I had the deepest trip of my life of tripping last night on the 5. Took a breakthrough dose hit and was immediately knocked down to my back as it had taken over. I lay there as it dismantled and disintegrated my ego within seconds as I wake up to Reality.
5-MeO-DMT
Well-documented
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 6 corroborating sources
- 3 ROAs with full dose ladders
- duration data present
- 17 combo interactions documented
- PubChem toxicity data
- classified Research-chemical
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 6 corroborating sources
- 3 ROAs with full dose ladders
- duration data present
- 17 combo interactions documented
- PubChem toxicity data
- classified Research-chemical
Aliases: Toad, Bufo, 5-meo, Toads, Jaguar, 5meodmt, 5meo, 5-medmt
Summary
5-MeO-DMT is an extremely potent, fast-acting psychedelic tryptamine known for producing intense mystical experiences with minimal visual effects. Unlike N,N-DMT, 5-MeO-DMT is approximately 4-20 times more potent and carries greater safety concerns, including several documented fatalities. It preferentially activates 5-HT1A receptors over 5-HT2A receptors, making it an atypical psychedelic.
Perspectives
“I felt it in a minuteβnot really light head, but the head feels close to the lower parts of the bodyβclose to the groundβknees weakβdistinct shakes. I peaked at 2 or three minutes. It was quite intense, but not the max of DMT at 30 milligrams and no sensory close-out. Slight nausea on the drop-offβI am glad I had not eaten anything. Overall comparison to DMT, more potent, slightly faster, but like DMT is largely a simple, stoning drug with no sensory contribution, no intellectual contribution. Itβs greatest contribution might be to provide a subject the vocabulary of an altered state of consciousness so that, with interesting and constructive drugs, these effects will be familiar, and thus not distractions.”
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaporized | 3-6mg | 6-12mg | 12-20mg | 20mg+ |
| Insufflated | 5-8mg | 8-15mg | 15-25mg | 25mg+ |
| Smoked | 3-6mg | 6-12mg | 12-20mg | 20mg+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Comeup | Peak | Offset | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaporized | 0-1 min | 1 min | 4-19 min | 10-25 min | - |
| Insufflated | 3-7 min | 4-15 min | 30-45 min | 15-30 min | 2-3 hrs |
| Oral | 10-30 min | 19-40 min | 30-90 min | 1-2 hrs | - |
| Smoked | - | - | 6-12 min | 12-18 min | 30 min |
Effect Profile
432 reportsScores (1–10) curated from multiple sources:
- Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
- Validated against 374 Erowid trip reports
- Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)
Psychedelic
8.8
Intense+
9/10
Strong visuals, headspace, auditory effects, and body load
Visual Intensity
×3
10
colour enhancement
drifting
colour shifting
environmental orbism
visual acuity enhancement
Headspace Depth
×3
10
conceptual thinking
thought connectivity
recursion
subconscious communication
emotion enhancement
delusions
+2 more
Auditory Effects
×1
10
auditory distortion
auditory enhancement
auditory hallucinations
auditory hallucination
Body Load / Somatic Effects
×1
10
nausea
temperature regulation suppression
bodily pressures
Tolerance
Build-up
minimal with single use; develops rapidly with repeated dosing
Reset
7β14 days for baseline
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
0.5h
Half tolerance
7d
Baseline
~14d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session β the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Users frequently report marked acute tolerance if re-dosed within the same session; effects are often blunted or dysphoric. Crossβtolerance with other serotonergic psychedelics is plausible via 5βHT2A downβregulation, but quantitative data are limited; estimates here are conservative and anecdotal.
Cross-Tolerances
Effects
Aggregated from 374 Erowid and 58 Bluelight experience reports
Positive Effects 56
Euphoria
38.7%
87%
Color Enhancement
32.3%
82%
Empathy
30.7%
80%
Music Enhancement
28.5%
86%
Awe
28.0%
86%
Tactile Enhancement
26.7%
70%
Mystical Quality
26.0%
85%
Focus Enhancement
23.6%
75%
Peace
22.0%
84%
Closed-Eye Visuals
17.6%
86%
Introspection
16.5%
80%
Oneness
16.0%
88%
Bliss
16.0%
89%
Geometric Imagery
14.0%
86%
Joy
14.0%
84%
Body High
13.2%
84%
Fractal Imagery
12.0%
88%
Visual Trails
12.0%
83%
Insight
10.0%
87%
Love
10.0%
83%
Adverse Effects 58
Anxiety
58.5%
84%
Visual Distortions
52.6%
74%
Body Load
50.0%
82%
Fear
48.0%
91%
Depersonalization
32.0%
83%
Stimulation
30.4%
80%
Thought Disorganization
30.0%
85%
Confusion
29.3%
83%
Nausea
26.6%
86%
Panic
24.0%
89%
Dissociation
21.7%
75%
Ego Dissolution
18.4%
90%
Pressure
14.0%
87%
Vomiting
14.0%
92%
Increased Heart Rate
13.9%
70%
Pain Enhancement
12.0%
90%
Timelessness
10.0%
87%
Entity Imagery
10.0%
83%
Visual Fragmentation
10.0%
84%
Motor Impairment
8.5%
84%
Combinations
Cross-Check 5-MeO-DMT with another substanceCommunity Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance.
