Bizarre

An Explorer Tries 5-MeO

1/8/96: Placed approximately 6 mg into a glass pipe, heated from below until 5-MeO-DMT liquefied, then vaporized. Attempted to inhale deeply, but the harsh taste--like burning plastic--immediately produced the "gag" response. I didn't cough, but held in the small hit that I had. Meanwhile, perhaps 1/3 of the total amount contained in the pipe went up in smoke (oops). Exhale, and then attempt to inhale any tiny amount of remaining vapors (reheating the pipe). Get a tiny hit. I estimate that I actually got about 4 mg. This was enough for some threshold effects. A deepening of my voice, a light feeling in my body, and some minor visual disturbances with shadow and light. A feeling of increased heart-rate, and a slight feeling of melting into my bed. Effects last about five minutes, nothing too spectacular--not what I expected. No real fear state induced. I'm sure that I didn't get a big enough hit.

1/9/96: Placed approximately 12 mg into a glass pipe, and followed the same procedure outlined above. This time I used a gloved hand to cover the "smoke hole" in the pipe, so that the vapors would only come out of the mouth piece (or stay in the pipe). Again, the gag reflex was strong (but I didn't cough). Held the hit as long as I could, and took a second. Held this hit as long as I could. There was probably some residual chemical in the pipe (perhaps enough for a third hit), but this time I felt the "tryp" coming on much stronger, and I passed on the third hit. I estimate that I got about 8 mgs this time. Heart rate seemed rapid. It seemed like I needed to remember to breath, so I took deeper breaths--trying to calm myself down a bit. However, there still wasn't any pronounced fear state. Voice very hollow and deep sounding--like my words were coming from a huge cavern inside my body. I lay back on the bed in a more reclining position. I felt as though my body had flattened out like a paper doll, and/or melted into the bed. My body felt extremely light (perhaps comparable to how I feel on MDMA, but much stronger). I felt really light weight--like I'm filled with helium.

Intense, very short-acting period where shifting dark and light geometric patterns seen are everywhere in my visual field, and somehow my body seems to be incorporated with them. I have the sense of being in two places at one time--I can still see/relate to my bedroom, but I also feel like I am in "no space." Visual effects are practically non-existent behind closed eyes. No apparent enhancement of colors. Only very minor visual "movement" of reality (more like seeing objects through a heat wave, than the movement produced by LSD, 2C-B or Psilocybe mushrooms). Major effects last between five and ten minutes. There was no sense of expanded time felt. After 15 to 20 minutes I feel pretty much normal. Nothing particularly "psychedelic" about it (in the standard sense). Minor euphoria after the 10 minute period, lasting perhaps 45 minutes. I didn't really experience any of the fear state which I was expecting (from all of my reading). I was a bit hesitant about smoking 5-MeO-DMT due to everything "scary" that I had heard about it. Again, I suppose that it is possible that I didn't get a big enough dose. I never lost touch with reality, or thought that I was dead. This is an interesting substance, which I will probably try again someday (although I smoked all that I had). My wife said that the first word out of my mouth, on both occasions was "bizarre." Perhaps the experience is hard to explain and/or remember afterwards. However, it really wasn't nearly as intense or interesting as I expected it to be.

Created 8/14/2000 15:16:15
Modified 8/14/2000 15:16:15

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