3-CMC (3-Chloromethcathinone) Harm Reduction & Damage Limitation

[The_Nihilist]

The main thing that’s stopping me from bingeing on 3-CMC again is the painfully sore ulcerated mouth that I get afterwards. It lasts days, affects my speech & a lidocaine spray or sucking on a co-codamol tablet provides little relief. I can just about handle the damage to my mental health & can recover quickly with breathwork, lots of 5-HTP & Wim Hof freezing cold showers. But the mouth thing is just unbearable.

I insufflate the 3-cmc, & rub it on my gums. So, I’m not sure that this on its own causing the ulcers & lesions or if it’s a chemical reaction with the Oxymetazoline nasal spray that I use to flush out my nostrils when they get all gummed up; or is caused by the fact that the 3-cmc makes it difficult to swallow? Or even the 5-HTP that I suck when I’m bingeing?My mouth does become very dry when I’m bingeing, so maybe swill some water or soda frequently?

I was just wondering if there was something I could do to mitigate the effects – coating my mouth in Vaseline or a steroid cream, or sucking on antacid to reduce the acidity in my mouth? Chew gum? There must be something I can do to lessen the damage & harm, or something I can do differently or better? Help please!

 

[thurston]

You really need to quit using that nose spray, if you want to flush your nose get some saline spray.

 

[Jabberwocky]

The main thing that’s stopping me from bingeing on 3-CMC again is the painfully sore ulcerated mouth that I get afterwards. It lasts days, affects my speech & a lidocaine spray or sucking on a co-codamol tablet provides little relief. I can just about handle the damage to my mental health & can recover quickly with breathwork, lots of 5-HTP & Wim Hof freezing cold showers. But the mouth thing is just unbearable.

I insufflate the 3-cmc, & rub it on my gums. So, I’m not sure that this on its own causing the ulcers & lesions or if it’s a chemical reaction with the Oxymetazoline nasal spray that I use to flush out my nostrils when they get all gummed up; or is caused by the fact that the 3-cmc makes it difficult to swallow? Or even the 5-HTP that I suck when I’m bingeing?My mouth does become very dry when I’m bingeing, so maybe swill some water or soda frequently?

I was just wondering if there was something I could do to mitigate the effects – coating my mouth in Vaseline or a steroid cream, or sucking on antacid to reduce the acidity in my mouth? Chew gum? There must be something I can do to lessen the damage & harm, or something I can do differently or better? Help please!

You're sucking your tongue against your teeth.

A pressure sore develops where part of your tongue slips between gaps in your teeth. I am intimately aware of the situation due to dental fixtures, and a slight affectation.

It's an affectation that is part of what is called gurning along with bruxism.

Gurning is tongue sucking/tongue-thrusting and bruxism.

A pacifier (a baby's dummy) works. Possibly a sports mouth guard.

If you don't want hardware in your mouth, you could try sucking on a ring pop, or multiple moderators have identified that magnesium supplementation ameliorates gurning. It's likely it would also help with tongue sucking.