Experience Report:Insufflated DXM Citrate
Insufflated DXM Citrate
Experience Report
Reported effects: Color Enhancement, Music Enhancement, Euphoria, Slight Dissociation, Nausea, Sedation, Slight Body Load
DXM in its most common forms (HBr, freebase) is not bioavailable when insufflated. Awhile ago I extracted DXM HBr from robotablets and then converted it into DXM citrate with the goal of insufflating it. Although the exact bioavailability of citrate when insufflated is unknown it is believed to be far higher than HBr or freebase, enough to potentially make snorting a viable ROI. I wanted to see how it would affect me and if it is in fact viable.
I have seen a few people say that hypothetically insufflating DXM would make it around 7 times as potent as oral, hence why I chose such a low dose. If the 7x rule is true my 45 mg would be equivalent to about 315 mg oral which is a low second plateau trip for me.
Upon snorting the 45 milligrams I was met with a large amount of pain. The DXM stung terribly and clogged up my nose for awhile. The pain was enough for me to be tearing up and clenching my fists for the first 30ish seconds, it slowly went away and was fully gone after about 10 minutes. The nostril I snorted into was fully clogged (I couldn’t breathe out of it at all) for about 20 minutes, and took about an hour to feel somewhat normal. It is worth noting I likely had some byproduct in my powder which probably contributed to the pain and clogging. Without doubt my extraction was not perfect. I still believe pure DXM citrate would sting pretty bad though.
About 7 minutes after I took the dose I felt the first signs of onset. I very vaguely felt the signature bubbly giggly euphoria of a first plateau trip, my vision was also starting to get the slightest bit dissociated. These feelings grew over the next 20 to 30 minutes and were joined by slight color enhancement (sort of similar to that of MDMA, everything looked a bit more saturated), a bit of a light feeling to my body and limbs, and unfortunately nausea. The nausea from this experience was quite strong and persisted through basically the entire trip. The nausea sort of overshadowed all the positive effects in that it was the focal point of my thoughts most the time. It’s worth noting I normally don’t experience nausea until around third plateau when taking DXM orally.
The headspace was oddly psychedelic and far less dissociative than oral DXM. Outside of slight visual changes and a very mild body high I really didn’t experience much dissociation. The euphoria was also much stronger than oral DXM, instead of being a slight mood boost similar to having a beer or two it was closer in intensity to that of an amphetamine based stimulant. The “form” of euphoria was nothing like amphetamines though, it was much more lowkey and underlying. I would compare it to that of a really strong nicotine buzz or possibly an opioid (I haven’t personally tried any opioids but when describing this experience to a friend he said it sounded opioidish).
Overall it felt weaker than a second plateau trip. Some aspects were much stronger (see euphoria and psychedelic effects) but the whole experience felt more like first plateau. This could be due to a multitude of reasons, possibly the 7x rule is wrong, possibly DXM citrate doesn’t absorb super well, possibly my “45 mg” was weaker due to byproduct from extraction, possibly insufflated DXM just presents differently.
After the trip I looked into how DXM actually is processed and all of my subjective effects seem to line up. When taken orally DXM breaks down into DXO during first pass metabolism. DXM is thought to be more of a serotonergic drug which would explain the increased euphoria, psychedelic effects, and nausea. DXO is primarily thought to be the dissociative aspect of DXM, because insufflating a drug bypasses first pass metabolism I had far less DXO present and far more DXM.
Overall I probably wouldn’t do it again, but it also wasn’t a bad experience. The burn and clogging on snorting was very unpleasant and the level of nausea I had made it hard to fully enjoy. If there was hypothetically a way to do it without nausea I think it would be super enjoyable.
Positives
Euphoria, Color Enhancement, Music Enhancement, Headspace
Negatives
Nausea, Pain During Insufflation, Nasal Clogging From Insufflation
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