katmeow
Bluelight Crew
Codeine ~ Semi-Exp ~ Everything In Its Right Place
[kat's first trip report]
Date of experience:
23/07/04
Substances consumed:
Codeine -
Pandeine Forte tablets x6 - total 180mg
Also coming to the party -
Nitrous
Alcohol
Phenergan (antihistamine) x2
I have used codeine on probably 6 - 8 occasions in the past, up to a dose of 180mg. As with most drugs I have found that I have a reasonable base tolerance, but I have never had more than this on hand to experiment with. I have used nitrous on 4 prior occasions & alcohol... let's just say experienced
Background:
Me: Female, 23, approx 77kg (170 pounds), 175cm.
This took place a few weeks ago - I've written the report over the last week with the help of icq logs & a journal to jog the memory. I am reasonably healthy at the moment. No medication apart from daily vitamin tablets. The last few weeks leading up to that day I had been feeling increasingly happy after emerging from a fairly extensive period of periodic depression. The day in question however I was feeling a little down after a long, crappy day at work.
*~*~*~*
The experience:
Thursday night 12.30am
I got home from work on a bit of a downer. Rugged up in my dressing gown and uggboots (comfort in winter is all important ) and jumped on the net to see who was online. I had not planned to take anything on this evening, but started chatting with some friends via icq, who were planning to take some codeine that evening. N and D are two of my closest friends. They live 300km away so visits are few & far between, but we keep in contact regularly. I rummaged around our medicine cabinet and lo and behold... some pandeine forte fell into my hands. After a short discussion with D about her plans, I decided to partake in some codeine consumption too. I think it was close to 1am when I swallowed down the first 4 tablets (120mg).
I start to relax and cheer up as I chatted with the two of them about various things. The merits of p. forte over nurofen + (which they are both using tonight), how I am finally starting to enjoy the single life, problems resulting from long distance relationships & the lack of intimacy and hobo gloves (it was a cold night).
Note: Italics indicate ICQ messages.
1.10am
me: "Ah, I feel so good right now"
The cold starts to melt away. Starting in my toes and spreading throughout my body a sense of warmth pervades. It's a subtle feeling... it sneaks up almost without me realising.
1.25am
Panadeine forte #5 + 6 consumed.
1.50am
Feeling a bit thirsty at this point so I go for a mission to the fridge. Pushing up out of the chair seems almost not worth it. I'm feeling very lazy and sluggish at this point but thirst wins out.
Searching the fridge proves to quite fruitful. Not only do I find an Apple Archers (pre-mixed alcoholic drinks containing schnapps), but hidden in the back corner - a whipped cream dispenser.
SCORE!
The Archers goes down a treat. The feeling of the cool drink is a really nice contrast to the all consuming feelings of body warmth I'm experiencing at this point.
2.00am
After a slight indulgence involving the proper use of the whipped cream dispenser (hey, I never grew out of filling your whole mouth with cream ), I sit back and inhale the nitrous. I don't know how much would be in the cannister, but the effects are mild. However combined with the codeine, I'm pushed to new levels of bliss. My mind as this point feels a little like cotton wool. The music is a little fuzzy and my comprehension of the conversations drops. I am content to just sit back and let the waves wash over me.
2.20am
I start to notice an itch between my fingers and a rash starts to develop.
D: my ears are the worst, they get itchy first and the worst
Me: damn you... now you make my ears itch
D: haha, and now if i tell you your hairline is getting itchy....
Me: dont be trying the subliminal thought processes thing on me
2.30am
Dammit... bathroom - again, getting up requires a huge effort. I accost the medicine cabinet again on the way back and come up with some phenergan (2 tablets consumed)
2.42am
me: *laughs at the logic of a song called 'enjoy the silence'*
The music adds to my experience very much. I'd selected a mix of progressive house and chillout style tracks - perfect to lie back and relax to.
2.45
Me: ok... itchy hairline kicks in
2.47am
Music: Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
If there has ever been a song which randomly comes on and completely sums up the way I'm feeling that very instant, this is it.
I can't remember ever feeling this comfortable. I've slunk down in the chair and have one foot resting up on the computer desk. The inner warmth and fuzzyness in the head leaves me imagining I'm in my very own cocoon.
The shittiness of the day has drifted away. Like a plug that's been pulled, my worries have gurgled away down the drain. But the most empowering thing for me at this point is the realisation is that today's setback is not enough to overtake the feelings of happiness which have slowly seeped back into my life.
