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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Into his soul like a Grim Reaper sent to terrify, not to take. Joe survived — much to his chagrin — but he was left with excruciating liver pain, intense withdrawal symptoms, panic attacks, severe memory loss, erectile dysfunction and even worse depression than he’d had before. “I haven’t touched it since,” he says. “Please warn people to stay away from DPH. It really shouldn’t be OTC.”Interestingly, even heavy Benadryl users seem to agree (many clinicians do, too — there’s actually a movement to make it prescription-only working its way across the medical community right now). “No one is actually a fan of this shitty-ass drug,” says Danny, an 18-year-old online college student who started taking high doses out of boredom last year. “I see people trending on TikTok saying that Benadryl is like acid, and I laugh at their stupidity. It’s terrible. All it does is distract you from your shitty reality, then hurts you in return. People underestimate it, and it traps them in an endless cycle of delirium.” To cope, many people seek out advice, levity and friendship on r/DPH and Reddit’s other Benadryl-forward subs. The vast majority of its posts are either warnings or cries for help, with a healthy amount of practical guidance and macabre memes peppered in to lighten the mood in between. The sub also has a Discord chat room where members discuss everything from intake methods to thoughts of suicide, pacified by the common bond of having descended into a, drug-induced underworld few others can understand. So youre thinking about trying DPH (response to Spider Bitch) from DPH The obvious question in all of this, of course, is why anyone would abuse it in the first place. When good information about Benadryl overuse is readily available and there are entire communities like r/DPH whose most fervent users are also its most adamant foes, why tune out with a little pink pill when there are so many better options for escape?If you ask Lennon, it’s the same reason at the core of some of 2020’s most confusing and complicated revelations — good old COVID-19. “When the stress goes up, people look for a way out,” she says, explaining that it’s no coincidence that Benadryl was trending on TikTok this particular summer. “And right now, there’s almost nothing more stressful than being stuck at home with yourself, your thoughts and the same few people, who you may or may not actually want to be around. Quarantine is driving everyone crazy — I’ve never been busier as a counselor in my life — so it makes sense to me that people would reach for the lowest common denominator to catch a break.” It also makes sense that they wouldn’t have to reach much further than their medicine cabinets to get it. Without the parties, hangouts and in-person social connections that make it easier to find far more enjoyable drugs like molly, mushrooms or even booze, teens are making due with what they’ve got — a
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