This was my second experience with dihydrocodeine. The first was about a month ago, when I took 190mg. I had pretty strong sedation and excellent euphoria, lasting about 2 hrs. I was seeking to replicate this experience, but decided to add promethazine into the mix to increase the nod and possibly the euphoria.
Setting: At home, with close friends. Gaming for the few hours previous but plan to put on some TV that isn't too taxing, once the trip hits. Family Guy seems perfect.
Set: In a good mood all round.
18:45 (t) - Take 190mg dihydrocodeine and 50mg promethazine. The DHC is reasonably easy to get down in cough syrup form, promethazine in tabs so no problem either. I get that immediate little surge from the knowledge that I'll soon be nicely buzzed. Normally I'll be a bit anxious if smoking weed but don't get any of that from opiates.
19:15 (t+30) - Thinking it should have been coming on by now; can feel a little sedation but not too much. Last time the warmth started spreading after about 20 mins. I'm still gaming so I think it might just be the added stimulation as compared to last time when I was surfing the net by myself.
19:45 (t+60) - Strong sedation coming on now, but not much euphoria. Decide that Quake is really the wrong environment for this so go and put Family Guy on and settle in. Friends leave so I'm left to myself. Very thirsty, almost finished 2 litres of water since I dosed.
20:15 (t+90) - Feeling pretty body stoned but disappointed as to lack of euphoria. Decide to take another 190mg of DHC and another 50mg of promethazine.
21:00 (t+135) - Pupils are tiny. I'm out of cigarettes so I decide to walk to the store and get some more. It's only a 5 min walk but by the time I'm halfway there, I've stumbled a few times and am thoroughly enjoying myself. Must be the blood moving more and I think my sense of balance is slow to react to changes. This would be fun to take while camping or at the beach at night. Pick up my cigarettes, who knows what the attendant thought of my pinpoint pupils, stupid grin and heavy voice. As I'm walking back I light up and as usual when I'm on something, the tobacco adds another dimension. Sometimes it's unpleasant, like on weed or nutmeg (!), but it adds to the DHC high in a nice way.
21:15 (t+150) - Have trouble getting the keys in the door, swaying like I could go to sleep on my feet. Suddenly I feel something stirring in my stomach and remember the sorbitol content of the cough syrup. Shuffle to the toilet, not a moment too soon as liquid death spews from inside me. After the worst of it's gone, I find myself almost nodding off while just sitting there and laugh at the absurdity of the situation if my housemates were to find me.
21:30 (t+165) - Feeling nauseous so I slump back down in front of the TV and continue with Family Guy. A few minutes later I find I can't concentrate at all and I'm almost nodding again. I turn it off and head to my room to put on some chillout music.
22:00 (t+195) - I know I'm about to nod hard, I can't even keep my eyes open. Decide to have another cigarette. This one is for the worse; makes me feel very nauseous. Visit the toilet again and make my way to my bed. I plan to leave the tunes on and just nod in and out. Sitting there with my eyes closed I start to see a strange and unexpected "something" happening in my vision. Not a CEV but something weird and intriguing. However I'm so surprised that my eyes snap open and it's gone. To combat the sickness, I lie down and must have gone to sleep soon after because the next thing I know it's 5am and my housemates are home. Still feeling a little tired, but it's pretty much over.
Altogether this experience wasn't as good as the previous one. I felt nowhere the same level of euphoria and was just too sedated in the end. Add to this the excess nausea and all in all I was a little disappointed. The promethazine, while definitely cranking up the sedation, did nothing for the euphoria, and I suspect may have even diminished it. I did take quite a bit though, next time I will take maybe 25g or not at all. Or I may do what I did the first time and just take a different non-drowsy anti-histamine to ward off itches, and enjoy a fantastic, clean DHC high.
Thanks for reading!
Setting: At home, with close friends. Gaming for the few hours previous but plan to put on some TV that isn't too taxing, once the trip hits. Family Guy seems perfect.
Set: In a good mood all round.
18:45 (t) - Take 190mg dihydrocodeine and 50mg promethazine. The DHC is reasonably easy to get down in cough syrup form, promethazine in tabs so no problem either. I get that immediate little surge from the knowledge that I'll soon be nicely buzzed. Normally I'll be a bit anxious if smoking weed but don't get any of that from opiates.
19:15 (t+30) - Thinking it should have been coming on by now; can feel a little sedation but not too much. Last time the warmth started spreading after about 20 mins. I'm still gaming so I think it might just be the added stimulation as compared to last time when I was surfing the net by myself.
19:45 (t+60) - Strong sedation coming on now, but not much euphoria. Decide that Quake is really the wrong environment for this so go and put Family Guy on and settle in. Friends leave so I'm left to myself. Very thirsty, almost finished 2 litres of water since I dosed.
20:15 (t+90) - Feeling pretty body stoned but disappointed as to lack of euphoria. Decide to take another 190mg of DHC and another 50mg of promethazine.
21:00 (t+135) - Pupils are tiny. I'm out of cigarettes so I decide to walk to the store and get some more. It's only a 5 min walk but by the time I'm halfway there, I've stumbled a few times and am thoroughly enjoying myself. Must be the blood moving more and I think my sense of balance is slow to react to changes. This would be fun to take while camping or at the beach at night. Pick up my cigarettes, who knows what the attendant thought of my pinpoint pupils, stupid grin and heavy voice. As I'm walking back I light up and as usual when I'm on something, the tobacco adds another dimension. Sometimes it's unpleasant, like on weed or nutmeg (!), but it adds to the DHC high in a nice way.
21:15 (t+150) - Have trouble getting the keys in the door, swaying like I could go to sleep on my feet. Suddenly I feel something stirring in my stomach and remember the sorbitol content of the cough syrup. Shuffle to the toilet, not a moment too soon as liquid death spews from inside me. After the worst of it's gone, I find myself almost nodding off while just sitting there and laugh at the absurdity of the situation if my housemates were to find me.
21:30 (t+165) - Feeling nauseous so I slump back down in front of the TV and continue with Family Guy. A few minutes later I find I can't concentrate at all and I'm almost nodding again. I turn it off and head to my room to put on some chillout music.
22:00 (t+195) - I know I'm about to nod hard, I can't even keep my eyes open. Decide to have another cigarette. This one is for the worse; makes me feel very nauseous. Visit the toilet again and make my way to my bed. I plan to leave the tunes on and just nod in and out. Sitting there with my eyes closed I start to see a strange and unexpected "something" happening in my vision. Not a CEV but something weird and intriguing. However I'm so surprised that my eyes snap open and it's gone. To combat the sickness, I lie down and must have gone to sleep soon after because the next thing I know it's 5am and my housemates are home. Still feeling a little tired, but it's pretty much over.
Altogether this experience wasn't as good as the previous one. I felt nowhere the same level of euphoria and was just too sedated in the end. Add to this the excess nausea and all in all I was a little disappointed. The promethazine, while definitely cranking up the sedation, did nothing for the euphoria, and I suspect may have even diminished it. I did take quite a bit though, next time I will take maybe 25g or not at all. Or I may do what I did the first time and just take a different non-drowsy anti-histamine to ward off itches, and enjoy a fantastic, clean DHC high.
Thanks for reading!
