| Rasta Robert 2004-12-16, 9:02 am |
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On 2004-12-07, RolandRB <rolandberry@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I had a weird experience once and I am wondering if it could have been
> a release of N,N-DMT in my brain. Please have a read of my experience
> and tell me what you think.
>
> I was sitting in a room doing something that was seriously boring me to
> death and then the light in the room became (to my vision) about ten
> times brighter. So bright that I was amazed the bulb had not burnt out.
> Then my body sort of slipped forwards two feet and I found myself in
> the same room looking around but a foot behind my head and about two
> feet to the left of it. This lasted maybe a minute and then it was like
> I went slamming back into the back of my head on drooping goo strings.
> For a minute or two after that my balance was totally knocked out. When
> that wore off it was a few hours like the tail end of an LSD trip - no
> hallucinations but just tiredness and wanting to go to sleep (except
> you can't) and the associated feelings with it.
>
Didn't you also write about hearing a buzzing sound or feeling
a buzzing sensation during the aftermath of the experience?
Hearing buzzing sounds like a swarm of insects or a rushing
sound like a waterfall are a quite common aspect of DMT experiences.
The experience of brightening of lights is common to the
psychedelic tryptamines, usually the pupils of the eyes
are dillated, and the sensitivity of the senses is amplified.
DMT, psilocine/psilocybine and LSD have that in common,
the body eliminates DMT quite fast through the action of
monoamine oxydase-A, the presence of MAO-A inhibitors can
prolong the experience, as demonstrated by ayahuasca concoctions.
Theoretically it is also possible in some circumstances
the brain can make its own endogenous MAO-A-I in the form
of the Beta-carboline pinoline. Some think that this mechanism
is behind the experiences of enlightenment by monks who
live for long periods in dark caves and the idea behind the
dark retreats of the taoist teacher Mantak Chia.
Rasta Robert
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