Am I using DXM too much?

[WeedDxm]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old male who has been using DXM for about 2 months now. I have been doing 600mg-1000mg doses twice a week, usually using Robitussin Long Acting Cough Syrup. When I am sober, I often have an urge to do DXM, but it is not bad enough for me to start doing it every day or every other day. I have not noticed my tolerance building at all yet. If anything, it seems that my tolerance has reduced, although this is probably not possible. I use DXM because it is 'legal', and the high I recieve from it is unlike anything I've ever experienced before. Also it is relatively cheap, it costs $5-$6 for me to buy two bottles of generic Robitussin, which is 700mg DXM. DXM also gives me something to look forward to in life, and it gets me through long days working at McDonald's. (Yes, I know :/).

Anyways, is dosing 600mg-1000mg DXM twice per week too much? I don't want to get addicted to DXM, and I also don't want my tolerance to build. Although neither of these situations have happened yet, I am afraid it will happen in the future. If any of you use to, or are currently doing DXM 2-3 times per week at around my dosage, please give me feedback on how it is treating you! Thanks!

 

[WeedDxm]

EDIT: I have also noticed seeing and hearing things that aren't there. Like I would hear something behind me and turn around, then nothing is there. I also sometimes see people or objects in my peripheral vision, when nothing is really there. None of this is serious, and I'm not really bothered by it, but I don't want it to get much worse. I don't know if this is from my DXM usage, or from me being scared of the effects of long-term DXM usage. Has anyone else experienced slight audio and visual hallucinations after using DXM for several months?

 

[2c-goinsane]

Yes your using DXM to much. Dissociatives(PCP,Ketamine,DXM etc..) in general should not be used more than twice a month. Using dissociatives to much and in high doses all the time can cause 1 to slip into a state of psychosis(Steve-o from jackass is a good example of being bent to hell on dissociatives), doesnt happen to everyone but it can happen easily with dissociatives ime. Tolerance will also start to show, its just a matter of time. I was able to use MXE and Ketamine many times before i started dealing with tolerance issues. Once tolerance is there its also very hard to bring the "magic" back, it can even take years without using in some cases.

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_use_of_dextromethorphan

Heres some links with some DXM info, i would research everything you can about it if i was you just to be on the safe side and before its to late for you to make some changes. Not trying to preach but i would also cut out relying on a substance to get you through work, this can turn into a very nasty habit eventually in my experience. Also who the fuck cares if you work at Mcdonalds, there are tons of people that would like to have any job right now.

 

[Black Rabbit of Inle]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old male who has been using DXM for about 2 months now. I have been doing 600mg-1000mg doses twice a week, usually using Robitussin Long Acting Cough Syrup. When I am sober, I often have an urge to do DXM, but it is not bad enough for me to start doing it every day or every other day.

Yes, you are doing it too often, especially at doses as high as a gram. And you already have a partial addiction.

 

[Sherminator2]

DXM is not a safe drug to use as frequently as you are using it. I have friends who have developed serious psychological problems from frequent DXM use (starting with a couple times a week, which turned into every day use). Your brain is still developing at your age and you could really cause some serious problems for yourself down the road. If you continue using DXM so frequently I guarantee you will regret it in a few years. Get your hands on some ketamine, it is the only dissociative I've tried that I consider safe to use on a semi-regular basis (though heavy use of K will lead to bladder toxicity). I am very experienced with dissociatives and I can tell you with certainty that using DXM so frequently at those doses and at such a young age is a very bad idea. Addiction is no joke, and even though it's legal it is just as dangerous as illegal drugs when abused at recreational doses. I was a heavy dissociative user in the pas and I have never taken more than 700mg of DXM as it felt extremely toxic in comparison to other dissociatives. I highly recommend that you stop this habit before it becomes a full fledged addiction and begins to cause you serious harm. The high is great, I know, but it isn't worth the damage to your body and brain.

