Story of my life brother. Lol it caused problems though as a teenager. My mom caught me numerous times, thought I was doing heroin or something. When I explained it to psychologists they said I had some underlying issue and thats why I did it. But I truly just think I was bored. Only when it became a ritual that was unaccepted did I start to have problems.
The most I ever did was 20oz delsym powder from a CWE.. It didnt kick in for a full 12 hours or so. The powder always did weird things. Sometimes it wouldnt work. Then if you dosed like 10oz< it decided to work. I was zonked forEVER. Kicked in the next morning on the bus to school.
I'm curious though were you just bored too?
Never messed with the powder. It was always the syrup, the gel caps, or occasionally those strips that dissolve on your tongue.
I don't know if I was bored; I don't know if there were underlying issues. I just liked tripping out, and DXM was so readily accessible. LSD, mushrooms, all that other stuff just wasn't available in the town I grew up in. But I could go to the local Wal-Mart and get some bottles of Robotussin whenever I wanted.
I got caught by my mom once too. She didn't catch me in the act, instead she found my stash of empty bottles. I was afraid to throw them away in the garbage because I thought she'd see them, so I'd stash them planning to throw them away somewhere else, and I'd either do that or else I'd forget about them. She thought I was just trying to get drunk off the alcohol in them. Still, of all the things my mom has ever caught me doing, that had to be one of the most shameful. I've never spoken with any professional mental health counselors or therapists, so I can't really say for sure if there's underlying issues that drove me.