Names people actually use. What the experience is often described like. What researchers are studying. Where the biggest cautions live.
One part field guide. One part evidence map. Always a work in progress.“Commonly described” reflects recurring experience reports, not a promise of what anyone will feel. Research labels describe the maturity of a specific evidence area—not whether a medicine is safe, legal, or appropriate for an individual.
C₁₂H₁₇N₂O₄PAlso calledMagic mushrooms · Shrooms · Mushies
Sensory amplification, time distortion, emotional depth, inward focus, and sometimes awe or connection.
Depression · Anxiety · Alcohol-use disorder
C₁₁H₁₅NO₂Also calledMolly · Ecstasy · E
Warmth, openness, energy, closeness, and increased emotional or tactile intensity.
PTSD · Social anxiety
C₁₃H₁₆ClNOAlso calledKet · K · Special K
A floaty, dreamlike sense of distance from the body, surroundings, pain, or everyday thought.
Depression · Chronic pain
C₂₀H₂₅N₃OAlso calledAcid · Lucy · Blotter
Long-lasting visual texture, energized thought, unusual associations, and a stretched sense of time.
Anxiety · Alcohol-use disorder
C₁₂H₁₆N₂Also calledN,N-DMT · Dimitri · The spirit molecule
A fast, immersive shift in imagery, space, body awareness, and sense of self.
Depression · Healthy volunteers
C₂₀H₂₆N₂OAlso calledIboga alkaloid · Iboga-derived
A long, often demanding, dreamlike experience with vivid autobiographical imagery and reflection.
Opioid-use disorder · Addiction
Profiles are being built one at a time so the practical, experiential, historical, safety, and research layers can live together without flattening any of them.