okay well i'm fine today, of course, still feel a little shaky though. i still don't know exactly what it was, because it was more than just my heart rate- i just felt physically "wrong", was shaking, getting cold/hot, could hardly stand, SO dizzy. not only that, but i was in mental agony, having panic attack after panic attack. it was a nightmare. i'm well aware that i sounded like an idiot in all of my posts last night... i guess i was just caught off guard, DXM has never been ANYTHING like this for me. this is the most hardcore freakout i've ever had on it, by far, and it seemed to come out of nowhere. i tried everything i could think of- meditating, listening to music, playing with my cat- nothing helped. so i guess that's that.
you're right, i did absolutely nothing creative. honestly, i'm not creative enough to come up with anything creative to do. my DXM trips usually consist of putting on headphones as i'm peaking, and just getting lost in some weird inner world. but, freaking out like i was, i couldn't get into that like i usually can.
Sounds like a panic attack to me. I have had similar experience off of a psychedelic, never on DXM though dissociatives treat me well. I would suggest a benzo if you were on a psychedelic but am not sure how well that would mix with DXM. Probably safe to take the lowest prescribed dose. The drug using community generally say not to mix ketamine (which is similar to DXM) with benzos because it could dangerously slow breathing down, but at hospitals a combination of a very large dose of ketamine and a very large dose of lorazepam is sometimes used on children and elderly patients and people with asthma as a general anesthetic. So really taking the lowest dose of a mild benzo like valium is probably safe, and it will possibly abort your panic attack and help for a smoother trip. But I do not condone you taking a valium off my advice right now as the general knowledge is that it CAN be unsafe, although I do not think it REALLY is that unsafe in most people and most circumstances. It is probably best for you to just ride it out the best you can. Take deep breaths, try and focus on music or something. Take a hot shower. Relax. Think positive thoughts, drink a glass of cold water. You will almost certainly be fine.
After reading your symptoms they PERFECTLY match a trip I had on 4-aco-mipt that got me to stop using un researched substances. The only difference is for me it didn't go away when I stopped being high and I was left with frequent crippling panic attacks and feeling physically wrong for around 2 or 3 months. Eventually I started intense benzo use and it helped me get by before I felt near normal again another month or two down the line. Very strange. I also used to be an extremely heavy dxm user but never got it from dex.
yeah man that kind of stuff usually works perfectly... it's just hard though, when you're in that fear cycle, to break out and think to do simple things like that. definitely good advice though. i tried just closing my eyes and thinking "turn off your mind, relax, float downstream". that was my mantra for about 20 minutes, but whenever i opened my eyes i lost all the calm. what scared me the most was the feeling i was about to fade out from everything... i can deal with shaking, nausea, etc. but when i start feeling like i'm about to pass out or die shit gets bad. i've used DXM probably about 20 times in the past 2-3 months, all in 250mg-450mg (sounds small, but i only weigh 120lbs) so this dose of 390mg shouldn't have been so intense, i've done it many times without any problems. i still don't feel right mentally at all, but i can tell i'll be fine.
yeah i get sketched out when i read stuff about brain damage and other problems with DXM. i should definitely not use it so much, but i'm definitely gonna give it a few more tries before i stop for good.
same shit happens with marijuana or any substance some takes it, and even though they've done it before, they freak the fuck out people come in saying "that's cuz pot/dxm/acid/shrooms are bad for you" . . . it's part of the experience
yeah i know what you mean. i'm definitely not saying that it's because "DXM is bad" that this happened. DXM is the same thing its has always been before my shitty experience, nothing changed. it's just one of those things, i got caught off guard because nothing even close to this has happened. i'll just be more careful in the future. if i'm gonna do as many drugs as i do, i'm going to have good times and shitty times. it all comes with the territory.
yea man dxm trip..is sumthing i won't fuck with anymore, after a few of my recent experiences with shrooms i've realized u need to have a really strong mind for the bad parts, i've had a few times i've had to just sit and go calm down..it's just the shrooms..ur not dying wear it out..then it goes away and ur in paradise again...all part of the waves
just sounds like a bad dxm trip to me. ive had a bad one, i was looping, shaking, my ears were ringing, i had hot and cold flashes, insane heartrate (which really scares you when your tripping), and it was basically like i was in hell on earth. plus all that stuff you had before prob. couldn't help at all either.