Hi everyone 
I've been trying to digest as much information from the FAQ section and links from it for a few weeks now and would firstly than all those involved with the FAQ creation for their hard work. There is so much more for me to read and learn but I just wanted to pop in, thank y'all for such an information packed forum.
I'm a 49 year old Englishman living in France Europe and became interested in psychedelics a few years ago when I became aware of their medicinal properties. I'm Bi-polar and believed to also suffer from Aspergers syndrome, my Bi-polar has proven to be resistant to main stream pharmaceutical treatments and in some cases these drugs worsened my condition. I'm also a long term Cannabis smoker.
Initially I tried psilocybin mushrooms that I grew from a kit to see if they could help lessen my depressive episodes. I was very cautious during the first few times consuming psilocybin and steadily built up to taking between 3g and 5g per dose. I have found these doses both very nice recreationally and in re-setting my repetitive negative thought patterns. Psilocybin has certainly been the most effective treatment that I had encountered for clearly lifting my depressive thoughts and more. This revelation led to yet more reading and an every increasing interest in psychedelics and ethnobotanicals. As my psilocybin supply began to noticeably decrease I decided to experiment with LSD to help treat my conditions.
During this time I also became aware of ayahuasca and it's healing properties this in turn spiked my interest in DMT and led me here to dmt-nexus and which, I hope, will lead me to being able to extract my own DMT.
The decision to want to extract DMT had been almost instantaneous though I'd never tried DMT. I'm unsure if it was more of a curiosity or a calling as my whole life perspective has begun to shift since first trying psilocybin. Again I'm uncertain if this is leading me down a more spiritual path and or I'm becoming a psyconaut, even when I'm not 100% certain what a pscyonaut or spiritualist is. What is clear though is that I believe that Psychedelics can benefit me and therefore benefit others close to me as my thought processes change.
So anywho before I attempt my 1st extraction I decided that experimenting with DMT would probably be a good idea. Making changa or enhanced leaf sounds very interesting but I decide that I'd 1st try vaporising DMT.
I tentatively attempted to weigh 50mg of crystal that I wanted to vaporise using a crude contraption made from a bottomless bottle, tin foil and a lighter. I goofed up a little but did manage to take two deep hits. While holding the second hit, I was astounded by the constant wave of closed eye visuals I was experiencing coupled with a warm sensation and a feeling of utter bliss. All too soon this ended with a very gentle re-entry. By my approximation this had lasted not much more then 4 minutes. I was also very surprised at the afterglow sensation that I was experiencing.
A few days later, I decide I'd try and vaporise a larger amount but this time I wanted to use my extreme Q vaporiser. Using a small square of tin foil, I pushed it into the glass bowl of my extreme q using the blunt end of a pen and fashioned a deep tin foil bowl within the glass bowl. I tested the air resistance before firing up the vaporizer and set the temperature at 190ºC. Having loaded the bowl with an estimated 100mg I placed it upon the heating element and attached the collection bag, used a timer and waited 1 minute before turning the fan on to inflate the bag with DMT vapours. I was a little on edge and nervous that my tech would fail and became concerned that I was not seeing the thick vapours that I'd read about. Cautiously I increased the temperature but could still not see thick vapour being produced. However I could smell DMT and the smell was increasing. I waited for the bag to fill. When it had, I quickly turned off the vape, took hold of the bag and sat back into my reclining gaming chair.
First hit confirmed the presence of DMT through taste and a warming sensation.
Second hit and I closed my eyes as wavy swirling visuals began.
Third hit is when shit got real.