3.00am
I am starting to come back down now and find it a little easier to concentrate on conversation and browsing bluelight.
N sends me a picture.
This is what happens when you let drug fiends loose with post it notes & digital cameras:
3.15 am
Just as I go to close out of bluelight for the evening, a thread catches my eye: How do you milk a dugong?
Munchee - "Seriously I need to know how, otherwise my dugong farm will go broke."
Naughtiest_Maximus - "No idea. All i know is 'Dugong's don't make a right'."
WTF????
This is too much for my head at this point and I'm convulsed in giggles. The combined lethargy and drug consumption make it hard to stop laughing, even though it is sapping my energy even further.
3.20am
My play list finishes, I hear my bed calling - just metaphorically... I'm not that mashed
Sleep. And sweet sleep it is too. My head drops to the pillow with a smile. I love my life, I really do.
*~*~*~*
I woke up the next morning with no ill after-effects, just a lingering feeling of goodwill.
This is easily one of the most positive drug experiences I have had in a long while, mostly because I could take the feeling I got from the drug away with me. In the past I have been very wary of using opiates, mainly due to not being in the best frame of mind. I still approach them with utmost caution, however I think they are a drug that you can use more responsibly when you are experiencing more positive times in life.
180mg would be the minimum dose I feel I need to take to get a worthwhile experience out of codeine. And in the future, I think I could comfortably experiment at a higher dose. However, as I mentioned earlier, I do tend to have a higher base tolerance than most people I know for most drugs. I am aware of people who have felt overwhelmed at lower doses of codeine and many who do experience nausea also at lower doses. After reading further on erowid (thanks mean girl
), it's come to my attention that for best effects, codeine should be taken in one hit, rather than redosing. I felt no nausea during the night (and have not previously when using codeine). The only side effect was the itchiness, but the antihistamines eased this.
This experience, and the other reports on opiates I have been reading here have definitely whetted the appetite to experiment with something a little higher on the scale... hopefully some oxycodone will be next on the list.
Thanks for reading.
Kat
[ps if there is anyone who can host the radiohead track longterm, it would be much appreciated as my webspace is limited]
*edit* Thanks biggerbear - updated song link.
[kat's first trip report]
Date of experience:
23/07/04
Substances consumed:
Codeine -
Pandeine Forte tablets x6 - total 180mg
Also coming to the party -
Nitrous
Alcohol
Phenergan (antihistamine) x2
I have used codeine on probably 6 - 8 occasions in the past, up to a dose of 180mg. As with most drugs I have found that I have a reasonable base tolerance, but I have never had more than this on hand to experiment with. I have used nitrous on 4 prior occasions & alcohol... let's just say experienced
Background:
Me: Female, 23, approx 77kg (170 pounds), 175cm.
This took place a few weeks ago - I've written the report over the last week with the help of icq logs & a journal to jog the memory. I am reasonably healthy at the moment. No medication apart from daily vitamin tablets. The last few weeks leading up to that day I had been feeling increasingly happy after emerging from a fairly extensive period of periodic depression. The day in question however I was feeling a little down after a long, crappy day at work.
*~*~*~*
The experience:
Thursday night 12.30am
I got home from work on a bit of a downer. Rugged up in my dressing gown and uggboots (comfort in winter is all important
) and jumped on the net to see who was online. I had not planned to take anything on this evening, but started chatting with some friends via icq, who were planning to take some codeine that evening. N and D are two of my closest friends. They live 300km away so visits are few & far between, but we keep in contact regularly. I rummaged around our medicine cabinet and lo and behold... some pandeine forte fell into my hands. After a short discussion with D about her plans, I decided to partake in some codeine consumption too. I think it was close to 1am when I swallowed down the first 4 tablets (120mg). I start to relax and cheer up as I chatted with the two of them about various things. The merits of p. forte over nurofen + (which they are both using tonight), how I am finally starting to enjoy the single life, problems resulting from long distance relationships & the lack of intimacy and hobo gloves (it was a cold night).
Note: Italics indicate ICQ messages.
1.10am
me: "Ah, I feel so good right now"
The cold starts to melt away. Starting in my toes and spreading throughout my body a sense of warmth pervades. It's a subtle feeling... it sneaks up almost without me realising.
1.25am
Panadeine forte #5 + 6 consumed.
