaded that I barely noticed I was eating it at all.

+ 5 hr 42 min – I believe I am coming down now. I’m still excited about music, and I danced around my room for a bit as I folded my laundry. I’m a little disappointed I didn’t really get any visual effects from the seeds (minus the forest experience) – I knew I wasn’t going to hallucinate, but I don’t think I even had any CEVs.

Overall though, it was a good experience, but mostly when I was outdoors. I didn’t really truly “feel” it until then. But what an experience the forest was on these seeds. Interconnectivity with the world is a huge theme on these seeds, from what I’ve read, and I definitely experienced this. It was the defining moment of the trip – I would’ve been very disappointed had I not gone outside.

It was a very light trip – at no point did I feel that I couldn’t have, say, talked to my parents or held a normal conversation. I was very much in control the entire time. I will definitely try Hawaiian baby rosewood seeds again, but this next time, I will work on a better extraction method, one that will hopefully not leave me throwing up so much.

Aftereffects: The next day, I had a sense of such wellbeing and just this feeling of, “Wow, my life is good.” I was smiling, mellow all day, just feeling good about myself and where I am in my life, grateful for all I have, peaceful, and very content. I don’t know if this was still the effects of the seeds lingering or just a new found appreciation because of my forest experience, but I noticed the colors of the leaves on the trees more than I usually do, and laughed to myself as I passed them, the flowers, the grass, thinking how beautifully the colors blended together. I passed by this one tree in particular, one that I pass by everyday without a thought on the way to class, but I literally stopped in my tracks and stared up at its leaves, thinking to myself, “Have I ever seen this color before?!”

Exp Year: 2010	ExpID: 86722
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: 20
Published: May 2, 2025	Views: 37
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