Bizarre Experience - anyone experienced similar?

[Syzygy_Saint]

So as I write in the afterglow of the DMT experience, I'd like to share what's happened and find out if anyone has had a similar experience. I've used DMT a considerable amount, but this is a very strange experience that I've never had before.

I had a breakthrough dose, and as I started to return to baseline I exhaled and made a (semi)conscious decision not to immediately inhale and hold my breath.

I felt, at this point, to have the most intimate connection between mind and body, a synergy of sorts, as my body started to run out of air. I guess I reached a point where I needed to breathe, and at this moment I felt almost like a series of waves of 3-4, full body jolts/tremors which rushed from the top of my head downwards (I imagine it would feel like being electrocuted) which caused me to open my eyes in shock and take a deep breath.

I then tried to replicate the same thing straight away with identical results. Same physical awareness and tremor/jolts.

It almost felt like I was on the verge of 'death' described similarly by Alice Shulgin in PiHKAL.

Has anyone had a similar experience, or know what causes these tremors or jolts?

 

[۩]

Oxygen deprivation? Onset of on out of body experience? I don't know. I do know that tremors are a common thing to happen when dealing with infinite. Electric zaps. Let 'em happen and clap along.

What do you think they are?

 

[upload]

I haven't experienced the tremors, but the first few breaths after a long aya journey can be absolutely wonderful. On a few occasions, usually when everything clicks and the experience is deep, I find myself taking extremely deep breaths as I return from hyperspace. I remember wondering if this is how a baby feels when taking it's first breath. The feeling was wonderful. I assume that my breathing during the journey was very shallow and my body was in some level of oxygen debt after several hrs. Anyway, those deep breaths feel sooooo good!

 

[HumbleTraveler]

When I come down Ive never tried holding my breath. But I always love turning over on my side and laying down haha its such a nice, comfy feeling. Im going to try holding my breath.

 

[Guyomech]

I've had tremors a few times, pretty serious ones where my whole body kind of convulsed... G-G-G-G-G.... Teeth chattering, feet drumming on the ground. And I may be confabulating here but it seems that the strength of the tremors is in direct relation to the profundity of the experience. A strong dose where I didn't bring back anything significant, no tremors. A more moderate dose where I was allowed to bring back something significant or possibly life changing- tremors. Not sure about the breathing part though... I do sometimes forget to breathe, or start second-guessing the timing between breaths. I did once intentionally restrict my breathing during a superintense 5-MEO aya trip as a means of centering and calming myself, which worked pretty well.