DXM Handbook

The DXM Handbook v1.0

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This handbook is dedicated to robotrippers of the past, present, and future.

Feel free to copy and modify with no limitation.

First edition published on http://4x13.net/

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Contents

Intro............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Before you dose ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Brand information ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Traditional 'tussin .................................................................................................................................. 5

Delsym ................................................................................................................................................... 7

Cough gels ............................................................................................................................................. 8

DayQuil .................................................................................................................................................. 9

The plateaus ................................................................................................................................................ 10

The first plateau .................................................................................................................................. 10

The second plateau ............................................................................................................................. 11

The third plateau ................................................................................................................................. 11

The fourth plateau .............................................................................................................................. 12

Advice .......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Extraction .................................................................................................................................................... 15

Agent Lemon ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Delsym Extraction ............................................................................................................................... 17

Appendix I: Plateaus by weight and common sources of DXM .................................................................. 18

Appendix II: 420chan Achievements ........................................................................................................... 19

Appendix III: Contact the author................................................................................................................. 22

Appendix IV: Web resources ....................................................................................................................... 22

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Intro

So youve heard from a friend that you can get drunk on cough syrup, or you got bored online one day

and started researching cheap, legal highs. Maybe you want to explore yourself and see your life and the

world in general in a new light. For whatever reason, you came to be reading the Dextromethorphan

Handbook.

In this guide, I will cover the basics of getting high on Dextromethorphan, aka DXM, a chemical present

in the majority of cough syrups on the market. Give this a read from cover to cover before attempting to

use the stuff. These resources will tell you which kinds of cough syrup you can safely consume for a

unique high, as well as in what amounts to take them in. If you just grab any bottle of cough medicine

off the shelf and chug it, you'll (probably) be in for a lot of problems! Be careful with what chemicals you

put into your body, especially if they interact with the brain, your most important organ!

However, this is not to say that DXM should not be done. For anyone looking to expand his

consciousness, question himself or the universe, or simply get a good cheap buzz, pour over the lore you

find here and become a master dexter. I take no responsibility for the accuracy of the material hosted:

read at your own risk!

My original content comes primarily from the DXM FAQ, the 420chan wiki article on DXM, and my own

personal experiences. However, the DXM FAQ is too long, I think, and poorly formatted; and the wiki

article is too brief and also poorly formatted. My solution is to produce just enough information to get

you started with your DXM career safely and to give you an idea of what kinds of questions you could

find answers to in the DXM FAQ.

Congratulations for taking the first step on a journey of exploration!

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Before you dose

Before you take your first dose of dextromethorphan recreationally, there are a few things you

ought to know about it. Yes, DXM is legal; yes, DXM is easy to obtain; yes, you can get high off

it; and, yes, the high is a very good one. As an experienced psychonaut, I'd argue that DXM

gives the best high of any drug I've tried, and I've done quite a few.

Read this section very carefully!

The first thing you need to know before you try getting high on cough syrup is that you will get

very sick and possibly die if you do it while on anti-depressants. This is because DXM in itself

has many traits associated with antidepressants and taking a recreational dose would be very

similar to overdosing on your Zoloft or Lexapro or what have you. This does not mean that

DXM alone is particularly toxic; all that you need to keep in mind is that it is toxic in

combination with antidepressants and other kinds of psychiatric medications.

The next thing you need to know is that you must consume cough syrup with Dextromethorphan

HBr as the only active ingredient. Other active ingredients will lead to severe nausea and

seizures or possibly death depending on what's been added. Some of these harmful chemicals can

be extracted through a simple chemistry experiment, but that goes beyond the scope of this intro.

In fact, don't consume any drugs other than cannabis with DXM; this includes caffeine and

alcohol, and especially not speed or opiates!

The last thing that you need to know is your weight and the amount of cough syrup there is in the

bottle you've purchased. If the back label says that there is 15mg of DXM for every 15ml of

syrup, then it is very easy to determine how much DXM is in your bottle of tussin. This is also

true if the back label says that there is 15mg for every gelcap.

Punch your weight into the DXM calculator1

and you will be told how much syrup you must

consume to reach a certain plateau of DXM. Most commonly, one bottle is necessary for the

lower plateau functions, two is necessary for an intermediate dose, and three bottles are

necessary for higher plateau trips. But don't chug blindly, and use the measuring cup to get your

dose as close to the ideal dose as possible!