I recall mentally counting down as I held my breath when I exhaled I felt as though I'd never stop exhaling. The wavy gentle swirling visuals had ceased and I was in an infinity space with a grey background. No top, sides, walls or floor just grey and a slight nagging feeling that this would be my last hit as my DMT supply had been exhausted. As suddenly as I'd arrived in this grey space a new visual effect commenced accompanied by a sound that I couldn't comprehend. I tied to reassure myself that I was ok and felt as though someone or something else was also trying to reassure me that I'd be ok. The new visuals were in the form of rectangular blocks of various sizes. They appeared to contain some type of hieroglyphic texts that somewhat reminded me of Mayan carvings. These blocks of texts were constantly changing in appearance, size and format from vertical to horizontal and the sound was increasing. I was becoming overwhelmed by the experience when suddenly I began to repeat the experience. Time and time again I looped from the moment of my third hit and the visuals commencing. For a moment I felt as though I was receiving an answer to a question I'd not asked but could not comprehend the answer. My pineal gland felt as though it was transmitting or receiving information. Then for a moment time itself dissolved or ceased to exist ? During this moment I remember trying to remain calm though this was beginning to be very difficult. Then I was stuck in my time loop again, starting from the moment of my third exhale. It felt like I returned to this exact same point in time over and over and over a countless number of times. At the same time this experience was happening faster and faster and louder and louder with what I now think sounded like was a kind of 80s gaming video bleeps and music. This was overwhelming me and as much as I tried to calm myself I needed to open my eyes and gather my senses. Even this, opening my eyes, did little to first stop the experience. I called out to my partner who was in bed upstairs for help, she didn't hear me, I didn't want to alarm her and again tried to gather my senses and resist the DMT experience. The blocks of hieroglyphic texts were flashing before my eyes, now in a vivid electric green the noise was diminishing and the walls of the room were pulsing the furniture fixtures and fittings all looked fake and it took a moment for me to accept that I was back in my home sitting in my chair that I'd taken my third and final hit ( for now) of DMT just 12 minutes previously. I continued to resist the remaining DMT in my body and began to text message a friend as to describe my trip. It's now been approximately 19hrs since my trip. All day long I keep recalling some other little detail about the trip much as I do about some of my dreams.The hieroglyphic text blocks and the noise/bleeps/music have been very much in my thoughts whenever my mind has wondered from doing my daily chores. For sure this was a bizarre experience that I feel I'll be contemplating for a very long time.
I hope I've not bored you all to much but feel much better for having taken the time to best try and describe what happened for me in this combined introduction and trip report.
cheers everyone
I've been trying to digest as much information from the FAQ section and links from it for a few weeks now and would firstly than all those involved with the FAQ creation for their hard work. There is so much more for me to read and learn but I just wanted to pop in, thank y'all for such an information packed forum.
I'm a 49 year old Englishman living in France Europe and became interested in psychedelics a few years ago when I became aware of their medicinal properties. I'm Bi-polar and believed to also suffer from Aspergers syndrome, my Bi-polar has proven to be resistant to main stream pharmaceutical treatments and in some cases these drugs worsened my condition. I'm also a long term Cannabis smoker.
Initially I tried psilocybin mushrooms that I grew from a kit to see if they could help lessen my depressive episodes. I was very cautious during the first few times consuming psilocybin and steadily built up to taking between 3g and 5g per dose. I have found these doses both very nice recreationally and in re-setting my repetitive negative thought patterns. Psilocybin has certainly been the most effective treatment that I had encountered for clearly lifting my depressive thoughts and more. This revelation led to yet more reading and an every increasing interest in psychedelics and ethnobotanicals. As my psilocybin supply began to noticeably decrease I decided to experiment with LSD to help treat my conditions.
During this time I also became aware of ayahuasca and it's healing properties this in turn spiked my interest in DMT and led me here to dmt-nexus and which, I hope, will lead me to being able to extract my own DMT.
The decision to want to extract DMT had been almost instantaneous though I'd never tried DMT. I'm unsure if it was more of a curiosity or a calling as my whole life perspective has begun to shift since first trying psilocybin. Again I'm uncertain if this is leading me down a more spiritual path and or I'm becoming a psyconaut, even when I'm not 100% certain what a pscyonaut or spiritualist is. What is clear though is that I believe that Psychedelics can benefit me and therefore benefit others close to me as my thought processes change.
So anywho before I attempt my 1st extraction I decided that experimenting with DMT would probably be a good idea. Making changa or enhanced leaf sounds very interesting but I decide that I'd 1st try vaporising DMT.
