Welcome! There is no exaggeration in the stories of great mystical experiences. You'll be amazed at how deep you can go, how astonishing the truths are that you'll encounter, how thoroughly you can be transformed in this way.

Great that you are starting slowly and doing your research. This is a great community for that, not only for reading about health and safety and all that other before-you-journey stuff, but also for sharing your experiences. It helps to have a supportive community when you come back down from an intense experience with your whole sense of reality blown apart. These are the folks to talk to.

In my own travels I started slowly on small doses of LSD and worked my way up... Probably didn't try DMT until I had almost a hundred acid and shroom trips under my belt. You can work your way up much faster than this if you want, but I would definitely recommend getting a bit of experience with the "slower" psychedelics before plunging headlong into hyperspace via DMT.

And it sounds like you're already moving in that direction. From what little I know of your story, it looks like you are trying to take control in a positive way. Best of luck!