Long time DMT user here. Never performed my own extraction, hoping to find some info about that in these forums. My name's James. Hello.

Would also like some tips on how to remember my trips. Been struggling with that a lot lately.

Hi James, welcome to the Nexus!

Recalling a DMT experience can sometimes be quite difficult. I've found that if I write down as much as I can as soon as I'm back on Earth that it really helps me put the pieces together. Sometimes a forgotten part(s) of the trip will randomly pop in my head days later. I think part of the reason it is hard to remember (besides overdoing the dosage) is because of the sheer alien quality and intensity of the experience itself. Nothing is familiar even though sometimes it feels like I've been there and done it all before.

The rule of three is also useful in remembering. There is usually so much going on that it is impossible to absorb all the information...or even a fraction of the information for that matter. So, I try to lock in on at least three things (beings, places, shapes, colors, anything really) as best I can while I'm there. Those three things are usually the first to be written down after the experience.

During my last experience, these beings were describing why we humans always forget the experience but as they were telling me, I was instantly forgetting, I couldn't retain the information...it is the most irony I've ever had in an experience so far!



Do you smoke freebase only? If so, you could consider adding some harmalas to slow down and extend the experience. You could make changa or eat/sublingually absorb harmalas then smoke once the effects of harmalas are felt. It will still provide an overwhelmingly powerful trip, but I've always felt like it was a little bit more manageable than freebase alone. Just one guy's .02!

Anyway, I hope you find what you are seeking here! Have a good one!

-The Grateful One-

Thanks for the reply. I have tried changa once or twice, it did extend the experience slightly, but not my powers of recall unfortunately. I *did* use to keep a dmt diary, but my experiences seem to go like this;
Patterns. Lift off. Back in the room with more patterns. The hyperspace part I find very hard to recall, only bits and pieces. I've never met any "entities" or anything like that - as far as I can remember. I do a time check before and after, and there's always a 10-15min time loss that I just cannot account for. It's very similar to waking after a dream.
Lately though, I've been having recurring trips. Swirling patterns, a loud tinnitus type sound in my head, then a pop... Then ten minutes later I'm back in the room. It's very frustrating.

I've never tried harmalas though. Maybe that should be next on my list.