I dosed 900mg of DXM on a nearly empty stomach. I am a 175lb male, 6 feet tall, in decent shape. This was my first dose in almost a year.
Within 30 minutes I sat down to meditate and the effects came on fast. An itchy sensation on my scalp that eventually transformed into the feeling of wearing a warm, tight, fuzzy hat. By the one-hour mark during the meditation, a red light appeared behind my closed eyes and slowly evolved into a multicolored undulating field or net. I lost all points of reference. My sense of self dissolved completely. Full ego death. I became everything and nothing simultaneously.
Then I blacked out. At some point during the blackout I gave myself a deep gash above my left eye. When I came to enough to look in the mirror, I could see into the wound, spread it apart with my fingers. In my dissociated state I was convinced a literal third eye had opened. I got blood on the walls. I spent a long time staring at my reflection saying words that made no sense to me.
Around the four-hour mark I had come down enough to lie in a recliner with music playing. What followed was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. A gentle, compassionate force seemed to be working through my body, releasing tension I did not know I was carrying. I surrendered completely.
By hour six I could feel the trip leaving my body like space dust rising upward. When it was fully gone I got up, acknowledged the reality of my wound, cleaned up, and went to bed.
The gash required attention the next day. This report is a cautionary tale. 900mg of DXM is not a recreational dose. I had intended to take 1350mg less, and even this amount produced a blackout with self-injury. Set your dose before you start, remove all sharp objects, and have a sitter if you go above a low third plateau dose.