Hello everyone.

[sginga]

hello, pretty new to psychedelics in general, tried lsd for the first time around April. I’ve been dipping my toes into DMT over the past few months. Not sure exactly what I was looking for, but I was not expecting just how profound it can be when I actually broke through. I am sure there is a chance that I will have terrifying experiences in the future, but so far I feel as though I have gained something I never knew I was missing.

I look forward to reading all the discussions on this forum and getting to talk with some likeminded people.

 

[JosBoaz]

pretty new to psychedelics in general

Welcome aboard & to the forum

Tip: what I can give is always to do proper research on dosage levels and start with a low amount. If possible, take ample rest between trips, frequent use of entheogens can cause psychotic episodes in some individuals who are prone to psychotic episodes.
Wishing you safe and happy journeys.

 

[sginga]

Welcome aboard & to the forum

Tip: what I can give is always to do proper research on dosage levels and start with a low amount. If possible, take ample rest between trips, frequent use of entheogens can cause psychotic episodes in some individuals who are prone to psychotic episodes.
Wishing you safe and happy journeys.

Thank you,

I had noticed that somewhat but I’m not sure quite. For context the biggest trip I had was earlier this evening, with a few smaller trips with a same similar theme.

From what I’d heard about DMT I was expecting a lot more abstraction and colors, and I certainly have had those experiences before and more abstract experiences as well, that have been both a little scary but also very beautiful. Last week I had this really great trip, where as I was coming down I was feeling bad about myself due to some stress and self criticism, but felt this overwhelming sense of love and felt like someone was telling me it’s okay to be me. That was the first time I’ve ever felt something like that and it was unexpected.

Last night and tonight I broke through (maybe, but I don’t know how else to describe it unless there really is a deeper level) with full ego death, In the moment I genuinely and wholeheartedly believe that I met god or some sort of creator. Just completely unravelling reality before gently placing me back in my body. My comedown lasts a while after that, I haven’t timed but maybe a couple of minutes.

I’ll likely take some time to reflect on the last trip, but I can see how a bad trip of that intensity could be equally as traumatic as this was fulfilling. I do find it interesting to look back at how my mental state changes during the comedown from genuine belief of interacting with god, to a questioning of the implications that our minds can construct such an experience. I do wonder if the distinction really matters.

If you know any papers regarding the risks of psychosis, I don’t have any history of mental illness in my family other than depressive episodes I’ve had in the past. I definitely need to read up more on the risks before I introduce this to anyone, as I know I’ve had good experiences so far, but I have also heard of the traumatic experiences some people have had. Though I thought I heard somewhere that the ratio of good to bad experiences leans closer to good experiences, I know there’s still not been a lot of clinical research performed with DMT yet.

 

[TransistorBass]

I try not to take other people’s experiences to heart too much as I prefer to keep myself open to whatever happens for me.
Be sure to write down your experiences, even a few notes taken in a session can make good reminders to remember more afterwards.

Yoga or meditation can be a good ‘warm up’ before hitting the DMT. And that post-session clarity is lovely.

Good Luck and Welcome.

 

[JosBoaz]

If you know any papers regarding the risks of psychosis, I don’t have any history of mental illness in my family other than depressive episodes I’ve had in the past. I definitely need to read up more on the risks before I introduce this to anyone, as I know I’ve had good experiences so far, but I have also heard of the traumatic experiences some people have had. Though I thought I heard somewhere that the ratio of good to bad experiences leans closer to good experiences, I know there’s still not been a lot of clinical research performed with DMT yet.

No, sorry, I do not know of any specific papers regarding the risk of psychosis. Unfortunately, I can't help you with that.
I was mainly speaking from personal observations, I had a friend who used to take high doses or frequent doses of what-ever-type-of-substance he could get his hands on. Including etheogens, and had a bunch of psychosis as a result of that.

One day another friend of ours gave us (I think it was one single dose of mushrooms) red dragon strain mushrooms, I don't remember the weight, but I think it was for one person. So we chopped it up, took some harmala and a small dose of DMT freebase that I had lying around, I think it was 80mg each.

1.75g P. Cubensis (if 3.5g is a normal dose and we cut it in half, I think this was the dose that we took)
8g Harmala (read the red warning, kindly do not replicate this dose simply because I state it here, thank you very much)
80mg freebase DMT (taken orally)

I used to prepare harmala seeds the same way, crushing 8g with the stem and mortar (which was a lot of work)
and then pour hot water from the water cooker over them, in a cup of around 220ml. This was a safe dose for a lot of people, but I gave the same dose to somebody else, and they had a severe adverse reaction from it. For the unexpected reader stumbling on this comment, kindly do not replicate this dose simply because you read that I used this dosage. Thank you very much.

I think this was the dose we took that night, while he and I did noticed effects, we were able to have a coherent conversation and also did go to the forest and were able to navigate the home - forst pathway quite clear without any problems, with all tends and purposes this was a light dose for us both. A few days later, he started showing psychosis signs and a 2 weeks later he was involuntary admited to a psych ward.

I know it's forbidden on this forum to generalize, but I think it should be allowed to say that it's wise to take caution with entheogens, I'm not implying that OP @sginga mentioned unsafe practices.

About other reports of other people, whenever I find a new plant-based substance and I order it or plan to order it. I notice that I always do a deep dive, be it on this forum or Erowid. And read trip reports of others as much as possible. I think it's mainly because I do not have the physical substance in possession and thus want to be as "close" to it as possible by reading about it. Sometimes I gain new information (tips) other times I might read about warnings, which can help me in the long run.

If you like DMT, then perhaps you could look into harmala as an add-on to DMT or as a standalone substance.
Make sure to not combine harmala with pharmaceutical medication, liquor, or any hard drugs, and always start low with harmala in whatever form you take it. I had taken DMT a couple of times before I combined it with DMT.
But... DMT + Harmala is like Lignam + Yoni.

I made a comment about harmala the other day which I will not paste here, but I will include the link as it contains some tips about different forms of harmala, and the comment included two other links.

Wishing to connect with the medicine of Syrian Rue and other Travellers - JosBoaz comment
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