Finally, you must make sure to take reasonable tolerance breaks from DXM. This is necessary

not only to make the most of the drug but to also avoid becoming addicted. The simple rule of

thumb for tolerance is to wait # of plateau weeks before you can safely use DXM again.

1 Located at http://4x13.net/dxm/calc.html

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Brand information

Once you have decided to abuse Dextromethorphan, you must purchase the right kind of syrup

and know how much of the syrup to drink to reach your desired state. As I consider myself to be

a DXM expert of sorts, I have collected many different syrup and pill bottles throughout the past

few years, which I will upload here for your convenience as well as provide commentary.

Make sure not to buy any syrup with active ingredients! If the pharmacist gives you the stink

eye while you rifle through the syrup aisle, flipping bottles around, simply explain to him that

you have reactions to certain ingredients in the syrup. He should understand.

Traditional 'tussin

$6 -- 4oz, 354mg

This is your traditional cough syrup. The most well-known kind is Robitussin (hence the term,

robotripping) but there are also generic equivalents. For your convenience, here are photos of which

kinds of syrup work for recreational purpose. From what I understand, the majority of this stuff is cherry

flavored or orange. It doesn't taste great, but oh well.

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Delsym

$11 -- 3oz, 356mg; 5oz, 592mg

Ah, Delsym. This stuff tastes a bit better than the traditional 'tussin, but it's still not all that great.

It comes in grape and orange flavors. I think that it mixes well with orange juice or orange soda.

Interesting to note, Delsym lasts a lot longer (1.5 times as long) as standard Robitussin does.

Make sure that you have plenty of time to waste. Its a bit weaker, too. May also be marketed as "long lasting" tussin.

Note: Delsym is 12 hours as opposed to Robitussin's 8, so I divided the total amount of DXM by

1.5 to get an equivalent dose.

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Cough gels

$6 -- 20 pills, 300mg

All the fun of DXM, without the taste of syrup. Cough gels reduce nausea for some people but

induce it in others. There's a good chance that they won't be available in your area due to cheap-

ass kids who steal them, but take a look around. They're in about half the pharmacies in my area.

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DayQuil

$7, roughly 300mg

Make super sure not to get the kind with other active ingredients. This stuff is a bit more

expensive that standard robitussin, but it tastes pretty decent, especially when mixed with orange

soda or juice. It can be watered down alright too. The kind in my area comes in both 10oz and

12oz varieties.

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The plateaus

I have mentioned before that there are different plateaus in recreational use, as have many others;

and if you enter your weight into my DXM calculator, you'll see that four plateaus appear for the

different amounts of syrup you can consume. What is a plateau? Simply put, it is the kind of

experience you'll get from consuming dextromethorphan, and it lacks a peak (effects remain

consistent during the trip). DXM is unique in that consuming higher quantities of the chemical

results not in more pronounced effects of what one will get out of a lower dose but entirely

different ones altogether.

If you have never done DXM before, I recommend starting with the first plateau and moving

your way up once you find yourself bored with the effects you get. It is common for first-time

users to not realize that they're high and they find themselves consuming more syrup than they

originally intended; make sure to put your bottle away before you begin so you don't make this

mistake! My first time abusing DXM resulted in me going from a first plateau dose to a fourth

plateau one entirely by mistake.

In a nutshell: the first and second plateaus are a bit like being drunk or high, and the third and

fourth ones are like entering mysterious dream worlds; but even then, not really. Use the DXM

calculator to carefully plan your dose.

The first plateau

1.5mg/kg -- 2.5mg/kg (recommended: 2.7mg/kg)

The first plateau. This is where it all begins. Taking a relatively low dose of a chemical is a good

way to determine whether or not it is the right drug for you to use. The negative side effects are

relatively minor at this point; there may be a bit of nausea, but you should be able to manage it.

The first plateau is a bit like being tipsy. You'll feel good due to the higher amounts of serotonin

in your system, but you'll also feel a bit drunk due to agonism on your NMDA receptors. Some

people have difficulty walking around when they're at the first plateau, thus leading to the term

"robowalking". Gravity really seems to change a lot. Try dancing, walking around, swimming, or

something else to that effect. I wouldn't recommend driving. Music sounds a lot better on DXM

for most people, so it's good to put on a bit of background music.

