DOSE:
vaporized
5-MeO-DMT
(powder / crystals)
BODY WEIGHT:
250 lb
I've been meaning to write about this here for several years but usually just end up deleting it after I write it. This took place between 2003 to 2006.
I had not been a stranger to hallucinogenics. I had done a wide variety in my time some of which would be more like a toy and others that would alter the way I deciphered reality. 5-MeO-DMT fell into the latter category.
I knew it would be short lasting but very intense, which suited me well enough at the time. I didn't bother with a trip sitter.
It began by procuring a large amount for personal usage (about 1500 mgs) that I would experiment with over time. The first time, I meditated off and on for several days and when I finally was in a good mood and reasonably healthy feeling I decided to try it. I didn't have a scale that was sensitive enough to test it at the time so I foolishly eyeballed it. [Erowid Note: Two samples of powder (even of the same chemical) with equivalent volumes won't necessarily weigh the same. For this reason, eyeballing is an inaccurate and potentially dangerous method of measuring, particularly for substances that are active in very small amounts. See this article on The Importance of Measured Doses.] I started with a small grain and freebased it. I wasn't prepared for how fast it would take me. I heard that it was a train ride but really had no idea how fast it would hit.
The first time was terrifying. It felt as if it lasted forever or that I was dead. My vision tunneled, the world slowed to a stop, an amazingly intense hum would grow stronger the whole time, the center of the tunnel danced in a typical psychedelic fashion, minus the colors, the way my body felt was also pretty euphoric. Both of these seemed worth the initial terror but they weren't quite the life altering experience I was lead to believe was possible. That was maybe around 8 mgs.
The second time, I let it lay for a while and later tried it with a trip sitter. I went first but this time I more than doubled up my dosage to expect a much more intense trip. This time, we prepared, we had some classical piano music in the background that in retrospect was a mistake in that the any sound seems like an onslaught on a 5 meo trip any sound seems like an onslaught on a 5 meo trip