TikTokers Taking Too Much Benadryl

[@TomSestilio]

I took large doses of benadryl as a teen/ early adult and my headspace has never been the same since. Do not do it.

[@arturos.l.2248]

Honestly I just stopped taking it in general. I stopped when I almost got in a car crash after taking it because I couldn't concentrate.

[@DeadNoob451]

Would you mind sharing what exactly changed if you can still remember that ? Sounds really nasty.

[@TomSestilio]

@@DeadNoob451 Sure. My ability to think critically and perform arithmetic suffered the worst, but overall it feels like the internal balance of all of my senses just shifted. Like, imagine being drunk, then being hungover the next day, and the day after that you still feel a tiny bit hungover, but that feeling never goes away.

[@rockmove3547]

Benadryl is shit alone. I Mix about 100mg with 400dxm there i have a beautiful harmless trip

[@DeadNoob451]

@@TomSestilio Man that sounds awful. Wish you the best.

[@beanacomputer]

"And don't expect a quality following if that's what people know you for." Damn dude. Troof.

[@tristantheoofer2]

fax

[@dumpstercast-refuseradio8429]

it's an important thing to address, too. i wish it wasn't the last line of the video and was actually among the first because impulsive kids who would be willing to do the benadryl challenge for fame are probably not going to watch the whole video, especially since it goes against a decision they're considering. their biases will more than likely come into play and make them close the tab before they have a chance to realize that this might not be something they would want to do

[@chestersnap]

I'm 9 minutes in and I finally realized the reason this has a different format from the videos on the Chubbyemu channel is because I clicked the heme review video first 🤦‍♂️

[@taystayhigh6864]

bro didnt even mention the spiders

[@wingy200]

Or the Hatman.

[@andrewa182]

OTC abuse, brought to you by the war on drugs and boredom from lockdowns.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Boredom is a potential sign of low intellect. I haven't been bored this entire time, lol

[@alex6629227]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Bro it's exactly the opposite actually

[@jaaqess2525]

I would argue that not being bored could be a sign of stupidity. Less social stimuli is taxing on any social animal.

[@alex6629227]

@@jaaqess2525 Intelligent people get shit faster, thus resulting in boredom because a particular thing is "figured out" already. Stupid people take longer to accommodate meaning more time being engaged in a task which equals less boredom.

[@joebuckhoff]

In some states they don't sell alcohol on Sundays. Nyqil son! Haha I was 15 once

[@shoemakerleve9]

"In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" - Andy Warhol

[@alysonshorthouse8858]

.. by dying in a stupid way

[@QaydrGnl]

@@alysonshorthouse8858 that's why it's only 15 minutes. They're dead after that time.

[@dgenerated]

Warhol predicted and the internet made this a reality!.

[@based_prophet]

I guess I'm a professional criminal with I high win rate is my 15 mins

[@colbypantall6216]

In the future everyone will have their 15 minutes of shame- Tim Minchin

[@Scintillate9]

I intentionally OD’ed on a drug in the same class as Benadryl. Y’all, don’t do it. I couldn’t walk. I didn’t get rushed because the EMT was more curious about asking me why I tried to commit die than actually getting me treatment. I took like 200 pills. I reported the amount in grams and she didn’t get that it was a HUGE amount. Thankfully thankfully thankfully I threw up early on, but some of it still got to me. The taste of the concentrated pills coming up after several cycles of vomiting with barely any stomach acid left was disgusting. I threw up so long I aspirated on my vomit. I was so exhausted I threw up all over myself. I’m pretty sure I had an absence seizure. It was like this ball of lightning was approaching my ear and I could feel all the energy on that side and suddenly when it hit me, BAM! It felt like an explosion in my head. Again and again and again. My brain felt like it existed on a different plane of reality. I can’t explain it. My mouth was so dry. I can’t describe it. It was beyond uncomfortable. Imagine your mouth without a single drop of saliva. You can try to smack it but nothing will come. The inside of your mouth is like your outside skin. I had a fever because I wasn’t sweating and I was wearing winter clothes. So basically, within an hour I was shivering uncontrollably, throwing up all over myself while not being able to disperse the horrible pill taste because I had no saliva, and throwing up so hard I breathed in my vomit, all while experiencing these weird head explosions. After that I was basically asleep for two days, and when I was awake I threw up. If they moved my bed even slightly I threw up. I was so out of it they couldn’t even do a psych eval before admitting me to the ward. The shift of 4 psychiatrists passed before they decided they were just going to admit me. I didn’t go to the bathroom because I couldn’t move so eventually when the effect of the pills started wearing off I shit myself. It’s embarrassing but also you need to understand what happens when you OD on this stuff. never again. If you want to commit aliven’t please please go straight to the hospital without trying something first.

[@AntimatterBeam8954]

Being that physically ill they should have not admitted you to a psych ward until you were more physically stable. But tbh my experience is that they’ll leave all sorts of significantly physically ill patients on psych wards without proper physical monitoring.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4]

Holy shit man

[@surkey5055]

I aspirated too during my first benadryl trip. I was in class, and started getting sick, so I got up and forgot to ask. So I stopped haf way and asked and she let me go. The moment I got out the door I threw up, but because I hadn't eaten much, I only wretched up a bit of matter and it was very painful. I then made it to the bathroom, where I threw up and aspirated, and in a desperate attempt to breath, I moaned very loundly before collapsing and vomiting more. After I stopped vomiting, I looked up and saw a guy standing in the doorway staring at me. He took me to the nurse and I got to lay down. Want to know the best part? I never even got to go home!

[@rainerzufall1868]

Sorry to hear! What was the drug, if I may ask?

[@tko3833]

Sounds like that was just a cry for help

[@ornellafrancis2466]

Ah yes , natural selection

[@Awksi]

Fr 😂

[@_synne]

Or addiction.

[@yunghunt2644]

At its best lmao

[@yunghunt2644]

@@_synne stupid teens taking Benadryl for an internet trends seems to have very little to do with addiction from where I see it

[@_synne]

@@yunghunt2644 In the case of the Benadryl challenge, I totally agree with you. But diphenhydramine can be considerably addictive when taken at recreational doses regularly. I took DPH before the Benadryl challenge was a thing, and next thing I know, I'm stuck taking it daily.

[@mau5vananijikata910]

Taking just two pills (which is the maximum recommended dose) sometimes gives me mild auditory hallucinations so the idea of taking more than that terrifies me

[@leojohnson9927]

blacked out taking 15 had a 20 min conversation with my friend which i don’t remember it also made my eye’s really red next time and the feeling is not great it started making me itch after i kept getting high of it for so long and muscle spasms

[@FransceneJK98]

Really? That’s crazy. I have to take 50mg a night on top of my prescribed sleep meds and melatonin too

[@modernvivienleigh]

​@@FransceneJK98your body doesn't determine how others react to drugs. That's not how it works.

