My Experience's are about the Same. No big rush but just an overwhelming feeling of Well being sometimes if it is really hot a feeling of giddyness will overcome me and people will accuse me of using other "herbs" that are out their...... but it really is a way to relax during a stressful day .... -Chris At 10:12 AM 7/19/98 -0700, Senor Chile Monger wrote: >I definitely feel the effect of capsaicin-induced endorphin release, but, >for the most part, it isn't a mind-reeling, knee-buckling, "mercy, I'm >meetin' my Maker" sort of feeling. It's more of a general feeling of >relaxed well being. An example: I sat on a committee that was working on a >large networking project and one of the engineers and I were at odds most of >the time. There were times when I would come out of those Friday afternoon >meetings nearly apoplectic. One Friday Santa Esperanza de la Habanero >brought me a small bag of Habaneros from her garden. I ate two of them with >my lunch that day. At the meeting that afternoon I was relaxed, focused, >and, for the most part, unflappable. I started making Habaneros with lunch >a Friday tradition! > >In Chiles, > >Doug >