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DXM - Third time - Retrospective, dull

Leprechaun

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Vic Australia
DXM - dextromethorphan
138mg - First platue

Introduction
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It has been 7 years since I had last ingested DXM. DXM was the first substance I used to alter my conciouness all those years ago. I had attempted at that time to drink from a Robotussin Bottle. I am not even sure which one it was. But I had done much research on it. Its was an interesting experience, but it was only of note due to the fact that it was the first.

This time I would return to DXM land in the form of the powder. In recent weeks I had been quite naughty with powders. I suspect that this may have influenced the course of the experience.

Experience
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+0:00 - Ingestion of capsule of pale yellow/white powder. I am not expecting the experience to blow me away. I believe it will be a subtle one at best.

+0:10 - I make my way to the shopping centre. I drive as I have noticed no effect. (Note: This is not recommended, judgment can be affected in unexpected ways. Looking back this was not a good idea, slaps self, never again!)

+ 0:45 - I spent some time walking around the shopping centre organising various things. Effects noticed at a very subtle level. This is what I expected the 1st platue to be. Mild relaxation, alteration and slight detatchment of surrounding reality. +2 at best. +1.5.

+1:30 - Internally nothing has changed much. Still at a minimal level of effect.

+2:00 - I get home and write off the experiment. Yet to my suprise I am hit by some motor-incordination. Driving was not a good idea. Can't believe I did it. *IDIOT*. I go inside and rest on my bed. I start putting together ideas for music. Mental concepts hard to connect, frustrating.

+3:00 - I get some work done with the music, yet the mental detatchment renders any focus useless. I rest on my bed and begin to feel alone. Emotions are distant, physical is distant. There is nothing but me swimming in awareness. It feels like Ketamine combined with GHB, yet without any of the opening push or giddiness. Subjectively this is a +3, but yet I don't seen to connect with the intoxication.

+3:30 - A few calls and messages later I feel like nothing has changed. The external world doesn't seem to affect me. A good way of describing the experience is like having a mildly pleasant apathy.

+4:00 - After some rest I begin to come down. Have been sweating heaps, even for a 1st platue experience. Not recommended with MDMA. I can see why this experience may lend to overheating. DXM increases body temperature which increases perspiration. This is in a cool, non-active environment.

+5:00 - Almost completely down. What was gained, nothing really. Nothing of note. What was lost, time where my focus could have been more applied.

CONCLUSION
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There it was, quite an uninteresting experience. Yet it doesn't differ much from the other intial experiences I had on DXM. I suspect that the excitment I had initially was from the novelty of having altered my conciousness in yet another way. (I was and am quite an avid explorer of altered state)

I wouldn't see this as a good dissociative for exploring. Its doesn't seem to open or even present doors to exploring the internal process. Ketamine allows a deeper understanding of the connective process by presenting what and how it disconnects things within the self. DXM seems to disconnect the self and its processes without any indication of how it is done. It does all the work in the background for you. All you are left with is the respective state. Perhaps that is something to take back from the experience... ;)

Nonethless this is a no for repeats. Why bother for any reason other then novelty.

Hope this helps guide peeps in the right direction. ;)

Cheers!
 
For me, DXM only gets interesting in the 3rd plateau. The first and second are hardly interesting, but once you break through into the 3rd you may find that DXM is a powerful catalyst for out of body experiences and some profound hallucinations.

But of course I'm not recommending that you try it again.... just that there is a world of difference between low and medium dose DXM trips. I'd hold off any comparisons between DXM and Ketamine until you've really experienced DXM.

peace-
bd
 
DXM is interesting in a way. Nit amazing by any means, but there is something about it and I had had one pretty interesting introspective trip on a very high dose.

But yes, most people can miss this :)
 
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