[@luism8612]

You might be slightly schizophrenic :0

[@FransceneJK98]

@@modernvivienleigh yea no shit 😂

[@sp00kyd4ddy6]

That little line at the end "dont expect a quality following" is spot on if you get famous from something like this you're only gonna keep that fame if you continue doing what brought them there or worse

[@emilie6466]

I’m taking general chemistry as a freshmen in college right now and it’s really cool seeing how the stuff I’m learning applies in real life. We recently did a lab about the sense of smell and how the formal charge, functional groups, and molecular geometry all contribute to the smell we perceive. Seeing it applied in this situation is really cool, despite the macabre circumstances.

[@juanpablonava5816]

Lol same

[@InTheNameOfLife1]

That’s what led me to become a biochem major (: I loved having answers to so many phenomena in life. Listen to that passion, friend!

[@juanpablonava5816]

@@InTheNameOfLife1 i'm currently a freshman, biochemistry is so fucking confusing

[@sumeet9367]

@@juanpablonava5816 its really not, its pretty simple, but although ive studied enough about it

[@brumhelldah917]

@@sumeet9367 help a sister out

[@ZeludeRose]

i used to abuse benadryl heavily (up to 1 gram a few times) and this video was great, thank you for making this. trust me yall its not worth it.

[@gnatdagnat]

What the hell made you want to repeat it? Just nothing better to do?

[@ZeludeRose]

@@gnatdagnat let me erase large portions of time & not have to feel the really negative emotions i wouldve felt while sober

[@Pranksofthedecade]

@@gnatdagnat I used to do it as well, over years, and trust me it was just to get high because I was on probation and it was the only option, plus to hallucinate and let me escape reality.

[@infelicities]

gnat da gnat it’s the most “interesting” drug even if it’s not the most enjoyable. you have hallucinations that are realistic and could go from your darkest fears to the most surreal fantasies or just normal shit like broken glass and cars scattered everywhere. seeing what your unconscious truly fears is a very eye opening experience and i recommend everyone tries this once and never again because over time it stacks up. i’ve tried it about 6 times and the last time i swore never again because i felt like I had seen it all at that point, and i wasn’t taking it every day so I wasn’t addicted. just don’t get addicted and you’re fine

[@ZeludeRose]

@@infelicities people like you hyping it up are what got me to try it, stop it.

[@benlovell9860]

I did it when I was younger around 4 years ago and my body is still recovering the doctors I had also didnt take all these precautions and didnt really have experience so i cant blame them but i feel my body has suffered majorly please anyone who is thinking of doing this you will regret it for the rest of your life just do mushrooms if you want to trip

[@jooleebilly]

THANK YOU! Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that!

[@KadenMeidinger1]

Nah mushrooms are fucking nasty, acid is better if used safely and not the whole god damn thing of it

[@ce5243]

@@KadenMeidinger1 mushrooms are beautiful if you’re looking for a lighter trip with less body load and just want to laugh. Amazing in the 1-2 gram doses. If you don’t like the taste you can get chocolate bars

[@erikseavey9445]

Make mushrooms legal and people won't be so desperate to reach for stupid things.

[@benlovell9860]

@@erikseavey9445 You know that's never gonna happen with this twisted government they have things that kill us legal like alchohol and tobbacco which kill hundreds of thousands a year but something like mushrooms which has never killed anyone be illegal because big pharma companies know it will eventually run them out of buisness especially antidepressants

[@healingv1sion]

I took 2 pills for an allergic reaction and slept for 17 hours how can you even get high off this? It drops me like a brick

[@micheas_westward]

It depends on how your body will respond to the medicine. 2 pills definitely won't do that for me. Maybe because I'm conditioned to the effects.

[@spiderpickle3255]

It has never ever phased me. Knocks out everyone I know but I can take 50mg and not feel a thing. Maybe it's because I only ever tried it as a sleep aid since I don't have allergies. And of course, everyone is different.

[@jturtle5318]

In recommended doses it causes drowsiness, but an overdose causes agitation and hallucinations.

[@RicciOlson]

I take 1 pill and it knocks me out!

[@aprilleerose]

I take it for migraines and I WISH it made me sleep.

[@auggieb2681]

I got IV Benadryl at the ER that was pushed a little too fast and the dose was a little too high. It made me have a really bad trip and a huge meltdown. One of the worst feelings of my life, and I have a chronic pain condition. I cannot imagine doing that on purpose

[@Seatonni]

Same!

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

Dude omg I had the same issue!! I went to the hospital because I had an extremely bad headache that wasn't going away, they gave me IV antihistamine and I FREAKED OUT. I looked at my mom and I was like "oh no, something is terribly wrong". I literally ripped out my IVs and my whole body felt like it was on fire. Never again!

[@suzil7687]

I've watched you grow from a small # of subs on Chubby Emu - you are destined for great things and I'm very happy for you. I may not understand 50% of what you say, but I enjoy trying to learn it, and it gives me a true appreciation for the type of things doctors need to learn, remember, and apply in treatment. You are a good doctor. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@Ginger_Sweet]

Oh crap I thought this was that guy but I wasn’t 100% great to see he’s doing well

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The ridiculous things Tiktokers will do just to get that 5 minutes of fame.

[@Tessaracts]

I guess it is kind of an addiction. Same reason people gamble. They get a hit of dopamine for a short while when they win but ultimately, lose big. In this case, the... ticktocker (I'm gonna call then that) preformed the stunt and got a hit of dopamine from seeing people react but ultimately, lost big.

[@TeoUnreleased]

Tiktok is the only way to get fame. Them wannabes

[@smolryan9886]

Most of us use the internet as an escape from reality but some just take that saying to another level.

[@adlockhungry304]

I know, right! For likes. LIKES?! Geez, back in mah day, we did stupid shit too, but at least it was for money! 😆

[@Gebruikersstation]

Welcome to the world we all helped creating or at least the "civilized" countries.

[@Pheonix19581]

When I was younger I took benadryl to sleep, my tolerence got really high so at one point I took 300mg, I thought spiders were crawling under my skin and that I was sinking into my bed, stopped taking it for sleep after that

[@hannahmae1314]

i took around 200mg (i’m a lightweight to almost everything so this was a LOT to me) and i didn’t get the spider thing but the sinking in my bed was very calming in way? idk

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

The Benadryl spiders are real?

[@lubu9209]

I've felt the crawling, but with scabies, literal bugs that crawl under your skin and require you to rub a cream (i forget what it is) all over (and I mean ALL over) your body to kill them. Also have to wash all sheets and clothes, and more. Never heard about benadryl for sleep though.

[@uss_liberty_incident]

I don't go over 100mg for sleep to avoid those spiders lol

[@jeorgeramirezgonzolezsanti3178]

I take 125mgs every night was once as high as 200mgs. Strange drug sometimes it makes me tired but others I get wired. Would never take more than that though. 😊

[@thespider7898]

People should always check Erowid before trying any new substances. Plenty of folks have tried just about everything, and its important to do your research so you don't end up making a huge mistake.

[@alexhurt7919]

I guess the kids found out that if you take a bunch of benadryl you'll have hallucinations so vivid they're indistinguishable from reality. Its not pretty or fun like acid, it's scary and uncomfortable. You'll have conversations with people who aren't there or see monsters that want to come after you. Compared to most drugs which are euphoric, benadryl is not it's dysphoric. 1/10 would not recommend.

