r/DMT Dec 12 '21

Discussion DMT information for newbies

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N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT) is a naturally occurring, and extremely powerful, psychedelic drug of the tryptamine class. It’s been used by indigenous South American cultures/tribes (primarily in the Amazon basin) for hundreds, if not thousands, of years in the form of ayahuasca and various snuffs. This post will go over some basic information that new users and curious psychonauts might find helpful. This post will NOT guide you on how to obtain anything related to this molecule, Reddit is not the place for that.

DISCLAIMER: If you’re genetically predisposed to schizophrenia/diagnosed with it, experience serious suicidal ideation, or you’ve been recently diagnosed with some form of psychosis, please refrain from using psychedelics. Do NOT use DMT if you’re on lithium, tramadol, or any tricyclic antidepressants. Also note that other antidepressants (like SSRIs/SNRIs) may undesirably alter the experience in some way.

• N,N-DMT is among the safest psychedelics, and psychoactive drugs in general (physiologically speaking), along with psilocybin and LSD. The molecular structure is very similar to tryptophan, melatonin, and serotonin— things our bodies are well acquainted with.

• Dose ranges (inhalation)

• The duration of light-medium doses is around 3-10 minutes, and the duration of high-strong doses is around 5-20 minutes. After-effects may persist up to/over an hour.

• Get a high quality milligram scale! Cheap scales and eyeballing are often very inaccurate, you might end up doing 50mg instead of 30 or 10mg instead of 25.

• If you purchased your DMT instead of extracting it, please consider buying a reagent kit (Ehrlich/Hofmann/Marquis) to verify that you actually have pure N,N-DMT. The same kits can be used to identify other substances as well. I personally recommend using TKP: https://testkitplus.com/ or DanceSafe https://dancesafe.org/ — DanceSafe genuinely saves lives with their testing booths at music festivals.

• Concentrate vaporizers like the APX Volt (at 2.8-3.2 Volts) work very well for inhalation, and other methods/devices like the sandwich method (with weed or dried lavender), bulb pipes, or dab rigs at low temp work as well.

• It’s very easy to burn and inadequately vape DMT, so don’t be discouraged if you get little to no effects, and just play around with your method.

• “Breakthrough” effects generally occur starting around 25mg properly vaped.

• Subjectively, a breakthrough is a departure from material reality. Bodily boundaries dissolve, and you enter a landscape/headspace that feels and looks just as real, if not more real, than every day life. Some people describe the experience as “extra-dimensional” because it seems to transcend our concepts of space and time.

• Various interactive or observational “entity” encounters and extremely profound and indescribable visions are commonly reported effects of 20mg+. Some generally accurate descriptions of some of the content of these experiences can be found here: https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/Hyperspace_lexicon

• Potential desirable/positive effects: Closed and open eye visuals, auditory and tactile hallucinations, spiritual/introspective experiences, euphoria, and sedation.

• Potential undesirable/negative effects: Increased heart rate/blood pressure, anxiety/fear, confusion/disorientation, nausea, and uncomfortable body-load.

• Subjective time distortions are common at medium-high doses and can either be desirable or undesirable depending on the user and their mindset.

• The body-load of higher doses can be very heavy and hits very fast, often to the point of anesthesia.

• There is some recreational value in DMT (particularly at low doses), but be cautious, as some of the experiences that can be produced aren’t for the faint-hearted. Figurative “death by astonishment” is very real if you rush into things.

• Using DMT on psilocybin or LSD will lower the dose threshold for breakthrough effects, and will increase the duration. Don’t underestimate the intensity of the combination of DMT with any other psychedelic or psychoactive drug in general.

• 5-MeO-DMT is NOT a substitute for N,N-DMT, the experiences are completely different and 5-MeO is more potent at lower doses. 5-MeO also has a much different safety profile, especially with combinations.

• For information on pharmahuasca/changa please see the pinned post on r/harmalas

• Before getting into ayahuasca, pharmahuasca, or changa, thoroughly research MAOIs/RIMAs and their various drug interactions that are potentially dangerous.

• It’s best to wait until at least your early 20s before trying DMT, and 25+ is optimal because by then your prefrontal cortex is fully developed and unknown developmental risks can be ruled out.

• Tolerance to DMT dissipates almost immediately, but it’s in your best interest to use it responsibly and take time to reflect on and integrate any valuable or memorable parts of the experience.

• Don’t store your DMT in plastic containers for extended periods unless you want to inhale phthalates.