Aside from feeling a bit drunk and stoned, you'll also find yourself a bit stimulated. You'll have

more energy and increased cognition. Writing becomes easier, if you are inclined to do so, and

you may become better at conversation. But I wouldn't recommend talking to your parents at a

first plateau dose; even if they don't realize that you're high, there's a chance that they may notice

that something's up. Do you think your mother would be happy to discover that you're high on

cough syrup?

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The second plateau

2.5mg/kg -- 7.5mg/kg (recommended: 6.4mg/kg)

This is basically the first plateau, but a bit stronger. Some people begin to hallucinate at this

dose. Now, DXM hallucinations aren't terribly frightening; it's not like you'll see aliens

crashlanding in your backyard or imagine that you've been set on fire. And they're not like acid,

where you see colors and have things shrink and grow. DXM hallucinations are primarily closed

eyed and resemble things like dreams. Some people have fantastic memory recall where they can

close their eyes and relive their old memories, or see certain moments frozen like 3D snapshots

that they can navigate; others can fly around through fantastic plains or explore ancient temples.

DXM hallucinations are best experienced lying down with the lights turned dim. When your eyes

start to cross, if they do, just lie down and close your eyes.

If you didn't encounter any nausea at the first plateau, you'll definitely be running into it now. I

highly recommend keeping a bag around in case you barf. Barfing on DXM isn't terribly awful;

it's basically opening your mouth, leaning over, and spitting up some syrup. For this reason, I

recommend taking syrup on an empty stomach.

Music should be much more enjoyable at this dose than it was before, and walking around

should prove to be a much more difficult task. Try to lie down and relax, or walk slowly. If you

have to move up and down stairs, go very slowly and use the handrail!

The third plateau

7.5mg/kg -- 15mg/kg (recommended: 9.4mg/kg)

This is where the DXM trip begins to resemble more of a trip. Closed eye hallucinations

definitely occur here, and you'll feel even happier and more relaxed than you were before. I think

that DXM hallucinations resemble lucid dreams more than anything else; again, there's no

danger of thinking you're a bird and jumping out your window.

At this dosage, you may begin to encounter mysterious entities or feel as if you've manifested

psychic powers. Out of body experiences, such that you have left your body and can float around

your room freely, are likely to occur; seeing your room somewhat illuminated even with the

lights off is also something which may occur with your eyes closed. I find that I can type quite

well with my eyes shut at the third plateau for some strange reason. The entities that you

encounter are generally helpful, giving you feedback on your life and recommendations of what

you can do to better yourself.

DXM "dreams" tend to be rather short. If you ever feel too freaked out by what you see, simply

open your eyes, take a few slow breaths, and try closing your eyes again. If you're anything like

me and my friends, you should be in a different place than you were before.

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Time dilution is more pronounced at this state than the first or second plateaus. Time will either

pass by very quickly or very slowly. You'll probably feel even more "floaty" or weighed down at

this dose than you were at the second plateau. It's common for people not familiar with drugs to

be a bit worried about feelings of disconnection from the use of the drug; if you ever find

yourself worried, just tell yourself that you took a drug and that it'll be over in an hour or two.

Drink lots of water!

The fourth plateau

15mg/kg -- 20mg/kg (recommended: 18mg/kg)

This is where DXM gets really freaky. You'll experience strong amnesia, time looping, memory

recall, have powerful closed-eye hallucinations that suck you in completely, and probably meet

some kinds of aliens or angels or what have you. You may experience partial or full ego death --

that is, you may feel as if you've died. But don't worry! The fourth plateau won't kill you, but try

to keep your dosage under a gram of the stuff. Don't do this without experiencing the third

plateau a few times first. It can be extremely frightening for those not prepared for the strength of

it. It is comparable to ketamine's k-hole.

You'll probably barf on the come-up, and walking will be very difficult if at all possible. If you

can, find a friend you can keep around to talk with. You may have interesting realizations. You

may appear to pass out to your friend, so tell him to keep in mind that you'll be trippin' pretty

hard.

It is not uncommon to have life-changing experiences at the fourth plateau, but it's not an

experience you'll want to repeat often. I'd recommend doing it once or twice a year, if at all.

