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.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 12 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Oh i see. Didn't realize that was used recreationally.

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

My wife once got high on the normal adult dose because my god it seems like anything that crosses the blood brain barrier hits her like a freight train.

Anyway she went on a deranged tirade about how wagon wheel pasta created incels. How the mom eating it causes rectal-vaginal fistulas that contaminate the fetus by introducing the letter "I" into their cells (incel = I in cells). She was crying about how we needed to go to change.org and start a petition to ban wagon wheel pasta.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

Do not fuck with benadryl.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kids called it “triple C’s” where I was from

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

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

[–] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Usually what you're getting from those is pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), which is more a stimulant than a hallucinogen.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 4 points 7 months ago

Aka a deliriant substance.