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Alzheimer Medicine High
Memantine
by stab
Citation:   stab. "Alzheimer Medicine High: An Experience with Memantine (exp93405)". Erowid.org. Apr 24, 2019. erowid.org/exp/93405

 
DOSE:
T+ 0:00
450 mg oral Pharms - Bupropion  
  T+ 0:00 50 mg oral Pharms - Memantine (pill / tablet)
  T+ 0:00 1 glass oral Caffeine (liquid)
  T+ 4:30 100 mg oral Pharms - Memantine (pill / tablet)
  T+ 13:30 1 g oral Vitamin C (liquid)
BODY WEIGHT: 80 kg
[Erowid Note: The dose described in this report is very high, potentially beyond Erowid's 'heavy' range, and could pose serious health risks or result in unwanted, extreme effects. Sometimes extremely high doses reported are errors rather than actual doses used.]
Well, this time I tried out an Alzheimer's drug; memantine. It's a NMDA antagonist, which is like ketamine; but whether if it has any recreational value, you'll decide.

Drugs beforehand: Bupropion 450mg. Xtended release

10:30 - Swallowed 5x10 mg pills with redbull. Rode back to home.

11:30 - Checked if I feel anything. A small feeling here, a small feeling there; like deja-vu or such strange feelings, nothing much enjoyable.

12:30 - An increase in energy, it was nearly 24 hours since I woke up, so thats a nice welcome. I skipped my Bupropion dosage in 7:00, so was expecting to sleep. A single hallucination appeared - a blue dot. That would be the last one I 'll see.

13:30 - 3 hours is given as peak effect time, I have somewhat increased energy, a bit weirded out feeling, a bit wobbly walking which might very well be insomnia, an occasional euphoric rush for a few secs which feels nice and warm.

Over the course of these 3 hours, I have had feelings of hot and cold in my extremities, hot chills and cold chills just like heroine - morphine, weirded out feelings, skipping or forgetting a word or two in conversation, expecting a clear memory but instead a little bit of increase and some mental clogging-fogging.

Seeing 50mg did nothing special to me, I proceeded to take 10x10mg this time, at 15:00, after I am sure that there would be no peaks. Thats a precaution that most new pschonaut must take especially if he/she's alone.

15:00 - 10x10mg pills swallowed, 100mg. With long (60-100h) half life of memantine, that would make a 150 mg dose cumulative.

16:00 - Increase in dizziness, wobbly feelings and a strange drunken feeling where you don't have nausea, headache but the loss of balance is there alright.

16:30 - 'High'. I started to feel 'High' at 15:30 but thats the definite point. Not a good, but then; not a bad high. I know I'm high because I feel it. Hints of euphoria has left, a steady state of 'high'. Let me explain it: I feel like I'm drunken, my balance is lost a bit, I feel drowsy, dizzy yet I can think clearly if I want, a strange 'out-of-this-world' feeling is with me sometimes, I think I'm facing a side, and then when I look at me closely, I'm not facing to that side at all, I know it's hard to explain but thats a feeling, somewhat like the weirdness of deja-vu x 10.

17:00 - Can't wait for the expected peak at 18:00. I am too sleepy because I was awake for a good 24 hours now. Gone to sleep.

23:00 - Woke up, effect continues. 'high' is there with dizziness, drowsiness and clearence-of-mind-at-will is there also. A little less pronounced than the state I was in before going to sleep.
Ate some chicken noodles.

00:00 - Writing this. I have difficulties walking and pressing the letters, but my writing gets more and more fluent as I write. Drank 1g of ascorbic acid (Vit. C) to clean the memantine from my system. I can function with a litlle difficulty in the society now, I shouldn't drive or cycle though, and It seems to go on for at least 24-48 hours.

Next time I'll try out another 150mg dose at the same time.

Note: It's expensive and if you ask me if it's worth the money, no. I would've bought a ton of alcohol for that money and be happy for a long time.

Exp Year: 2011ExpID: 93405
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: 27
Published: Apr 24, 2019Views: 4,526
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