I tentatively attempted to weigh 50mg of crystal that I wanted to vaporise using a crude contraption made from a bottomless bottle, tin foil and a lighter. I goofed up a little but did manage to take two deep hits. While holding the second hit, I was astounded by the constant wave of closed eye visuals I was experiencing coupled with a warm sensation and a feeling of utter bliss. All too soon this ended with a very gentle re-entry. By my approximation this had lasted not much more then 4 minutes. I was also very surprised at the afterglow sensation that I was experiencing.
A few days later, I decide I'd try and vaporise a larger amount but this time I wanted to use my extreme Q vaporiser. Using a small square of tin foil, I pushed it into the glass bowl of my extreme q using the blunt end of a pen and fashioned a deep tin foil bowl within the glass bowl. I tested the air resistance before firing up the vaporizer and set the temperature at 190ºC. Having loaded the bowl with an estimated 100mg I placed it upon the heating element and attached the collection bag, used a timer and waited 1 minute before turning the fan on to inflate the bag with DMT vapours. I was a little on edge and nervous that my tech would fail and became concerned that I was not seeing the thick vapours that I'd read about. Cautiously I increased the temperature but could still not see thick vapour being produced. However I could smell DMT and the smell was increasing. I waited for the bag to fill. When it had, I quickly turned off the vape, took hold of the bag and sat back into my reclining gaming chair.
First hit confirmed the presence of DMT through taste and a warming sensation.
Second hit and I closed my eyes as wavy swirling visuals began.
Third hit is when shit got real.
I recall mentally counting down as I held my breath when I exhaled I felt as though I'd never stop exhaling. The wavy gentle swirling visuals had ceased and I was in an infinity space with a grey background. No top, sides, walls or floor just grey and a slight nagging feeling that this would be my last hit as my DMT supply had been exhausted. As suddenly as I'd arrived in this grey space a new visual effect commenced accompanied by a sound that I couldn't comprehend. I tied to reassure myself that I was ok and felt as though someone or something else was also trying to reassure me that I'd be ok. The new visuals were in the form of rectangular blocks of various sizes. They appeared to contain some type of hieroglyphic texts that somewhat reminded me of Mayan carvings. These blocks of texts were constantly changing in appearance, size and format from vertical to horizontal and the sound was increasing. I was becoming overwhelmed by the experience when suddenly I began to repeat the experience. Time and time again I looped from the moment of my third hit and the visuals commencing. For a moment I felt as though I was receiving an answer to a question I'd not asked but could not comprehend the answer. My pineal gland felt as though it was transmitting or receiving information. Then for a moment time itself dissolved or ceased to exist ? During this moment I remember trying to remain calm though this was beginning to be very difficult. Then I was stuck in my time loop again, starting from the moment of my third exhale. It felt like I returned to this exact same point in time over and over and over a countless number of times. At the same time this experience was happening faster and faster and louder and louder with what I now think sounded like was a kind of 80s gaming video bleeps and music. This was overwhelming me and as much as I tried to calm myself I needed to open my eyes and gather my senses. Even this, opening my eyes, did little to first stop the experience. I called out to my partner who was in bed upstairs for help, she didn't hear me, I didn't want to alarm her and again tried to gather my senses and resist the DMT experience. The blocks of hieroglyphic texts were flashing before my eyes, now in a vivid electric green the noise was diminishing and the walls of the room were pulsing the furniture fixtures and fittings all looked fake and it took a moment for me to accept that I was back in my home sitting in my chair that I'd taken my third and final hit ( for now) of DMT just 12 minutes previously. I continued to resist the remaining DMT in my body and began to text message a friend as to describe my trip. It's now been approximately 19hrs since my trip. All day long I keep recalling some other little detail about the trip much as I do about some of my dreams.The hieroglyphic text blocks and the noise/bleeps/music have been very much in my thoughts whenever my mind has wondered from doing my daily chores. For sure this was a bizarre experience that I feel I'll be contemplating for a very long time.
I hope I've not bored you all to much but feel much better for having taken the time to best try and describe what happened for me in this combined introduction and trip report.
cheers everyone
