My First Experience with DXM... ------------------------------------------------------- by Chrisco -------------- Edit: Gender: M Height: 5'10" Weight: 140 lbs. Time - 7:35 p.m. T: 0 Here's how I started my night: (on an experienced friend's recommendation for first times.) DXM Dose: 20 gelcaps - Robitussin "cough gels" at 15mg of DXM/tablet that turns out to be a dose of 300mg of DXM HBr Method: I didn't chew or crush the gel caps. They were swallowed whole, 10 at a time twice in a row, with tap water. I finished the glass after swallowing the gelcaps, but my stomach was mostly empty other than that (last meal was about 2 hours before). --- I'm currently listening to music and typing this report. I plan on keeping this file open as I continue my experience, alternating between surfing the web, possibly playing video games, and whatever else may occur. I will be alone for the first 3 hours of this trip, wherein my roomate should get home from work. My only animate company is our dog, Logan. And now it it begins. . . --- Time - 8:15 p.m. T: +0:50 Moving fast suddenly has started to induce very quick, very mild bouts of motion sickness. I'm sitting in a swiveling chair, and every time I swivel from one side to the other I feel as if I'm still moving when I stop. It's quite disorienting because my body has in fact stopped moving but my body is behaving as if I was still swaying side to side. It's not unbearable or too much to handle in any sense, but it could mean the DXM is setting on: as mild motion sickness is sometimes one of the first feelings on a DXM trip. I've continued listening to music and surfing the web. I actually haven't moved since taking the pills now that I think about it. Anyways, everything seems fine and dandy as of now, albeit a little woozy every once in a while. --- Time - 8:44 p.m. T: +1:19 I wasn't too intrigued by this at first, but as it's persisting I will write about it. My vision seems to be being pulled in different directions, or maybe swirled around. Maybe it's my head in general that feels like it's moving. This could be more of the nausea I mentioned earlier. This occurs more randomly though so it can't be motion sickness. I can be sitting perfectly still, and if I calm down and just stare for a moment or two my head starts sloshing all over the place. I feel like my head is heavier than normal and maybe that's why I can't move it with the usual fluidity and control. Staring anywhere for 5 or more seconds tends to induce double vision, but that could be because I'm tired and can actually unfocus my eyes at will (just thought I'd share to lay down some info beforehand). I might try walking to get some food, but I don't know if I'll be able to balance all the way over to the kitchen. Actually I don't know if I can stand at all, more on that later. --- Time - 9:05 p.m. T: +1:30 I decided to walk to the freezer for food, but doing so made me immensely disoriented so I made my way to the bathroom after grabbing some ice cream. I discovered that as soon as I sat down and started reading 'Stuff' that the nausea disappeared. I sat on the floor of the bathroom, eating ice cream and reading 'Stuff' for what seemed like 20 minutes, which was actually more like four minutes. As I walked out to the kitchen the nausea set back in and instinctually I headed for the kitchen sink. Now I know somerthing's different. I threw up twice, but since I hadn't eaten much today I didn't vomit much nor was it messy or any of that usual stuff, this time it was just vomit in the sink. I turned on the water, took a drink, then washed the liquefied ice cream down the drain. After that fiasco I came back to my chair and my laptop and assumed my previous activities and position. Once again, as soon as I sat down the nausea disappeared. Now I'm back to the sensation that my brain is sloshing around inside my head, but at least I'm not throwing up right? Well now I know how movement feels... not good! --- Time - 9:29 p.m. T: +1:54 I decided to close my eyes and listen to the music, but when I close my eyes I feel as if I'm rotating at a moderate speed. It's kind of annoying really. I expect to open my eyes and be swiveling to one side, but no. I open my eyes and I'm still perfectly still. This must be more of the motion sickness (I am quite susceptible to it). --- Time - 9:51 p.m. T: +2:16 As I sit here and surf the net I've come to realize that if I focus enough on what I'm reading I feel perfectly normal. But moving my head or any part of my body brings back the sloshy brains and the nausea. I've also noticed that when I type my fingers can't type as fast as I'm thinking the letters of the words. I end up missing a lot of letters (in an effort to catch up with my brain) or just pressing the wrong key or more than one key. It's not like I'm drunk or tried, I just can't press the keys fast enough to catch up with my brain telling me what letter is next. --- Time - 10:06 p.m. T: +2:31 As time goes on and I focus more on what's going on to my body and inside my head, I've realized that "zoning out" creates a rocking sensation deep within my body. It's very pleasant and seems to go with the rhythm of the music. At this point in time the nausea, even whilst moving around in my chair, has decreased. Half of me wants to smoke a bowl and relax with my tunes, but the other half wants to wait til my roommate gets home and share it with him. I can't escape this dilemma for some reason. Something deep inside me keeps pointing at this hardly moral decision. Do I get stoned by myself and enjoy my DXM trip, or do I enjoy the sensation of smoking a bowl with my best friend and hetero-lifemate? Normally (not having taken a large dose of DXM) I don't think I would fret this much about one measly bowl (it is my last though) but something makes me think that either option I choose will make for a really amazing experience. Whether I'm getting all bent out of shape about this bowl or not, I think I'm gonna save it til my friend comes home... that's just the way it is. --- Time - 10:21 p.m. T: +2:46 I got it! It's not just when I focus for a moment that the nausea goes away and I feel balanced. It's when I focus on the music!! I just realized it while looking around the room. The music seems to balance out my body. Just a mere second of focusing on the intensity and rhythm that went into any given song brings me back to a flat, normal plane of existence (which is good). If I try and block out the music and look around, I just stay dizzy the whole time. turning the music off completely just makes looking around the room unbearable, not to mention deathly silent. Music now seems to balance me like out-stretched arms balance a gymnast! --- Time - ~11:00 p.m. T: +3:25 My roommate finally made it and home, and we decided to smoke that last bowl the next morning. We headed over to a friend's house (it was much easier to move without nausea for long periods now, so I was fine). The only noteworthy thing that happened the rest of the night was that at one point, on the car ride, apparently my shins felt "squishy" as I called them. No idea what that was about, but I'm sure it was interesting at the time. Sleep was no more difficult that night than any other night, and waking up this morning I no longer felt even the slightest effects of the DXM. No hangover either, success! Conclusion Well my first DXM trip was a success in my book. As the quick moment of puking was the only real "bad" thing that happened, I can't say that I wouldn't try DXM again some time. If I ever try it though, it will be in at least 3 weeks, as I feel no rush to try it again, and I just want to be safe (I've heard of addiction problems). A larger dose is next I believe, I'm thinking somewhere around 35 gel caps should be stimulating but not anything too much for me without more experience. All in all I had a good time, thanks DXM!
it takes me about 600mg when i do it to get the full effects...but my first DXM experience was a 300mg dose. I was a skinny white boy and i had similar experiences as the OP. that's a great read man, +rep for keeping a journal of your experiences...always a good read. oh, what's your height/weight/gender?
Yea, people usually do over 500mg to experience any real effects, but you were smart about your first time, so good job. Next time, Id say around 500mg would be great for you, and smoke some weed with it, it will greatly reduce the nausea. Whenever I do anything that makes me sick (shrooms, a lot of the pills, etc...) I always smoke weed... weed makes everything more enjoyable.
thats amazing, ive been done with dex for quite some time, as i feel ive felt everything dextromethorphan has to offer, but last nite i was bored and swigged a bottle of deslym for old times sake, bout 555 mg dxm polystrix or whatever ( the time release version ) and i honestly didnt feel a thing. dxm loses its magic, and fast...just like bud, so enjoy the first times cause they WILL be the best.