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DMT
Basic Information
Summary
A popular and powerful psychedelic, typically used in two ways; either it is vapourised for a short 'breakthrough' experience, or it is taken in combination with an enzyme inhibitor for a long, intense trip (this is also known as ayahuasca or pharmahuasca).
Psychedelic
Psychedelics are drugs which alter the perception, causing a number of mental effects which manifest in many forms including altered states of consciousness, visual or tactile effects.
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Common drugs are those which are well known and widely used among the drug community. This doesn't necessarily mean they are safe, but it usually comes with a longer relative history of use in humans with which to establish a safety profile.
Dose
| Vapourised | |
|---|---|
| Threshold | 5-10mg |
| Light | 10-15mg |
| Common | 15-25mg |
| Strong | 25-35mg |
| Heavy | 35mg+ |
| Insufflated | |
|---|---|
| Light | 10-25mg |
| Common | 25-50mg |
| Strong | 50-125mg+ |
| Intravenous | |
|---|---|
| Light | 10-15mg |
| Common | 15-25mg |
| Strong | 25-40mg |
NOTE: These figures are for 100% effective vaporization methods. Most methods are not 100% effective. Likelyhood of having a "breakthrough" experience increases with dose.
Duration
| Vaporized/smoked | |
|---|---|
| Onset | 0-2 minutes |
| Duration | 3-10 minutes |
| After-effects | 15-60 minutes |
| Oral_MAOI | |
|---|---|
| Onset | 20-45 minutes |
| Duration | 180-420 minutes |
| After-effects | 15-60 minutes |
| Insufflated | |
|---|---|
| Onset | 3-5 minutes |
| Duration | 45-60 minutes |
| After-effects | 15-60 minutes |
Effects
immersive experience, open eye visuals, radical perspective shifting, profound life-changing spiritual experiences, powerful rushing of sensation, change in perception of time, auditory hallucinations, color shifting, hard on lungs when smoking, stomach discomfort, difficulty integrating experiences, overwhelming fear
Aliases
n,n-dmt
dimethyltryptamine
Molecule
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/images/archive/dmt_3d_mid.jpg
Marquis
Orange
Vaporization
60-80C (140-176F)
Half-life
10-20 minutes
Interactions
Caution
- Cannabis
- Cannabis has an unexpectedly strong and somewhat unpredictable synergy with psychedelics.
- Amphetamines
- Stimulants increase anxiety levels and the risk of thought loops which can lead to negative experiences
- Cocaine
- Stimulants increase anxiety levels and the risk of thought loops which can lead to negative experiences
Unsafe
- Tramadol
- Tramadol is well known to lower seizure threshold and psychedelics also cause occasional seizures.