MET

(Methylethyltryptamine)

TrippyWiki score: 8.1/10

What is MET?

MET (Methylethyltryptamine) is one of the strongest psychedelics on the planet. The drug belongs to a tryptamine class and its effects are comparable to those of DMT.

Why choose MET over other psychedelics?

MET…

Doesn’t seem to cause any damage to your organs and there is no lethal dose
Has a relatively short duration, especially when you smoke the drug
Usually doesn’t cause nausea or physical discomfort (if smoked)
Is one of the most popular psychedelics, therefore we have access to a huge amount of studies and trip reports
Won’t make you addicted
Doesn’t make you develop tolerance
Can be made in your kitchen and the ingredients are legal in most countries
Can (unlike DMT) be taken orally

Long-term benefits & side effects

Many of the benefits will only occur if you follow the tips below.
Most (if not all) of the side effects are preventable and they will not happen if you follow the Safety checklist.

MET…

Can be an effective way to treat depression and PTSD
Can lower your levels of stress and anxiety, including social anxiety
Helps users cure their addictions
Might help you form positive habits, such as meditation and exercise
Increases neuroplasticity
Makes you more creative and open-minded
Helps you look at your life from a different perspective
Allows you to heal your childhood trauma and forgive people who’ve hurt you
Makes you more conscious and loving
Can help you transcend the fear of death
Gives you insights into the nature of reality
Makes you appreciate nature more
…

Has led to self-harm by people who took it in an unsafe environment
Might speed up the onset of schizophrenia if you’re genetically predisposed to it
Can cause HPPD and physical damage if you combine it with other substances (such as alcohol or stimulants)
Could cause you trauma due to bad set and setting
Might lead to drug-induced psychosis if you’re predisposed to it
Can be psychologically addictive (but only if you use the psychedelic recreationally)
Can cause seizures in rare cases
Is illegal in many places and you might get arrested for getting involved with the substance
…

How to take MET

Always test your substance with a Marquis Reagent Testing Kit before you put it in your mouth.

Administration

There are 3 main ways to take MET: smoking MET, snorting it, and taking it orally. Each of these will lead to a completely different experience, especially when it comes to the duration.

Unlike DMT, MET can be taken orally without harmala alkaloids or other sources of MAOIs.

Technically, you could also plug MET but you would need to use higher dosages. The substance might also damage your intestines if you take it this way, therefore it is not recommended.

How to smoke MET

The easiest way to smoke MET is with a glass pipe. Make sure that it ends with a ball. The bigger the ball, the better.

If you have a torch lighter that creates a blue flame, use it instead of a regular lighter.

Before you smoke the substance, put a metal tray next to you. The pipe will be hot and you don’t want to burn your carpet or set your neighborhood on fire.

If you have a trip-sitter, let him hold the pipe as you are inhaling.

Hold the fire 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) below the pipe. Rotate the pipe and wait for the drug to turn into smoke.

The smoke should be very light and clear. If it’s thick, you’re probably overheating the substance.

Inhale the smoke slowly and gently, then hold it in your lungs for 30 seconds.

Have 2 more hits, lay on the ground and enjoy your trip.

Always take the 3rd hit if you can.

Dosage

40 mg = Threshold dose
60-120 mg = Light dose
120-150 mg = Regular dose
150-200 mg = Strong dose
200+ mg = High dose

The doses above are displayed for oral use. If you decide to smoke the drug, divide the numbers by 2. If you are going to snort the substance, only use 1/5th of the oral dose!

Many psychonauts recommend starting with a light dose but this isn’t necessarily the best way to go.

Counterintuitively, a low dose is more likely to cause you a bad experience than higher doses.

If you start with a low dose, your ego will try to hold on and it will have a hard time surrendering to the experience. This is one of the main causes of bad trips.

Instead, try to reach the breakthrough dose where you are forced to let go of your body and the physical reality. When you smoke enough, this will be a lot easier.

Do not, however, start with a high dose if you don’t have a trip sitter nearby.

Your weight also influences the dose you should take to some extend. If you are overweight, you might need to take more MET than other people.

Safety checklist

Maximize the benefits

Keep in mind that integration is even more important than the trip itself. Taking psychedelics would be useless if you didn’t retain any lessons in your day-to-day life.

