well it was, it was that buckley's crap which i bought before knowing it was unbearable and then left 'USA' so i couldn't get anymore robitussin so i just said WELL WHAT THE HECK and tried to get that digusting crap down.

i was pretty sure it only had dxm as the active ingredient and i saw it on various sites as being safe but it messed me up!

i'm reasonably certain it wasn't dxm doing that to you, unless you mistakenly took cough medicine that had some other active ingredient in it. the biological half-life of dxm isn't long enough to give you lasting problems like that for weeks after only doing around 300 mg. it was more likely something you had subsequently put into your system.

it all started happening the night i took that bottle of buckley's. i don't believe it was the dxm itself because i took it once before that with no problems at all and it was more or less the same amount. it is so likely it was at least related, though, because nothing like that has ever happened to me before or since and it wasn't a mild episode i can brush off as just being crap that happens to your body.

i don't know if it was an interaction with something else i might have done, but people saying 'wow....doesn't sound like dxm...' isn't really going to convince me it wasn't involved.

woah that's nuts. I dunno if that serotonin poisoning/toxicity/syndrome tho, which is only supposed to happen if you're taking allergy medicine like allegra, or ssri antidepressants. but the head rush sounds similar and so does the strange vision problems. when I had it my head felt like hell and my whole body felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

gulp!! I have anxiety issues, inherited from my dad. guess I won't be trying dxm anytime soon

i don't have anxiety issues, so i don't think it's anything to do with that. also, i took mdma once and it was great!!!

every time i talk about this i feel crazy, but something happened to me and it is pretty much the only explanation i have. i went to the doctor about it (when my testicles went numb!!!) but the guy seriously didn't know what DXM was and had to look it up so that was useless. he said he didn't think it was the DXM, too, but he didn't have any other suggestions, either. i've got other stuff i could say about weird crap that happened to me after i took drugs but i just sound nuts so i'll shut up. i'm not trying to be a scare story or whatever, i think my body is just a bit messed up in regards to all this stuff.

i hate to be a dick, but are you positive it wasn't alcohol-related? i've done both dxm and alcohol extensively and i've noticed FAR more physical problems from the alcohol than i ever did with the dxm(in both myself and in others). people overlook the immediate physical dangers of alcohol because it's not considered a "drug" but there are fucking boatloads of shitty side-effects that come from regular alcohol consumption. these experiences don't appear to be that inconsistent with that of habitual alcohol consumption, really.

these experiences don't appear to be that inconsistent with that of habitual alcohol consumption, really.

alcohol cessation too

really?

yeah, maybe you'd have more fun with different people, but i think very little besides actually destructive behavior should scare you, given that you've got people eating POWERFUL PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS and all. if other people's mindsets bother you that much you might have the problem, just a thought.

This is pretty much was the case for me and why I don't really handle hallucinogens very well anymore. there's too much stress in my life and psychedelics kinda bring out a weird social anxiety that prevents me from having much fun. I get where coxswain is coming from though, when you're miles deep in your own head going over personal shit or things you feel are important to focus on, someone enamored with the wall patterns can be a little irritating. In a situation like that you should probably reevaluate why you're taking drugs like that to begin with and take a vacation from taking them for a while if the experience is not very enjoyable.

Yeah thats pretty much what I did.

So now I either take a low dosage and go my own way after I know I'll be good and can control it or at least deal with it. Or just try not to think too deeply if I'm around others that won't understand it.

Dextromethorphan is a chemical precursor to Serotonin, so it's not unlikely that it can cause CNS issues like anxiety especially if you abuse it. I'd be careful of what other chemicals you are ingesting if you are drinking bottles of DM, especially since a lot of DM formulations have acetaminophen in them which can easily lead to liver toxicity. Throw alcohol into the mix and you're multiplying your risk greatly.

Did LSD ( "Red Southparks" ) Saturday and watched a trip.  Cloudly with a chance of Meatballs is a pretty decent movie but watching it on acid is Marvelous! its so entertaining!

I once watched Mars Attacks on mushrooms with a friend.. highly recommended.