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7 years in the dextroverse

Sonik11011

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Hey guys, this is my first post here. I thought Id give you all a little bit of my story


When I was 14 My friend invited me over to his house. when I got there he said he had some pills called "triple c's" that make you trip. Thus begun my journey down a long and hard road of dxm addiction. it started with me and 2 friends tripping in his basement on the weekends. we really liked it and it became the thing we did. every weekend the 3 of us would go to walgreens, cvs, krogers, or anywhere else to steal some pills. finally after a fe months my friends greew tired of it, but i didnt. I began smoking weed with my close friend whom in this tale I will call Chase. We were together 24/7 throughout sophmore year of highschool. smoking, drinking, taking pills, whatever. but more and more every night I found myself with the urge to dex again and I began using it alone on a daily basis. Finally I got chase into it with me, and we just lived life driving around robotripping and stoned all day, but finally one day junior year chases parents sent him away to a wilderness treatment program. I lost it and went on a 2 week long robotussin binge. after that my use spiraled out of control. I got sent to the hospital multiple times overdosing on upwards of 40 triple c's. One time my heart rate actually reached 300bpm and doctors were shocked i was alive. My heart then stopped, but then started itself up again. I guess I just have a strong will to live. After that I went to rehab, in and out multiple times. I finaly cleaned up after spemding a few months in a treatmeent center in utah. when I turned 18 I signed myself out and lived on the streets begging for change, eventually I got the bishop of the mormon church t buy me a bus ticket back home. once i got home i moved back in with my parents. my use was limited for a while but it slowly started to grow. I got into molly, acid, coke, weed, whatever you can imagine. But that didnt last long I finally cleaned up. No more coke, No more "molly" bathsalt bullshit. But the one drug I cannot turn my back to, is dxm. Still to this day I trip on an extremely frequent baasis. It isnt affecting my life as bad as it used to but it still plays a big role. Im on about 1000 mg as we speak. Reality is hard to desipher at times. but I manage. Lifes been looking upp for me lately really. I go to shows alot and get paid to give light shows at raves and Im starting to work as a dj also. the dxm has effected my ability to form connections with people but i think im starting to work through it, I am starting to enjoy my life now And i really hope in the future I can conqoure this addiction.
 
What is your actual question? I can see that you know you're addicted, so you're not here to read preaching. Do you need any advice?

First thing I thought about is the medication you've been using. Coricidin contains not only dextromethorphan but also chlorpheniramime. This is a dangerous combination when you take so much Coricidin to ingest 1g of dextromethorphan HBr. Chlorpheniramine is a first-generation antihistamine, so it crosses blood-brain barrier readily causing adverse effects of which the most dangerous is respiratory depression. As both drugs depress respiratory centre, the synergistic effect is stronger than respiratory depression of both drugs separately. Both dextromethorphan HBr and chlorpheniramine maleate are soluble in water, thus extracting dextromethorphan from this medication is actually impossible at home.
 
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