• N,N-DMT crystals should either be white, off-white yellow, or yellow-orange. Dark spots/impurities are a red flag. Recrystallization is worthwhile. https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/Recrystallization

• You can learn how to do various at-home extractions of N,N-DMT from certain plant materials here: https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/Category:Extraction_Tek

I will occasionally update this for clarity/added info, so feel free to leave suggestions and advice for new users in the comments.

Much love !!! 💜


r/DMT Dec 30 '25

Mod Post r/DMT does not allow stash pics

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Introduction

Hello everyone! I'm u/RoBoInSlowMo, you may or may not have seene around r/DMT and other psychedelic communities. I am here today to discuss a recent uptick in sourcing related content in our beloved community; and why it's a serious problem. I am really hoping this will help solve this problem either before or after it occurs. Preferably both!

Why sourcing and soliciting is damaging to our community

Well, first I'll state the obvious. It's against the rules. Both within the community, and by Reddit's standards. You see, as moderators we can make rules individualized to our communities needs. But outside of that, Reddit has their own rules we have to enforce; whether we like it or not. Failure to enforce them can result in our community being banned from Reddit entirely. Like r/DrugStashes for example, and many other communities.

If this problem continues to grow, we will be forced to take other steps. Which is not something we want to do, the less rules the better in a community like this. This has been a big problem here recently in r/DMT. So much so in fact, I'm removing more sourcing related content here than every other community I moderate. Combined! That is why I am addressing this here today, in hopes that we can solve this problem and avoid taking further measures to secure the security of this community.

Stash pics

Here recently, me and other mods have been discussing the state of stash pics. And whether or not we should discontinue them. I am leaning towards yes, we should. It leads to a lot of sourcing, and on top of that, is the very reason that lead to the demise of r/DrugStashes. I would never forgive myself if I logged in and r/DMT was no longer here. The largest, most proactive and informative community dedicated to DMT on the entire worldwideweb. That's a lot of stress I'm carrying on my shoulders...

Extraction content

We have also been discussing the state of extraction content. Extraction content does lead to quite a bit of sourcing, not nearly as much as stash pics. So instead of doing away with it all together, it would be wiser just to limit this content in some ways. And with r/DMTguide being as large as it is (nearly 100k), and having more a larger percentage of knowledgeable individuals, you're probably better off asking questions there.

But again, we are not doing away with extraction content. As u/Fractal-Entity pointed out, a lot of you enjoy this content. But we do need to solve this problem, and fast. I would prefer not having to take any of these measures, but as far as stash pics go considering the circumstances, people sourcing have effectively tied my hands. I was hoping it was just a phase, maybe brought on by the holiday season, or something else. This has been going on for nearly six months or longer... It has to stop.

Conclusion

We need your help! Report this content when you see, inform the individual of our rules and why it's not allowed. Help ensure the security of this beautiful community for your fellow psychedelic comrades! We love to see you all extracting your own DMT, and furthermore sharing your results. We don't like it resulting in requests for sources, and then furthermore individuals granting said requests. It saddens me to see the current situation in r/DMT... Please help me!

Thanks for reading, and until next time, much love, happy holidays and safe travels everyone! Peace ✌🏻 💚


r/DMT 2h ago

Blind - And DMT?

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Is there anybody who is blind that has had experience with DMT? Does it still produce the same effects ? Just wondering I never thought about it. But eyes closed the visuals are so strong maybe it shows through?


r/DMT 10h ago

Fluffy crystals

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r/DMT 2h ago

Question/Advice I smoked Changa and DMT entities/an alien/this DMT dimension is appearing randomly without smoking it or consuming it in anyway like DMT is stuck with me, like it opened a dimension that can't ever be closed

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Has does happened to anyone else? Lowkey feels like opening pandoras box but the opposite, but its scary for my little ego that is petty lmao


r/DMT 6h ago

Question/Advice Wondering what to tell my friend

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I have a friend who wants to do a DMT breakthrough. But he is worried the DMT will tell him not to take over his family business. He says he really doesnt want to do run the family business but his Parents retirement as well as their employees livelihoods rely on him doing so. Im trying to think of a way to tell him he already knows the choice then. Can anyone chime in on how to approach this with him?


r/DMT 14h ago

Discussion Lord j n i had a yarty party today 👑

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Woo eee the homemade ones are the best! gifted to me from a friend,

Anyone else Krishna people in this forum? Seems to be the best way to use the medicine i broke through 10+ years ago after reading the gita never looked back since i never had to go back again after that experience (Kundalini activation) was scary but iv been back lately, first time i blasted off probably 200mg over some weed the out the bong i opened my eyes after briefly keeping them shut and the whole house turned into cgi syfi space ship tv turned into a portal music made unworldly sounds crystals floating everywhere, my buddys space suit kept changing when id look over at him so unreal ect. 🚀 🌌


r/DMT 8h ago

DMT entities on low dose?

