Anxiety and Finger Tingling Lasted for a Month
Nitrous Oxide
Citation: Chuckers. "Anxiety and Finger Tingling Lasted for a Month: An Experience with Nitrous Oxide (exp106852)". Erowid.org. Aug 28, 2025. erowid.org/exp/106852
| DOSE: |
25 carts. | inhaled | Nitrous Oxide | (gas) |
| BODY WEIGHT: | 155 lb |
It was the late summer of last year, and I had been reading and learning and watching a lot about Nitrous Oxide, bored on a rainy Cornwall holiday with the family. I had watched a few documentaries and watched some videos and read a lot of experience reports on the substance and became very interested in experimenting. My previous drug experience includes plenty of alcohol and, at that time, about year of semi regular weekend cannabis fun. I eagerly researched for the best brand of whippets and surfed online for the highest quality brand I could find. I ended up purchasing 50x Ultra-Purewhip chargers and a dispenser (I had a bunch of free condoms to use for balloons).
My package arrived around 9am a few days after returning home, I was very exited and nervous as to what to expect. I opened up the whippet charger box and they where much smaller than expected, cute little white things about 2 and a half inches in length. My excitement grew; finally in my hands I hold Nitrous Oxide. I sat down on my bed with all my paraphernalia laid out before me, I was home alone and ready for some Nitrous fun. I slid the first little charger into the white holding cap, before screwing it into the dispenser. A sharp hiss, and the dispenser was filled. I opened and unraveled a condom.
I had researched the medical risks of inhaling nitrous oxide, and was aware of its effect on the body's b12 and blood oxygen levels, not wanting to try too much the first time I decide to only do it a couple of times, and to half-fill the condom with clean air from a bicycle pump. I secured the end of the half-filled condom to the end of the dispenser and gently squeezed the handle. A sharp, loud burst of compressed nitrogen oxide instantly filled the condom. I noticed the interesting result of nitrous being heavier than air as the condom drooped downwards.
I lay back on my bed, and held the condom balloon in my hands for a few moments. I nervously prepared myself for the experience and dove right in. I exhaled about ¾ of my lungs and deeply inhaled the gaseous contents. I held it in for roughly 5 seconds and slowly exhaled into the air, it tasted ever so slightly sweet. A slight drunken feeling washed over me, and I noticed I could see a very subtle hazy effect on my vision, as if there where an incredibly faint blue mist in the room, my hearing perception began to alter as sounds became loud and pronounced, almost slightly wavy like, I chuckled to myself and let out a little giggle. I felt happy and giddy and soft and cosy. Gradually the effects subsided over the course of about 30 seconds. Well that was pretty damn fun I thought to myself, I ought to try another.
This time I decided I would repeatedly inhale the Nitrous in and out like I had seen so many others do in videos and other reports. I unscrewed the charger holder and loaded in a new one and repeated the process. I inhaled deeply, held for about 3 seconds, exhaled into the condom, inhaled deeply again and held it, exhaled once more. Wow, I sat back against my head board and pinched the condom to hold the contents in. A smile just smeared all over my face as my body tingled with bliss, my lips slightly numbing. I started giggling and looking around with my mouth agape. The feeling of euphoria was amazing, my vision seemed to take a step back, it almost felt like I was watching my view through some sort of screen, very interesting. I stood up and felt like I was genuinely floating, the condom flew away as my grip loosened. I glided over to the window effortlessly, laughing my head off like a maniac, I pressed my face against the window and took in the view of my neighborhood. Wow! I thought, laughing manically, just in awe of everything I was experiencing. The whole while a faint NI-NI-NI sound grew and distorted all other sounds in a flanger-like effect. I suddenly felt all emotional and mushy as I realised I was a NI-NI person unlike the common Wah-wah others report.
I suddenly felt all emotional and mushy as I realised I was a NI-NI person unlike the common Wah-wah others report.
