• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    I accidentally did.

    Back in jr high, I was sick as hell and helped myself to Benadryl.

    Thought I was taking them as directed, over a period of days. Nope. Was taking them every hour or two for part of the morning and into the afternoon. Luckily, not a lethal dose or anything.

    But I was seeing some shit!

    The walls were breathing, the floor had waves, and he-man came out of my TV on battlecat to talk to me. My GI Joes had a fight with COBRA, and I vaguely remember talking to Spider-Man as I was drifting off at one point.

    Tripping

    Balls

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    These old school antihistamines, Benadryl, Phenergan, are so short term safe but I avoid them as much as possible now because they increase your risk for dementia so much when used regularly. Apparently by 50%!

    So good when you really need to sleep and can’t, so effective and cheap.

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      Sure, it would make me sleepy but my skin would feel weirdly sensitive every time. I couldn’t get comfortable at all, and would feel like I didn’t get any sleep the next morning.

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      The fuck kind of medicine do you guys get over the counter? I have a strong feeling these things are either completely banned in the EU or only available with a slip from the doctor. I’m also fascinated by how Americans don’t seem to question these things. The amount of Americans that straight up take narcotics before stepping on a plane is wild.

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    If I take a Benadryl, I go into a haze. Its not a good feeling. Not sure why people want to abuse it.

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    i was in a forum once where people abused benadryl, they would take it in 700-1000 range, and get deleriant effects of it.

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      At my first IT job, we had to attend a week or two of training before actually doing the job. I was eighteen at the time and didn’t know nothin’ about nothin’ … Including that benadryl makes you sleepy.

      Sometime in the first few days of training, I was having some pretty bad allergies and a roommate suggested benadryl. I picked some up on the drive to work and took the recommended dose immediately, then headed into the training, which was nothing but lecturing for a full eight hours on the second floor of a building with a broken AC. Also in the small room were about 20-25 people and a 2005-era projector in the middle of the room.

      I doubt I learned anything other than the side effects of benadryl that day. I’m fortunate that I did manage to stay conscious and that the drowsiness had probably worn off before my ninety minute drive home.

      Haven’t taken any since.

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        I was gonna ask if this is the one ppl abuse to hallucinate a guy. The stories I’ve read, no thank you. I Wanna do shrooms, but with my anxiety, I need a real good head space to even try a low dose.

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          I’ve done shrooms, LSD, and 2CT-7. Shrooms are chill. Even once you hallucinate, it’s just like breathing walls, and the floor moving weird. I’ve never seen something that wasn’t there on shrooms. Sure, shit that is there looks weird as fuck, but you’re more likely to laugh your ass off than anything else. Pretty sure that’s why they are starting to recommend micro dosing for depression and anxiety.

          I wouldn’t recommend 2CT-7 to anyone that isn’t experienced with both shrooms and acid. Acid is intense as fuck, and can go all over the place if you aren’t in the right headspace.

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    Fucked up and took too much Benadryl one time. Hallucinated spiders crawling all over me. After that, I swore to never touch the stuff again