Kids are taking up to 750mgs of Benadryl to get high?

[commander bunnypants]

:wtf:

25 mgs knocks me for a loop. That just sounds dangerous. What kind of high is it? How long do they sleep afterward?


CB

[xmas74]

1. When I worked in a mental institution it used to be used for

behaviors.

[commander bunnypants]

2. I am a MH Social Worker

and some of the docs prescribe it for sleep. but no more than 50 mgs.


CB

[xmas74]

13. I've given as much as 100

w/ a script from the doctor (of course).

But we are talking about people who have been institutionalized for many years and are on heavy dosages of psychs and tranqs, not teen kids who have barely had a Tylenol!

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. Seriously!?!

wow! I take 2 Benadryl pills when my allergies are really bad and I essentially melt into the couch for the night. I would imagine it would be a very mellow high because I can barely get up off the couch once that stuff starts kicking in...those kids are crazy! :crazy:

[WindRavenX]

4. kids these days!

NT

[commander bunnypants]

5. That is what I heard

from a fairly reliable source

They are also into huffing glade airfreshner

CB

[Deja Q]

6. Damn. One 25mg capsule I bought from walgreens puts me out.

But 750mg?! Damn.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. If I took that much Benadryl I'd probably never move again.

It gives me what I refer to as the Benadryl blahs. I can actually fall asleep sitting or standing when I take that stuff. I hate it.

[GumboYaYa]

7. I have exercise induced anaphalaxis...when I have a bad reaction

I have to take 100 mg of Benadryl and 60 mg of Prednisone. I can hardly speak after that and I quickly fall into a deep sleep. 750 mg seems like way too much.

[JVS]

8. I like to take 100 mg and sleep deeeeeeeply

[Cabcere]

9. I'm allergic to Benadryl...

...so I'm pretty sure 750 mg would kill me. :wtf: That's pretty crazy, though - where do these kids come up with this shit? :shrug:

[Taverner]

21. Kids also do "Robodosing" where they drink an entire bottle of Robotussin

Basically you are getting a Morphine high (key drug: Dextromorphan - a morphine derivative)

[JVS]

25. that really doesn't work. Or at least it didn't with the store brand "tussin"

Maybe if I got the name brand and the biggest bottle possible

[Taverner]

28. You need Robotussin DM

Or whatever equivalent there is.

Keep in mind that you are wreaking havoc on your liver when you do it.

To get enough Morphine to get high, you also need to consume large enough amounts of everything else.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. I honestly think that would kill me.

[Mojambo]

11. Man, if I took that much I'd never shit again.

That stuff constipates me badly.

[liontamer]

12. don't know about this specifically, but drugs often have different effects at different doses and

on people of different ages. The biochemical activity that makes a drug generally effective in a person are altered by concentration and the metabolic processing of individuals. For example, Robitussin becomes a hallucinogen in high doses. That's why they make cough syrups icky and thick. It's to discourage people from ingesting large amounts. Most people would vomit before they could get enough robitussin in their system.

[Iris]

15. Right. And Benadryl has that warning about possibly causing wakefulness.

I've had that reaction before - in my 20s when I tried to take a couple to get to sleep. I stayed awake for 2 days.

[hippiechick]

14. To get high? That much would put me in a coma!

:wow:

[Left Is Write]

17. Holy shit. That sounds lethal!

I suppose soon Benadryl will be located only behind the pharmacist's counter and amounts allowable will be restricted.

Which would suck, because three people in our family use Benadryl for allergies, two of them daily.

[uppityperson]

18. Can you imagine how your mouth would feel, 12 hours later?

Cotton nasty mouth, ewww. If you woke up that is.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Kids will take anything to get high.

Which I think is a good argument for marijuana legalization.

[Reverend_Smitty]

29. No kidding!

a couple of joints will get you high out of you mind but it's a million times safer than OD'ing on pills, cough syrup or huffing paint and glue. Sometimes (well a lot of the time) the government picks the wrong battle to fight

[Maestro]

20. That sounds lethal.

It would seem that much would relax the lungs and brain so much that breathing would stop, but what do I know?

[LostInAnomie]

22. GAWD DAMN!

I'm a big guy and if I take one 25mg before work I'm a staggering zombie for the rest of the day. I can't imagine 750mg.

Crazy ass kids!

[mduffy31]

23. I am a nurse

and I work night shift so I have taken up to 150mg of Benadryl to help sleep, but Jesus Christ, that is just insane, normally just 75 and a glass of wine or a beer is more that enough for me. One time when I was working a man had a severe reaction to a drug and was given 200mg of Benadryl and that poor bastard slept for 2 days, I cannot imagine what 750 would do.

[VenusRising]

24. They also drink whole bottles of Robitussin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robitussin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-medical_use_of_dextromethorphan#Recreational_use

[MrSlayer]

26. Kids do all kinds of stupid shit to get high.

Sniff glue, huff gasoline and paint, smoke toothpaste, snort cold pills, drink NyQuil. There's probably 100 things in the average home that you can fuck yourself up with.

[ganeshji]

27. This is popular again?

We used to do that shit in middle school. It was awful but everyone I knew was afraid to smoke weed (or get caught smoking weed) so this seemed like the logical alternative. I was an idiot back then.

[JVS]

31. How much did you guys use? I have some vacation coming up

[Bullwinkle925]

30. I can't imagine - I take 2 for allergies and sleep for hours.

What is the time limit for the 'high' before they are unconscious? 30 secs?