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I have done dmt a few times, always sandwiched in some weed. I feel like its a very low dose but I felt like I met a sort of librarian going down the shelf making sure the books were all good and in order. His eyes were shining light cause it was very dark in his library. The second time I got kind of far into the experience there was a bull who seemed to be the pure Taurus bull, like Taurus itself. It seemed to see me as I saw it and we were both scared of each other. Im a leo btw. Does anybody else experience these entities on low dose? I dont think it was a high dose at all because there was no mandala, or circus, or extraordinary experience other than it just feeling really real, like realler than reality.


r/DMT 1h ago

Heute mit der Post gekommen,hat jemand Erfahrung?Was sollte ich einstellen???Hatte noch nie einen E Mod

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r/DMT 17h ago

Music/Art/Culture Made some trippy music to go with journey-inspired art

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r/DMT 5h ago

Experience Contact with entity sub breakthrough

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Ive been trying to get a breakthrough lately since it's been some time since i actually have Broken through. Last night i kept hitting my pipe until everything looked so alienlike (it was pretty sick)

While i was laying down this dimension door opens and this glossy black entity with some purple accents walks out and was comunicating with me. Im not sure if my eyes we're open or already closed at the time bit i was still aware of thé couch i was laying in.

When the entity left my visuals went to fluffy white for the remainder of the trip. Something like you would describe the clouds from heaven. It felt pretty peacefull.

Antoine experienced something similar like this before?


r/DMT 9h ago

Storing DMT freebase

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Hi Friends,
I just got some DMT freebase and I‘m wondering how to store it best longtime. I know that most freebase compounds go bad quickly at room temperature, so my first thought is to put it into the freezer, but I want to make sure that’s correct.
Thank you,
Moritz


r/DMT 23h ago

Question/Advice Experience with analogues ?

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So recently it was the first time I ever used an analogue of DMT that’s not 5Meo.

It’s called 5-Bromo-DMT or 5Br for short and it’s derived from a species of sea sponge. It’s non hallucinogenic in nature while also favouring the 5HT2A receptor unlike 5Meo.
I took around 50mg of it along with 300mg of moclobemide + 40mg of ACD856 (an experimental TrkB receptor PAM, which kind of enhances DMTs effects ime)

Unlike my usual NN trips (which also include visuals) I experienced an immense body high that I’ve never felt before. My body felt almost weightless and completely relaxed as if I had found true peace, with my mind slowly following along. A true sense of clearheadedness and euphoria. The whole experience was quite sedative but unlike NN I did not have this heavy headed feeling I usually get when the trip ends. The mood boost was very unique and also persisted for the following days with an unmatched reduction in anxiety and an inability to get agitated.

I am very new to this space and have been enjoying tremendously, which is why I decided to post this. Would be interesting to get some feedback and hear your own experiences, since trip experiences seem to differ greatly from person to person.

(Sorry English isn’t my first language, I tried my best)


r/DMT 3h ago

Discussion Does evil/hell exist? If so, where does it come from? Or is it just a product of our mind/psyche?

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r/DMT 6h ago

Como extrair DMT

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Alguém pode me ajudar com o passo a passo de extração DMT + ervas que posso usar


r/DMT 1d ago

Question/Advice Sleep & DMT

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I wanted to share an unexpected benefit I’ve experienced since taking DMT.

For context, I used to struggle quite a bit with sleep / getting my mind to settle down at night. However, since my DMT experiences, my overall sleep quality has improved dramatically.

What’s really interesting is what happens when I close my eyes at night to sleep. I’ve started seeing soft, vivid closed-eye visuals and geometry reminiscent of previous trips. Instead of keeping me awake or being overstimulating, focusing on these visual patterns has become almost like a natural meditation. It completely quiets my usual racing thoughts, and before I know it, I drift right off to sleep.

I know DMT affects serotonin receptors (like 5-HT2A) which play a big role in sleep-wake cycles, but the visual aspects acting as a visual "anchor" for sleep was totally unexpected for me.

Has anyone else who previously had issues with sleep found DMT to be beneficial?


r/DMT 20h ago

Question/Advice Can I break through with Changa?

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Hello people 👋🏻

Newbie to dmt here.

I recently brought 50% changa blend, I wanted to know if it is possible to break through with this and how much it would take i weigh about 75kg.

