THE DISSOCIATION CAME AS A SHOCK Diphenidine appeared on the markets circa 2013 and taken orally provided my first experience of a dissociative. The effects took a notably long time to materialise, but when they did, the disjointed weirdness was both immersive and distinctive.
I should really confess the extent of my naivety at the time too. Because I was aware that the only other dissociative I had heard of, ketamine, had been used as a horse tranquilliser, I was expecting a primary feature to be sedation and drowsiness. Boy; was I wrong.
The ride itself did have a bit of jittery edge to it, certainly in comparison to its smoother sister, ephenidine. However, once the effects (including a touch of anaesthesia) had taken hold, I was too engaged with the strangeness of the ride to worry about it. My surroundings seemed to be somehow off-key and disjointed, and with a physical numbness in play I seemingly floated around with little effort. The word ‘weird’ sounds lame, but it really is the best word to describe it.
Finally, note that there were also a couple of reports of tragedy with respect to its use in circulation around the same period, so due care is strongly recommended if this one is sampled, inclusive of dose restraint.
Refs: The Drug Users Bible [Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/099559368X]
