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Recalled the same story. Rewrote it without recalling notes. Scroll down until you see red.

Going to keep it short and sweet.
I'm here for a few reasons that I'm going to be competely honest about.
After living a semi-normal life I suppose as of these days,
Some mushrooms as a teenager while doing no research going yeaah cool.
Never really knowing what I had been doing, then lots of pot as a teenager..

Now I don't touch pot, I drink sometimes and I'm starting to exlore more into the hyperspace world. As a lot of people know Joe Rogan has made the world of DMT and ayahuasca alittle more known as results of his podcasts. That's why I'm here first of all. After doing my own research, going from Joe then on to "Psychedsubstance" on YouTube and him referring peopLe over here over to you guys to gain some knowledge. Clearly as an adult I understand now that it's much more realistic to learn and educate yourself before actually attempting anything.

For about 6 months as a non member. I read thread upon thread and did my own side off research and eventually figured out the process (sort of) and made my first extraction based upon the ACRB 100g technique listed HERE. Worked almost flawlessly as I ran into problems near the end trying to determine what parts were the Namptha and what parts were the acid base.
After trial and error I figured that problem out. Made my first extraction and came out just as the photos listed in that thread showed. Snow white.

Few weeks later after telling myself "ok now I have this, am I sure" I researched the shit out of what to expect and by no means was i ready.
My first experience was quite extreme but very short lived. Thankfully...
Im not sure about my dosage because my scale only does .00g need to get a .000g scale.
I believe it to be a small dose though. I went out and purchased a oil bong. Glass bowl that you heat to about 350 degrees.

Anyways.
First experience I remember as follows.
First small hit just to go oh shit I'm doing this, warming in my head, a gentle like hug feeling around me - at this point no visuals..
I almost immediately know this wasn't enough because through what I read beforehand almost the second I exhale a solid hit I "should" start to get some gentle visuals.
So I take my second hit. Then I forced a third hit real fast and almost choked lol...
It looked like a giant bong hit of weed. Real thick white smoke. Or vape?
As I choke those hits out I lay back on my pillow and I didn't prepare my setting as I know I should of but ignores. I remember I was watching "Mr robot" on tv. My visuals kicked in immedietly. I can't really describe exactly how I felt or what I seen but I remember laying in the pillow going oh shit oh shit oh shit not really panicking but just overwhelmed, then I started to feel like my breathing was being held back so I started to force breaths. I couldn't let go, I know the body will keep itself breathing but mentally I couldn't convince myself. So this is where it starts to get bad and keep in mind this probably all went on within 2 minutes. The visuals were super extreme. Kinda felt like was looking at an owl while running along the outside of a blue 3d square. Running and running. I remember all this going on but still my hearing to the real world was so clear and vivid it was almost mesmerizing. I could hear a conversation on the show that was saying "it will all pass, this is only temperory, I was kinda confused hearing that... is this really the show? Or am I talking to myself?? I forced my eyes open. They were standing infront of some green hedge bushes. So two people infront of some hedges. The hedges were like if you play with your old tube tvs and mess with all the contrast and change the saturation. Stuff begins to look weird. The bushes almost looked like they were melting and everything was super sharp. My optics were SHARP. But still couldn't explain the way it really looked. So then after I just focused on the tv as hard as I could... im still having this I can't breath feeling. Im doing everything I can to grasp reality. Eventually I overcome and snap back to it. Almost as fast is was gone.

Now I'm really like "is this for me" and I immediately packed everything up into a box and packed it all away.

Keep in mind as an adult I have re discovered mushrooms and researched the shit out of those to. I know what to expect, I know what dosage i can take and get away with comfortably. I know how to be comfortable and ride the ride. I'm in love with the extreme visuals and love the long ride. 6+ h with a proper dose for me and the comeup. I know when it's starting.

The immediate rush of this stuff kinda freaked me out. I have since pulled that box out and tested it again with myself just to see if it was a fluke because I had read that it does happen. This time not nearly as extreme. Eyes kinda just faded shut. Had some good music on this time with no words. Had the room dark. Kinda felt like I was sitting on the back of my eyelids and I was trying to look through a small window into reality. It was ok. I noticed the breathing thing again but this time I was ready for that. I kept telling myself my bodies fine just relax. This one was about a few minutes to. 2-3. These are real short trips.

