r/bufo

hey guys, sorry this is a tad long, but I have to get this across

so I posted about my first ever bufo experience here and it’s been a while since then. I have since had some time to reflect, and I have had a few very low-dose NN-DMT experiences that have allowed for fragments of the previously dissolved memories of the trip to flood back.

I realized that even in my original post, I was coping really bad. I said that it was neither good or bad, but in hindsight it was actually quite an awful, terribly terrifying experience which I got next to nothing out of.

the reality of my experience was that after exhaling the large inhale, I remained in a state of sheer terror, waiting for the experience to be over. I may have not gotten enough in my lungs or something (i’m not sure how that would be physically possible after the state the big rip left me in) but as everything turned into fractals I was telling myself “it’s safe, surrender” and from then on, I just entered a reality of no time and just shapes and meaningless existence , not feeling connected to anything, but not feeling separate from it either. pure limbo, pure terror, with no concept of an alternative to this reality.

also in retrospect, the facilitator and the environment were not optimal. I knew the guy, but not very well, just enough to trust him. but his “guru” demeanor felt very forced.

when I came back all I wanted was a hug and a cigarette and something familiar, I asked him for water, he just ignored the request and said “lay back and think about what it’s trying to tell you.” so coming back from the most terrifying thing i’d ever experienced, feeling like all these identities are nothing more than a joke, I had to take part in this fucking hippie song and dance with him making random ass sounds and making me draw tarot cards. I was counting the seconds til I could get out of the “sanctuary”.

the reason i’m putting this here is i’m just so disappointed. I really came before bufo/5meo with respect, truly wanting to let it take me for the ride and teach me. I have always wanted to try NN, and just the low doses i’ve experienced bring me back to the state of panic I experienced as soon as I exhaled the bufo, as if my consciousness had just been in limbo in between spaces in meaningless shape land.

I had to write this out because in my original post, I realized I was trying to cope with the fact that I was chewed up and spit out by bufo when I was really trying to improve myself and my life. now, because of this experience, despite my deep deep deep curiosity to meet NN entities and see higher dimensional landscapes, i’m terrified to hit the pen for more than 5 seconds

what did I do wrong?

I’ve had several bufo experiences and recently a 5meo experience. It was pretty powerful although I didn’t fully blast off, part of the ego was still conscious.

I’ve been in good spirits since, as I always am with this compound. But OMG I have never felt this fatigued.
I get a bit of energy in the morning after my morning coffee but I crash and burn late morning and throughout the afternoon. If I sit down to watch something I’ll fall asleep within ten minutes. It’s been a few weeks now.

I understand everything is recalibrating and it can take time. But I was wondering if anyone has experienced the same and if you have any tips for getting the energy back up? I have a busy few weeks coming up and I expected my energy levels to be back to normal.

Thanks in advance!

[Note: Both act on different receptors]

5-MeO DMT acts on 5-HT2A Serotonin receptors.

Salvinorin A in Salvia acts on kappa Opioid receptors.

I recently was gifted a DMT pen vape and keep attempting to sit with this medicine. I am coughing a lot and cannot hold it down. I do not smoke weed i have few times back in the day never any nicotine. I am pulling it very, very, very slow and then swallowing and blowing out, but it is so strong and causing me to cough. Any tips ? I am beginning to get a little frustrated, but trying to stay calm.

As the title says - my partner is partaking in a ceremony tomorrow. Neither of us have ever had the opportunity to experience Bufo until recently. We have experience in the realm of psychedelics.

My partner has been have a lot of questions around their purpose and why they are here. It has been a difficult few months as we work on exploring this and helping them define their identity. We are hopeful this experience can shed light on where they are meant to be and why they are here.

How can I support my partner on this journey? While I will not be physically present I will drive them to and from their experience. I want to make sure they get the absolute best experience from this journey and I want to make sure I can help continue the journey afterwards and not end up being a burden. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Hello !
I'm an experienced psychonaut, and I only travel alone. That's how I'm used to do it, and how I feel safe.

I have taken N,N-DMT maybe 15-20 times. I had vape cartridges. I worked OK, but it was quite difficult to get near a breakthrough, I needed to inhale quite a lot.

I now have freebase 5-MEO-DMT. I know nothing about vapes, mesh, and I find it quite difficult to understand the simplest way to vaporize it, even after a lot of reading. I'm looking to have the strongest and simplest hit, while staying safe if I'm alone. (which means no burning element which could cause fire when I'm at the point of inhaling).

Fellow psychonauts, how would you do it?

Many thanks

Hey everyone

I want to share my experience two months after my first bufo ceremony. Maybe it helps someone in similar place.

I did Bufo end of May. Before that I tried magic mushrooms, Ayahuasca and San Pedro, so I knew a bit about plant medicine, but Bufo was still very different.

My trip was like many people describe here: first this instant death, very strong but I surrendered quite easily. Then I was floating in an ocean of love, no body, no thoughts, just love everywhere. After that came huge gratitude and release, a lot of crying and letting go.

After ceremony I was thinking that this love is something external, coming from medicine or universe. But later I realized: it also comes from me, I am part of this love too.

