MrGrunge
Bluelighter
The contents of this report were gathered from notes and recordings I made during my first experience with DXM.
I am a 19 year old college student, about 6' 2" and 220 pounds (~100 kg).
Background:
My decision to try DXM for the first time was, I'm not proud to admit, a result of boredom rather than a calculated decision on my part. However, trying new drugs for the first time has always been exciting for me. I went around the internet and browsed through the Erowid FAQ as well as numerous trip reports here on Bluelight and decided that this is something that I would be interested in trying. I wasn't sure how large of a dose I should attempt for my first try, but I decided that definitely wanted to bring about the more visual aspects of a DXM trip. I bought a bottle of Zicam Cough Max and a bottle of Robitussin DM Max. The Robitussin contained Guaifenesin, which I knew caused vomiting in most people that used it, but I assured myself that my cast-iron stomach would be able to deal with any such nasty side effects.
The Trip:
5:30 pm - Before the trip I decide to eat a sandwich with chips and a soda. I knew this was a bad idea, but I was very hungry and was afraid the cough medicine would give me an upset stomach if I didn't, which would inhibit the quality of the trip. Bad idea, yeah, but more on this later.
6:00 pm - I drink the bottle of Zicam (~391.2 mg) and 2 tsp of Robitussin (~20 mg). I decided that 411 mg would be a suitable first time dose. While waiting for the effects to kick in, I chat with my friend Ryan over Facebook. I knew he had robotripped once before and tried to pry some information from him as to what I could expect. All he told me was that he "felt weird, had fun, then threw up." He wasn't anymore helpful than that, because he had done it so long ago and didn't remember much of it.
6:30 pm - I begin to feel "weird". I assumed this was the feeling that Ryan was describing, and due to my inexperience, was disappointed that this would be the extent of the effects. As a result, I decided to drink 10 more tsp of Robitussin (~100 mg) the boost the experience.
6:45 pm - I begin to itch uncontrollably. I start thinking I may be having an allergic reaction to the DXM. My head feels like it's on fire, and I begin to scratch my scalp raw. Soon, my shoulders also start itching and I am desperately scouring the internet to find some way to remedy it. I read about a few people who also experience "robo-itch" and they recommend 50 - 100 mg of Benadryl. Luckily, my dorm has a convenience store on the bottom floor and they sell small packets of Benadryl. At this time, my motor functions have only been slightly impaired so I make a bee-line for the store. I make it there and back with little difficulty, though the trip back to my room was much more difficult.
7:15 pm - The itch has subsided for the most part and I begin to feel really spacey. When I move my head, the entire room seems to move with it. I see slight light trails on all of my electronics and assume that now would be a good time to play some video games and take advantage of the trip. I play Assassain's Creed 2 on my Xbox for about 10 minutes. It's impossible to focus on the screen, and I am extremely confused. All of the commands I give to my character seem delayed, and I quickly get lost. I give up on that and go back to my computer. Ryan is back on Facebook and sends me an IM saying "So how's life on Jupiter?" I told him the trip was pretty lame so far, and I'm starting to itch again.
7:30 pm - By this time, the itching, though not as bad as before, is beginning to drive me insane. I decide to take a shower, to see if the water would soothe my mind, as I knew the itching was a mental reaction rather than a physical one. It's at this time I know what it means to "robo walk". My movements are jerky and uncoordinated, and despite trying to maintain a level of composure, I look like a stroke victim trying to walk a tight rope.
Luckily, I make it to the bathroom without running into any friends or, worse yet, an RA. The water feels great, and the itching disappears almost immediately. I have a hard time standing upright, and my body is getting increasingly numb. I almost fall over a few times before leaning against the shower wall and closing my eyes. I can tell that I'm starting to peak because everything suddenly gets very intense: my eyes lose focus, my mind begins to race, the sound of the shower becomes a roar. Then, all of a sudden, everything stops. I can't hear anything, my vision goes black. I'm afraid I'm going to pass out. Then, all of a sudden, I lurch forward and vomit. I can't help myself and I empty my stomach contents all over the walls and floor of the shower. Apparently I had eaten more than I thought, because all of the half-digested food clogs the drain. I try to clear away some vomit from the drain in a half-hearted attempt to clean up some of my mess, but I can't take it anymore and realize that I have to get out of there. I dry myself off, put my clothes on, and head back to my room. I feel bad about leaving a mess for the cleaning lady (as she's always been very nice) but I wasn't sure what else to do.
