Hey DarkPickle, glad to see your 'dipping your toes in the water!' To help you out a little, if you want a "breakthrough" i would put 25mg in and see what that feels like. If you still only seem to be getting minor CED's and OED's i would recommend that you just freebase the DMT in some ash in a normal pipe or a water pipe. Put some ash on top of a screen or two then some DMT then another layer of ash on top. Hold the lighter about half an inch away, enough so the flame doesn't touch it, and it should start to vaporize. Personally, i like doing it in one hit which lends the water pipe more efficient. Happy Travels!