I know I said this was gonna be short hah but then introduction kinda fell into first experience and how/why I'm here.

Summarized.

I want to feel more to life. I feel like it's got to the point to where everything is s anticipated and expected, life is so black and white. I want to just believe there are really things out there that can broudan our mental horizon and open our eyes to the fact that there is really more to life then just what we can conciouslly see and touch. I want to be open to experiences. I'm trying to reach out now and even if I need to take it slow so be it.

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Lets see how good my memory is, recalling the same events/story two diff times.



So basically went into it KNOWING what to expect, This is something Ive wanted to do for probably a year or so even since I heard Joe rogan talk abuot it on a few of his podcasts, Hes a big hunter and this is what keeps me into his podcasts. Anyways.. So yeah As much as I went into it knowing what to expect I wasnt even close to ready for it. I was all setup, Rig, torch (which now I know is alittle extreme, too much heat and I wasnt getting dosed correctly because I was proboably burning most of it) Now I know better. I was watching a show called "Mr Robot" at the time. If anyone knows about that show, Its somewhat of a mind freak. Also FYI I had no way to accuratly measure hits. My scale was only .00g and it wasnt very accurate at all, Couldnt even get within a .01 = 10mg dose. So i just said screw it and went into it all on a whim. First hit, Started small, Have alittle dab spoon for smoking like weed extract. I went in small, took a nice hit and woosh here comes the warm fuzzy feeling. I knew it wasnt enough right off the bat because visually there was nothing going on. So now im commited and I go in for a 2nd hit, this is where I stop. 2nd hit I doubled the size/amount and held it in for probably close to 30 seconds. As this is going on Im trying to get the rig and torch put down and off, make sure Im on the bed and on the pillow, Things are starting to happen at this point. From everything Ive read once you exhale is when it really kicks you in your face. So I anticipate this exhale. Immedietly after this exhale begins my vision goes black, maybe I closed my eyes? Hard to say at this point. Regardless. Vision went black, I remember something like... There was this giant 3d square, like the kind you draw in school doodling that has all sizes and you can see through it. So its one of these floating in nowhere. Everythings black, this square was just outlined blue and it was spinning slowly. It seemed like I was running around this square trying not to meet an edge? Hard to explain, Then for some reason I felt like I had this giant owl looking at me like he wanted to possibly eat me, So im running around a giant rotating blue square while an owl wants to tear my head off. There was no sense of fear, no sense of dread. Just being. Then when this is going on, My real self starts to feel like Im having trouble breathing, So im trying to force breaths. It literally felt like I my body wasnt breathing on its own, I felt like I had to force each breath on my own, every one, back to back, and It felt rough like I was weezing.. I have asthma so I know this feeling too well, Might be what made it that much more terrifying "once the fear kicked in" And this is about when it kicked it. Forcing breaths, breath just breath. I remember hearing these two people converse on Mr Robot something like "This is only temporary, it will pass.. You know this all too well" Something like that... Its weird because even though I was somewhere else; My hearing was PIN point accurate, I mean it seemed like it was the sharpest my hearing has ever been, Once these guys said that. I was truely confused.. I know it was the voices from the show, but was that really the line, or am I hearing my own thoughts projected through a voice. This is about the time I started to really freak out, I forced my eyes open. Tried to focus on the TV. Its like a large 72 inch curved TV so it wasnt hard. Im looking at these two guys standing infront of some hedge bushes, It looked like the bushes were messedup, Like when you go into your TV settings and screw with the contrast and saturation, It just seemed off. The colors where strange hues and changing. So im bouncing in between FOCUS on the tv, and this black out mystery place. Forcing breaths, trying to snap back to reality. Literally slamming the emergency stop button on the eleveator. This has to stop this has to stop NOW. Then it started to all fade, reality came back. I kinda looked around like what the just happened.... It scared me so much I packed all my stuff up "DMT gear, bong, rig, torch, lighters, all that stuff" and put it away back in our storage room. Basically said nope nope Not doing that ever again.... Basically swore it off. The next few hours had my mind racing 100 miles an hour, trying to rationalize what happened? Did I mess up, was this a bad trip or was I just not ready for it. Was it a good trip? I dont know.. Had that warm fuzzy feeling kind of linger for an hour or so, Was perfectly back to reality but just felt SOFT if that makes sense. My mind felt fragile. So a few weeks went by and Im not totally sworn off, Im still researching, still trying to read about DMT if this was a common first experience. Read lots of other peoples stories and noticed the "hard breathing, not breathing" feeling was quite common, and some others peoples first experience were quite worse. I guess now looking back It wasnt a BAD experience, I just was not fully prepared for the power, the instant raw power, that this stuff had on the mind. It was NOTHING you can read and read and read and try to prepare for. Like I said few weeks went by, I decided to pull all the stuff back out. After finding out that what I experience was normal. I went in for another session. Same type of thing, started out small, went to a bigger dose next and next. Wound up having about 3 small hits, each one up till the 3rd I never lost sight, never gained colors, just the warm fuzzies. Third hit kinda pushed me out of my body. Not like "Im looking overmyself" outer body, But like, If you guys have seen black mirror, Theres a part where this chicks conciousness gets put into a teddy bear, and shes sitting in the chair, looking through the eyes, but still present of her whole body WHILE looking through a different set of eyes? Hard to explain... I was kinda set back, eyes slightly open... I was more prepared this time, had good wordless music on, dark setting, a more solid mood was prepared. As im sitting back eyes half open kinda cross eyed lol I just feel like im sitting on a rocking chair, just gaizing through my half muted vision, It was like right in between a visiual black out and staying with reality, I was on the cusp of both. I kinda gazed through the corner of my eye at the psychadelic videos I had prepped on my tv, Zoning out on nothingness. There was such a huge feeling of peace, It almost felt like I was dead? Maybe existing but not present. The 2nd time I did dmt was such a different and smooth experience. I had the hard to breath feeling again but already knew to just tell myself "The body is taking care of itself, your fine..." So It was easy to let go. Im not sure if any of my trips were even close to a breakthrough but they seem mild to most peoples trips. This basically sums up all my experience with DMT. I made my own, extracted from ACRB... Took quite a bit of trial and error but eventually wound up with some gorgeous solid white super fluffy crystals. Pretty proud of myself and looking forward to figuring out my rig and method to get into a full trip. I want that 10 minute trip even if its not super extreme. Thanks to you guys and this community, I see this in my near future. Thanks for the read.