Quick backstory. I struggled with depression since 2022. I thought I was over it in 2024, at least “good enough”. Last week I went for a walk and kept hearing inside: “fight for yourself", again and again. In that moment something broke and I saw I was actually depressed all this time, just functioning on top of it.

I have an eating disorder from lockdown times, more or less. Looking back it feels like I tried to slowly kill myself, not caring about my body.

Now, two months after Bufo, I really feel something changed. I believe bufo helped me. I eat healthy since then, not perfect but with real care. And for the first time in long time, I can see my future. Before it was just grey fog, now I have small visions and they feel possible.

It’s not a magic fix, I still have work and bad days, but it’s like someone opened a window in a dark room. I finally want to stay here and fight for myself.

Thanks for reading

Hi everyone,

My wife and I are bufo facilitators in NYC. We serve this sacred medicine with utmost care, compassion and love.

We also make it a point to provide multiple integration chats/calls afterwards. Usually one day afterwards, one week after, one month after, and again 3 months afterwards.

This is because we think that integration and guidance is sorely lacking in the community.

People get sent to the center of everything and melt back into pure source consciousness, and then a facilitator gives them a hug and a high five and sends them on their way.....which obviously isn't the way it should be. In my opinion at least.

I do a thorough question and answer style background check to see if it's a good fit for a potential client too. I have a background in medicine (went to medical school) and so we do proper intake protocols and medical screening basically. There's more to it than that of course. This sacred medicine is not for everyone and not every person is a good fit, for a wide variety of reasons.

Though I wish everyone could try it at least once I their life.

We use bufo venom, not the 5 meo dmt molecule.

If anyone is interested, please feel free to reach out and DM me. It is our greatest honor and pleasure to serve others this way.

Much love and thank you kindly for reading!

Hey psychonauts, so I have CFS, was mild but now progressed to a more moderate one. I spent the last 2 months severely limited, one month in bed. Still not fully out of a flare up. I am supposed to have a buff ceremony in about 3 weeks and I'm scared whether my body will be ok with it, or whether to postpone. I'm really scared of fuckin up my body more, right now I still need to be very cautious with any intense physical or emotional experiences. Thoughts?

I’m curious about people who have had a strong or difficult 5-MeO-DMT experience, especially those whose integration lasted much longer than the usual few months.

I’m about 1.5 years out from my experience. It was my first psychedelic experience and I went directly into 5-MeO-DMT rather than gradually working my way through other psychedelics.

The experience itself was very intense and unpleasant for me. There was a lot of resistance, heaviness, fear and what I would describe as a very deep bodily sense of hopelessness. I didn’t experience it as some beautiful mystical breakthrough.

About a month later I had a very strong spontaneous flashback during the night. It felt remarkably similar to the original experience, but this time the physical reaction eventually completed with intense neurogenic shaking. After that, something changed.

Since then, I’ve repeatedly experienced a pattern that I didn’t have before 5-MeO: strong activation followed, sooner or later, by a very pronounced sense of bodily release and calm. Often the release is particularly noticeable in my thighs, which used to be an area of significant chronic tension and pain. The contrast can be remarkable: intense anxiety or activation, followed later by warmth, relaxation and a very peaceful state.

There have also been quite a few positive changes:

significantly less psychosomatic pain

much better awareness of bodily states

a stronger ability to come back down from activation

a noticeable distance from thoughts rather than automatically identifying with them

periods of very deep calm

much more vivid colors and sensory perception, which can be beautiful when I’m relaxed

occasional strong experiences of gratitude, joy and euphoria

a general feeling that my relationship with my mind and emotions has fundamentally changed

At the same time, the integration has been far from linear.

Over the last year and a half I’ve had different forms of anxiety and activation. Earlier it was more connected to intrusive thoughts and fear of losing control. More recently, the theme has shifted toward being far from home, feeling trapped, being unable to leave a situation, long journeys, airplanes, hiking etc.

Sometimes the perception of the environment also becomes unusually intense. A long straight street can suddenly feel extremely long, colors can become unusually vivid, and the whole environment can feel either fascinating or strangely threatening. At the peak of these episodes I sometimes experience what I call a glitch: a very strong spike of alarm accompanied by a strange change in how the environment feels, followed by a strong urge to leave.

I’ve also recently had several nights where I wake up suddenly with intense autonomic activation, sweating, nausea and fear, somewhat reminiscent of the early period after the experience. These episodes eventually pass, but the intensity can still be surprisingly high.

What makes this confusing is that I can have genuinely excellent days in between. I can feel extremely good in my body, enjoy music, colors, exercise, yoga, socializing etc. Then suddenly another difficult wave appears.

So the overall trajectory feels positive, but definitely not linear.

I’m not really asking whether this is normal in a medical sense. I’m more interested in lived experience:

How long did your 5-MeO integration actually last?

Did anyone have a difficult or turbulent integration lasting 1.5 years, 2 years or longer?

Did the themes of the activation change over time rather than simply becoming weaker?

And did you eventually reach a more stable baseline where these waves became less dominant, even if they didn’t disappear completely?

I’d especially appreciate hearing from people who had a difficult experience rather than only positive 5-MeO experiences.

Thank you all

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