Trip-E Happy Caps

1. Trip-E Happy Caps

Trip-E is the only cap in the Happy Caps range rated five stars for psychedelic effect, and the formula is correspondingly simple: 150 mg of Hawaiian baby woodrose with just 20 mg of caffeine behind it.

That is double the woodrose of Space-E and half the caffeine. The psychedelic ingredient is the point here rather than an accent, which changes how the cap should be approached.

One practical note. We also list this cap as a four-piece pack at a different price. As far as we can tell these are the same product under two catalogue entries, and we are consolidating them — if you are comparing the two listings, that is why they look identical. Check the pack size before ordering, and ask us if it is not clear.

2. Specifications

2.1 Manufacturer’s profile

3. Onset and nausea

LSA has two characteristics that cause almost all of the difficulty people report with it, and both are manageable if you know about them in advance:

3.1 Onset is slow

1. Reports commonly put it around an hour, sometimes longer, and longer still on a full stomach — which is why the instructions specify an empty one.
2. Which is the trap. Forty minutes in, nothing has happened, and a second capsule seems reasonable. Then both arrive together.
3. Give it ninety minutes. Set a timer if you need to. This single rule prevents most bad evenings with any LSA product.
4. And take it early. A slow onset plus several hours of effect means an evening dose runs well into the night.

3.2 Nausea is normal

• It is the most consistently reported effect of LSA, across every preparation and every source. Expect some.
• It usually settles once the experience establishes itself, generally within the first hour or so.
• An empty stomach speeds onset and worsens nausea. That is the trade-off the instructions are making, and it is a reasonable one for a capsule where the amount is fixed.
• Ginger helps, genuinely and cheaply. Tea or the crystallised kind, half an hour before.
• Do not take it lying flat and unattended. This is the practical safety point that follows from expecting nausea.

And the standing caution for anything containing LSA: it constricts blood vessels, so nobody with a cardiovascular condition, high blood pressure or a circulatory problem should take it.

4. Cautions

• You must be over 18 to buy or use this.
• This is a supplement, not a meal, and the stated maximum is a maximum.
• Never take it alongside prescription medication or another stimulant, energy drinks and coffee included.
• Absolutely not with MAO inhibitors.
• Avoid entirely if you have heart problems, blood pressure that is too high or too low, a thyroid or kidney condition, or if you take anything for depression or anxiety.
• Not for use in pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
• Be careful with alcohol — stimulants hide its effects rather than cancelling them.
• Heat and dehydration are the real risk on a dance floor. Drink water steadily and step outside now and then.
• Store out of reach of children.
• Contains 150 mg Hawaiian baby woodrose (LSA), a vasoconstrictor. Not for anyone with a cardiovascular condition, high blood pressure or a circulatory problem.
• Nausea is expected rather than exceptional. Do not take it lying flat and unattended.

Forty minutes in, nothing has happened, and a second capsule seems reasonable. Then both arrive at once. Ninety minutes, every time.