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Advice

Here is some advice that I have for DXM use, before, during, and after your experience. Most of

the tips I have for you have come from my own experience, but I've also heard some things from

friends and found some from the net.

First, as far as buying cough syrup goes: you don't have to fake a cough to buy it, but you'll

probably need an ID. When you look around in the store for syrups to buy (remember, don't buy

the medicine with more than one active ingredient!), don't worry about any strange looks you

may get, either. I've said this before, but you can explain that you have drug allergies if you get

asked by anyone what you're doing. I've been able to buy five or six bottles of tussin at one store

before, but try to only buy one or two or else you'll risk being denied your purchase. It's easier to

buy multiple bottles at grocery stores than at pharmacies. Travel around if you have to, or wait a

while before going back in and buying more. You really shouldn't ever need to buy more than

three bottles for a trip anyway.

When you want to prepare for your trip, try not to eat anything for a few hours before you take

your drug. If you want to travel around in video games in your closed-eye world, try playing a

game you're really fond of for a few hours. Don't take DXM too late at night, or you'll be awake

until morning, as it is a stimulating drug. Try not to drink caffeine on the day of your trip, or if

you do, wait until the effects wear off to take the DXM.

Drink the syrup slowly or swallow your pills one at a time every minute or two. The slower you

take in the drug, the more likely you'll be able to have hallucinations or mystical experiences. It's

also likely to reduce nausea. I've found that taking one or two pills of Benadryl (just plain' old

Diphenhydramine, no secondary ingredients) greatly reduces any nausea that you may

experience.

DXM takes about an hour or so to come on. While you wait, turn your lights down and turn on

some music you enjoy. DXM often enhances music and makes lights seem brighter. Make sure

to keep a sack around too, in case you get sick. Barfing on DXM usually happens after the drug

has been been absorbed into your blood stream, so don't worry about your trip ending. All that

really happens (other than an unpleasant taste) is that your stomach will feel better. Barfing

doesn't happen for everyone, and if you can manage to resist the urge to throw up, I've found that

the need to often ends about ten or twenty minutes later. When your eyes begin to cross, lie down

and close them. The plateau lasts for about four hours.

DXM mixes well with Benadryl. In addition to reducing nausea, taking a significant dose of the

stuff (diphenhydramine, and again, make sure it's the only active ingedient) with your

dextromethorphan results in a more powerful and slightly different trip. Try taking 300mg of

each at the same time and seeing where that takes you. Some people are allergic to

diphenhydramine (Benadryl) so try taking two pills a few days before and see if you get really

itchy. Getting sleepy is normal, but as DXM is quite stimulating, the stuff won't knock you out

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Finally, if you ever start feeling anxious or bad during your trip, simply remind yourself that you

took a drug an hour or two back and that pretty soon its most severe effects will be over. This

may sound like dumb advice now, but if you take a take a third or fourth plateau dose, tell

yourself that you're not going to die!! Mild effects may linger for a few hours or even a day or

two later, but this is normal and usually pleasant.

If you are going to be consuming a large amount of DXM, it is recommended that you pick up the

ingredients needed to extract DXM and to learn the process of extraction. I will cover DXM extraction in

the next chapter.

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Extraction

Tasting syrup is gross, and there's no gel caps around in your area. What do you do for a less

miserable way of consuming DXM? The answer: you extract it from the syrup.

There are two ways to extract DXM, depending on which kind of syrup you purchased. If you

want to extract dextromethorphan HBr (most cough syrups), you use a technique called Agent

Lemon. If you have DXM polistirex (the kind in Delsym), you use a much simpler technique.

This page's details are based on the information at the dextroverse, among other resources.

When you extract DXM, do it on the same day you plan to take it because it will break down into

DXO, resulting in much less of a trip.

Agent Lemon

What you will need:

Cough medicine with DXM HBr as the only active ingredient (though for once, guaf is okay) Clear, non-sudsy, plain Ammonia Pure Naphtha (try Zippo lighter fluid) Lemon juice Soda bottle (go for two liters) Glass bottle or jar Gallon zip-lock bags A measuring cup Scissors A nail, thumbtacks, or tape Glass kettle or microwavable bowl

Have you gone shopping and picked up all of your materials? Good, let's begin. Pour your cough

syrup into an empty soda bottle and add an equal amount of ammonia. You can use a measuring

cup for this or refill your old cough syrup bottle. Seal your bottle up tight and shake it well for

about five minutes. Wash up your measuring cup really well if you choose to use it.