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xSmossy out. If there's any thing I can add to make this alittle more informative let me know. Questiona? Bring em.

I was feeling rushed. Was at the hospital with my wife in the waiting room. I may rewrite this later.

Hey xSmossy welcome

Nice intro, also enjoyed reading your first experience with dmt. It's powerful stuff when you get a good bit in you. Definitely not a one size fits all, but having a continual relationship over the course of time, respecting the experience and how/where you go into it - matters all the more ime, a life changer. It certainly deserves that much imho. <3

Glad to hear of your personal journey up until now and your dmt wayfaring/s.

My one piece of advice is don't go cheap.

We were preparing for our first journey recently. My friend had 0.00g scales, he told me they were calibrated and really accurate. But I thought they only go down to multiples of 10mg. They are not accurate enough. If you want 30mg and it reads 0.03g, how would you know if you were taking 25mg or 35mg?
It was too large a margin of error..

So I purchased a cheap set of mg scales. I followed the instructions,set them up, calibrated them and tested with the known weight of a 2p coin. They were bang on.

So I put the little measuring bowl on it and zeroed it. It started drifting.
After a few seconds it had gone from 0.000 to 0.050.
It had drifted over 50mg. We tried repeatedly to get them zeroed with no success.
Figuring that a 10mg margin of error was better than 50mg we went back to the original 0.00g scales.

We never broke through, despite a lot of research on the technique for administration.
If I could give you one piece of learning it it get good scales. It doesn't matter if they are 0.00g or 0.000g, if they are not accurate and reliable. Don't go cheap!

This was the issue I had my scale. I thought the same. That the 10mg margin would be sufficient.. just to find .02 ans get it to gently drift over to to .03 but could never get an accurate number. Id throw lots of product on. It would read .00, id press on it. Would register a new number completely at random it seemed. Press it again and number drifted back to .00. Kind of gave up. Assumed dosages and slowly worked my way in..

Thanks for the welcome and surprised to get promoted so fast. Read some people waited months.
Im really intrigued at its power but i gotta teach myself to let go more. Extremely hard for me.

Just updated it, Didnt remove origional post - Wanted to see how close my stories were when trying to recall them two different times. Keeps things interesting.