8:00 pm 10:00 pm - I make it back to my room and feel a million times better. My motor skills are still highly impaired, and there is a small amount of lingering nausea, but the itching is gone and I am able to relax. I sit down at my computer and watch Inglorious Basterds. I didn't remember the movie being so intense the last time I watched it, and the dialogue was great. I was fully-immersed in this for the next couple hours, and let my mind wander. I remember thinking about "why Nazis were such d-bags? They're people too, right? They laugh, love, cry, and live just like everybody else. Sure, their bosses were tools, but for the most part these guys had families, friends, and everything else that decent human beings have, so why does everyone assume they were all monsters?" This must be the empathetic quality that DXM tends to give, though I maintain those were all fair points.
10:00 - 11:00 pm - I turn on Adult Swim and watch Family Guy for the next hour. I didn't find it funny at all but the remote was all the way across the room so I watched it anyway. I kept thinking "How isn't Peter in jail? Or in a mental institution? The guy is clearly unstable. He is a danger to himself, his family, and those around him." I normally like Family Guy, but it's hard to enjoy something when you're thinking things like that. I saw the show in an entirely different light that night.
11:00 - pm 1:00 am - I decide to call it a night and listen to some music for a couple hours before going to sleep. I set my mp3 player to shuffle and waited for a particular band to pop out. I have a 120 gig Zune, and it's mostly full. One of the things I do is look for new music I like on the internet, download an album or two, and keep it on my mp3 player until I have time to listen to it later. As a result, I have hundreds of albums on there that I have never heard before. I stumbled across several such albums and was blown away. One album in particular, The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I completely blew me away and I sat in utterly transfixed while the music seemed to fill up my entire body, and distort it according to the music. This was by far the highlight of the trip, as I experienced some very nice CEVs and a strange undulating feeling throughout the rest of my body, as if the bed I was on was moving ever so slightly.
9:30 am - I awake feeling wonderfully refreshed. The afterglow of DXM is something that I have learned to love. I felt light, free, and ready to do anything set before me. Class was a breeze, and I found myself drawing a lot, something which I would never do otherwise. I remember thinking that I can't wait to do this again in the next week or so, keeping in mind some of the lessons I learned from the previous night.
So that's pretty much it. I have a number of other trip reports from my subsequent DXM experiences which I hope to post sometime soon. Thanks for reading!
I am a 19 year old college student, about 6' 2" and 220 pounds (~100 kg).
Background:
My decision to try DXM for the first time was, I'm not proud to admit, a result of boredom rather than a calculated decision on my part. However, trying new drugs for the first time has always been exciting for me. I went around the internet and browsed through the Erowid FAQ as well as numerous trip reports here on Bluelight and decided that this is something that I would be interested in trying. I wasn't sure how large of a dose I should attempt for my first try, but I decided that definitely wanted to bring about the more visual aspects of a DXM trip. I bought a bottle of Zicam Cough Max and a bottle of Robitussin DM Max. The Robitussin contained Guaifenesin, which I knew caused vomiting in most people that used it, but I assured myself that my cast-iron stomach would be able to deal with any such nasty side effects.
The Trip:
5:30 pm - Before the trip I decide to eat a sandwich with chips and a soda. I knew this was a bad idea, but I was very hungry and was afraid the cough medicine would give me an upset stomach if I didn't, which would inhibit the quality of the trip. Bad idea, yeah, but more on this later.
6:00 pm - I drink the bottle of Zicam (~391.2 mg) and 2 tsp of Robitussin (~20 mg). I decided that 411 mg would be a suitable first time dose. While waiting for the effects to kick in, I chat with my friend Ryan over Facebook. I knew he had robotripped once before and tried to pry some information from him as to what I could expect. All he told me was that he "felt weird, had fun, then threw up." He wasn't anymore helpful than that, because he had done it so long ago and didn't remember much of it.
6:30 pm - I begin to feel "weird". I assumed this was the feeling that Ryan was describing, and due to my inexperience, was disappointed that this would be the extent of the effects. As a result, I decided to drink 10 more tsp of Robitussin (~100 mg) the boost the experience.
6:45 pm - I begin to itch uncontrollably. I start thinking I may be having an allergic reaction to the DXM. My head feels like it's on fire, and I begin to scratch my scalp raw. Soon, my shoulders also start itching and I am desperately scouring the internet to find some way to remedy it. I read about a few people who also experience "robo-itch" and they recommend 50 - 100 mg of Benadryl. Luckily, my dorm has a convenience store on the bottom floor and they sell small packets of Benadryl. At this time, my motor functions have only been slightly impaired so I make a bee-line for the store. I make it there and back with little difficulty, though the trip back to my room was much more difficult.
