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What is Happening to Me? Robotussin trip?
Talonrazor
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Ok, so I took 3 tbsp (45 mg) of robotussin, 2 pills of Ibuprofen (not Tylenol, actually) (200 mg each) and an airborne tablet. All at the same time. And I haven't eaten in two days. I've been really sick, hacking up mucus, running a fever. Fever finally broke and I was feeling better. Late class made me stay outside at 10:45pm and I got cold and felt shitty. So I took all that crap as soon as I got home, tired and crappy and feeling horrid.
Then all of sudden I felt lightweight and that I had to throw up. I sat by the toilet for a few minutes. Then I tried to sleep but I couldn't, mind is racing and I didn't feel tired. Now I feel great, full of energy, I'm lighthead, feels like I'm floating, turning my head feels extremely weird and awesome, feels like senses are unplugged. It also feels like the skin on my head is super tight. I'm not sure what I did here.
What the fuck did I do?
Then all of sudden I felt lightweight and that I had to throw up. I sat by the toilet for a few minutes. Then I tried to sleep but I couldn't, mind is racing and I didn't feel tired. Now I feel great, full of energy, I'm lighthead, feels like I'm floating, turning my head feels extremely weird and awesome, feels like senses are unplugged. It also feels like the skin on my head is super tight. I'm not sure what I did here.
What the fuck did I do?
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Also, eat something. Soup if you can't handle solid foods too well. Its really important that you eat while sick.
My roommate is laughing his ass off.
I'm not really hungry.
God fucking damnit.
I remember a few years ago I had a bad case of the flu and I got some cough medicine with codeine prescribed to me... I had pretty much the exact effect you are having now. I felt great, felt like I was floating when I walked around, general warm feeling.
Not eating will probably intensify the effects of the drugs you are on. You might not want to try eating RIGHT now (I'm not sure if its a good idea while being affected) but you definetly want to have something light at least.
This is incredibly weird.
didn't anyone tell you that cough syrup is a gateway drug
are you sitting in a computer chair? does it spin? do you see where I'm going with this?
Don't hate on it.
Not having food, bad idea man. It's starting to wear off now but damn do I have cold sweats. Does that mean I'm working through it?
Do you have some Kool-Aide? Juice? Anything with some fucking sugar in it? Your blood sugar is going to be fantastically shitty at the moment and that can fuck you right the hell up.
Though the cough syrup is certainly doing it's part.
this is what I love about over-the-counter drugs. what the fuck is an acetaminophen?
EDIT: wow, or I could read.
Though ODing on it doesn't normally screw you up so hard.
Edit: 400 mgs? Bah. That's practically nothing.
I just said. It's the active ingredient in Tylenol. It's fairly common knowledge.
...and even if it weren't, all you have to do is look at the bottle of Tylenol (or whatever you're taking).
Or is that Aspirin?
I always mix up ASA and Acetaminophen.
he's not ODing.
and it screws you up harder.
The active ingredient in aspirin is aspirin. :P
Also known as acetylsalicylic acid.
Really, it's not that big of a deal. I just will never take that much robotussin without food. But man it stopped my constant hacking and I felt AWESOME for awhile....
It was actually Ibuprofen.
Is that the same thing?
I think we already established that he can't keep food down.
Oh, right. Sorry.
In fact, the recreational abuse of robitussin is apparently known as robotripping (I wish to God I was making this up).
Certain versions of Tylenol, specifically ones marketed for cold and flu symptoms, also contain dextromethorphan.
They would both also contain an expectorant (something that encourages the expulsion of flem from the airways), most probably Guaifenesin which combined with dextromethorphan in large doses can induce nausea and vomiting.
In short, you're an idiot for taking two different types of cold medicine at once on an empty stomach and have overdosed on dextromethorphan and Guaifenesin, which has resulted in vomiting followed by mild hallucinations. If you're lucky, you may also get to experience one or more of the following side effects: body rash/itching, disassociation, nausea as well as other gastrointestinal disturbances, drowsiness, dizziness, excitation, vomiting, blurred vision, dilated pupils, sweating, fever, hypertension, shallow respiration, urinary retention, and increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature.
Remember folks, always read the label and keep medicines out of reach and sight of children!
nope.
Tylenol
"Acetaminophen, 4'-hydroxyacetanilide, is a non-opiate, non-salicylate analgesic and antipyretic which occurs as a white, odorless, crystalline powder, possessing a slightly bitter taste.
It has the following molecular formula C8H9NO2 with a molecular weight of 151.16"
Motrin (Ibuprofen):
"MOTRIN tablets contain the active ingredient ibuprofen, which is (±) - 2 - (p - isobutylphenyl) propionic acid. Ibuprofen is a white powder with a melting point of 74-77° C and is very slightly soluble in water (<1 mg/mL) and readily soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol and acetone."
Ps. Chicken Soup and water. It's the cure.
I'm sure by now it was just the whole "not eating and taking it" thing.
(also ibuprofen is more likely to have side effetcs than tylenol, but they are both just analgeisics which basically react with nothing poorly except empty stomachs)
edit: the ibuprofen was just plain ol' ibuprofen. I am the roommate by the way.
edit2: t pixelsumorai aka Szechuanosaurus: I actually have read a bunch about people abusing dxm, taking the whole bottle and barfing all the way to shangri-la. Plateaus and stuff. Doesn't sound like a good time to me, really...
aren't you sick? I thought you were sick. aren't these sick symptoms?
You were silly to combine them but people take them together all the time. I don't mean that doctors advise this, but it does happen and you won't OD by combining them in these amounts. By the way, ODing on acetominofen itself is very easy to do and sucks very deeply. So be more careful next time.
Ibuprofen is pretty rough on your stomach - it might give you acid reflux (burping and a burning sensation in your throat), stomach-ache and make you want to puke.
How about something really super-lite that you might be able to keep down? My mum used to give me white bread in hot milk, or in Japan people just boil rice with loads of water and some salt into a porridge.
I guess it wasn't too bad, but I wouldn't want to be doing it while I was sick.
Agreed, and you have to be careful how you go about it.
Please, try and take medications with caution next time!
And Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory/painkiller. Different than either tylenol or aspirin. It's pretty safe, and much easier on your liver than tylenol.
Hell on your stomach lining though.