[@zero132132]

I remember when I took half a bottle of benadryl. Every account of it said something like "It sounded interesting despite the warnings so I tried it, then [insert horrible experience]." Horrible experience sounded interesting despite the warnings so I tried it. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. Legit left me traumatized. I panic when I see spiders now. I felt like I'd been poisoned for at least the next week. Nobody should ever try this shit because even at levels that won't send you to the hospital it's terrible.

[@peridotthegem8759]

You saw spiders in every crack of your clothes and blankets to didnt you

[@xerosfs]

This makes me want to.

[@xerosfs]

I want to know what spiders everywhere feels like

[@bigchungus2990]

X-37bNASA - SFS I only slightly overdosed once, I took 2 packets of sleep time Benadryl drink powder instead of one, and I was in a Skype call with my ex bf when I took it. After 30 minutes I started feeling really heavy, having slight audio hallucinations and nothing felt real. I remember asking my ex over and over “is this real?? Are we really on a call right now?? Are we really talking???” And I couldn’t sleep. My legs would cramp and feel restless, and my heart rate was up. It was fucked, my guy. And for about a week I could tell that my short term memory was affected. And I had a brain fog. It sucked so bad. Not worth it. It also causes brain damage.

[@imperatoraurelian8015]

One time I had that once in a blue moon night where you just couldn’t sleep. Took probably around 11 of fucking Costco Benadryl, I wasn’t even trying to get high, I just wanted to sleep, I heard voices and had a dream where I could smell corpses. Not pleasant. On top of that I felt like shit for the next week, I can’t imagine doing half a bottle. I’m never touching that shit again, even if I have a rash.

[@Noy4vale]

I tried it 8ish years ago when I was still in active addiction (mostly heroin but other drugs as well) and it was absolutely the worst experience. I didn't take nearly as much as the girl from this case, but still enough to have some pretty terrifying effects. Hearing voices, seeing shadows moving and forming into objects. The worst part was that shadows would start to morph together into giant (dog-sized) 3D spiders and crawl around. I'm a person that's deathly afraid of spiders, so this was not a good time. I never tried it again after that, but I still feel like my mind is somewhat cloudy ever since then, and again, it's been years. Thankfully I've been able to remain clean from everything for over 6 years now, and my body has been able to recover a lot from my use. But a few experiences have still left deep scars in me and just that one Benadryl use is one of them.

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

Keep sharing your experiences and how you feel to help prevent others from addiction and also to remind yourself how far you’ve come! Praying for you and as a mom, really proud of you for remaining clean! ❤️

[@mojaveartifacthunters339]

I miss the wall spiders the most.

[@AJBuddha]

Same

[@saddestvideoever2097]

@@mojaveartifacthunters339 I did too until they started living it up big in my dreams

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

*[TW for arachophobes: spider trip story!* Just skip this paragraph if you're very bothered by lots of (imagined) spiders. Or long, rambling trip stories.] Once at the hospital I was put on a medication that caused some wild hallucinations. I remember the TV screen was the only normal thing. Everything else was just mad! I looked to the window, closed & covered for the nighttime, and a million shiny beetles poured out from the blinds (like someone dumped a couple buckets of beetles through for giggles?). I glanced away and back a couple times, and each time a bunch of them came out to skitter about on the blinds, then fall & disappear. I was trying to eat some noodles, but as I tried to focus my eyes on them to get a forkful, I think my vision blurred a bit, which my brain turned to mold [a major phobia]. It was an odd orange mold that covered the food in seconds, then it began to shimmer and grew taller in a spiky form, and as it did it transformed into clusters of iridescent, sparkling, glass-clear crystals... Fear of the disgusting mold became fascination with the beauty of the crystals as I leaned in close to peer at them, but then they grew yet taller (~3cm?). Suddenly, at once they all moved oddly, sort of jittered, and all together unfolded themselves and spread their legs, each "needle" a spider's leg... Hundreds of weird little glass spiders took form and then ran all over my food, up my fork, and onto my hand. I knew they weren't real, but I swore I could feel them, their delicate little crystalline legs... I dropped the fork and pushed the food away. There was no way I could eat that! Even though when I checked my hand and the food, there was no trace of the spiders, the crystals, or the "mold", I kinda lost any appetite that may have been there. Pretty normal reaction, I think, lol. *SPIDER STUFF OVER* [I had a friend who was severely arachnophobic, so I get ya if you're also.] But I don't feel like it was actually frightening nor "gross". More... interesting? Still, I don't [and can't in good conscience] recommend seeking out this kind of thing intentionally. It was a side effect of a med given for discomfort, not for fun. (They've got some wacky meds there for the wacky ways our bodies can fail us.) Frankly, I'd prefer not to have to do it again; hospital stays are not "fun". That was just a "goofy side effects" experience as part of a larger, much less "goofy" experience. But I figured the story might be of some interest. Or it's like when your friend tells you they "had the wildest dream!" and it's just a weird mess of nonsense. Hopefully the former? Heh. *And OP...* I'm glad you got away from that stuff. It's not easy [understatement of the century], and takes real courage and pain to overcome [more understatements ig, sorry]. I hope you're continuing to do well overall. Even if you've slipped up [no judgement; noting only just in case cos I don't know you], you know that's not failure, and it doesn't put you back at square one; it just means you've hit a bump in the road and you've got to get back up and keep moving forward. GL & cheers. ❤︎

[@Pangooooo]

Weebs:**can’t kill tik tok** Memers:**can’t kill tik tok Tik tok:Fine I’ll do it myself

[@snadwitch]

damn bro you got the whole squad laughing

[@r3zaful]

We as a Weeb : Why are you hurting yourself?

[@adlockhungry304]

What’s a Weeb?

[@peace-qe4ig]

@@adlockhungry304 something that u smoke to get high

[@Sazuyu]

@@adlockhungry304 People that watch cartoons

[@shookya6976]

I took a recommended dose of Benadryl allergy, thinking it was just normal allergy meds, in the middle of a work day (working from home). Maybe 45 minutes later I was so zonked out I had to stop working, slept for 5 hours, and felt awful for days afterwards. Its insane that its even available OTC in my opinion

[@OgdenM]

Yeap it's why it's so rarely used now days. Those of us with allergies only resort to using it when NOTHING else works. .. Which is why it's still on the market. It's seriously the saving grace for some of us.

[@mycobacteriem2540]

@@OgdenM yeah it's def good as a saving med. my skin gets hives easily and when they get widespread the oral pills are a lifesaver. i just found out theres a topical gel form too and that changes the game if i have a small case thats localized.

[@Havasu1976]

I was a caregiver for a man who has brain damage from doing this too much. He is NOT a happy camper now.

[@ebol08]

This channel is the serious version of "chubbyemu's videos"?

[@sirunknown2142]

@Sean Wilkinson "Like House MD"....it scares me that you're considering House to be realistic...Just a warning, if you get a doctor like in House, run. Seriously. Run.

[@hgbugalou]

Man, just taking more than 200 mg of it give me crazy restless leg and dry mouth and I say this as a 250 lbs man. I can't imagine what this did to her.

