#dextrometorphan

DXM Reality test.

DXM, Dextrometorphan, liquid, 375 mg, more or less. I’m afraid of nausea, I knew that it is the first symptom so I wasn’t sure if taking it or not. Then I said “fuck it” and i drank. First symptom: as said before, nausea. That’s not strong, I can handle it and I don’t need to calm down with hashish. Second symptom: euphoria. Like with weed. Third symptom: I start feeling relaxed and strangely happy. I lie down on the sofa with a friend, that encountered dissociation before me. Fourth symptom: dissociation. I can’t feel my body parts until I focus on them. I can describe the feeling with the verses from Oh Me - Meat Puppets. I feel like exploded, my pieces are all around the room but i don’t know where they are, I just feel them. I get up and the fifth symptom starts. Fifth symptom: visiual distortions. The first thing i notice is a violet filter in my eyes. Everything is pink/violet. Then I realize that I’m higher than my body and I see the ceiling high something like 8 meters, I don’t see the isometries as I see normally, but I see the isometric isometry. Then I try to jump. I can’t feel gravity, I’m flying. With a friend (we were four) I try a reality test: I must draw a clock with my eyes closed, and the numbers must be in the circle. See the image. I probably drew it on the table. Then I start to feeling relaxed and happy again, we lie down on the bed and let the DXM descend. The effects post-DXM are: high photosensibility, REALLY MUCH HUNGER, and a light fever.

I am getting so, so tired of the misinformation out there about Zoloft and drug interactions, especially when it comes to cold medications, so I am going to post a PSA here.*

Many doctors and pharmacists mistakenly believe that SSRIs are fine to take with just about any OTC medication and will wave you away recommending your preferred brand of cold medicine. However, there are many different SSRIs and each one is chemically different, and as such have differing interactions with different drugs. Zoloft, especially, interacts with a major ingredient in most OTC cold medications.

A large number of cough and cold medicines contain dextromethorphan, often abbreviated as DM. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextromethorphan

Dextromethorphan and Zoloft have a very critical and dangerous interaction (see http://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/dextromethorphan-with-zoloft-844-0-2057-1348.html) that can cause serotonin syndrome, This is a pretty nasty experience (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/serotonin-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20028946) that can cause anything from mild agitation and dizziness to extreme reactions, unconsciousness, and can even be fatal if untreated. You can read an abstract case study here on what happened when one man took NyQuil while on Zoloft: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3622531/

In short: be very careful and avoid any cold medicines containing dextromethorphan(DM) while on Zoloft. You should also always double check Drug Interactions (http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html), preferably before asking your doctor or pharmacist about medications. Because the body and medications are so complicated and diverse, they may give you an incorrect or misinformed answer. If you can go armed with knowledge (such as the linked knowledge above, not just hearsay on an Internet forum), then you have a talking point if you are unsure about their advice.

Protect your own health.

piątek, 17 maja 2013rok, w sumie 30x15mg