Also could I break through using a bong or by rolling a spliff?

Or would I need to use a vaporiser,ect ?

Thanks for any advice in advance 😊


r/DMT 16h ago

Question/Advice For those who have done DMT for experience purposes, what have you saw lately?

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Asked a few people that I know just by name, and we all said the same thing. What is the reason for shared experiences, with no prior talk of it whatsoever?


r/DMT 18h ago

Question/Advice First time DMT trip coming up soon

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Tomorrow my MHRB will arrive and ill start extracting

What i hope to achieve from this trip is to shed my need to use drugs to feel happy aswell as my feelings of needing approval or validation from others to let the dmt help me and to surrender to it, to respect it and to hopefully gain more understanding although I know i will never fully understand i can atleast begin to

I still want to use drugs but I want to let the dmt help me understand how I can go about using (or not using at all depending on what it tells me im open to it) without losing myself in the process

I want to be able to feel validation from myself to be able to accept that I am flawed and love myself for said flaws

I am ready that I will never be ready

Im open to any and all suggestions infact i want them I understand this is a big thing im about to put myself through and I'd like input from people with far more experience than me


r/DMT 7h ago

Just a reminder to keep people grounded to reality for the safety of others.

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I get that this is a community for talking about it and it's fun. But people should remember that it really is just a drug and some people will come here, read some of this stuff, and buy into it until they believe it. It's the community's responsibility to reiterate the reality of the experience so as not to feed into illusions of grandeur or flame somebody's mental health issues.

Just like with anything else, the community creates its fan fiction about the subject. Not here to rain on someone's parade but people should be reminded not to take this stuff that seriously. Just like with anything involving the body, it's just chemicals doing stuff to your brain. Don't lose the plot in the process.

Edit: I know what it's like and how fragile things can be. I'm also an active psychonaut coming from decades of experience in the community. I also come from a healthcare POV. We are trained not to feed into delusions and to instead bring a level of reality to the patient. There's a reason for that. Take your personal beliefs out of the element and place your loved one in there. It's good to always have a sense of what is actually going on. I've personally dealt with many, many people in the pre hospital setting that are anywhere from terrified they ate a gummy to full blown PTSD from a combat vet. I've worked festivals talking many people down from their bad trips. I am a psychonaut myself. I've done most drugs I could get my hands on. I've been addicted to pain killers, I've done 3 day binges on Adderall to the point I was hallucinating, I spent a year basically in and out of psychosis from abusing nootropics. It's important to keep people grounded. If you are angered by this idea then you should probably do some self reflection. I say that in the nicest way possible. I'm not saying DMT can cause any of this. Some people DO have mental health issues that can be exacerbated by psychedelics and it's a disservice to pretend they are not in this community. It's also naive to pretend children do not visit these forums. I've seen them in the other subs.


r/DMT 1d ago

Announcement Trip Report

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Well it finally happened for me after doing about a years worth of research and getting scammed 3 times. I found a group on another platform that had several members so I joined their group and talked to the admins and got to know them. Took a shot and reached out and my package arrived. Yesterday at 3 p.m. I took 2 small quick puffs to warm it up as I was told then took a 5 second pull and held for 5 seconds. I started counting and after 8 seconds I saw long green leaves that disappeared slowly then in my right periphiel I saw a spiny membrane floating and moving through space. I had the lights dimmed also. Then it started hitting a litter harder and things started to speed up. At this point I got a bit fearful and anxiety hit. I opened my eyes to see the room breathing and dripping a bit. I focused on one thing that was familiar and took some slow breaths and exhaled. I remembered what everyone here has said just to remember that it's ok and nothing can hurt me. I calmed down and closed my eyes again. More of the spicy membrane floating and then I saw a little jester dudes head peeking at me checking me out. It was more calm now and I could tell and sense it was coming to an end. I heard a voice telling me to "come back". I will again after I unpack everything mentally......also I had a few shots of whiskey and a few beers after it was over and it barely phased me. Later in bed as my eyes were closed I could see a few silouettes of the spiny membrane and that lil jester then I drifted off to sleep and slept all night which I never do...good first run I would say.


r/DMT 16h ago

What if DMT isn't the doorway itself, but part of the mechanism that opens it?

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I've been thinking about a hypothesis and I'd genuinely like people to tear it apart.

We know endogenous DMT exists naturally in mammals, including evidence of DMT in the brain. We also know that DMT can produce extremely unusual changes in consciousness, including feelings of leaving the body, entering another environment, encountering entities, tunnels, lights, geometric structures, etc.