 

[albatross]

VERY BAD FOR YOU MAN! At one point in my life I had a DXM habit and it ended with me eating 4 bottles, 2 hours later passing out, waking up to my parents screaming (I couldn't speak or move, I was PARALYZED besides my eyesight), got rushed to hospital (totally awake but unable to move), and stayed in ICU all night with SEROTONIN SYNDROME. I could've died and you could too man. Please reconsider your relationship with DXM.

 

[Stevo_led]

I was in the same boat you were in. When i was 17 (last year) i used 2 of the big bottles of delsym everyday. In my opinion this is the worst drug you can encounter. Please, please stop. I was in that spot and its never a good feeling the way i finally got off was i had to start a new med. This med in combination with any dxm would leave me with serotonin syndrome. I'm not trying to bash you or try to tell what you're doing is wrong. When i was going through hard times i started drinking bottles at a time. DXM is dangerous. I suggest you slowly come off it that way you won't have just awful withdrawls. Seeing people that aren't their and hearing your name is completely normal especially when your mind is tired. Try taking it slow the next couple weeks and see if you can quit.

 

[beagleboy]

You know enough about dxm that you cant drink on it right?
You get stroke like symptoms and takes days to weeks to recover.
Tell an adult or go to rehab.

 

[WeedDxm]

DXM is not a safe drug to use as frequently as you are using it. I have friends who have developed serious psychological problems from frequent DXM use (starting with a couple times a week, which turned into every day use). Your brain is still developing at your age and you could really cause some serious problems for yourself down the road. If you continue using DXM so frequently I guarantee you will regret it in a few years. Get your hands on some ketamine, it is the only dissociative I've tried that I consider safe to use on a semi-regular basis (though heavy use of K will lead to bladder toxicity). I am very experienced with dissociatives and I can tell you with certainty that using DXM so frequently at those doses and at such a young age is a very bad idea. Addiction is no joke, and even though it's legal it is just as dangerous as illegal drugs when abused at recreational doses. I was a heavy dissociative user in the pas and I have never taken more than 700mg of DXM as it felt extremely toxic in comparison to other dissociatives. I highly recommend that you stop this habit before it becomes a full fledged addiction and begins to cause you serious harm. The high is great, I know, but it isn't worth the damage to your body and brain.

I don't know where to get Ketamine or any other dissociatives. No one has stuff like that around here.. The only other drug I can buy is weed, and that's only sometimes.

 

[.22]

can you share any of your wisdom/visions achieved with the help of dxm

 

[kidklmx]

If you have to ask, you're probably using too much

 

[Deinonychus]

DXM is not a safe drug to use as frequently as you are using it. I have friends who have developed serious psychological problems from frequent DXM use (starting with a couple times a week, which turned into every day use). Your brain is still developing at your age and you could really cause some serious problems for yourself down the road. If you continue using DXM so frequently I guarantee you will regret it in a few years. Get your hands on some ketamine, it is the only dissociative I've tried that I consider safe to use on a semi-regular basis (though heavy use of K will lead to bladder toxicity). I am very experienced with dissociatives and I can tell you with certainty that using DXM so frequently at those doses and at such a young age is a very bad idea. Addiction is no joke, and even though it's legal it is just as dangerous as illegal drugs when abused at recreational doses. I was a heavy dissociative user in the pas and I have never taken more than 700mg of DXM as it felt extremely toxic in comparison to other dissociatives. I highly recommend that you stop this habit before it becomes a full fledged addiction and begins to cause you serious harm. The high is great, I know, but it isn't worth the damage to your body and brain.

I don't think that the proper answer to 'Am I addicted to DXM?' Is 'Yup, so get some ketamine so you can abuse it more frequently while suffering less negative effects.'

If you have to ask, you're probably using too much

This.

I think the most damning evidence is the appearance of mild hallucinations when sober. That's not a good thing, and is definitely a sign you're almost certainly using too frequently.

One of the first posters said that its only safe to do at most twice a month. I have encountered this type of argument with other more traditional psychedelics as well. I've been told that using a traditional psychedelic more than once a month or even every few months is overuse. And yet I can use traditional psychedelics much more frequently than that without any negative consequences. It happens that people's physiologies and minds are different, work differently, and respond differently to powerful mind altering drugs, so that what may be a proper frequency of use for me would constitute total abuse for somebody else.