[@hipsoofilms8765]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx bro I took 500 a few years ago. Never fucking again

[@hipsoofilms8765]

Even months after, I would still see static at night and see things at the back of my eyes

[@hipsoofilms8765]

And crazy ass vivid nightmares

[@EEsmalls]

@@hipsoofilms8765 I take 500 mg every day and go about my day, 5 ft tall, 135 lbs. I've been abusing it for awhile tho. One time I took 700 mg and had a seizure, never taken that much again.

[@hipsoofilms8765]

@@EEsmalls Bro you’re gonna get dementia by age 40 if you keep doing that

[@Airrivalsgamer]

Why is nobody on those social media sites even remotely questioning those challenges? I mean, taking large quantities of a medicine already screams out "bad idea", heck taking large quantities of anything can be a bad idea, you can overdose even on Water and Oxygen. *sarcasm on* I can't wait for there to be an Apple seed challenge or a Bitter Almond challenge, because theres NO way those can be bad, right? After all, they're natural products, right? *sarcasm off*

[@DeadNoob451]

Yeah you would expect that after the cinnamon or tide pod one folks would get the message. Also its important to not just stay far away from large amounts of medicine but also anything that is some kind of unpopular psychoactive substance (unpopular before some kinda retarded social media challenge picked it up). There is always a really really good reason why folks dont trip on a lot of substances, even if they are into that sorta stuff.

[@theeldritchpen5599]

Lots of people question them, but that doesn't stop anything

[@zeke1220]

@@DeadNoob451 There are quite a few examples of psychoactive substances that are available over the counter only being unpopular because of regulations requiring them to only be sold in unappealing forms and small quantities despite not being dangerous.

[@Maria20t]

They don't want to stop this types of challenge bc they want that to happen. Tiktok is not naive social app at all, and it's not for young naive peope.

[@azerohiro]

There are plenty Darwin Awards to go around it seems. I don't understand how they can be so dumb lol, are there no poison control classes in schools anymore?

[@JitterBob]

I took Dramamine (same chemical as Benedrly) to hallucinate when I was a kid. This was well before TikTok. It does feel disgusting. I remember my sister came over and I was talking to her about the Christmas tree in my living room, then suddenly I realized I was actually passed out leaning against a wall. My sister wasn’t even at my house and it was July. There was no Christmas tree. This kept repeating where I’d transition from awake to dreaming about being awake doing mundane things. I literally couldn’t tell if I was awake or asleep. It also just felt really really gross. Twitchy and tired and out of control.

[@Seatonni]

I took that for sleep and didn’t realize how bad the effects were I was sleeping all day I stopped taking it completely it scared me how sedative it was

[@HotRod12667]

I have dreams like that even without Benadryl. LOL

[@DianeKovacs]

Thanks!

[@HemeReview]

thank you Diane!

[@DreamyyArt]

@@HemeReview ah I see a video about a force stronger than any other sleep aid

[@4chose587]

As someone who use to take benadryl for sleep every night for almost a month, i can personally atest to how bad it will make you feel the next morning/day.

[@delaney5721]

I used to do that too but surprisingly it never made me feel bad in the morning but I’m glad I don’t take it anymore because it was taking a toll overall

[@queenicedcoffee4217]

Like a hangover without the nausea

[@guikirsch9758]

I had an entire standard sized carton from the gas station when i was a kid, that I used to treat a bad allergic reaction back before I knew anything about benadryl’s toxicity or that, for example, you’d use an epi pen instead for the trouble breathing. We didn’t know where we were but google helped us find our way to the hospital. Benadryl is just pure psychotic dementia.

[@debayeuxchats5607]

I feel bad but I laughed at this, because the logic makes complete sense, especially for someone in an emergency. Allergy medication, that's gonna help an allergy!

[@lgilles]

I’ve got some unknown problem with my immune system that causes symptoms similar to anaphylaxis and Benadryl actually does help. Often in hospitals/ERs they will give you an H1 blocker like Benadryl and corticosteroid along with epinephrine. So it isn’t unreasonable to assume it could help. Granted a carton of Diphenhydramine is way way way too much but yeah.

[@thespider7898]

@@debayeuxchats5607 benadril is a good way to survive the trip to the hospital if you dont have an epipen on hand

[@BlinkOnWheels]

EpiPen‘s are too expensive for me so I have to rely on Benadryl and hope it saves my ass. It saved my ass a couple of times this week alone. Trouble breathing is not fun but I’m damn lucky Benadryl is helping with it for now. I’m going to make another doctor appointment because what was suggested on Wednesday did not help. Grr. no clue what is setting off my severe allergy attacks…

[@danielhicks1824]

​@@BlinkOnWheelsother antihistamines don't work for you? Benadryl is rough on your brain. Claritin? Nose sprays? Allegra?

[@devinshilightsdale9738]

Deliriants aren't exactly generally taken for fun in the first place, on top of the issues gone into with Benadryl. Strong altered states have the potential to be traumatic even if you do know what you're going into, saw a few other comments talking about being scarred and it's not surprising. Make your own decisions on what you take for fun but do your research, always

[@MM-pv5tp]

I think deliriants are fun.

[@caiuscosades362]

Being addicted to Benadryl is like being addicted to the feeling of waking up from a 1 hour nap at 2pm.

[@balsalmalberto8086]

lol. using it as a sleep. wake up alert. 2AM every everytime.

[@hailbopthecomet]

I got addicted to benadryl as a sleep aid a long while ago due to many sleep disorders causing extreme chronic insomnia, one night I took 20 pills in an attempt to possibly get to sleep, it didn't do much, and I didn't get any of the symptoms listed here, but for years after I stopped using benadryl my short term memory was absolutely destroyed, I had to carry a book around in my pocket to remember the simplest things, I felt anxious all the time that I would forget something, family began to resent me cause I couldn't remember to do chores or if they told me to do them already. Now 7 or 8 years later, the brain fog is better, not much due to other health issues, but my short term memory slowly recovered to a point I wasn't scared every day I'd forget something. Dont abuse benadryl kids

[@mscutie-rd3vn]

I'm sorry you went through that. How long did you take them

[@jeffjacobson59]

I’m calling BS! Diphenhydramine is NOT addictive !

[@bookoftimes]

question i used to take 200mg a night as sleep aid, any tips on how this could have effected my body and mind?

[@ilmioaccount-ce3gh]

Did you see a neurologist?

[@lobotomyforme]

how did you beat addiction?

[@alexjackson5178]

If I had had friends and teachers like you during college I would probably still be pursuing my biology degree and not working a dead end job.

[@dumpstercast-refuseradio8429]

my condolences. i hope you're able to go back to school or pick up a trade sometime soon.

[@NameGame446]

The good thing about a dead end job is that you have nothing to lose by saving and starting a business

[@mathieuforster9734]

@@NameGame446 you're talking out of your ass dude. You need a lot of money in order to do these kinda things. If you're in a dead end job you won't be making anywhere near that money

[@StainsStainsStains]

@@NameGame446 umm... yeah you do have something to lose. The savings maybe?

