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Addicted to Benadryl
Diphenhydramine
Citation:   Insomniac420. "Addicted to Benadryl: An Experience with Diphenhydramine (exp66930)". Erowid.org. Nov 19, 2007. erowid.org/exp/66930

 
DOSE:
  oral Diphenhydramine (daily)
BODY WEIGHT: 140 lb
Well I started not being able to fall asleep when summer started. My mom told me to take 1 (25mg) pill of benadryl. The number of pills I took per night rose quickly (100-200mg every night) and I was at 200mg for about a week. during that period my tolerance was up (I was taking them every night) but occasionally I hallucinated. Mostly hearing things but one time I saw a 3 eyed dog nawing away at my chair. It was one of the scariest things I've seen in my life.

I know benadryl is no heroin but I just want to let people know to just try to get to sleep normally, I started at 25mg but that went up and I wasn't able to sleep without it. To get off it my mom got me valerian root and I took that with benadryl for awhile and then I got off the benadryl completely, then off the valerian root.

Exp Year: 2007ExpID: 66930
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Nov 19, 2007Views: 22,856
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