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At doses of ~180 milligrams, I notice color enhancement, increased sense of significance of objects, trails, and visual patterning (a 'grid' on the surface of objects). These effects are noticeable even in daylight (though I feel that, for me, DXM has a much stronger affinity for the dark). Closed eye visuals at this level consist of the same geometric grids seen with eyes open, shot through with the occasional flash of color. Imagination and memory are considerably enhanced, but not to the level of the 'virtual world' sort of experiences that I notice at higher doses.
At ~300 milligrams, I often begin to strongly notice a diminishing frame rate for my visual field, in addition to the intensification of the all of the above mentioned effects. At this level, I typically become entranced by everday objects as if they were works of art. The folds in a towel, or a crumpled cigarette box in a gutter, become portals - everything in the Infinite, the Infinite in everything. At this level, closed eye visuals can be cinematic scenes of my own past, visually-represented analysis of the outcomes of possible courses of action, apparently exterior signals ('memories' of events that didn't happen to Cliff, entity contacts, etc.,), or multi-coloured continually evolving fractal landscapes.
At doses of ~500 milligrams, I often notice severely diminished frame rate, in addition to microscopia/macroscropia. Very large objects may look quite small, and small objects may appear as though huge. My ability to judge distance also begins to become affected, what with the "zooming in and out." I remember one experience in which a friend who was sitting next to me on a couch appeared as though he were at the opposite end of a very long hallway. I sometimes notice double-vision at this level. Sometimes my visual field may appear as though tilted at a 90 degree angle.
In the dark, combined with prolonged meditation, I have experienced fully-formed 3-D open-eye visuals at ~500 milligrams. In one experience, after re-entering my body, I opened my eyes and watched all the shadows in the room (formed by streetlight coming in through my window) swirl together into the 3-D shape of a 'man' (formed entirely of shadow substance) in a fedora, standing at the foot of my bed. This phenomena lasted perhaps 5-10 minutes before abruptly dissipating, all the shadows whirling apart and returning to their respective locations in the room. Feeling in need of some water from my kitchen, I swung myself over to the edge of the bed just in time to see the floor recede away from me down an infinitely long corridor. I looked up at the ceiling and watched it do the same. It seemed as though my bed, dress of drawers, closet, and walls were all floating in an infinite expanse, supported by nothing.
On the wall opposite my bed, I saw a ladder extending beyond the length of the wall in both directions, up and down into infinity. I remained aware the entire time that I was on a drug, and that the visual effects I was experiencing were the result of the drug I had ingested. However, even knowing these facts, it took me a good 10-15 minutes to absolutely decide not to try to jump over to the ladder and climb into infinity. The effect eventually dissipated, and I got and went to the kitchen for some water. Closed eye visuals at this level can be fully interactive virtual worlds. I also have had the sensation that I can see through my closed-eyelids.
At doses of ~600-700 milligrams I have experienced size distortion to such an extent that, for instance, I have appeared to myself as though I were three stories tall, trying to reach down and get a glass of water (no bigger than a thimble) on the floor stories beneath me. Everyday objects may appear as though they are intensely significant, in addition to my having little comprehension of their nature or function. I remember it once taking me several minutes of staring at a DVD player to realize what the fuck it was. (before anyone makes any snide comments, I have experienced similar effects on large doses of acid)
Frame rate is typically very low at this point - I can turn my head from the left to the right very quickly, and for several seconds I will still be "seeing" the left side of the room. This can be disconcerting. Shapes may appear severely distorted, with (for instance) people's faces becoming triangular blocks on their heads. There may be moments of loss of contact with the stream of sensory input from one;s environment, even with eyes open. In one experience, it seemed that I could feel 'etheric energy' rushing through me, flipping my perspective from one side of the room to the other, while my body remained stationary. In rapid succession, I would be seeing the room from my sitting vantage point - then be on the opposite side of the room, looking into my own face and everything behind me - then be on the ceiling looking down at everything - then be over in the corner - then be back in my sitting vantage point. Frequently, everything fades into a warm glowing Light - or, sometimes, cold abysmal darkness.
At doses of ~1000 milligrams, I have experienced complete perceptual breakdown. Extended periods of complete ego-less immersion in quantum/cosmic events, 'spirit travel' through the 'realm of the dead,' and various other 'far-out' experiences often occur whether the eyes are open or closed. As this effect fades, it does so in stages, so that in some stages there can be quite fantastic mixtures between my environment and my interior experiences. Effects at this level have been quite as strong as breakthrough doses of DMT. I remember that while in the recovery phase of one 'fourth plateau' experience, I was being driven around in car by two friends. While the car, my friends, and myself appeared
exactly as we should have, everything outside the car was not Norman, OK (the site of my 'trip'), but rather, London, England (where I once had the pleasure of spending a summer). Everything was perfectly rendered.
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I am not enzyme deficient. Smoking cannabis considerably intensifies these effects. Sometimes, due to meditation, darkness, and cannabis, these effects can manifest at lower dose levels. Sometimes my DXM trips aren't very visual at all, with only the color enhancement, trails, enhanced sense of significance, and patterning manifesting, even at high doses. The above is by no means an exhaustive account of weird visual activity I've had while using DXM.
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Namaste,
Cliff