I did a self-experiment around 2 years ago , from which i feel benefit up until this very day .
The idea shaped after reading about benefits of LSD or Psilocybin microdosing in science and study or against depression.
I observed that after smoking DMT or "Changa" ,which is a mix of herbs commonly used in ayahuasca mixed with DMT cristals i felt very balanced and active the next day. (I tried changa with MAOI and without, in my experience the mix without did better over longer periods. I imagine this is due to varying composition of blood and dietary changes.)
I began to smoke small doses (a joint with equivalent of 15-30mg DMT ) . I smoked every night before going to sleep , in complete darkness and silence , to observe the long term effects. Usually i smoked just a few puffs and left the joint for the next day.
I should note here that if you consume DMT in small doses repeatedly over a short period of time , the tolerance will reduce the perceived psychedelic effects. So you wont see no aliens or tunnels and usually not hear too many noises neither .
But my interest was not to focused on the observable part of the experience , i rather was curious what would be the longterm effect on my life and my state of mind , and which subtle changes i might observe .
1/ Body
The first thing that i noticed was that the experience was not every day the same , and over time it became apparent that my daily life had quite big influence on how i felt when i smoked. Depending what i ate , my experience could become quite unpleasant .
A certain symmetry seemed to appear in my life , i woke up way earlier then ever before, always instantly awake and full of energy . I became more and more able to reduce certain foods from my diet , and notice their effects on my body. At times my hand would reach out to grab some bread in the shop , but just an instant before i touched it , i felt the strong urge not to grab it , and my hand snapped back . It felt quite funny , as my conscious brain still wanted to eat it , but the impulse was way stronger.
2/ Mind
Conversations became more fruitful and i felt as if my mind started to work in some kind of synergy mode , meaning that a dynamic relationship between the chatter in the mind and subconscious impulses emerged. Words got complemented by nonverbal symmetry .
Philosophical questions that felt as if they were dusting up in corners of my mind after having been asked time after time without finding satisfying answers, began to get solved . I could basically take anything i was sad, depressed or even scared of in the past , dissect it and find motivating relaxing answers that i was never able to see before. A sense of zooming out and being able to observe things on a greater scale . Thoughts felt like going from circular to an upward spiralling manner. Where the chatter would be still circular but being pushed to a higher level by spontaneously emerging visual patters creating a rising spiral.
Overall i was able to finish more tasks than in the past , but feeling way better whilst doing them . Lifestyle changes i was trying to make for years just seem to happen by them self, which became so normal that at times i only noticed weeks after the change happened . Overall memory got enhanced , i revisited some of the worst things ever happened to me , and can clearly remember how my instinct warned me of certain travels or decisions, but i was not able to listen at the time or did not even notice the faint impulse . I can even identify the thoughts and emotions that suppressed my instinct, like the urge to satisfy promises or ,greed, envy or similar emotions are great at that.
Its a weird emotional time travel .
Synchronicity became normal part of my life , instinctual decisions proved to be right again and again .
Thus i make decisions mostly instinctual now , it can be hard at times , as you might change your day as it goes by, but the positive results make it a no brainer for me at this point . My connection to nature changed completely , my life became greener in a lot of ways. People around seem to reflect the positive changes i observe. Communication became more fluid , but i also encountered challenges , like the difficulty of formulating certain ideas and realisations i had into understandable sentences .
DMT seems to be present in greater concentrations in the pineal gland, which is at the center of our brain, connecting the left and right hemisphere .
My experience led me to believe that it is involved in balancing the use of the two hemispheres . Where as most people nowadays are using mainly the left hemisphere , it helped me to use the right or both of them at the same time .
There is interesting theories out there as to what the actual purpose of DMT in our system may be . The enzyme which our body uses to produce it is mainly found in the lungs and the placenta , some scientists proposed that it might play a role in protection of the brain from oxidative stress in certain life threatening situations (complications during birth ,drowning, stroke etc.). I figured it might explain the angels and lights people describe after surviving long time under water .
I really wish more people would experiment with longterm micro dosing of DMT and share their results.
I hope this little piece of information can help some people out there.
Here is some topic related links i can recommend :
A personal voyage into a lifelong quest for contact with nature and the biosphere
New 2019 Study : (http://q4lt.com/new-dmt-study-provides-additional-link-to-gamma-waves)
An investigation into the evolution of the human brain or a journey to the edge of the human mind.