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DXM (dextromethorphan) frequent long term use - withdrawal?

crackhorr

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I've been a pretty avid dxm user for the past 2 years. At times it would be everyday that I would trip, and at times I would take a break and continue on after a few weeks. Currently, in order to trip I have to take 32 30mg pills of pure dxm. I've recently started to notice different side effects nearing the end and beginning of the trip. My heart rate would go through the roof- sometimes I swore in the next five minutes I would be dead. When that passed all was "well". Before I started taking 32 pills I would just pass out and sleep fine, and in the morning would still slightly feel it (as dxm users know), but now it's different. I'm physically unable to sleep. My hands will shake, muscles will twitch and spasm, I could pretty much hear and feel my entire body tremoring, not to mention a ridiculously loud heart beat. Not to mention dxm was pretty obviously the cause of my depression that still occurs.

I never thought the day would come when I thought about doing dxm and said "nah" simply because it ruins the next few days for me, and started to become very scary. In the last two days I've experienced what I believe to be withdrawal. From all of the research I've done online, it didn't seem that dxm caused any extreme withdrawal. At first I thought I was ill, but I didn't have the head cold feeling that I normally did. I would wake up and be exhausted, but when I tried to sleep I just couldn't. My body reacted like I was on the last phase of a dxm trip - heart beating fast, muscle spasms, sharp pains. Not to mention an extreme headache that lasted all day. My muscles felt like I ran a marathon, my appetite completely disappeared, being outdoors made me nauseous, and I had hot and cold flashes.
Today things seem to be better. But I'm still wondering if this occurred because of the lack of dxm - it has been almost 2 weeks - or if it was a stress cold or something. Regardless, it was unlike any sickness I had felt before and it was AWFUL.

I was wondering if anyone with previous dxm use has had this problem? and whether or not it was reoccurring and/or how to prevent it?
thanks :)
 
DXM s a SNRI like many antidepressants, it seems reasonable enough that if you use it at high doses regularly that you'll feel shitty when you stop entirely.
 
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