Now, add some of your naphtha to the bottle. You should add it to your foul brew in an amount

as a ratio of 1:8 -- so if you used 4oz of syrup and 4oz of ammonia, pour in 1oz of naphtha.

Shake this time for another five minutes.

Pour your mix into a zip-lock bag and nail, tack, or tape it to a wall by the top corner. What you

are going to do now is wait for the layers to clearly separate; this can take between five and ten

minutes. There's no harm in waiting fifteen minutes to just be safe; just wait long enough for the

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layers to clearly separate with no bubbles. Wash your bottle and measuring cup out well while

you wait.

The top layer will be Naphtha and DXM, while the bottom layer will be ammonia and the rest of

your syrup. Take your bag off the wall and carry it by a top corner over to a sink, where you get

the hot water running. Cut a very tiny hole in the bottom of the bag so that the fluid drains out

slowly. Make sure the pink liquid is all out, as it is highly toxic! You should let a little bit of

the clear layer drip out just to be safe.

Once all of the pink is gone, and a little bit of the clear gunk has dripped out, pinch the bottom

corner and carry your bag back over to your glass jar or bottle where you will begin the mixing

process again. Add an equal amount of lemon juice as the amount of naphtha in the bottle -- so if

you used 1oz of naphtha, use 1oz of lemon juice. Shake this hard for five more minutes. When

you finish, pour the mix into a new bag.

Pin this bag up by its corner as you did before. Wait until the layers clearly separate, like before.

Unlike before, this will probably take between fifteen minutes to forty-five. Just be patient; go

off and do something to pass the time. Sometimes the separation isn't as clear as you'd like; make

sure to do the next step in a well-lit room if you can.

What we want now is the bottom layer of the bag, which is DXM and lemon juice. Snip another

tiny hole in the bag and let almost all of the bottom layer to drip into your glass pan, jar, bottle,

or kettle. Make sure to pinch off the bag just before it all leaks out, just to be safe, as

naphtha is toxic (just like the ammonia). Pour the naphtha (top layer) down your sink.

You can drink what you have now for an experience that's a little better than drinking syrup, but

you can do better by microwaving the bowl for intervals of 30 seconds or boiling it on the stove.

Keep the heat somewhat low so your DXM doesn't splatter out! Every few minutes, take your

pan off the stove and shake it a little bit.

Once you feel you have boiled enough lemon juice out, pour what you have left into your soda

bottle and put that into the fridge. Wait an hour or two, and your extracted DXM mixture will be

fit for consumption! It'll taste a lot better if it's cool. Congratulations, you have just extracted

DXM.

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Delsym Extraction

What you will need:

Delsym (3oz or 5oz bottle) Soda bottle (a liter or two) Zip-lock gallon bags A nail, thumbtacks, or tape Scissors

This method is a lot simpler than the Agent Lemon method of extraction. Simply pour your

Delsym into the soda bottle and fill the rest up with a bit of water. Shake the mix up hard for five

to ten minutes, then pour it into your ziploc bag.

Pin a top corner of the bag to your wall. Now, let this mix sit undisturbed for two or three hours.

After three hours, you won't be able to get any more DXM from the Delsym, but you can do two

hours if you're really in a rush.

Carry the ziplog bag and your soda bottle to the sink. Snip a very small hole in the bottom corner

of the bag and let the bottom layer of goop drain into your bottle. Let the water go down the

drain.

You have now extracted Delsym! I recommend mixing the goop with orange juice or watering it

down.

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Appendix I: Plateaus by weight and common sources of DXM

First Plateau Second Plateau Third Plateau Fourth Plateau

100 pounds 125mg 290mg 430mg 820mg






Source name DXM per serving DXM total

Cough gels (x20) 15mg per pill 300mg

Robitussin (4oz) 15mg per 5ml (teaspoon) 354mg

DayQuil (12oz) 15mg per 15ml 360mg

Vicks Formula 44 (6oz) 30mg per 15ml 354mg

Delsym (3oz) 30mg per 5ml 534mg

Delsym (5oz) 30mg per 5ml 888mg

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Appendix II: 420chan Achievements

420chans wiki has a number of humorous achievements for DXM use. Theyre pretty funny. Whats

your score?