This applies to DXM as well, however DXM has a less ideal set of side effects that manifest more quickly than traditional psychedelics. To put it another way DXM is simply harder on the body and less well tolerated than traditional psychedelics. And I would wager that your physiology and psychology are particularly susceptible to the potential for negative effects from DXM, to relate this back to what I was saying about people having different reactions to a given frequency of use. I base this on the fact that you're already getting hallucinations, currently harmless but not necessarily harmless in the future should you continue using this often, from using once per weekend. I used DXM more frequently even than that during the initial period of my introduction to drugs without any negative side effects. And so I would suggest that since negative effects are already manifesting for yourself at this level of use you may be naturally more susceptible to bad side effects.

In short, stop using altogether for a month or two and then appraise the situation. You may find that you feel a hell of a lot better, not having realized how much your use was impacting your health. Then if you choose you can return to DXM, preferably using less frequently than you are now, or not, as you see fit. But unless you have a significant period of several weeks of complete sobriety you won't have the objective perspective necessary to make that decision in an informed way, without the undue influence of frequent use.

 

[2c-goinsane]

I don't know where to get Ketamine or any other dissociatives. No one has stuff like that around here.. The only other drug I can buy is weed, and that's only sometimes.

Keep looking you will find connects eventually, we all have to go through the same thing if we want something. You would also be surprised how many quality psychedelics are around you or accessible without you even knowing it IME.

 

[Solipsis]

@WeedDXM: Okay, seriously, read Deinonychus' post a few times and follow that advice.

 

[Azatos]

Jesus guy yeah your doing it way to much for real. It's not worth it dude if you chill on that shit now you'll still be able to enjoy it later on, with all your health. I was in the same boat as you and honestly it's not that kid shit everyone makes it out to be. I don't want to write a a gigantic paragraph. But.. I've lost a couple of my back teeth from all the puking and my mouth looks like a fucking disaster honestly. I honestly believed I've damaged my heart to some degree although it comes and go's after my last big outing with DXM I noticed that. I'll get completely warm and flushed coming from the base of my neck up feeling like my throat will close up which again occurred after heavy use.

The biggest thing about DXM abuse for me aside from any possible damage I might have incurred on myself was the time dilation. For months afterwards time would just drag by so slow but, at the same time it would just be a total blur it's really fucking hard to differentiate two weeks ago from say 3-4 months ago. For the longest time I just felt slow and in a fog I felt like I literally dumbed myself down for the longest time.

DXM is a really cool fucking drug but, if you value your health or even the effects of the drug then just stop for a quick minute. Seriously you'll just get to this point where you feel a little odd and a little out of it with no profound realizations no exciting thrills just a boring uncomfortable nauseous "trip".

You just need to lay off it for a while try and stay abstinent for six months to a year honestly, after that feel free to dose up 600 mg and thank me later. You'll be able to have something akin to one of your first experiences with it again and with smart use you'll never lose the thrill of it or suffer any negative consequences.

Take it from myself I was a heavy user far more than you and after taking a 6 month t-break it didn't really change much. Alot of people say you can't ever get the magic back or get your tolerance back down ever, I don't know if that's true or not but, I've abstained for a year and a half at this point free from DXM and other NMDA antagonists maybe six months from now I'll give it a go for science.

TL;DR: Too many DXM to often, Possible health mental problems may arise, once a tolerance is formed its a bitch to get rid of if you can ever fully lower it.

 

[Deinonychus]

^^ Yah, that brings up a good point. If you truly haven't yet begun to accrue tolerance, which is probably debatable, then now is the time to stop if you wish to be able to use it in the future without having 'lost the magic', provided you grow a little as a person and can learn to make that possible future use a responsible thing. Waiting till the tolerance strikes is waiting too long, you should quit now.

I don't know if its to be point where it's the major form of worth and value in your life, but if it is, even to a small extent, then you may find that once you take the mandatory break you are able to live life anew, taking your meaning from something other – and better for you – than a drug, any drug.