[@NameGame446]

@@StainsStainsStains broke mentality

[@gawayne1374]

I love this channel. I've always been interested in medicine, but chose to do engineering in University. This gives me access to so much interesting information that I otherwise wouldn't have, in an easily digestible format. Thanks mate

[@captainfarrell2147]

There was a guy I worked with at a machine shop some years back. Every day at lunch his mom and dad would drop off a couple of boxes of benadryl. He would eat both boxes before break was over and then go back to work. Well, one day about the end of shift he got his hand caught in a drill press. I don't remember seeing him at work after that.

[@gabrielcotugno5820]

I did this, and it's terrible you see shadows and spiders and people who just fade away and you feel like you weigh 700lbs

[@rhettwilkerson1828]

Whats kinda weird is everyone talks about weighing so much but for me, I took around 650 mg and felt like my body was completely hollow. I was full of just air

[@gabrielcotugno5820]

@@rhettwilkerson1828 all the effects differ for others I took doses from 100-1000mg and would start to feel heavy at 300mg but I am light compared to my height (135lb 5'11) so I need less to feel more effects

[@Ang3lUki]

This whole thing seems like an evil prank by the psychonaut/drug user community on the tiktok community. In drug user circles, people have known for years the horrible effects of anticholinergic toxicity, with memes like Virgin DMT vs Chad Datura, and "awe hell naw, spunch bop took 30 benadyl now he's in the backrooms"

[@rylandavis2976]

The psychonaut community is pretty open about it being awful.

[@Necrotheos]

I recently started working at a place where we're required to ask for ID/ to purchase anything containing DPH and won't sell it if it seems like an adult is buying it for a kid/teen. I figured it was because people were using it to get high, which is bad enough, but I had no idea just how awful the reaction can be.

[@benjaminedwardson5892]

Even people who use benadryl to get high don't use nearly that much

[@zakourille]

yeah i dont understand how these people are willing to consume so much of random drugs without any research on doses/effects. or pehraps they just dont care

[@queenblister7845]

True, I saw some people in the comments who did or currently still do use bernadryl to get high and they don’t use that much

[@nickspencer3132]

@@queenblister7845 it sucks, last time i did it (sadly recently) I took around 500mg which is fucking strong. You build tolerence fast and the first time anyone should do it is only for 200mg. If you take a fuck ton like two bottle your first time you will probably die. Just how herion addicts can shoot up .5 gram of smack but if I shoot .5 gram for the first die i would most likely OD.

[@jeffpraterJSF]

I took 600mg twice a couple years ago and decided to not take it again. It was really cool but it was just being a little “high” while you sit in place then you “dream” that you got up and made a sandwich then you snap to and realize you imagined it and you haven’t left

[@sternkrieger1950]

@@jeffpraterJSF Seems to describe false awakenings pretty much. Like I sometimes will wake from sleep, get out of bed, go brush my teeth, get ready for work, etc. when all of a sudden I wake up again and realized those whole series of previous events were just in fact a dream. And it can get very disturbing and happen multiple times in a row. So to me it sounds like the DPH "high" puts you in this state of lucid dreaming.

[@KendricStern]

Diphenhydramine overdose also causes complete psychosis, so assessing the patient is that much more difficult. It's quite unpleasant and people often are reacting to hallucinated stimuli of various levels of horrifying, depending on how they got to the hospital in the first place.

[@willowFFMPEG]

Surprised this video didn't mention the hallucinogenic effects of diphenhydramine

[@Liquethemodel]

How did I make it to 22 without having ever seen liquid Benadryl

[@animanukyan2168]

Lol try 31:D

[@TinyThanos]

I had a cry for help as a teen while having a manic episode…I ingested nearly 90 Benadryl pills. Thankfully my mom found me quickly, but I was hospitalized for days, with hallucinations that still haunt me more than 10 years later… To this day I can't take anything that has that pink dye in it, it's almost like an allergic reaction…

[@djkb125]

Had the worst trips when I was in my late teens/early 20s with Benadryl. The fact that TikTok is making is making it a trend now is so crazy. These kids aren’t doing anything new. I was an idiot when I was their age but I wasn’t incentivized do it or do any more than I actually did. Thank you for making these videos. It’s always dangerous to do stuff like that. I’m fortunate I never did any permanent damage to myself, but dosing that much just for internet clout is so damaging

[@BrettonFerguson]

Anything on the internet that has the word Challenge is probably a bad idea.

[@iwantyourcookiesnow]

I took diphenhydramine last night to sleep and feel like crap today

[@nothingboie7329]

When you almost end yourself for tic tok (setious note why is this happening so much more often, do people just go like "drinking a million gallons of sleep/alergy meds go brr and then i get famous quick and easy 😎" like, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS, how. Sure, maybe you get famous, but not in the way you want, you don't get tictok famous, you get hospital/chubbyemu famous...

[@adlockhungry304]

Don’t forget, there were teenagers eating dishwasher pellets once. I mean..... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TheFlypaste]

This shit isn't new. The issue is that now they're doing it within full view of the world trying to gain fame, instead of doing it in their friend's backyard with the shady parents that don't care what happens. The number of idiots is the same as it has always been, what's changed is the level of exposure.

[@Phazum]

it is not worth 5 minutes of fame

[@Aphelia.]

Being chubbyemu-famous is like winning a free ticket for the euthanasia coaster

[@Acetyl53]

@@TheFlypaste >The number of idiots is the same as it has always been, what's changed is the level of exposure. Untestable opinion.

[@pineapplepotato6985]

Diphenhydramine abuse gave me serious regular panic attacks, even years after quitting. While using, I got very anxious and restless, very itchy, went down deep dark holes in my mind, and heard people and noises that weren’t there and I thought something or someone was coming for me. It made me think I would forget to breathe and die. I would feel like my soul was being kicked out of my body. I would just become convinced I was going to die any minute, not helped by my insanely fast heartbeat and delirious hallucinations. I couldn’t pee and my mouth was bone dry and drinking was terrifying cause I could feel it go down and nausea would ensue. The afterglow made me feel so wrong and I feared that my brain would be permanently destroyed and that I’d always be stuck in this drug induced purgatory. Panic attacks would continue for months. The only reason I used was to feel something or feel different and at least the horror I experienced wasn’t the depression I felt. Some experiences were fun or relaxing, but most were HELL. I will never understand the glorification of this evil shit. I don’t even take it for allergies anymore.

[@donalddank6536]

Abuse of this drug has left me with so many side effects.(weird one while I was under the influence was id actually pee every like 10 minutes) My liver and kidneys hurt all the time. I see things out of the corners ( people/ shadow people) of my eyes I hear evil evil things about me I've got a visual haze like faint TV static. I can't remember anything. I slur my words. My hands always slightly shake. I'll either get early onset dementia. Of I'll die or organ failure.

[@darkestlight3116]

Also there’s the part we’re it’s a deliriant so you see things that aren’t there and can’t tell reality from fiction, but I guess that wasn’t important

[@v.m.8472]

As a very allergic child I was given Benadryl. It was so miserable to feel tired and unable to think clearly that I tried hard not to be allergic. I think it made it difficult for me to learn. God bless the people who came up with better antihistamines.