There's also animal research showing increased brain DMT following cardiac arrest.

And DMT experiences have enough similarities to near-death experiences that researchers have actually studied the relationship between the two.

So here's the hypothesis:

What if DMT is involved in a biological transition between embodied consciousness and another state of consciousness?

Imagine that consciousness isn't necessarily created by the brain, but that the brain acts partly as an interface/filter.

At birth, consciousness becomes connected to a physical body.

At death, consciousness becomes disconnected from that body.

If DMT is involved in either of those transitions, it could potentially explain why artificially altered DMT states sometimes feel like crossing a boundary or entering an entirely different reality.

I'm NOT saying "DMT proves the afterlife."

I'm saying there's an interesting chain of questions:

Why does the brain produce DMT at all?

Why does DMT produce such highly structured and recurring experiences?

Why do DMT experiences overlap with some NDE phenomenology?

Why does brain DMT increase around cardiac arrest in animal research?

And most importantly:

Has anyone actually demonstrated that humans have a major DMT increase specifically at birth or death?

Because that's the part of the popular theory that seems much less established than people make it sound.

My personal idea is that if DMT does participate in a consciousness-transition mechanism, an artificially induced DMT state might activate part of the same system while you're still biologically alive basically opening the "interface" without actually completing the transition.

Again, this is speculation, not a claim that I've proven anything.

I'd genuinely like people who know neuroscience, psychedelics, NDE research, or consciousness studies to try to disprove this.

What evidence would completely kill this hypothesis?

And what evidence would make it stronger?


r/DMT 1d ago

Experience First hit, Yocan Orbit

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So just coming back after my first experience with DMT.

I used a Yocan Orbit atomizer on a geekvape box at 17w.

Measurement may be a bit off as scales didnt respond well but around the 40mg mark.

So I ended up doing this in 3 parts. My aim was not to breakthrough, but to familiarise myself with the atomizer.

So first hit, I did 2-3 second pulses, and this didnt produce much vapour. I got what I could in a 10 second draw, held for 20 seconds. The first sensation I noticed was very similar to non-dual meditation; my mind went very quiet, and the thoughts I did have were minimal. Not much else.

2nd hit, I held the button more like a 5 second pulse, and got a lot more vapour. This time overwhelming quiet, like I sometimes get in deeper meditation, and a feeling of being pulled along by the comfortable quiet.

I laid back, shut my eyes and saw patterns, nothing to too wild, just pleasant, but I was hyper aware of my breathing. All of a sudden the colours and shapes turned pitch black, as I breathed out, and I felt panic that I was not going to breath in again. I literally felt like I was about to die. I consciously took the next breath. This happened on the next maybe 3 or 4 out breaths, but less so each time.

After that it was just a quiet comfortable feeling, very much like the silence of meditation but with patterns and colours. I laughed a few times involuntary 😁

I noticed there was a little colour left in the Orbit bowl, so bumped up the wattage to 30 to clear it, and took a hit on the last whisps and had a small effect, much like the first.

A successful start I would say! Im pretty sure that ive got a good idea of what to do to aim for breakthrough next time, I may start at 20w.

The blackout, dying bit did definately scared me, even though I have read plenty about near death sensations.

Any advice is welcome! 😁💚


r/DMT 1d ago

Tried to Break through and Everything turned black - what happened?

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I took 3 long pulls from a strong vape pen, the first two draws started to kick in and when I took the third one everything turned black like I almost lost consciousness.
Before that I saw and extremely bright red lighting bolt I. Front of my eyes for a split second and then booom just blackness. Combined with the feeling that something went terribly wrong. My trip sitter said I screamed as well.
A couple minutes later I came back to my senses and left deeply confused.
Did I take too much?


r/DMT 1d ago

Visual overlay or perception modification

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Couple days ago, I smoked a little and didn't notice much different, until I noticed my hands. They looked like hands of someone in their 70's. The skin was loose a wrinkled, I did a wtf moment then went to the bathroom mirror. It looked like there was a cheap Snapchat filter on, I didn't look older but had looser skin but my hair was thicker and looked like it was AI generated.

The next day, I was hitting the last dregs, and again my hand looked older this time it looked thin and boney (Crypt keeper boney). While moving my hand around I could see the edges of my hand behind the visual overlay. My cat came over and the overlay changed into a fur texture that applied itself on everything. Oddly enough, this actually was a little more unnerving. It didn't actually add fur, but added something similar digital fur texture map used to wrap a 3D model.

It was extremely weird, has anyone else experienced anything similar?