I abused DXM for about 2 months, doing 600-900mg twice a week. I didn't notice any bad side effects, unless you consider the afterglow to be a bad side effect (I enjoy it). DXM made me a happier person, I was more optimistic, and just life seemed to be good. I only used products with DXM as the only active ingredient.
A week ago, my parents found out about my DXM usage (17 years old), and called all the stores in town that sell DXM to minors, and told them not to sell to me. They are now making me see a counsellor. I just thought it was interesting that this counsellor told me that one of her friend's son overdosed on Robitussin. From what I've heard, the lethal amount of DXM to kill someone is between 50g-500g. It would be virtually impossible to dose this much, as that would be about 150 four ounce bottles of Robitussin, or over 3,000 robo gels, just to reach 50g of DXM. I know that there are other Robitussin products that contain other active ingredients (Guanifenesin, Acetaminophen, Etc.). Keep in mind this is a professionally licensed counsellor.
My mother also has a friend that is a school counsellor. My mom showed me a text from this friend, where she said that "Is he abusing Dextromethorphan? You need to get him to stop, that stuff will kill him!".
I think that when people hear in the news that a kid has died from abusing "DXM", usually DXM is NOT what killed the person. Almost every case of someone dying from "DXM" is from CCC abuse, which contains another active ingredient, CPM. It's not the DXM that killed the kid, it's the CPM. In fact, I've never heard of anyone dying from abusing something with DXM as the only active ingredient.
I know that every drug has it's negative side effects, whether serious or mild. But I think that the non-drug using community really needs to do their research before saying that "DXM will kill you!". The only way that I can think of how to die from DXM is by an accident, such as falling down the stairs, or driving while intoxicated. I've never been that messsed up from DXM that I thought I would fall down the stairs, or had an urge to drive.
The only seriously negative side effect that I have heard about that can come from long term DXM usage is Olney's Lesions, and even this has not been proven or tested. Like I said in the first paragraph, I have used DXM probably more then I should, but even using mid to high doses of DXM twice a week for 2 months, I have not noticed any changes in my mood, behavior, or anything about my life. I will not be using DXM until I turn 18, which is in about 2 and a half months. At the very least, my tolerance will go down, I suppose.
Anyways, does anyone have any comments to what I've said above? Am I completely wrong? I'm curious about this drug..
A week ago, my parents found out about my DXM usage (17 years old), and called all the stores in town that sell DXM to minors, and told them not to sell to me. They are now making me see a counsellor. I just thought it was interesting that this counsellor told me that one of her friend's son overdosed on Robitussin. From what I've heard, the lethal amount of DXM to kill someone is between 50g-500g. It would be virtually impossible to dose this much, as that would be about 150 four ounce bottles of Robitussin, or over 3,000 robo gels, just to reach 50g of DXM. I know that there are other Robitussin products that contain other active ingredients (Guanifenesin, Acetaminophen, Etc.). Keep in mind this is a professionally licensed counsellor.
My mother also has a friend that is a school counsellor. My mom showed me a text from this friend, where she said that "Is he abusing Dextromethorphan? You need to get him to stop, that stuff will kill him!".
I think that when people hear in the news that a kid has died from abusing "DXM", usually DXM is NOT what killed the person. Almost every case of someone dying from "DXM" is from CCC abuse, which contains another active ingredient, CPM. It's not the DXM that killed the kid, it's the CPM. In fact, I've never heard of anyone dying from abusing something with DXM as the only active ingredient.
I know that every drug has it's negative side effects, whether serious or mild. But I think that the non-drug using community really needs to do their research before saying that "DXM will kill you!". The only way that I can think of how to die from DXM is by an accident, such as falling down the stairs, or driving while intoxicated. I've never been that messsed up from DXM that I thought I would fall down the stairs, or had an urge to drive.
The only seriously negative side effect that I have heard about that can come from long term DXM usage is Olney's Lesions, and even this has not been proven or tested. Like I said in the first paragraph, I have used DXM probably more then I should, but even using mid to high doses of DXM twice a week for 2 months, I have not noticed any changes in my mood, behavior, or anything about my life. I will not be using DXM until I turn 18, which is in about 2 and a half months. At the very least, my tolerance will go down, I suppose.
Anyways, does anyone have any comments to what I've said above? Am I completely wrong? I'm curious about this drug..