Basic Achievements:

(-5) I ARE DISSAPOINT - Shit the bed after using too much DXM (-5) I ARE TROLLER - Get trolled by your friends whilst on DXM (5) Welcome Young One - Try DXM for the first time (5) Getting There... - Reach the 2nd Plateau (5) Arrrrrr - Have one eye closed due to double vision (5) Frequent Flyer - Buy DXM from the same store, same clerk, three nights in a row (5) In The Desert - Refrain from consuming any food for at least 24 hours before DXM

consumption (5) DEXters Lab - Extract DXM from any product (5) And the Award Goes To... - Make a parent or guardian buy DXM for you (5) By The Rules - Always, or nearly always, follow the week per plateau rule (5) Combo-Master - Dex 2 or more days in a row (5) Fallen - Trip on DXM 3 times in one week (5) Robota Pruritus - Get the Robo-Itch (5) The Educated Man - Read the entire DXM FAQ (10) WAT - Reach the 3rd Plateau (10) Nectar Of The Gods - Reach the 4th Plateau (10) The Third Eye - Hallucinate while on DXM (15) FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU - Reach plateau sigma (15) Hello World - Enter the astral plane or have an out-of-body experience

Ingestion Achievements:

(-5) Grand Theft Morphan - Over 60% of your highs are from stolen goods, you cheap bastard (-5) Stolen Goods - Trip on stolen DXM (5) Take The Red Pill - Ingest DXM via gelcaps (5) Cool Cherry Does Not Taste Like Cool Cherry - Ingest DXM via Zicam Cough Spray Max (5) Project Purity - Trip on pure DXM (5) Juice Master - Ingest 2 liters or more of grapefruit juice (5) Rancid - Ingest so much DXM that just the smell of syrup makes you gag (10) The Hard Way - Eat grapefruits instead of drinking grapefruit juice (10) DextromethorMaster - Ingest 1 gram of DXM in any form (10) CHUG IT, NARC - Chug a whole 4oz bottle without stopping (10) Burning A Hole In Your Pockets - Go to a store and spend $20 on DXM products at one time (10) Wash It Down - Wash Down a bottle of robogels with some tussin or other liquid DXM

containing product. (15) Wizard of Odd - Ingest 1.5 or more grams of DXM in any form (25) Martha Sittingspear - Puke up a brick of Robogels, then eat it like a fruitcake.

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Combo Achievements:

(5) Blown Away - Smoke weed while coming up on DXM (5) Tacos - Trip on DXM and DPH at the same time (5) Reboot - Trip on DXM and Shrooms at the same time (5) Old Lady In A Box - Trip on DXM and Salvia at the same time (10) For Science! - Trip on DXM and a research chemical at the same time (15) A Universe am I - Trip on DXM and LSD at the same time

Conversation Achievements:

(5) Stay Connected - Have a conversation with a sober friend while tripping (5) Hermes - Have more than 10 active IM windows open (5) Wharrgarbl - Attempt to speak while on DXM but fail horribly (5) The Busker - Entertain a passersby while on DXM (5) Firetower Get! - Get philosophical on DXM (5) Profound and Lost - Think about, write down, or tell someone profound analogies only to

discover they're not making any sense when you're sober (10) Days of Old - Contact someone you haven't seen/spoken to in a very long time while you're

on DXM

(10) Okay, Mr. White - Give lengthy well-researched advice on DXM, at least over two pages

Experience Achievements:

(5) Master of Disguise - Trip around someone without them knowing it (5) Rays Of Pain - Go outside on a sunny day while dex'd (5) CAN'T SEE SHIT, CAP'N! - Go for a late-night walk while dex'd (5) Dance With the Devil - Dance your heart out at the peak of a trip (5) Just Got Paid - Go to work and work dissociated (5) Planet Movie - Go to the movies while dex'd (5) Spacewalk - Trip outside in the dark alone (5) Rain of Pleasure - Take a shower while on DXM (5) Four Thumbs Up! - Watch one of your favorite movies while on DXM (5) Lights Out - Unplug/shut off all electronic devices in your room in hopes of absolute darkness (5) Feels Good, Man - Lay/sit down in random and normally awkward positions simply because