Reddit 7 reports 2 positive 4 neutral 1 cautionary visit
Many years ago I used bufo venom. First time was 90mg vaporized. Didnβt quite get the whole hit. Everything sizzled in my vision and then it took me. It was beautiful, amazing, and powerful. It was warm and psychedelic and expansive and so many things that go beyond words.
About 25 years ago, my small group of friends learned about 5MEO and bought some online. Mind you, this was probably when most of you were either in grade school or not yet born. Iβm 45 now, 5 kids, married. Etc. I only did it once. 15mg dose of pure lab synthetic from Germany.
I felt that I wanted to share my first 5-MeO-DMT experience.Female, 32 y/o with a lot of experiences with psychedelics I was in a warmer climate where the temperature was around 30 degrees celsius.
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Hi all. Just wanted to share my first experience with 5meo and hear some of you veterans take on it. Intro: my journey into psychedelics started 8 years ago after I had a βpsychedelic/emotionalβ reaction to a pain treatment (botox) trying to relief chronic pain that I have been d...
**Names have been changed for the sake of privacy** Wednesday September 29 2021, my father and I smoked 5-MeO-DMT in the form of toad venom. **The Story**: βI am a 33 year old male living in a beach suburb of Los Angeles.
Erowid 8 reports 3 positive 3 neutral 2 cautionary visit
As I pause to reflect on what I experienced nearly 30 hours ago, the most profound moments of my life, I am filled with utter disbelief. My first true experience with 5-meo-dmt was nothing short of amazing, although such a word is painfully lacking.
This was my first experience with any form of DMT. I did very little research prior to embarking on this journey to inner space, therefore I had little idea what to expect. IΒve had numerous psychedelic experiences in the past 40 years, but none in the last 10. None have prepared me for what 5MeODMT had to offer.
I have had several attempts before this to breakthrough on 5-MeO-DMT. I now believe that I was approaching the experience in an entirely ineffective way. Set and setting is extremely important with any psychedelic, but it is absolutely necessary to prepare correctly for a drug with this power.
An insight into my first experience with the entheogen 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (most commonly known as 5-MeO-DMT), a powerful tryptamine. Objective analysis of the experience is complicated since the effects are volatile, and minimal dosage changes can induce violent differences.
My journey with toad medicine was without question the most intense and impactful psychedelic experience I've ever had. LetΒs start with a bit of context. I was aware of the toad for years, but I never pursued it.
It is commonly accepted that there are three distinct stages of the transformative experience (trip): The first stage being the Preparation, the second stage, the Experience itself, and the third stage the Reflection, or Processing of the experience.
Intravenous 5-MeO-DMT - The Drop Rejoining the Ocean I had spent a great deal of time studying other people's experiences with 5-MeO-DMT, finding reports which told stories of incredible bliss and others which told of literal near-death including cessation of breathing and loss of consciousness.
[Includes Updates written eleven months and fifteen months after the original report (two years after the experience). ] I do not encourage others to try this or any other psychoactive substance. I have had a very positive view of psychedelics as a medicine/teacher.
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“I felt it in a minuteβnot really light head, but the head feels close to the lower parts of the bodyβclose to the groundβknees weakβdistinct shakes. I peaked at 2 or three minutes. It was quite intense, but not the max of DMT at 30 milligrams and no sensory close-out. Slight nausea on the drop-offβI am glad I had not eaten anything. Overall comparison to DMT, more potent, slightly faster, but like DMT is largely a simple, stoning drug with no sensory contribution, no intellectual contribution. Itβs greatest contribution might be to provide a subject the vocabulary of an altered state of consciousness so that, with interesting and constructive drugs, these effects will be familiar, and thus not distractions.”
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