thanks Magicalkat for the polistyrex dosing suggestion. I'll try this myself with my 2 physical dependencies: alprazolam and amphetamine
any data on how chronic DXM affects testosterone production?
I don't know about actual scientific studies but I used this stuff daily in 2nd and 3rd, sometimes 4th plateau doses for over a year (I was quite addicted) and never had any issues with testosterone levels during the 2 physicals that I had.
The doses for NMDA antagonism are obviously much lower than those required for recreation so I wouldn't be terribly concerned about it.
I ended up taking yet another nap today. I'm going to stay on the 30mg of Valium for a week though and see how I feel. It definitely looks like Delsym will help me get my tolerance down, if not kick the benzos entirely.
The interesting thing is that NMDA antagonists prevent seizures as well so even if I start having nasty withdrawals (which I'm highly doubting at this point), I don't have to worry about having seizures.
Once I've been on the 60mg twice a day for a week or so I'm going to knock it down to 45mg twice a day and see how that goes. I've heard that 60-80mg a day should be plenty sufficient for NMDA antagonism but would rather start off high and move down slowly, especially given the large safety profile of DXM.
The big key thing for me is going to be staying sober during this period - that's easier said than done when you have penis envy mushrooms lying about as well as moon rocks, MDA, and research chemicals... But in order for this to work, I'm going to have to abstain (plus I don't want to tempt the serotonin syndrome gods - even with such a low dose of DXM I would rather not risk it).