Take it from me, kid, I'm a daily using heroin addict and have been for nearly eight years: you do not want to explore drug addiction, to any drug, more deeply than you already have. I take my meaning and value in life from other things than heroin, heroin just keeps me from being sick (and yeah, surely I do enjoy the rush too), but that's not an easy thing to learn to do. And just because the potential for physical addiction may not be there with DXM in spades the way it is with heroin, the psychological addiction could certainly develop to be just as strong, and doubtless there is indeed physiological habituation as well.

Clean up while you can get out with the minimum of nasty.

 

[Thorns Have Roses]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old male who has been using DXM for about 2 months now. I have been doing 600mg-1000mg doses twice a week, usually using Robitussin Long Acting Cough Syrup. When I am sober, I often have an urge to do DXM, but it is not bad enough for me to start doing it every day or every other day. I have not noticed my tolerance building at all yet. If anything, it seems that my tolerance has reduced, although this is probably not possible. I use DXM because it is 'legal', and the high I recieve from it is unlike anything I've ever experienced before. Also it is relatively cheap, it costs $5-$6 for me to buy two bottles of generic Robitussin, which is 700mg DXM. DXM also gives me something to look forward to in life, and it gets me through long days working at McDonald's. (Yes, I know :/).

Anyways, is dosing 600mg-1000mg DXM twice per week too much? I don't want to get addicted to DXM, and I also don't want my tolerance to build. Although neither of these situations have happened yet, I am afraid it will happen in the future. If any of you use to, or are currently doing DXM 2-3 times per week at around my dosage, please give me feedback on how it is treating you! Thanks!

For me, if I'm going to go for a solid third plateau, once per 3 months is my usual, but once per two weeks I've done before and been all right. If you're doing say less than 500mg you might do that a bit more frequently for a while then take a while off from the drug. Dissociative cravings tend to diminish pretty quick, the biggest problem is the week or two after a heavy experience when your toes are still wet and you wanna jump right back in and immerse yourself in the emotional-wish-fulfillment fantasy land that dissociatives provide.

If you find yourself unable to stop your current rate of usage, it is strongly recommended that you start extracting and consume pure DXM rather than the syrup and all the stuff that's in there.

 

[Deinonychus]

For me, if I'm going to go for a solid third plateau, once per 3 months is my usual, but once per two weeks I've done before and been all right. If you're doing say less than 500mg you might do that a bit more frequently for a while then take a while off from the drug. Dissociative cravings tend to diminish pretty quick, the biggest problem is the week or two after a heavy experience when your toes are still wet and you wanna jump right back in and immerse yourself in the emotional-wish-fulfillment fantasy land that dissociatives provide.

If you find yourself unable to stop your current rate of usage, it is strongly recommended that you start extracting and consume pure DXM rather than the syrup and all the stuff that's in there.

You can even find bulk DXM powder on the Internet if one knows where to look, but I really do NOT think that advocating more frequent usage at lower doses is at all prudent. At all. I'm not usually the party-pooper, but this isn't party-pooping though it may appear as such, it's trying to discourage a young man from becoming a full-blown addict. Using even more is basically the opposite of that approach.

I wish I could find the thread, I just searched for it but came up empty, a few weeks ago this dude posted in here with a story of how DXM literally ruined his health, wellbeing, mental faculties, everything. Like he's had his bladder shut down so goddamn many times that he's lost count of the number of times he's been catheterized to forcefully suck out the trapped urine, and other just horrible, awful, degrading shit. I wish I could find it, because I can't think of a better example of the dude that you do not want to become, OP, and you've got the chance to get out now while the amount of distress from physical and emotional withdrawal should be minimal.

 

[TruffulaTree]

I've only done dxm a couple times, and it was great, but from what I've heard and read, there's this 50 time rule where the "magic" of it wears off. apparently it doesnt really do much for you after doing it around 50 times, so the rule goes

 

[Thorns Have Roses]

but I really do NOT think that advocating more frequent usage at lower doses is at all prudent

I meant to say cyclical binges, like months off for every two weeks on. I think it's a viable usage pattern, and harder to get caught up in as some of us are wont with the higher dosages. Not that he should start using chronically.