Returning to mushrooms and dmt after 6-7 months of zero use

[unisonruss1285]

Hey everyone, been a long time since I've checked in.

To make a long story short... around November. I tried to substitute psychedelics for medications that I was on. But I failed miserably. I was also a heavy cannabis smoker. Since December, I quit cannabis cold Turkey and I stopped doing psychedelics. Because in my current mind state, I was not able to handle it. I needed a full reset and a recalibration of my brain.

I got a new doctor in February and got back on a medication regimen that works for me. I was very clear that I did not want SSRI's because I knew at some point I would return to psychedelics, and I didn't want to have any interference or blunting. Fast forward to going into May and I'm about 3 or four weeks away from having my first experience with mushrooms again. We increase the dose one last time on my newest medication, and I need to allow my mental health to get fully balanced.

Just wanted to make a post to reintroduce myself. And that I'm excited to return, I plan on. Doing very small doses at first, just to see how I handle it.

For the year leading up to my medication changes. And before I was having some mental issues, I was having incredible experiences with psychedelics. It was just toward the end I was I was struggling a bit.

Was curious if anyone has gone through this resetting on purpose? And then returning with a slow reintroduction.

I plan on starting with just half a gram of some lucid gates that I grew myself. And if all goes well two weeks from then I will go to a full gram, it increasing half a gram each time up until I get to about 2 to 3g. Because that seems to be my sweet spot. I'm sure it will all go well as I'm in a much better place already.

I also have some DMT freebase that I extracted myself last year and it's been in my freezer. After about a month to a month and a half of mushrooms, to see how I handle it, I will start reintroducing some smaller doses of DMT into my regimen. I'm thinking of starting at 15 mg. And then going up 5 mg each experience. I'm thinking I wanna get to about 30 to 40 mg. Because that seemed to be my sweet spot back in the day. I've done more than that, but I found the experience is a bit too intense. I've just wanted a full reset to make sure that I'm ready to go back to it.

What's crazy is there was a fear surrounding psychedelic use throughout this last 5 months time, as I've been in a very low place with depression and a lack of motivation. It's only been in the last couple of weeks I've become reinvigorated and excited about the possibility again.

Would love some of the experts to weigh in on my plan. And see if I'm sitting in the right ideas

Thanks, guys. Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

[Transform]

Welcome back to the forum, it's great to see you here!

I can totally relate to your situation - many of us have been through rough patches after more than enough psychedelics, coming to the sensible (but maybe reluctant) conclusion that it may be wise to lay off them for a bit. And that's great for a bit of integration time.

And while I wouldn't consider myself an expert in anything, I had my fair share of experience of the lows and difficult mental states. As long as you haven't been out-and-out psychotic there's likely still a place for psychedelics in your life, especially if you're able to apply the previous insights, methods and techniques that you've learned to your life in general as well as during your trips.

I think you might want to pay careful attention to the frequency of your trips such that you give yourself sufficient integration time between them. What also springs to mind here is something that was being discussed lately - it's possible to go with a lower does of mushrooms to provide a kind of psychedelic baseline which you can use for blasting off higher with a few hits of DMT now and then, as an alternative to a possibly more taxing ongoing effect of a higher dose of mushrooms. Just a thought that seemed relevant…

One more thing - what's your medication? Its compatibility with harmalas, or the lack thereof, would determine the possibility of introducing an additional dimension to your exploration.

See you round, stay safe!

 

[unisonruss1285]

Thanks for the reply!

No, no psychotic episodes, or anything like that. Just some heavy depression and lack of motivation. I was going through some heavy withdrawal tapering off medication, and I was off of them fully for a couple of months. And quitting cannabis at the same time I'm sure added more to it.

I'm definitely gonna cut down on the frequency. I was thinking of DMT sessions about once to twice per month maybe. And that's it... and mushrooms a couple of times a month as well. Not at the same time at first, maybe down-the-line, I can experiment with combining. I have a feeling starting low and slow will be best. Just to see how my mind handles it with the new medication.

I don't have anything in my new lineup of medication that will conflict much. Which is great. I just have one in the rotation called abilify that will Blunt effects a little bit based on research. But hopefully not too much. I was on that in my original psychedelic experiences and it seemed to not really interfere.

I wish I could use harmalas, I have plenty in the house. But sadly, I'm on a medication that would not mix well with psychedelics. Based on my research. It's called bupropion. It will raise blood pressure to a dangerous level if I combine. I also take lamictal which should have no negative mix.

My sweet spot for Mushroom use back in the day was around 4 to 5 g. Definitely don't need to go there right away. But I'll build up to it. As with DMT I'm going to wait a month or 2 with mushrooms to integrate that in just to make sure psychedelics treat me right again.

 

[unisonruss1285]

I decided to have my first sessions back with mushrooms and DMT. Not in the same day.

The mushrooms were a nice, cozy blanket after a long absence... Started with 1.2g of lucid gates. And once that kicked in and I knew what to expect, I increased it another 1.6g. I felt very good here. Felt very euphoric in my body and just wanted to enjoy silence. No music, no nothing. That was going great for a while, until my neighbor decided to start talking really loudly in the apartment below. He has a loud voice, so this has been known to happen. Next time, I will remember my earbuds.

The following night was for DMT, I decided to start with 15 mg. I just wanted to make sure it was going to feel okay before increasing. It has been a long time. And I would hate to overdo it too quickly.

I scooped another 15 mg in a little dish next to the rig, in case I wanted to load more quickly. After a couple of hits, eliminating the 15 mg, I felt nice... and I felt like something more was wanting to happen. But not too much was going on yet. I scooped the next 15 mg in, and then I scooped out on the side 25 mg for adding if needed. Not very much vapor came out of that first 15 mg. So I think it's the temperature... I decided to increase it. After having the second round of 15 mg, the room was starting to move around a little bit like it's wanting to explode into a new world. Everything vibrating. I loaded the last of it. Inhaled once and BOOM I was fully in. Intense colors all morphing at once. Everything turned to a state of animation.

Since it was my first time back after a long absence, I immediately went into a state of gratitude. I just remember repeating "thank you," over and over again. The room exploded in a visually similar room, but everything was animated in that old Nickelodeon style. The visuals were a mixture between that Nickelodeon style, as well as some very intense things happening right in front of me with more going on in the background... I wish I could explain this next part more clearly as it still fuzzy in my head. So much happened in such a small amount of time. It's hard to remember the details. I remember a large blue light/object. Off to my right floating above. If I remember correctly, there were more things floating off of my bookshelf toward me in the air, and morphing into different shapes and sizes many times before it went back to its original place. The amount of light in the room kept adjusting as well. Going lighter to darker to lighter again.

From the ceiling came a shape, a few minutes later. Like it was a large head attached to a long body. It was outlined, almost like it was cloaked in invisibility. But you could see the outside lines and some detail. The energy felt friendly. So this was the first time in the journey that I laid back. I was hoping that the entity would show itself fully outside of this invisibility shield, but it stayed pretty much like that until I looked away to see if there was anything else happening in other parts of the room.

The whole trip, even though not timed felt about 10 to 15 minutes. Not a lot happened, but it was in a long period of time still... so I got to still enjoy it. It felt like just a few minutes, but what a wild experience. Overall very positive.