Dextromethorphan

I'm using this medication because of cough.
But it makes me active, talkative and helps me not to feel so depressed. I don't overdose it but I'm afraid that I would do it because this good side effect becomes weaker each day

I think it's really bad idea to use this medication for depression.
I am ex-drugs user and i feel that this medication drags me into this again I'm afraid to feel depressive again, I like to be active and full of energy.

Is it normal to use Dextromethorphan for depression?

If you are an x drug user , you really no all about the use of cough meds and what happens , I see you live in ENGLAND like me, if a registered x drug user you would not get cough meds scripted has a rule

You're playing with fire. Stop taking it. It's only for suppressing a cough, not for fricken depression or anything else!

I use it because of cough. I just felt that this medication changes my mood. At first it seemed good.
But now I feel just horrible, I have delusions and fears again
Maybe it's not because of this med.
Anyway- depression is better then delusions.
So I will take Xanax and Olanzapine, I feel I'm going out of reality again

DXM is a dissociative like ketamine. Very good for depression for some. Dunno if like ketamine, it has an after glow affect it might. Once you take one big dose you should feel a little better a week after or longer than not taking it. (That's just my uneducated information).

I don't know what other ingredients are in that cough medicine if it has paracetamol or something stay away don't even drink at all that stuff it's terrible. RESEARCH the ingredients for knowledge if you have tendencies of suicide if could seriously mess up your liver and make your life much worse.

DXM is not that addictive. I think you are using your past to justify and convince yourself that it is OK with depressive thoughts to overdose.

DXM has many dangers such as brain damage if you take it too much. There are other drugs (psych meds) that can help with your depression.

20 years ago a female vetinary killed herself with a KETAMINE shot that would kill an elephant . I new her, and the name ketamine has never left my head I had never heard of it before

I don't understand why anyone would ever use ketamine recreationally. It's not even the preferred veterinary anesthesia these days and is generally combined with Telazol or Valium to make coming out of it less traumatic for the animals!

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I know it's tempting to keep using DXM but don't. My own abuse of it began in 2008 when I caught the flu. That's when I first felt the neat kind of high that comes with DXM. Over the next few years, I needed more and more. Soon enough, I was taking an entire pack of Cordicidin w/o the acetometaphan(sp?) to get wrecked. That's 16 30mg DXM pills all at once. Caused some brain damage to me and I was hospitalized. Nowadays, my epilepsy is worse, my coordination will never be the same and my bipolar sickness is worse. My body got to where it needed near-lethal doses to feel anything. My muscles were tense and I could barely walk or do basic tasks. When I had to fill the bathtub up with cold water and get in so I could cool the heat emanating from my brain stem. I was terrified at that feeling. I never wanted to feel like that again. I've been DXM-free since 2011 with the exception of only using it when I am actually sick and taking only the recommended dose. I heard somewhere it can cause lesions on your brain. Just please don't go down that road. Take it from someone who's been there. What I'm saying is that it is addictive so if you're like me and have issues with past drug addiction, this could be a problem.

I have, its actually a really good drug when used in the right doses, I liked it way better than benzos. Overdosed on it eventually and never used it again, overdosing was horrible, felt like I was falling into an infinite black hole... New studies are confirming that it gets rid of depression faster than existing psychiatric medications, and can treat the symptoms of treatment resistant depression that other psychiatric medications cant. (Don't try it at home, scientists are working on developing Ketamine derivatives for this purpose). I have found the same effects using other NMDA receptor antagonists before, not just ketamine. Nearly instant or same day relief of my major depressive episodes.

In England there looking for a 10 year jail term for dealing ketamine, which is weird has you will get suspended sentence for dealing heroin

Well, I suppose the dose used with animals is pretty high per kg to make them virtually paralyzed... Maybe they feel like they're sinking into and coming out of a black hole and that's why they freak out so much (flailing around, screaming, banging their heads on the floor). It was traumatic just to sit with them in recovery sometimes, not knowing how to help, but I did find that putting a towel over their eyes helped a lot. They always seemed to be hallucinating, afraid of something they were seeing, but maybe they were afraid because they were NOT seeing. Thank you, that's actually fascinating information

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Ketemine is being studied for depression with surprising results. There are even some clinics using it. You have to go to your pdoc to get a shot once a week though. They won't just give it to you to take on your own.

Using dxm was one of the worst things I ever done.My psychiatrist didn't know about this drug's effect to brain but I think it's more like amphetamine and drugs like that not antidepressant. It helps when you take it for some hours and after this you have hangover.

I notice some people are more prone to certain reactions with opiates. When I was in bad pain I was given codeine and wow! Better than any psych med! I only had a limited supply or no telling what would have happened. The effect was just so good and I was non depressed in a flash like freaking magic. Sadly, can't use it for depression because one would build tolerance.

I will stay away from Robitussin, I had to take another opiate based cough med for a while, but it didn't do anything weird to me thankfully! Also if one takes an SSRI and an opiate there is risk of serotonin syndrome.

Glad you are staying away. For future reference, a really good but short term cough suppressant is 85-90 % dark chocolate. 2-3 small pieces and you are cough free for about an hour.

Robo tripping! Been there done that. Some good some bad.

I was on high doses of codeine (60 mg twice a day) but it didn't help me with depression and anxiety. I was taking also antidepressants and benzos with codeine which helped me with anxiety but I'm still really depressed.

One night I took 60 mg of codeine + 8 mg codeine mixed with 500 mg of paracetamole + 2 mg of xanax + 1,5 mg of bromazepame and I almost stopped to breath

What dose of codeine you were taking? I thought I could stop breathing if I took 120 mg.

I don't remember the dosage but it wasn't that high. I am med sensitive though. Once again everyone reacts in their own way which is quite interesting. I only med a few that reacted the same to codeine as I did and a few that reacted similarly to other opiates.