Unpleasant DXM Experience - What's the problem?

[Mr.M.301]

Hi,

So I decided to try DXM today after reading as much as I could about it on erowid. I drank about 80% of a bottle of "TopCare Cough Relief" brand cough syrup, which lists only DXM HBr as the active ingredient. So, that means I took roughly 300 mg (100 ml at 3mg/ml) of DXM, which should have theoretically put me in the second plateau (I weigh ~150 lbs). This was at 1:45 pm today, it's now about 6 hours later and most of the effects are pretty much gone.

I started coming up around an hour after ingestion, with fairly mild effects, similar to having taken 3 or 4 shots of alcohol. About 30-45 minutes later though, I started feeling very warm (feverish). This escalated to my face/neck/upper shoulder area becoming quite red, and I felt like I had a mid to high-grade fever, which was quite unpleasant.

There was no itching at all, just heat and redness, so it doesn't seem like I experienced the dreaded 'robo itch'. After 45 minutes or so the fever subsided a bit although I still feel warmer than usual. I only felt mild trip effects, similar to being mildly drunk.

Any opinions on this? If I try it again, should I up the dosage? Try a different brand?

Thanks.

 

[jamaica0535]

first generation anti-histamine will help the general skin reaction DXM has on a lot of people, even if its not itchy, it is probably due to the histamine response....

DXM is not the most pleasant of drugs anyways.....

the highest i have been with it is 600mg weighing 130lbs.....

solid 3rd plateau.... i can say very few drugs have pwned me in my life, but DXM is damn good at it....

I have no idea what happened.... I was waiting on it to be metabalized into DXO and start working, kind of bored and i think i may have dosed off for as bit, but when i awoke i was peaking... hardly able to walk, hardly able to speak, visually chaotic, etc....

needless to say, i think i might eventually try to up it to 900mg just to push how far i can go with it....

my only complaint is how bizzare this drug makes me feel in my own skin... feels like numbness but at the same time the sensation of touch seems higher....

 

[mindtools]

Hmm, don't know why it happened to you. For the first time I took like like 225mg, felt strange, music was very pleasent, mind state was different, but no physical effects. Thease start on me when I take over ~~360mg.
Friend who has strange DXM reaction takes less than 250mg, he's got very unpleasant physical effects, extreame ichness, extreame red (no respiratory problems if you ask), but he has also very strong pseudo-hallucinations.

 

[Solipsis]

It pretty much sounds like my experiences with it, Mr M.
About DXM people say that about 1/3 of the people like it, 1/3 like it and 1/3 are pretty much uncompelled by it. The statistics are probably not that equally divided but otherwise it is what I have seen as well.
One of my good friends is a regular DXM addict, he takes it a lot and befriended someone from dextroverse (that I know as well).

Personally I have given DXM a shot multiple times thinking that it just may have been the set/setting or something else and that perhaps I would succeed some time or the other.... not so, I get a pressure on my head, a fever, dizzy dissociated intoxication and stuff like that.

I'm not saying you are definitely like me, but it's very possible. My theory is that it has to do with metabolistic makeup of your body so genetics. Some people have enzyme deficiencies that have an effect on how you react to it, I guess some are just better at handling the stuff with their bodies than others...

Would you please visit the DXM Big & Dandy Thread the next time? I'm not all too sure this warrants a fresh thread.

Welcome to BL!

 

[burn out]

It sounds pretty normal for DXM to me, it has a heavy body load. I recommend using ketamine instead since it gives a somewhat similar experience but much less body load.

 

[Solipsis]

Definitely.
I wouldn't discard DXM altogether since those people that react well to it seem to be able to achieve unbelievable effects sometimes. I've heard the craziest stuff like binocular vision, astral projection and other ESP-type stuff. You don't get them from low doses and not consistently either but those are experiences almost to envy.

If it becomes clear though that you don't react well then I would really just forget it and look for some ketamine, much more people react well to that and it is terribly interesting. Just beware of using it often since it can be bad for your health otherwise. IMHO dissociatives in general are just not the best idea to use more than occasionally, be advised.

 

[Mr.M.301]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

After some more research, my best guess is that I had a histamine reaction either to an inert ingredient in the syrup or to the DXM itself. I figure I'll give it another shot in a few weeks or so, this time switching brands and taking a benadryl beforehand, as well as shooting for plateau 3 instead of 2.

I don't have access to ketamine so that's not really an option.

 

[delsymfan]

Its not always like this for some. I would pop two small benadryls when you take your DXM next time.

And try finding the DXM robo-gel's, they are just 15mg gel caps that have pretty much nothing else in there. I think thats probably the safest dosing method shy of pure powder.

Experiment with dosage levels too. Your dose was a bit low. 2nd plateau is misleading. I often campaign for a change in the plateau levels. At 5mg/kg starts the real interesting stuff, unless you are highly sensitive, which you clearly arent based on this report.

Shoot for 440mg, thats 6.5mg/kg. Thats my favorite spot, just fantastic. Its like upper 2nd plateau. Very comfortable.

For me, plateaus in my head go like this:
1-4mg/kg, a weird buzz. Lower is more of a stimulant type buzz, whereas 3-4mg/kg is more of a sedated silly buzz. No real "trippyness"

5-8 is second plateau, here I've actually had real "trip" and had CEV's and OEVs and the like.

9-12 is 3rd plateau, and I think this is as high as anybody should go. Its very pleasant, strong but powerful, and you are still functional.


Going to 4th plateau, or anything over 12mg/kg, is stupid. In my humble, and safe opinion.

 

[Steve42o]

idk bro, thats really odd, my first dxm trip i took about 380mg and it put me on my ass. you should prolly set "the mood" so to speak, just jam to some chill music and do what you normally do, play games, chill. maybe trip with a friend. also make sure you take it on an empty stomach, helps alot.

 

[killo]

DXM is a worthy drug.

I've been in the astral plane and completely outside of my body on z bottle of pure robo+weed.

Make sure you try to get sugar free though, the high fructose corn syrup is probably what's giving you guys nauesa and headeaches, it has a lot.

Agent lemon extraction is your best bet when dexing, you'll get a cleaner trip because you'll be ingesting JUST the chemical DXM and no syrup crap.

Seriously, DXM is amazingly euphoric/peaceful/spiritual when you do it right. It's like kundalini awakening when you do it right.

Do it in the dark, never in the light. DXM is not the type of drug you want to do anywhere except the dark and it's not very social although tripping with friends in the dark is fun. You won't want to move much either, just sit there and fall down the rabbit hole lol.