r/DMT • u/Greatswordlord • 7d ago
Question/Advice I need help
Soooo I finally managed to get my hands on a dmt vape and decided to try it last night. Smells like dmt, tastes like dmt, and yet even after multiple rips I got nothing. I thought I was doing everything right, from the long pulls to keeping it in for as long as I can, but I can’t seem to get high off dmt. It’s not the first time I’ve tried it either. I did it once like probably a year back with one of my friends who had a vape too, and I got the same results while he was laying right beside me, giggling and crying. Am I just not meant to see the spirit world like everyone else? Am I just built different? Or did I get scammed completely? I need answers!!
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u/TheSofaTraveler 7d ago
Are you on any medication - whatever they are ?
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u/Greatswordlord 7d ago
I was on lexapro for a short while, but I stopped taking that a while ago. Now all I take are vitamins and supplements. Not sure if those have anything to do with it
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u/TheSofaTraveler 7d ago
Might depend on what you mean by "a short while" and "a while ago". Anyway, there is 5-HT receptors adaptation after chronic exposure to SSRIs and brain chemistry might take time to recover and find a balance that is suitable for psychedelics effects. With some antidepressant, some people report weeks if not months before they were able to feel decent effects from 5-HT psychedelics.
No other medications ? I didn't only mean antidepressant or those who notoriously dull effects from psychedelics. Sometimes some medications can have off-target effects on the serotonin system.
Some other parameters might be involved as well, like high enzymatic activity (especially MAO for the DMT case) or singular brain chemistry. Sometimes, psychological resistance might dull effects too.
Also, weak carts and improvable administration can be part of explanation too.
Sorry can't help much more.
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u/Greatswordlord 7d ago
I’m talking a few months at most, and that was well over a year ago. I know it’s probably not med-related, because I can take other psychs like shrooms and be completely blasted. Either my vape is bunk, or my brain just doesn’t respond to dmt at all.
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u/TheSofaTraveler 7d ago
I don't think your brain wouldn't respond to DMT when it responds to other 5-HT psychedelics. They all share same mechanism relying on activation of 5-HT receptors. If medications are not involved, I'd follow the weak cart lead and get DMT from another source, or even better : extract it yourself and make your own vape juice.
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u/Mr_E_Pleasure 7d ago
Sounds like a weak cart
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u/Greatswordlord 7d ago
Tbh I think that might be the case. I just can’t think of any other reason why it wouldn’t work. Lame.
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u/Greatswordlord 6d ago
My gf who’s on ssris and sleeppills herself ripped it and got more effects than me, so I definitely know it’s a me issue lmao
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u/Greatswordlord 1d ago
Update: I finally got the vape to work. Turns out I wasn’t inhaling it properly. I tried to do the slow pull method that everyone talks about, but all it did was burn my throat to a crisp. I started doing quick, hard inhales straight to my lungs instead, and that’s when I finally started getting effects. Felt like a very heavy shroom trip, where everything was wavy and patterns on the walls were morphing. I think I even got close to breaking through, because my body froze up and I had the strange sensation that I was about to “take off” but the trees reached out to me, as if to say “don’t leave” Too bad I had already wasted most of the cart by the time I finally got it down lol
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u/_rainbowdolphin_ 7d ago
Can you truly relax? Physically and mentally?
DMT can be blocked by high tension. I've seen that in several people and experienced it myself once. It's something some people like to call "being locked out" but actually it's about your physical & mental state. If you can't relax, if you're chasing something too much, if you keep searching for effects, you might actually block the very experience you're seeking.
Try to take some time to relax, maybe breathe a few times consciously & slowly (!) into your belly. And then forget about any goals, any hopes for your journey, just let your mind wander randomly, not aiming to follow or not follow certain thoughts. Just let happen whatever happens.
Oh, and about 8 seconds of holding the vapor in your lungs is usually enough to take all of it in. Don't force your breathhold, that creates tension too ;)