DXM - random problems

[getmeto1206]

I started experimenting with DXM about two months ago. The most I've ever taken was 240mg, which isn't a real intense dose but enough for my 5'4" 115lb body. I use robogels with DXM as the only active ingredient and havent had any problems with it until recently.

Last night I took about 240mg and waited for it to kick in. About an hour later (which is when it usually kicks in for me), I got this mad intense headache, ringing in my ears, and was really jittery. I was able to make the ringing go away with some concentration, but the headache and jitters never quit. After a few hours, it got a bit milder and I could almost feel the dissociation but it still wasn't all there. I typically have a headache as part of the comedown, so with the headache replacing what should have been the high, it was like a 12 hour headache that I couldnt get rid of. I was miserable.

I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or could give me advice on how to keep this from happening again. It really pissed me off bc I never actually felt high even when taking 240mg, which is a good dose for me. Hoping someone has some info.

 

[Solipsis]

Was there anything else you had taken that day? Could be anything from caffeine to medication to food or drinks that could block the enzyme responsible for metabolism, anything you can think of?

For me the splitting headache is normal with DXM and it seems to be from blood pressure that makes my head feel like it is about to explode.

But the jitters may indicate something else going on that was interacting, not sure.

 

[getmeto1206]

Was there anything else you had taken that day? Could be anything from caffeine to medication to food or drinks that could block the enzyme responsible for metabolism, anything you can think of?

For me the splitting headache is normal with DXM and it seems to be from blood pressure that makes my head feel like it is about to explode.

But the jitters may indicate something else going on that was interacting, not sure.

The only thing I can think of was a can of Mountain Dew, but it was several hours before I took the DXM.

 

[Solipsis]

Sorry then I don't know. Like I said for me such things are kind of normal with DXM and I always assumed this is due to invididual sensitivity to certain pharmalogical properties of the stuff, or the way someone's body metabolizes it. If it had been something like grapefruit juice then it could have made more sense.

But now I just think it might be a fluke or you are missing some other factor / you forgot it. Keep an eye on everything you, do eat or drink beforehand next time and see what 200-300 mg does.

Not that I want to get you to start using (other) drugs but perhaps it is better promote to something else with a more desirable effects profile that does not have those tendencies. Well at least if this keeps happening I'd consider it.

 

[getmeto1206]

Sorry then I don't know. Like I said for me such things are kind of normal with DXM and I always assumed this is due to invididual sensitivity to certain pharmalogical properties of the stuff, or the way someone's body metabolizes it. If it had been something like grapefruit juice then it could have made more sense.

But now I just think it might be a fluke or you are missing some other factor / you forgot it. Keep an eye on everything you, do eat or drink beforehand next time and see what 200-300 mg does.

Not that I want to get you to start using (other) drugs but perhaps it is better promote to something else with a more desirable effects profile that does not have those tendencies. Well at least if this keeps happening I'd consider it.

It's cool. Thanks anyways.

 

[goldenone]

Could it have been an anxious reaction?

 

[Crashing]

Your dosage is too low. Your body gets used to DXM a little bit, and then light dosages feel like crap. That's what happened to me anyway. If i take anything less than 500mg, i'll feel itchy, nauseas, super headache, dysphoric. 500mg+ and I feel fucking fantastic. I weigh 160ish.

What happened is that you didn't breakthrough into dissociation. DXM gives bad side effects no matter what, but if you're dissociated you don't even notice. If you don't take enough to get dissociated, you'll feel like shit. Maybe the first few times you take it, your body will do fine, but DXM is strange and the body develops a different response to it rapidly.