What It’s Like to Trip on DMT What It’s Like to Trip on DMT, When Jonathan Bell first tried DMT, he was already well-acquainted with psychedelics—at 34, he had taken acid and used mushrooms on dozens of occasions. Even so, he was staggered by the intensity of his first DMT trip. “It’s such a bungee […]
What is DMT? What is DMT? N,N-Dimethyltryptamine is an organic compound found in many plants and, in lesser amounts, in the nervous system of humans and other mammals. Chemically, DMT is related to serotonin, melatonin, and other neurotransmitters that affect core elements of the human experience, including mood and memory. Like LSD, peyote, psilocybin, and mescaline, […]
What is it like to take DMT? That’s tricky. “Much of the experience is ineffable because it seems to access parts of my brain that I don’t have human language to describe,” said Amy Shula, 40, a Denver-based clinical research program manager. Shula said that she’s smoked or inhaled DMT around 20 times total. Like Bell, she […]
Can you use DMT for medical purposes? Can you use DMT for medical purposes? Right now, everyone’s talking about psychedelics as potential game-changers in the treatment of addiction, depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health conditions. DMT, even outside of Ayahuasca therapy, is a growing part of that conversation. “A lot of depression or anxiety is about feeling disconnected […]