[@1whitecottagelife770]

Find an allergy doctor who specializes in immunotherapy. I've been almost allergy free for years

[@lewiitoons4227]

I used to love watching the other channel until very suddenly they’d trigger my anxiety and I’d be stuck with this horrible feeling of not being able to trust my body, these ones are slightly less terrifying seeing as it’s down to silly decisions jajaja

[@communistpootisbirb]

I thought this was gonna be a meme video then I realized it’s serious now I can’t tell the difference between parody’s and real life.

[@angels-haudenschild7791]

when I took just 18 pills (450mg) of DPH/benadryl, wasn't because of the tiktok challenge, but i had to go to the ER. My heartrate was at 130. I had to drink 2 bottles (about 4-6 cups) of charcoal. I was close to an overdose, just by taking 450mg. The hallucinations I got were crazy. I hallucinated people, my cat, voices, etc.. I felt extremely heavy, nauseous, and I was extremely confused. I couldn't even get undressed without help. Don't do what I did. Not worth it at all.

[@verlax8956]

i took 675 mg which was also the very first time i took benadryl and didnt hallucinate at all i was very delirious though and even throughout the experience, i was actively looking everywhere to see if i could find a hallucination if i did, i probably wouldnt even know, but looking back at it now, i dont think anything was strange

[@ARSZLB]

um...130bpm is a VERY normal heart rate.

[@rylandavis2976]

You weren't close to an od. You were just experiencing negative effects.

[@thundercheeks-qj3ee]

I swear I learn more here than in my science class 😅

[@ebbykayyc8442]

In the “behavioral hospital” they gave us Benadryl if we couldn’t sleep

[@oscarzetaacosta827]

I remember in 2009 I was addicted to benadryl and my highest dose was #50 25mg benadryl. It was a morbidly painful fever dream, I couldn't stop moving my legs they would hurt. This was all happening at the dollar theater watching ji joe . Last thing I remember. Then I'm waking up on the roof of a church. I was 13

[@betrayal6231]

What happened to kids just smoking weed 😂

[@stealyonikes]

@@betrayal6231 idk

[@bookoftimes]

question i used to take 200mg a night as sleep aid, any tips on how this could have effected my body and mind?

[@user-ie3lp]

THERES ANOTHER CHANNEL? OH GREAT

[@oktoberdead]

-PREPARE FOR TROUBLE AND MAKE IT DOUBLE-

[@americagarcia3207]

@@oktoberdead lmao

[@BluenosedMarsh]

I am so confused/happy?

[@pvanukoff]

@@oktoberdead To protect the world from devastation! To unite all peoples within our nation! To denounce the evils of truth and love! To extend our reach to the stars above! Jessie! James! Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light! Surrender now, or prepare to fight! Meowth! That's right!

[@ironik4400]

Hes ripping off Chubbyenu,,,

[@jessevvs]

Bro didn’t even mention the hat man

[@blarpnarp]

i can’t believe he didnt bring up the hat man

[@rhettwilkerson1828]

Facts lol him and his spider army would be disappointed

[@ericcarabetta1161]

I have taken up to 300mg and it was...uncomfortable. It’s a deliriant not a hallucinogen, so you experience things that aren’t actually there instead of enhancing the things that are. You hear shit, have full conversations with people who aren’t there, and your eyes get so dry you are constantly rubbing them and can’t see anything, you feel like you have to pee but can’t; in general it’s just not much fun.

[@ol6halodude577]

Thank you again for representing the nation’s medics well. Lots of my family medicine patients are middle school children who watch and learn from your videos. They try to quote your comments to me and it’s great. So don’t go away!!

[@brucewayne8704]

Quick correction at 4:58, Sympathomimetics lead to urinary retention no incontinence. Great video tho.

[@dfpytwa]

My old lady took it as prescribed for decades for allergies and as an occasional sleep aid. She developed dementia in her mid 50's and is now dying in a hospice and doesn't recognize me or anyone else anymore. That stuff does a number on your brain over years of regular prescribed use too.

[@Name..........]

Everything does

[@crptpyr]

​@@Name..........not necessarily, not all prescription meds have an effect on your cognitive functions like how anticholinergics do bc it's actively messing with a chemical needed for certain brain functions (memory is a biggie for acetylcholine)

[@Michelle-zz7no]

Yes! It’s frequently listed as a medication that causes dementia. 😞. I’m so sorry! 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@Cheesemane]

no, not everything gives you dementia in ur 50s. that's fucked up@@Name..........

[@marcosmota1094]

The depth of human knowledge is available at the end of a 40-character URL, and people choose to drink Benadryl. As Murtaugh used to say, *"I'm gettin' too old for this sh-t."* Thanks doc.

[@rugdealer1729]

Thank you so much for this video, this explain so much more than any of the doctors would tell me, they wouldn't really tell me anything at all Tw: benadryl near death experience || i overdosed on benadryl (suicide attempt) and i have nightmares of how it started to affect me, it made me swollen and shaky, it made me super thirsty, horribly nauseous but also could not throw up, my heart rate increased and increased, and when it really started to take affect they had to revive me in the ambulance and i remember floating outside my body watching them do that, and then everything was black for a while and then i heard panic, my blood sugar dropped below 40, little alarms were going off, and i was starting to seize, then emptiness again, and then i woke up a few days later in the icu, the walls were moving and purple (in reality they were beige and red i think?), There were these weird giant bubbles everywhere, and the hat man was in the corner, and then I'd just sleep and wake up sleep and wake up until eventually i atleast wasn't hallucinating anymore but was still a bit out of it, just standing up my heart rate would get into the 170s and the doctor would come in and yell at me, and over the course of the next few weeks i could barely get up or do anything because of my heart, eventually i got to the point where i could walk slowly, and over the last year to the point where i can walk decently long but I'll have to take times to slow down a bit from a normal pace to a pretty leisurely pace, i also have a lot of memory problems now so i don't remember a lot of things that have happened and i have a lot of time gaps, i just remember like pictures here and there, benadryl is just not fun, don't do more than the recommended dose.

[@pawesomepal7827]

Basketball-sized spiders made of water and tiny bugs crawling on everything are some of the things you will see if you abuse DPH.

[@bnizzle1]

I love this channel! I'm considering going to med school so I can understand more than 3% of what he says.

[@starfox1]

yrs ago i took benedryl as a sleep aid. i started w the recommended dosage of 2. over the course of that first year i gradually increased the dosage until i was at a total of 20 or more per night, not all at once. i upped the dosage to 3 pills every 2 hours until i could no longer stay awake at which point i would have taken a lil over 20 pills. i got so good at fighting off the drowsiness. there was a pleasurable rush that happened at about an hour after each dose. it was like clockwork; i could time the dose on the hour and expect the rush to happen in an hour. the rush lasted only a few short mins. my heart would race and i felt good and sexually aroused. im not sure if thats why i kept doing it as i was always in such a daze. when i tried to quit cold turkey i made it about 26 hours before i caved due to withdrawals which were severe. extreme nausea, clammy, massive headache. i weaned myself off it over a few mos span. the label said "non habit forming".

[@petefrancisco3267]

Stay connected on these servers, you will get deep long sleep!!