What will help you the most is contemplating about the experience – be it by journaling, thinking about the trip, or sharing your memories with a trusted friend.

Distracting thoughts can get in the way, which is why you want to spend the day after your trip without TV, social media, and other distractions.

If you can, spend time in silence and solitude. Meditate, go for a walk, contemplate the experience.

Duration

Onset = 1-2 hours
Come up = 30-60 minutes
Peak = 2-3 hours
Come down = 1-2 hours

You should notice the first effects within 90 minutes after you take the psychedelic
You will reach the maximum effect around the 2-hour mark
The whole trip usually lasts for 4-6 hours
At heroic doses, your trip may last for even longer
If you eat before your trip, the substance will take slightly longer to kick in
The numbers above only apply to the oral route of administration. Other routes last for much shorter.

What MET feels like

The effects of MET are extremely similar to those of DMT. MET is often just as intense and produces almost identical visuals.

However, the MET headspace is often described as more stimulating and grounded than that of DMT.

The body high is similar to that of 5-MeO-DMT.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to accurately describe the experience through human language.

The psychedelic also affects each individual differently and no two trips are the same. Therefore, there is virtually no way to know what your trip will feel like.

However, some common short-term effects include:

The brightest and the most intense visuals
Euphoria
Mindfulness, being extremely present
Higher capability for love and compassion
Pain relief
Feeling one with all that is
Completely disconnecting from this reality
Traveling through different dimensions
Seeing and talking to aliens
Feeling your emotions more intensely
Time distortion
Confusion
Increased body temperature
Increased heart rate
Anxiety, paranoia
Vulnerability

The higher dose you take, the more intense these effects will be.

With that said, the only way to truly know what MET feels like is to take it.

While MET is usually less challenging than DMT, the experience isn’t always positive. You can, however, minimize the chance of a bad trip.

Bad trips

Bad trips mostly happen because people take MET irresponsibly. If you take this psychedelic the right way, there is a low chance you’ll get a bad trip.

In case you still do, that’s good! A “bad” trip isn’t bad, it can actually be the most healing and insightful moment of your life!

During a “bad” trip, negative emotions are coming up from your subconscious mind. They have always been there whether you are aware of it or not. They have been damaging your life and a difficult trip is an opportunity to process these traumas and unpleasant feelings and let go of them.

The more painful the experience, the more you can heal.

So instead of calling bad trips bad, call them challenging.

If you understand that bad trips are awesome in the long-run, not only will you feel more comfortable diving into these challenging states, it will actually excite you!

Why they happen

The most common reasons for getting a bad trip are:

Tripping in an unsafe environment (in public, at a party, even nature doesn’t feel safe if you take higher doses)
Facing difficult times in your day-to-day life (a break-up, death of a loved one, …)
Rejecting to let go and trying to hold on to your ego and control the state
Being afraid of the trip (either because of the stigma around psychedelics or because you are not sure how pure your substance is)
Mixing the psychedelic with alcohol, weed, or other drugs
Expecting a bad trip (it can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy)

How to cope with a bad trip

Do not perceive this experience as something bad, remember that facing these difficult emotions is extremely healing
Fully surrender to the experience, do not try to feel good

How to end a bad trip

In case you are not ready to face your inner demons yet, there are a few ways to end a bad trip.

One possible way is to put on music that is familiar to you. Another way is to switch up your location and move from one place to another. This can completely change your train of thought.

In case the trip becomes extremely challenging and there is no one around you to keep you safe, consider ending your trip with a trip killer.

Using a trip killer usually is not the best idea because the bad emotions will stay unresolved and you will get little to no benefits from the experience. With that said, using a trip killer is smarter than harming yourself.

The 2 best options that you have for ending a bad trip are Phenibut and benzodiazepines.

Phenibut is generally safer. The downside is that it can take hours to kick in.

To end a trip, use benzodiazepines but only do this if you completely have to.