1.50am
Feeling a bit thirsty at this point so I go for a mission to the fridge. Pushing up out of the chair seems almost not worth it. I'm feeling very lazy and sluggish at this point but thirst wins out.
Searching the fridge proves to quite fruitful. Not only do I find an Apple Archers (pre-mixed alcoholic drinks containing schnapps), but hidden in the back corner - a whipped cream dispenser.
SCORE!
The Archers goes down a treat. The feeling of the cool drink is a really nice contrast to the all consuming feelings of body warmth I'm experiencing at this point.
2.00am
After a slight indulgence involving the proper use of the whipped cream dispenser (hey, I never grew out of filling your whole mouth with cream
), I sit back and inhale the nitrous. I don't know how much would be in the cannister, but the effects are mild. However combined with the codeine, I'm pushed to new levels of bliss. My mind as this point feels a little like cotton wool. The music is a little fuzzy and my comprehension of the conversations drops. I am content to just sit back and let the waves wash over me.2.20am
I start to notice an itch between my fingers and a rash starts to develop.
D: my ears are the worst, they get itchy first and the worst
Me: damn you... now you make my ears itch
D: haha, and now if i tell you your hairline is getting itchy....
Me: dont be trying the subliminal thought processes thing on me
2.30am
Dammit... bathroom - again, getting up requires a huge effort. I accost the medicine cabinet again on the way back and come up with some phenergan (2 tablets consumed)
2.42am
me: *laughs at the logic of a song called 'enjoy the silence'*
The music adds to my experience very much. I'd selected a mix of progressive house and chillout style tracks - perfect to lie back and relax to.
2.45
Me: ok... itchy hairline kicks in
2.47am
Music: Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
If there has ever been a song which randomly comes on and completely sums up the way I'm feeling that very instant, this is it.
I can't remember ever feeling this comfortable. I've slunk down in the chair and have one foot resting up on the computer desk. The inner warmth and fuzzyness in the head leaves me imagining I'm in my very own cocoon.
The shittiness of the day has drifted away. Like a plug that's been pulled, my worries have gurgled away down the drain. But the most empowering thing for me at this point is the realisation is that today's setback is not enough to overtake the feelings of happiness which have slowly seeped back into my life.
3.00am
I am starting to come back down now and find it a little easier to concentrate on conversation and browsing bluelight.
N sends me a picture.
This is what happens when you let drug fiends loose with post it notes & digital cameras:
3.15 am
Just as I go to close out of bluelight for the evening, a thread catches my eye: How do you milk a dugong?
Munchee - "Seriously I need to know how, otherwise my dugong farm will go broke."
Naughtiest_Maximus - "No idea. All i know is 'Dugong's don't make a right'."
WTF????
This is too much for my head at this point and I'm convulsed in giggles. The combined lethargy and drug consumption make it hard to stop laughing, even though it is sapping my energy even further.
3.20am
My play list finishes, I hear my bed calling - just metaphorically... I'm not that mashed
Sleep. And sweet sleep it is too. My head drops to the pillow with a smile. I love my life, I really do.
*~*~*~*
I woke up the next morning with no ill after-effects, just a lingering feeling of goodwill.
This is easily one of the most positive drug experiences I have had in a long while, mostly because I could take the feeling I got from the drug away with me. In the past I have been very wary of using opiates, mainly due to not being in the best frame of mind. I still approach them with utmost caution, however I think they are a drug that you can use more responsibly when you are experiencing more positive times in life.
180mg would be the minimum dose I feel I need to take to get a worthwhile experience out of codeine. And in the future, I think I could comfortably experiment at a higher dose. However, as I mentioned earlier, I do tend to have a higher base tolerance than most people I know for most drugs. I am aware of people who have felt overwhelmed at lower doses of codeine and many who do experience nausea also at lower doses. After reading further on erowid (thanks mean girl
), it's come to my attention that for best effects, codeine should be taken in one hit, rather than redosing. I felt no nausea during the night (and have not previously when using codeine). The only side effect was the itchiness, but the antihistamines eased this. This experience, and the other reports on opiates I have been reading here have definitely whetted the appetite to experiment with something a little higher on the scale... hopefully some oxycodone will be next on the list.
Thanks for reading.
Kat
[ps if there is anyone who can host the radiohead track longterm, it would be much appreciated as my webspace is limited]
*edit* Thanks biggerbear - updated song link.
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