7:15 pm - The itch has subsided for the most part and I begin to feel really spacey. When I move my head, the entire room seems to move with it. I see slight light trails on all of my electronics and assume that now would be a good time to play some video games and take advantage of the trip. I play Assassain's Creed 2 on my Xbox for about 10 minutes. It's impossible to focus on the screen, and I am extremely confused. All of the commands I give to my character seem delayed, and I quickly get lost. I give up on that and go back to my computer. Ryan is back on Facebook and sends me an IM saying "So how's life on Jupiter?" I told him the trip was pretty lame so far, and I'm starting to itch again.
7:30 pm - By this time, the itching, though not as bad as before, is beginning to drive me insane. I decide to take a shower, to see if the water would soothe my mind, as I knew the itching was a mental reaction rather than a physical one. It's at this time I know what it means to "robo walk". My movements are jerky and uncoordinated, and despite trying to maintain a level of composure, I look like a stroke victim trying to walk a tight rope.
Luckily, I make it to the bathroom without running into any friends or, worse yet, an RA. The water feels great, and the itching disappears almost immediately. I have a hard time standing upright, and my body is getting increasingly numb. I almost fall over a few times before leaning against the shower wall and closing my eyes. I can tell that I'm starting to peak because everything suddenly gets very intense: my eyes lose focus, my mind begins to race, the sound of the shower becomes a roar. Then, all of a sudden, everything stops. I can't hear anything, my vision goes black. I'm afraid I'm going to pass out. Then, all of a sudden, I lurch forward and vomit. I can't help myself and I empty my stomach contents all over the walls and floor of the shower. Apparently I had eaten more than I thought, because all of the half-digested food clogs the drain. I try to clear away some vomit from the drain in a half-hearted attempt to clean up some of my mess, but I can't take it anymore and realize that I have to get out of there. I dry myself off, put my clothes on, and head back to my room. I feel bad about leaving a mess for the cleaning lady (as she's always been very nice) but I wasn't sure what else to do.
8:00 pm 10:00 pm - I make it back to my room and feel a million times better. My motor skills are still highly impaired, and there is a small amount of lingering nausea, but the itching is gone and I am able to relax. I sit down at my computer and watch Inglorious Basterds. I didn't remember the movie being so intense the last time I watched it, and the dialogue was great. I was fully-immersed in this for the next couple hours, and let my mind wander. I remember thinking about "why Nazis were such d-bags? They're people too, right? They laugh, love, cry, and live just like everybody else. Sure, their bosses were tools, but for the most part these guys had families, friends, and everything else that decent human beings have, so why does everyone assume they were all monsters?" This must be the empathetic quality that DXM tends to give, though I maintain those were all fair points.
10:00 - 11:00 pm - I turn on Adult Swim and watch Family Guy for the next hour. I didn't find it funny at all but the remote was all the way across the room so I watched it anyway. I kept thinking "How isn't Peter in jail? Or in a mental institution? The guy is clearly unstable. He is a danger to himself, his family, and those around him." I normally like Family Guy, but it's hard to enjoy something when you're thinking things like that. I saw the show in an entirely different light that night.
11:00 - pm 1:00 am - I decide to call it a night and listen to some music for a couple hours before going to sleep. I set my mp3 player to shuffle and waited for a particular band to pop out. I have a 120 gig Zune, and it's mostly full. One of the things I do is look for new music I like on the internet, download an album or two, and keep it on my mp3 player until I have time to listen to it later. As a result, I have hundreds of albums on there that I have never heard before. I stumbled across several such albums and was blown away. One album in particular, The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I completely blew me away and I sat in utterly transfixed while the music seemed to fill up my entire body, and distort it according to the music. This was by far the highlight of the trip, as I experienced some very nice CEVs and a strange undulating feeling throughout the rest of my body, as if the bed I was on was moving ever so slightly.
9:30 am - I awake feeling wonderfully refreshed. The afterglow of DXM is something that I have learned to love. I felt light, free, and ready to do anything set before me. Class was a breeze, and I found myself drawing a lot, something which I would never do otherwise. I remember thinking that I can't wait to do this again in the next week or so, keeping in mind some of the lessons I learned from the previous night.
So that's pretty much it. I have a number of other trip reports from my subsequent DXM experiences which I hope to post sometime soon. Thanks for reading!