Interactions

Qualia Mind
This nootropic is comprised of 28 ingredients designed to support and maximize your brain function. These ingredients act synergistically and many of them will protect you from the neurotoxic effects of psychedelics. Qualia will also make your trips more pleasant and help you retain more benefits from them.
Herbs
Herbs can help calm you down. Herbal teas (chamomile, lemon balm, valerian root, …) are especially helpful.
Green tea
Tea makes you both more alert and calm at the same time. It also contains neuroprotective antioxidants, such as EGCG.
CBD
CBD has a calming effect.
LSD and Magic Mushrooms
MET is extremely strong on its own so be careful when mixing it with other psychedelics.
Weed
Marijuana will greatly intensify the trip.
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide will multiply the intensity of your trip.
Dissociatives
Combining dissociatives with psychedelics won’t necessarily cause you harm but it can be confusing and lead to bad trips.
MDMA
MET might increase the neurotoxicity of MDMA and combining the two may lead to heart problems.
Benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, …)
Benzos will end your psychedelic experience within 40 minutes but using this method may cause you side effects in the long-run.
Alcohol
Alcohol minimizes all the potential benefits of a psychedelic experience. It also greatly increases your chance of having a bad trip.
SSRIs
Not only will these antidepressants greatly decrease the intensity of your trip, but they can also lead to long-lasting side effects.
Lithium
Combining psychedelics with lithium significantly increases the risk of seizures and psychosis.
Stimulants
The combination can easily lead to heart problems, even if you’re a healthy individual.
Tramadol
Combining the two can cause seizures.
St. John’s Wort
This combination may lead to serotonin syndrome.

Legality

As of 2022, MET is illegal in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and a few other countries.

While the drug is not scheduled in the US, you may still get in legal trouble for possessing it because of The Federal Analogue Act.

The drug is not scheduled in Canada and some European countries, where you can legally buy it from a reliable research chemical company for chemical research purposes.

In some of these countries, you cannot take the substance legally but whether or not anyone would care or find out is a different story.

Where to get MET

Perhaps the best provider of research chemicals like MET is Chemical Collective.

Their products are cheap, the company is highly reliable, and they will deliver the chemicals to you within 10-20 days. If the package gets lost, you can ask them to send you a new one, and they will.

Some research chemicals may not be legal where you live, so always check the legal status of your country before you buy any substance. Chemical Collective may not accept or ship your order if it doesn’t fit the laws of your country.

FAQ

There is no such thing as tolerance to MET. Technically, you could smoke it every 2 hours.

However, if you’re taking MET alone with an intention to grow spiritually. you want to incorporate all lessons from the trip before you take the substance again.

If you take MET on a regular basis, your trips will get more and more intense and you will naturally not want to trip so often. Becoming addicted to MET is nearly impossible.

MET is thought to produce its psychedelic effects by binding to serotonin receptors in the brain, although the precise mechanism is not fully understood.

The only way to truly know what this psychedelic does to your brain is to try it yourself.

It is not about your age, it is about how mature you are.

With that said, MET is an extremely potent substance. If your brain is still developing on its own, you might want to choose gentler psychedelics instead.

If you are under the age of 21, your brain is evolving at a rapid rate on its own. This means that when you take psychedelics, there is more potential for growth but the risks are also higher.

Always take MET in a safe place where you feel comfortable. Make sure there are no strangers around and that nobody will bother you during your trip.

It’s recommended to have a trip sitter next to you.

If you are a mentally stable individual who does not suffer from psychosis or have a predisposition to schizophrenia, there is virtually no way you would develop any mental illnesses because of taking this psychedelic.

MET can be detected in your urine for around 24 hours after you’ve taken it.

With that said, you do not have to be afraid that anyone would test you for MET.

MET has a distinct smell and taste that you cannot compare with anything else.

Most people do not like the taste of MET but it isn’t unbearable either.

Order a Marquis Reagent Testing Kit from the internet and follow the instructions on its label. This test kit is accurate and can detect other substances, too.

Keep the powder in a cold dark place, preferably with no air.

If you don’t do this, your MET will lose potency within a year or two.

Do not eat right before you take MET. It can cause you nausea and even make you vomit.

If you need to eat some food, do so 2 hours before tripping and keep your meal light.

Yes.

Watching yourself in the mirror can give you many insights about your life and the self.

You will also really like the way you look on MET because your face will look extremely symmetrical.

Do not, however, stare at yourself when you’re going through a bad trip.

Immature people who are not willing to follow the safety guidelines
People who suffer from psychosis
People who have a familial history of schizophrenia
Those who suffer from HPPD
People who are going through a manic phase of bipolar disorder
If you’re going through extremely challenging times, you can take psychedelics but the trips might be unpleasant, beware of that

TABLE OF CONTENTS