I then remembered reading about how crazy music can sound, and I knew I just had to try listening to my favorite songs like that, I popped in another charger and set up some music. I thought I’d start with some standard daft punk songs, something very familiar that would be very interesting to hear in a whole new way. I charged the dispenser and filled the condom once more, this time with pure nitrous. I inhaled deeply, exhaled slowly, and inhaled deeply again. Thinking to myself I better stop at two as this is pure nitrous. All the same effects washed over me but grew stronger and stronger, sound grew louder and my sensitivity to it boosted 10 fold, the distortion was crazy, massive phaser and flanger like effects. My peripheral vision washed with odd swirling speckled colors, my view narrowed (much like wearing bulky ski-goggles, but sparkly) and i became slightly worried as to how powerful this session was going to be. I relaxed and waited, and the intensity subsided. I began to laugh hysterically at being worried, thinking it was pretty harmless and I should have just enjoyed it. At this point my cat wondered in and I was overwhelmed with amazement that he was here, I floated down to his level giggling and cooing all over him. The effects faded slowly back to baseline, and that content glowing feeling kept a smile on my face for the next few minutes. This stuff is pretty fucking awesome.
I tried a couple more with different methods and amounts, loading two canisters into one condom, holding in vs constant cycling of air, seeing what type of effect I could get. And before I knew it, I had gone through 25 chargers
before I knew it, I had gone through 25 chargers
It was about 3pm when I finished my fun, a couple of hours later at around 7pm, I was taking a shit on the toilet browsing the internet on my phone. I finished up and had the typical red marks on my legs from leaning my arms on them with a book or phone, along with pins and needles. I shook my leg off and walked back to my room. Clenching my toes to regain circulation, the feeling came back in my legs. But a slight tingling remained in a few of my toes. I was mildly concerned. An hour later the tingling hadn't budged and I thought to myself; oh fuck. How could I have let myself go through 25 fucking canisters?
TWENTY FIVE IN ONE DAY. I didn't even realize at the time what I was doing, too distracted by all the fun. My fingers started feeling strange, then a slight tingling across the back of my index finger grew. I lay on my bed and massaged my feet and hands. My memory isn't very clear here after all this time since, but I believe I was worried and very concerned, and immediately bought b12 supplements of Amazon. That night I didn't sleep at all, not from stress, but a horrid dizzy jolt that would throw me awake every time I neared sleep.
The sun crept up and I gave up trying. I eagerly awaited 9pm and walked 20 minutes straight into the town center to a supplement store and picked up some b12 supplement spray. I remember throughout the day thinking I was feeling disassociated slightly, not quite grounded in reality. I immediately opened the spray and squirted 4 pumps under my tongue as instructed, and returned home. I was sleep deprived, lethargic, cloudy, and as the day grew old; increasingly emotional. The anxiety had begun, oh the anxiety that would torment me for weeks, and after a month sober, would result in a panic attack after my test return to alcohol on a night out.
I burst into tears at my girlfriend's house later that day, I didn't know why. I told her I couldn’t sleep and was very sleep deprived and emotional, not wanting her to worry. All the while my fingers cycling through nothing to tingling pins and needles. I thought maybe I really was just sleep deprived, and decided to toke up a little to help me sleep. Being high was uncomfortable. This was very unnatural for me. I felt hollow and like shit, I just needed sleep I thought. Then that feeling, anxiety. Horrific, utterly horrific. It felt like waiting to hear if your whole family were dead or not, a deep uncertain fear of... nothing, just pure worry and fear. It was fucking awful, god I feel for those who have anxiety disorders.
After a few dizzy jolts, I passed out, and woke up at around 11am the next day, feeling rested, but utterly overwhelmed with anxiety. I remembered the trailing ends of a bad dream before awakening, and assumed this was just residual fear, but it never stopped.
The anxiety and finger tingling lasted for a month.
The anxiety and finger tingling lasted for a month.
I will never touch Nitrous again for as long as I live, even the smell of condoms is still uncomfortable to me.
| Exp Year: 2014 | ExpID: 106852 |
| Gender: Male | |
| Age at time of experience: 21 | |
| Published: Aug 28, 2025 | Views: Not Supported |
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