[@ChimeraX0401]

I'm still wondering why DPH is still being sold today as OTC when it is already replaced by much safer and effective 2nd and 3rd generation antihistamine drugs like Loratidine and Fexofenadine which is also an OTC drug. I think DPH should only be used when there's no other antihistamine drugs or only during emergencies and not as an OTC drug....

[@wwondertwin]

It's not sold OTC in Europe. Loratadine and cetirizine all the way.

[@anname7373]

Because DPH works best for people like me. Loratidine does jack shit for me, and trying fexofenadine could kill me.

[@toppie34]

@@anname7373 You can still get a prescription if it wasn't otc, it's just so dumb kids can't get it

[@anname7373]

@@toppie34 I often need two benadryl every four hours to control reactions. I'm not sure they'd give me enough for that.

[@OmnistarEast]

I take it whenever I have food allergies, saves me from an incessantly itchy tounge/throat/inside of ears. I have never really gotten any lasting side effects. Yeah, it makes me very, very, sleepy, but for me, that usually lasts around 3 hours at the most. I also take one if I have a lot of trouble sleeping, and I'm usually able to wake up at the same time I usually do without any sort of "hangover". I'm pretty wary of using it and i would NEVER take that stuff regularly/every night or recreationally abuse it, but at least for me, it's better than any sort of habit-forming sleep inducer and acts much faster than anything like fexofenadine. I don't take it for regular seasonal allergies (I use phenylephrine and fexofenadine for that, because I usually know ahead of time when I'll have those allergies) because I don't want to be knocked out at 10 AM, but it seems to be working pretty well for me as something to take occasionally when needed, because it works very fast and very well.

[@TheLobotomist-t1]

When I was in college I had severe insomnia, and a lot had to do with adderall, and just having horrible anxiety, dreading to go to school the next day. At one point even GHB wasn't enough to make me knock out some nights. I gradually upped the dose of benadryl to 15, 18, even 21 some nights. Gaining a huge tollerance allowed me to take that many pills, with the effects of only 3 or 4 to the normal person. It can be a useful sleep aid to many people, but being dependant on pills isn't a great way to live. Even today I take Elavil, Guanfacine, Wellbutrin, Zoloft, and just recently added Subutex to the list. Anyways, a warning to anyone who takes Benedryl and is not used to the medicine, do NOT attempt to drive on any dose at all, until you know how it effects you. Even if you feel like you can drive ok on 2 or 3 pills, does not meen you can drive ok on 4. Be careful out there. Sorry for the rant

[@dkis8730]

I take 2 benadryl every night whenever I take my adhd medicine because it gives me hella insomnia. I also have abused it a few times before. I'm kinda want to stop, but I also don't want to lie awake for hours every night

[@blep993]

@@dkis8730 there are also sleep medications without addictive properties and that the body won't build tolerance against like for example melatonin

[@KadenMeidinger1]

I don't take drugs of any sort except methylphenidate it can shorten your life span by 13 years

[@evanb4189]

A 25mg dose of DPH is equivalent to .1 blood-alcohol concentration. If you drive on only one pill, you can get charged with a DUI.

[@TheLobotomist-t1]

@@evanb4189 yeah, i really wouldn't recommend it...

[@sc0tte1-416]

Damn, when I was young and very dumb, I took 24 of them. I remember hallucinating my ass off and seeing, hearing people that weren't there.

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

I remembered listening to my friend when we were 19 or so, he’s like yooo bro we should go to cvs and pick up two boxes of Benadryl and get really high. I was like oh I never heard you could do that, might as well try it for bucket list. Man I’ve never been more uncomfortable in my whole life, it felt like my whole left arm and shoulder died

[@GoldSkye]

I have noticed that whenever I take Benadryl for allergies at night before bed, when I wake up in the morning I almost feel so exhausted to the point of near paralysis. It does feel like it sticks around longer than any other drug I’ve ever taken before. Night is the only time I can take it or else I can’t function at work or drive.

[@wawaweewa8749]

yes me as well! i took it once and the next day, I had never felt so awful. I felt like I could barely move my body, the lethargy was overpowering. It took hours for me to be able to function once again

[@Turcian]

I'm curious what is Doctor Bernard's favourite recreational drug.

[@Turcian]

@Crystal McKinney Nice one! His old videos are weird af

[@xXKuroXx100]

Unrelated to the challenge, my indirect-experience with Benadryl was a suicide attempt by a friend. I remember disregarding professional help at first because I’ve never heard of somebody overdosing on Benadryl (mind you I was around 15). As I was researching the side effects, I realized how seriously wrong I was and reading lethal symptoms that can lead to seizures and death. It was at that moment that I demanded my friend to seek help immediately. When they successful did, they immediately suffered from a seizure that ended with broken bones. What I can tell you is my friend survived because they sought help and is still living to this day. I know it’s easy to dismiss a household medicine and minimize the harmful effects, but it’s not something that can be played with. Smoke weed or drink booze like other burnouts if you must. Learn your limits and moderation is key, but Benadryl is a stupid shortcut for a high.

[@AG-iu9lv]

I have had to od on it once when I got 20 fire ant stings at the same time, in bfe, at the start of 4th of July weekend, with no access to hospitals or corticosteroids. I react seriously to insect stings, so 4 pills every 4 hours. I completely checked out, I'm told I entertained everyone just being silly, but I was entirely disassociated and I lost almost a month of memories. Do not recommend.

[@darkstarr984]

I have gotten benadryl for sleep one time, when I was in the hospital and was struggling to sleep. It helped me fall asleep but it didn’t help me stay asleep, which wasn’t too bad since I was in for ulcerative colitis.

[@MULANPRII]

for me Benadryl definitely makes me sleepy but since I know it’s making me sleepy I try to fight it off sometimes I success sometimes I fail it makes me feel good though honestly ….

[@elizabethpalafox22]

I used to take Benadryl every day because I worked split shifts and had trouble sleeping. It was horrible I always felt sick and groggy and like I couldn't get enough sleep. Stopped working night shifts and stopped taking Benadryl. I feel so much better now

[@seththomas4975]

Hey chubbyemu, can you find any cases of Dextromethorphan (Nyquil/Mucinex/Triple C) poisoning to report on? Seems like it would be informative in a similar vein.

[@BiggerthanAverageLovedbyAll]

You mean besides one of the most amazing trips ever? First time was better than dmt.

[@mtthwpnn]

CCC was particularly dangerous, as its ingredients are DXM and an antihistamine. Since both these substances were metabolized by the same enzyme in the liver, it made overdoses quite unforgiving.

[@rockmove3547]

@@mtthwpnn luckily fatal amount is more than 1000mg and 3rd plateu trips are usually about 500mg. 4plateu is so intensive and dangerous that people hardly try or reapeat the experience. im after about 100 or more trips on 450mg+ and still alive ate once 1kmg and i would say i leave this dose for psychodelic shamans xD

[@BlastinRope]

@@BiggerthanAverageLovedbyAll yeah bro throwing up bright red puke while your room pulses and spins in directions you didnt know existed is a great time

[@ecstacy_angel]

i used to be very dependent/addicted to DPH, still struggle with it. the feeling of detachment and numbness was why i did it. worst period of my life

[@DreamyyArt]

💤🛏

[@davyllini]

I use to take sleep aid everyday to sleep, til I found this page. Wow makes me think about everything I do now lol. Thank you

[@xkidgey]

Benadryl makes me simultaneously groggy and unable to sleep because it basically gives me temporary restless leg syndrome or something lol

[@ronalddoung1098]

Benadryl directions: take 2 tablets by mouth Me: I am only taking one of these tablets and it suppresses my allergies enough

[@TheWendable]

Yeay a sensible user!

