Gonna out myself as a complete idiot here, but I used to regularly trip on Benadryl for a period of about a year and a half before I went to rehab. Thankfully I managed to come out of it with little noticeable damage, but I was left with permanent visual snow.
DPH is a horrible substance. It’s advertised as non-habit forming, but there is absolutely a psychological pull the likes of which I’ve never experienced with any other substance. Every trip is an absolutely awful experience, yet you continue to convince yourself the next one will be better. It never is.
I’ve managed to cut that demon out of my life, but the craziest part is I’ll still catch myself fantasizing about it. Like, I can hear the most horrifying trip report where someone goes through agonizing hell and ends up in the hospital with serious permanent damage, and still think “damn, I kinda wanna take some”.
It’s pure insanity.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I had an ex, her brothers used to trip on Benedryl. They’d eat a whole sheet. Absolutely insane.
tourist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I occasionally used to browse the DPH subreddit
A story that stuck with me was about a user who took so much benadryl regularly, that his short term memory was basically completely fucked. Said his brain always felt like it was constantly rattling in his skull.
I’d sometimes use a small dose of the stuff as a sleep aid, but I always woke up feeling awful. It’s amazing for allergies though.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There’s a high correlation between that stuff and Alzheimer’s. Be careful with it.
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That sub is so wild but mostly sad. A lot of self-hating people thinking they deserve to have the worst trip imaginable.