• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      Diphenhydramine, sold as Benedryl, can cause hallucinations when overdosing. Some people purposefully overdose on Benedryl to hallucinate. “The Hatman” refers to seeing something that looks like a shadowy figure of a person wearing a hat.

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          FYI: I’ve tried it and it’s not worth it. It’s a very paranoid and anxious high.

          I’ve also been told it’s pretty dangerous to use long term, but I don’t remember any of the facts

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          I never hear good things about it. Mostly hallucinations about spiders and bugs in the corners and other very unsettling things. It’s basically sleep paralysis

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            Basically anything that’s a circle, or circular looks like a spider, then hatmen high step march everywhere. It’s terrible, once was enough.

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            Wait. I thought triple C’s was something else. I think it stands for cough, congestion, cold…? I remember taking a blister pack of 8 pills to get high back in the day. Was that off-brand benadryl?

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              Coricidin cough and cold, you’re looking for the dextromethorphan. It’s also a pretty terrible feeling overall.

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                That sounds right. I remember suppressing nausea and then having an extremely dissociative high for hours and being unable to sleep.