[@TheQueenOfTrash]

A few months ago I had a really bad combination skin problem thanks to a new toner I was using. No matter what I tried, the dryness wouldn't go away. I was so desperate to get my normal skin back that I turned to Google for answers (NEVER do that). One artical said to put a moisturizer on your face and than lots of petroleum, so I did just that. A few hours later, my skin was starting to go numb. My mom brought me to the ER since we thought I was having some kind of allergic reaction to the moisturizer. Turns out my face couldn't breathe due to all the petroleum I put over the moisturizer. The doctor gave me some wipes to clean everything off my face. A few minutes later, my skin went back to being very dry. The doctor noticed this and prescribed me to take 2 Benadryl and 2 Pepcid everyday for about a week. I followed the instructions and my skin started to return back to normal. In about 3 to 4 days, my skin looked and felt completely normal. Long story short, don't abuse a drug that can help you. Always follow label institutions or instructions by doctors on how to take it.

[@TheQueenOfTrash]

If anybody that's reading this, has a similar condition to mine, and wants to attempt this. Let me clarify some things. First, take the 1 Benadryl and 1 Pepcid in the morning and do the same thing before you go to bed at night. Second, space out the pills by 3 to 5 minutes, I recommend taking the Benadryl first. Third, DON'T PICK AT YOUR SKIN, your skin will start to peel, but only peel it if it comes off as one big flake, if you pick at a spot that isn't ready to come off yet, it will get even more dry and inflamed. Forth and final, when you start this process, stop everything you're used to doing, cleansers, moisturizers, EVERYTHING, for the first few days, wash your face with just water, you can also use water as the moisturizer by grabbing a soaked rag and dabbing it on your face, after the first few days, you can ease back into a moisturizer, and then back to a cleanser.

[@keegentilley578]

yeah it can be helpful. However a reason its so hated is that even at recommended doses it causes negative effects, such as raising the chance of developing dementia.

[@SkyCloudSilence]

@@TheQueenOfTrash Thanks. I really appreciate your story!

[@missym877]

You really had nothing to contribute but decided to anyway. Sometimes a like is all that’s needed because this was so off the point.

[@barrydheil]

DPH abuse seems to be very common because of easy access, like robitussin.

[@boipoi_78]

@Peter Rabbit stupid internet points. I can't comprehend how stupid people can be. as a "kid" i'll confirm we are stupid but some just take the trophy lol.

[@barrydheil]

@TRIX TRIX I was aware, it was just a commonality I noticed. Easy to access, no background checks or prescriptions required to get them, and easier to steal as well because it is an over the counter medication.

[@BlastinRope]

Meh, unless youre fucked in the head you do it once or twice and learn better than to trip on dph. Similar with salvia, nutmeg, and datura. Its what you do when youre young and bored and no access to real drugs.

[@callmeworms]

I can't take Benadryl anymore. I owe the hat man money

[@toecurlersupreme]

aw hell naw spunch bob took 40 benadryls

[@Litepaw]

Regarding sleeping pills and "dirty" medication, I've never ever understood why my country and many others have a tendency to prescribe _quetiapine_ and mirtazapine, and even olanzapin as a first line of medications to insomnia. I mean, they'll knock you out for sure but they do SO much more too. If that's the case, then even a hammer would help in insomnia if you hit yourself hard enough.

[@ARSZLB]

i've always thought doctors were insane for prescribing an atypical antipsychotic for SLEEP

[@christophermurrieta666]

what is the problem with quetiapine? is that bad?

[@MathIguess]

I can't believe I forgot to subscribe to heme review :O Consider that fixed xD

[@stevenpauljobs1033]

HELL NAHH!!! SPUNCH BOP TOOK 40 BENADRYLS...

[@renafielding945]

Oh Sir, your speech about histamine response is so beautiful.

[@adamnixon2886]

What is wrong with people? I would never take that much of ANY MEDICINE

[@kingoliever1]

Easy starting drug you can get extremely easy, tried it also but it´s absolute disgusting. What´s more fun is DXM cough medication lol. There you see people which are not there, fun times.

[@mclamby]

I thought people drank cough medicine years ago because it had codeine in it. What do they thinks going to make them high? or is getting high not the point, are they just trying to see how long they can stay awake after taking it?

[@bobby_greene]

dextromethorphan (DXM) is an ingredient in many over the counter cough syrups that people would abuse too

[@guikirsch9758]

Dxm>benadryl. Not to say both can’t drive you crazy over the long term or don’t have dangerous side effects. Drug testing/prohibition is stupid because people, adolescents who have a lot to lose, would trip out on dxm and dph, instead of pot or mushrooms. Not to say drugs don’t come with dangers. But as a physician I’m sure one would rather know their patient is panicked from an edible or shrooms instead of robitussin or benadryl.

[@mclamby]

Ok watched the vid on the main channel now and get the point. I do actually remember people talking about taking nytol to trip years ago same goes for the whole overdosing on nutmeg thing. now I'm waiting to see how long before tiktokers begin baking tray after tray of banana skins

[@user-jy1bc3gw2q]

You can get cough syrup with codeine in it, but I'm pretty sure it has to be prescribed in Canada..

[@bobby_greene]

@@user-jy1bc3gw2q same in the US

[@NoNo-pg5rq]

Actually, one time I almost took too much Benadryl by accident. I was having a bad allergic reaction, but I took a bit too much. I got too drowsy and it was hard to stay awake. For anyone that reads this, please be careful when taking Benadryl

[@potentiallyinsane519]

Yah I took 40 pills to kill myself once and I ended up becoming so delusional that I walked to my school at 6am on a Saturday and was talking to nobody. Also have extreme arachnophobia after hallucinating hundreds of spiders crawling in my clothes

[@sirjacobanderson]

0:53 “Even people who take benydryl don’t feel good when they take it” I died laughing

[@ARSZLB]

😐

[@ransomdaniels8395]

You do see such an excellent presentation each time! You use proper medical terminology, but you explain what the word are, even breaking down the components of the worst to demonstrate. You explain things in a concise, clear way, that medical people can integrate into their own knowledge base, as well as giving examples so the non-medical people have an understanding. And your no, I don't think it's funny, approach to some of the dangers of these meds or medical conditions or syndromes, is spot-on in asking people maybe think before they do something or make people perhaps better understand their own medical situations or those of a loved one or freind. Very impressive. Thanks so much!😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lordbruh993]

I love to drink 2 whole bottles of diphenhydramine on a daily basis

[@consciousness8436]

Basically taking 40 dph will put you in a state of delirium and dementia where the most senseless and weird actions will seem normal(for example moving things around like you may wake up with with a fork, a bowl of water and a shovel on you