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DXM - First Time - No Good

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Last night I decided to try DXM for the first time, and I had half a bottle of Robitussin DM MAX left.

Measured the doses out and took 180mg of DXM, which I thought would be enough for at least closed eye visuals.

00:00 - Took the dose, nasty, nauseous but that went away within minutes.

+01:00 - Expecting at least closed eye visuals but nothing, little weird to walk, its like I'm not really in my body, but the feeling of being out of my body is not that strong.

+01:30 - Feeling a lot more relaxed, body is itching in various places, walking is pretty weird. Just listening to music, but not really noticing that the music is 'better'.

+02:00 - Screw this, should've just taken a higher dose, and I fell asleep at around 2AM.

Well, not that exciting to be honest. I shouldn't taken a higher dose but since it was my first time I didn't wanna take that high of a dose and plus I only had around half a bottle of Robitussin left.

Ill probably be trying DXM again in a couple weeks with a higher dose.

Also while sleeping, I don't remember dreaming, but when I woke up this morning, I remember crying that my friend died, it was weird, for some reason I remember crying my eyes out that he died. My neck is itching this morning, and I feel very good, relaxed.

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For future reference, DXM takes a good 3 hours to fully kick in. So if you're not feeling much after 2 hours, don't redose - you could easily overdo it.
 
Aha. Somewhere I think I read it takes 20 minutes to an hour to kick in so I should have read better. Thanks.
 
Aha. Somewhere I think I read it takes 20 minutes to an hour to kick in so I should have read better. Thanks.

I think it depends on how much youve eaten. On a full stomach it takes me over 4 hours. On an empty stomach it takes me about 1 hour to an hour and 30 minutes
 
Don't know what you weigh, but for many 180 mg is a pretty low dose (1st plateau for me personally), and any CEV's probably won't manifest at that level. If you are interested in more pronounced (but still controllable) effects, a dose of around 240-255 mg might be more interesting (possible CEV's and more pronounced mental effects). Stay safe, and good luck!
 
Thanks everyone.

I weigh 130 pounds and I ate dinner an hour before taking the DXM, so I guess it has something to do with it.
 
Yeah, you may want to avoid eating for several hour before taking DXM, and investing in some anti-nausea medicine like Meclizine HCL (ie Dramamine II), it will help prevent against the famous DXM/cough syrup nausea which can really diminish an interesting experience. Hope that helps with future experiences....
 
A couple other tips.

Do the math with dosage. It tends to respond pretty linearly.

130lb to KG is almost 60 kilograms.

So you were at 3mg/kg. Thats usually good for a buzz and some weird body feelings. Not what you wanted.

Step it up to like 6mg/kg, and have fun.

And as the Tambourine man suggested, you may want dramamine. I've never needed it myself though.

If you got itchy, and you didnt like it, pop a couple benadryl before you go off. Just 50mg will do. You wont have it at all.
 
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