it feels right (5) Bumpy Slide - Descended stairs while peaking (5) Life Of The Party - Go to a party while dissociated (5) DXM-aboo - Watch/listen/consume any Japanese product/anime while on DXM (5) Work Of Art - Create some form of art or literature while on DXM (5) Space Command - Build a pillow/blanket fort and spend your entire trip inside (5) Second to Last Airbender - Watch any one episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (5) Trustworthy - Dex before babysitting sibblings or any other children (5) Lost at Sea - Go for a swim while Dex'd (10) Out Of It - Take a test on DXM (10) /Dis/tance Runner - Go for a run while on DXM (10) Power Play - Have 5 people in the same room on DXM

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(10) The Universe, At Your Service - Make full use of SpaceEngine on DXM (10) Who's That Handsome Fellow? - Make small talk with your reflection on a 3rd plateau trip (10) CCCartographer - Go exploring while dex'd (10) Dexxed On Arrival - Trip on a boat, plane, train, or automobile while not driving (10) Wireless - Have a telepathic conversation with someone not in the room (10) All You Need Is Love - Robo trip with your significant other (10) Clean That Shit - Create a mess while peaking (puke, spill, whatever) and then somehow

clean it up while tripping (10) Come On - Convince a friend to try DXM for the first time with you (10) Trampin' Balls - Bounce on a trampoline on DXM (10) Mount Everest - Climb a steep hill while on 3rd plateau (10) Everything the Light Touches - Dex then watch the sun rise (10) Man Like a Skyscraper - Make contact with an otherworldly consciousness. (10) TARDIS - Retrofit a room in your abode to contain absolute darkness for the sole purpose of

tripping. (15) Building Community - Participate in /dis/ DXM day (15) Quartermaster - Spend more than $100 on trip equipment (15) Fallout - Go comatose while on DXM (15) That's Dedication, Holmes - Purchase a DXM product while Dex'd (20) Third Impact - Achieve ego death. (25) Schneider's Home-Cut - Do so much DXM you develop HPPD.

Music Related Achievements:

(5) Deja-Vu - Get lost in the same song two or more times in a row while dissociated due to accidentally hitting the back button on your player

(5) Zelda's Lullaby - Play a video game while coming up on DXM, then have the songs from it run your trip

(5) Bittersweet Symphony - Trip is heavily influenced by the music you listen to

(10) Guitar Zero - >90% on a medium/hard song on Guitar Hero/Rock Band while on DXM.

Nausea Related Achievements:

(5) Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto - Make it to the bathroom before puking while robowalking (5) Fire in the Hole - Ingest enough DXM that you get explosive diarrhea (5) Keeping it Classy - Smoke a cigarette while Dex'd without puking (10) What Goes Down, Must Come Up - Eat a large meal during the nausea stages of a DXM trip (10) Double Trouble - Vomit while attempting another activity [talking, shitting, ect.] (10) 7 Meters of Hell - Drink so much DXM you feel all of your bowel movments all night (15) Boomer! - Vomit on someone due to DXM nausea (15) Iron Stomach - Dex ten times in a row without throwing up (20) I'm No Shitty Bill - In one night, get "7 Meters of Hell" and "Fire in the Hole" and don't shit

you pants in the process. (25) Golden Gut - Dex 25 times in a row without puking

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Appendix III: Contact the author

Want to thank me or send your revisions? Email me at [email protected], add natural.sun on Skype, or

send a text to +1(503)468-6911.

You can purchase bound copies of my handbook if you contact me through one of the above methods

for contact at a low price.

Appendix IV: Web resources

I have collected a few DXM resources on my own website at http://4x13.net/dxm/ . The DXM FAQ is an

excellent resource that goes greatly in depth into the DXM experience. In addition, I recommend these

websites:

DXM FAQ: http://4x13.net/dxm/faq/

DXM calculator: http://4x13.net/dxm/calc.html

420chans DXM wiki page: http://taimapedia.org/index.php?title=Dextromethorphan

420chans dissociative board: http://boards.420chan.org/dis/index.php

Erowids experiences vault http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DXM.shtml

DXM forum and general resource http://www.dextroverse.org/

In memory of Lester Bangs, the patron saint of cough syrup

1948 1982

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