DXM addiction - no more fun and games

[Thorns Have Roses]

The only respite I get is when high (or unconscious).

I know what you mean, good luck getting stuff sorted out man. And beware of indulging feelings of being different/special/beleaguered too much, nothing good comes of it.

If you must use DXM to feel better, uses as small a dose as possible to feel "normal."

I'd be more conservative than that, when self-medicating feeling normal is often taking too much, and will lead to a tolerance/abuse cycle to maintain normalcy. A good goal, is just enough effect that you can function with moderate to moderate-strenuous effort. Being functional will then enable you to enact change, and see that overwhelming negative feelings do not reflect an overwhelmingly negative reality, but are just that, feelings, and feelings can be overcome. This is my theoretical understanding, anyway.

Oh, and as for acceptable chronic DXM use, check out this for a therapeutic regimen.

 

[exists]

I know what you mean, good luck getting stuff sorted out man. And beware of indulging feelings of being different/special/beleaguered too much, nothing good comes of it.

Thanks NKB, it means a lot!

I know that my problem isn't too rare, and I feel fortunate because it could be much worse. If our government wasn't so repressive and nosy, a lot more people would speak up about touchy subjects. (When unfortunate truths are exposed to the light, they lose power.)

Anyway, I received my shipment today and now it's only a matter of time before these brain zaps are gone, thank goodness!

 

[J_has_L]

When i was a kid i used to take alot of cough medicine (triple c's and shit). I did it on a fairly regular basis ( nothing close to what youre describing.... yikes). But i liked it cause it felt good, it was easy to get, and its fairly easy to manage yourself on.

Basically i grew up. I dont even think about doing it nemore mainly cuz honestly..... i think its lame. I think it just took a little maturity and growing up. But that being said.... when i get sick i always take way more than im supposed to hahaha. I prolly always will. Its a strange feeling.

 

[exists]

edit: I will not get into an argument today, I will not get into an argument today.

 

[ComfortablyNumb95]

I'm sorry to hear that man! DXM is a sweet drug but certainly not something I would like to be addicted to.
here where I live cough medicine costs 7 euros for a bottle which has 0.4 grams od DXM in it... fuck that's pretty expensive

 

[TheAppleCore]

Please don't judge my reasoning as "sick" when you don't know my entire story.

Sorry if I offended - was just trying to offer some helpful outside perspective.

I assumed that you were open to the idea that something was wrong with your DXM use, considering that you posted about it in the "DXM addiction" thread.

 

[exists]

^ No, I'm sorry man. My head's been all over the place lately.

I'm very dissociated right now... when I ran out of DXM, brain zaps weren't my only physical withdrawal symptom: low-level nausea has also been my constant companion. So I took what, under ordinary circumstances, should have been a small dose of DXM earlier (<120 mg) and lay myself down for a nap, and now, hours later, I find I'm all shaky and dissociated as fuck! Shit, that big-ass pile of wood is never going to cut itself, and I certainly can't do it until I get a handle on things.

So yeah, I'd say I've got a small problem 8(