Hi all,

I'd just like to share with you SWIM's first substantial experience with oral DMT. SWIM will say right off the bat that it was a lot of fun, but nothing like he was expecting. SWIM is ever so slightly disappointed, but it was an overall fun and positive experience. SWIM began very early this morning (5:45) by combining 400mgs of harmaline with about 5 oz of orange juice. SWIM then drank 3/4 this mixture and then followed it with 2 tbs of cocoa powder mixed with an ounce or two of milk. About 45 minutes later, SWIM began to feel threshold effects from the harmaline, so he took the remaining orange juice and mixed in approximately 80mgs of DMT freebase. He downed the remainder of the OJ and waited for the effects to kick in.

The next hour was uneventful. He felt minor effects which he believed to be mostly the harmaline, but then began to feel a bit of speediness that he typically associates with mushroom trips. Nothing very visual, but a pleasant headiness began to kick in. The next half hour reminded SWIM once again of coming up on mushrooms, which shouldn't be surprising considering how similar psilocybin/psilocin is chemically to DMT, but SWIM was really expecting something very different from all that he had read from the experiences of others. At around 7:30 or so, SWIM loaded up a water pipe with his remaining 20mgs or so of DMT and smoked it with some ash. This kicked in the trip to an extent. Visuals increased mildly. It now looked to SWIM as if the world were viewed through the prism of a lava lamp. SWIM saw a number of interesting patterns, but they weren't terribly vivid or vibrant. At this point, the trip turned decidedly euphoric. SWIM's head began feeling very floaty and suddenly, just looking at the ceiling was insanely interesting. While visuals were pretty much still very mild, SWIM started having a blast just zoning out, chilling in bed and staring at ordinary objects. This was lots of fun, but nothing like SWIM was expecting. Once again, to SWIM the experience felt like mushrooms, though perhaps less introspective and spiritual. This was so surprising to SWIM as he had always heard that DMT wasn't really a party or recreational drug. To SWIM, that seemed exactly what it was. He imagined it would have been a blast to experience this with a few friends who were also experiencing something similar. Loud noises and bright lights would definitely need to be avoided, but it seemed decidedly recreational. SWIM believes he has a very high tolerance to DMT, so he's wondering if a larger dose in the future (perhaps 150mgs) would provide more of a spiritual trip that he's looking for rather than the recreational one that he got. SWIM is also extremely interested in seeing what the so-called "jungle spice" has to offer, he just needs to extract it from his remaining sludge. SWIM's experience with oral DMT was so fun and light, he's intrigued to see if the jungle spice might provide a darker and perhaps more introspective experience.

SWIM knows that 400 mgs of harmaline is a rather large dose, but he wanted to make very sure that MAO was fully inhibited for this trip. He received mild nausea, but nothing terrible. He'll probably be using closer to 200mgs in the future. He also had about 40mgs left to smoke in a bowl at around 11:00 when the trip began to subside. Smoking the harmaline provided a nice little bump in effects, but they were gone about 20 minutes later. Being fairly confident that MAO inhibition is not an issue, SWIM believes that the amount of DMT was too low to received the visual/spiritual trip he was expecting. SWIM is also looking forward to combining this experience with mushrooms in the future. He's interested in seeing if they have a synergistic effect with each other.

SWIM still has the utmost respect for this entheogen and thinks that it has many things to show him in the future. He's just a little disappointed that he seems to have an apparently high tolerance to the spice. Anyway, SWIM is sorry for the scattered and perhaps incoherent nature of this report, he's just trying to recount it to the best of his ability while it's still fresh in his mind. Big thanks to Dreamer042 and Global for their assistance in my previous post. With regard to the cocoa and whether or not it potentiated the trip, SWIM doesn't believe it did, but he could certainly be wrong. It certainly didn't add anything dark or negative to the trip. He had two heaping tablespoons of cocoa which I estimate to have around 100mgs of theobromine. Perhaps in the future he'll try a bit more as it didn't seem to add any adverse effects. SWIM is as intrigued about this chemical as ever.