DOSE:

600 mg

oral

DXM

(daily)

BODY WEIGHT:

200 lb

1. My experience during intoxication

This drug provides an intense buzz and after I discovered it can get you high, I started using it daily and continued usage for a couple months on that same daily basis. The only negative experience I can report is the exhaustion I felt at work the day after, I kept falling asleep.

Without hitting the calculator, I think these were 2nd plateau experiences, possibly third. The 'stoning' feeling was intense and the hallucinations were cartoonish but pronounced and somewhat lucid. I created the landscape. Yeah, weird, but I like playing god and this drug made it possible for me to do that.

The hallucinations were almost lucid, like I could command how they presented. My preference was a spaceship like scene with miles and miles of lights, I enjoyed this presentation so I really got into it. It almost seemed like I could see for miles.... just lights, residential, commercial, industrial, whatever. My mind seemed to populate the visions as it felt appropriate, it was a god-like view. If you can articulate 'sprinkle sounds' as a high-pitched treble sparkle, I kept hearing those, too... with a background of heavy metal guitar hammering the same 1 second riff, repetitively. This did not bore me, so I believe my short-term memory was significantly impacted. I cannot articulate it, nor can I provide the musical notation... it was just hard guitar music in a 1 second loop.

This was a positive experience, I got off on it. I loved it. I tried to repeat the experience night after night. Despite daily feelings of exhaustion, I wanted more and more. This indicate addiction. Then I read about the negative effects of chronic, daily, DXM abuse.

That leads me to this ->

2. My experience during withdrawal

Day 1. Annoyed, irritated, whoop-dee-doo.

Day 2. Nauseated... ate sushi and vomited it hard, tried Dramamine, it had little resolution, I vomited so hard, my stomach lining came up.

Day 3. Saw medical Doctor, was prescribed Ondansetron 8mg which I was told was generally reserved for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Was also recommended psychotherapy for substance abuse.

Day 4. Was so nauseated that even laying on my back, I needed to throw up. There was nothing to throw up. I still heaved so hard my chest and stomach ached. Day 4 was hell. I don't give a shit what your spiritual beliefs are... Hell was real as far as a metaphor, because I lived it.

Day 5. I was able to move about, eat mild foods (chicken noodle soup, unsalted crackers, etc.) Cravings were invalidated by the negative reinforcement of the withdrawal.

Day 6. Everything seemed okay, I was kind of nauseous, but not to the point of vomiting. To prevent throwing up, I spent the day on the couch, not moving, and when I did it was to prepare mild foods such as chicken noodle soup.

Day 7. Much like day 6, but I had to go out and run some housekeeping errands. Felt kind of disoriented, driving seemed weird, almost alien, but I managed to drive around town to complete my tasks.

Day 8. I noticed the sound of birds in the air, I feel almost normal, just everything is still kind of surreal. There is a hallucinogenic value to the sound of the birds.

Day 9. No abnormal observations. I conclude that the effects of this drug and it's sudden withdrawal have completed.

Day 10. Feel fine... have sworn off this stuff. I don't ever want to experience the withdrawal again. It takes too long and is not worth the 4-5 hours of BUZZ it gives me.

Days of withdrawal versus hours of high... nope. Not for me.

This is not a negative report of the high, it is a negative report of the withdrawal and the length of time it requires to recover from it.

My length of addiction was approximately two months. I was instantly addicted to the intense buzz which led to my daily abuse of the drug in various forms. I report my experience not to help shape the abuse of others, but to dissuade it. After hours of high versus days of withdrawal, the negative experience of days of withdrawal just doesn't merit the hours of recreational euphoria.

It is NOT worth the risk of getting high on this stuff, no matter what the goal, because the withdrawal, while not fatal to me, was a wretched, painful, almost 2-week long experience.

Exp Year: 2014	ExpID: 105341
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: 45
Published: Oct 17, 2025	Views: Not Supported
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