Physical Discomfort

[Kotori]

Hey guys. So I'm pretty new to DMT, and I decided to start exploring it with very low dosages. I smoked DMT a few times, my dosage never exceeded 10mg.. and to be honest, I'm kinda scared to do so. The thing is, the experiences that I had with the substance were very heavy on the body. I get tachycardia every time (the idea of taking the substance is pretty stressful, but when I actually take it my heart races like crazy), I was about to puke a few times, one time I had a sharp pain in the middle of my chest (what the hell was that), and I got stomach ache when I took it last night. Notably, all of this side effects disappear after about 2-3 minutes and everything goes smoothly after that, but this 2-3 minutes are a nightmare.
The substance itself is synthetic pure white powder, a lot of people have taken it before, and it seems that I'm the only one with this problems. I had a few experiences with other psychodelics (2C-B, a few different NBOMe's), and I usually get a good amount of side effects, even on low dosages. So is this side effects on DMT anything I have to worry about? Is there any way I can make it less painful? Maybe it would be a good idea to take some tranquilizers to make the experience a little less stressful?

 

[Ananda7519]

I have to take Zofran sublingual for my gastroparesis induced nausea. I don't know if you can find it but if you put one under your tongue a few minutes before you smoke I believe it will help. It the anti nausea med most often used in Chemo.

 

[syberdelic]

It could be worth a try, but in my experience Zofran isn't worth while with DMT. My experience was mixed with pharmahuasca. It did lower the nausea, but increased anxiety and nearly eliminated the visuals.

I don't get nausea from vaped DMT, but I do get anxiety. What has worked for me much better than just smoking a lot very quickly is to sip on it for a while until I'm more acclimatized to it before plunging in. There does seem to be a link between nausea and anxiety, so hopefully this can work for you too. When I take it in this manner, it is much more of a blissful experience rather than the "cosmic cannon" NHRA event.

 

[Kotori]

What has worked for me much better than just smoking a lot very quickly is to sip on it for a while until I'm more acclimatized to it before plunging in.

Yeah, I will do just that next time. It always seemed like first hit was always the hardest to tolerate. Second took me much deeper, but physical discomfort usually decreases by that time, and don't increase after the second hit. The problem is, I always heat the bowl, since one time I almost chocked on spice. The pipe is not completely sealed, so small pieces went through it as I inhaled. And since the bowl is heated and spice is already melted, most of DMT vaporize with the first hit anyway. Can something happen to spice, if I let bowl cool for 15-20mins?

But seriously, no one ever died from smoking DMT? Coz' it sure as hell felt like I was about to transcend to the higher planes for good this time. It was only once when I was this scared in my entire life - on the plateau of my first trip. About 5 mins in, it felt like I was having a complete psychosis. I couldn't get my thoughts to anything meaningful really. I was also laughing hysterically, and I didn't even know why. Visuals were from beyond this world, everything was heavenly beautiful. Sadly, I couldn't enjoy any of it, since I felt like shit and was out of my mind. :3 Jesus, this substance is incredible, if only it wasn't so scary.