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Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as N,N-dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT) and DiMiTri is a serotonergic hallucinogen and investigational drug of the tryptamine family that occurs naturally in many plants and animals.[1][2][3][9] DMT is used as a psychedelic drug and prepared by various cultures for ritual purposes as an entheogen.[10]

Edit: I had no idea what it was and thought your "trip" was a backpacking adventure or something. I'm not hip

Look into Waking Up app. Listen to the talks on psychedelics.

I'm sure this has already come up in the research you've already done, but I'd really like to make sure the concept of set and setting is emphasized. If you don't already know, set means your mental state. Try to make sure you are in a good mental state. You don't have to be perfect or anything, but if you're having a bad day or just not feeling all there then it's best to wait for a day that you're feeling better. By setting, I mean the physical location that you will be taking the substance, if you don't feel safe by either the location or the people then don't do it.

If you ignore these then you're greatly increasing the chances that you'll have a difficult trip, considering some people experience trips that to them feel like years or even a lifetime, it's best to do all you can to reduce the amount of things that could cause you to not have a positive experience.

Also, I would work on learning to let go. I found it to be a far more complex and layered concept and skill than it had originally appeared to be and something that I'm still working on, myself.

Edit: Don't forget, always test your drugs.

You don't need to do much preparing and it's a short experience. Don't do psychedelics when you're stressed out if that's something you deal with.. Wait for a lull in monthly life, IMO. Not that DMT can go sideways as easily as Mushrooms can for example.

Have a tripper sitter with you so you don't choke on your own tongue.

Vape is much better than trying to smoke. It's hard to heat it just right without wasting it or not taking a big enough dose. You take what you can where you live of course.

Put on a relaxing song you like. It won't do anything for you if you're feeling nervous, but man. It's a lesser experience without auditory hallucinations involving one of your favorite songs in the background as you fade into the black void. Or uh sorry, machine elves and fractal patterns? Wouldn't know since I have Aphantasia :(

Being nervous / anxious before I hit it didn't harm the experience for me. Was just good anyways. Come down was pretty emotional.

This one isn't complicated.

I have extracted quite some DMT myself and have experience.

• Get somebody with some experience to make sure you're alright. It's not required as the trip is extremely short and wouldn't really put you in dangerous situations, but it could help you relax, and you'll have somebody that can manage any external stuff that could be happening.
• If you are using any sort of pipe that gets hot and can burn you, get a person to take the pipe from you or be sure to have some place to easily put it down when the concept of reality starts to fade. The first few times you might not understand what's happening and you could burn yourself by holding or dropping the pipe.
• Don't look for a special spot to smoke. Just make sure you are in a comfortable position in someplace you'll not be disturbed. Looking for a beautiful spot in nature or some place with external visuals is useless.
• Don't worry about a low dose to start, or not hitting it correctly and only feeling a little. Getting a taste first is still pretty nice. After some experience you can try and hit it 3 times, which me and my friends consider the sweet spot.
• Tolerance kicks in extremely fast with DMT. We're talking tens of seconds up to a minute. Smoke as much as possible as fast as possible. After your trip - even when it's and extremely soft one - smoking for a few hours will be useless.
• Try to learn something and enjoy.

At 48 it's funny how the comfort of normality has become a thing.

However, as someone who tried and enjoyed Acid, E, cocaine, speed, weed, valium, mushrooms, ketomine and alcohol in his 20s I admit I'm pretty curious about DMT.

I've just read the Irvine Welsh book Dead Man's Trousers and it's definitely piqued my interest in psychodelics, but I just don't feel there's room for that in my life at the moment.

Keen to hear how it goes. When I took Acid I had the best time, but I always knew that I was on it and could therefore explain to my consciousness that it was a trip.

I understand the DMT experience is more profound and can genuinely reveal things to people about themselves, which lasts post-trip as people process the insights it reveals.

DMT is an illegal substance. For a reason.

I have a recommendation.

DON'T DO DRUGS!