Short Term
After the peak effects, normal awareness-of-self and the immediate surroundings return but lingering effects may be felt. These short-term lingering effects have a completely different character than the peak experience. About half of users report a pleasing 'afterglow', or pleasant state of mind following the main effects. Researchers from the University of California and California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute conducted a survey of 500 salvia users which identified that they 'sometimes or often' experience certain effects, including:
| Increased insight: 47% | Decreased insight: 1.8% |
| Improved mood: 44.8% | Worsened mood: 4.0% |
| Increased connection with Universe or Nature: 39.8% | Decreased connection with Universe or Nature: 5.4% |
| Increased sweating: 28.2% | Decreased sweating: 1.6% |
| Body felt warm or hot: 25.2% | Body felt cold: 6.4% |
| Increased self-confidence: 21.6% | Decreased self-confidence: 2.4% |
| Improved concentration: 19.4% | Difficulty concentrating: 12.0% |
Other commonly reported effects include:
- Feelings of calmness: 42.2%
- Weird thoughts: 36.4%
- Things seeming unreal: 32.4%
- Floating feelings: 32%
- Mind racing: 23.2%
- Feeling lightheaded: 22.2%
Read more about this topic: Salvia Divinorum, After-effects
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