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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Racked up more than 2.7 million views and is one of YouTube’s most popular Benadryl entries, was neither the first nor only one to infuse the humble antihistamine with the sort of undue trippiness that it’s come to ooze, but its continued popularity makes one thing clear — a common anti-sneeze medication has become social media’s unlikeliest darling, and not many care to read the label. benadryl doesn’t make me tired anymore so now i just pop them for the aesthetic lol— lube (@lubedunko) October 7, 2020#Benadryl got a muhfucka high..and THIS SHIT AINT A CHALLENGE..I got seasonal allergies..y'all bitches just dumb AF..— MrGoodTrouble (@Cutrolosophy) October 1, 2020Case in point: In June, Benadryl spent a few days trending on Twitter for no discernible reason, racking up tens of thousands of posts and comments from adoring fans who gushed over its various virtues and off-label uses.Sooo #benadryl is used for anxiety? What a revelation. Can’t be anxious if you’re asleep. pic.twitter.com/THRBQRXIJB— Rakeem (@RakeemSharif) June 22, 2020Need Sleep : Benadryl In Pain : BenadrylGot Anxiety : BenadrylAllergy Season : Benadryl Kids won’t shut up : Benadryl Wanna leave work early : Benadryl #Benadryl— Mayor Vick Royale (@VickRoyale) June 22, 2020I finally slept through the night ? almost a full 8 hours. Feels so fucking good. #benadryl— ☠ (@phthaloqueen) September 15, 2020Meanwhile, on Instagram, BenadrylUK — which contains a different active ingredient than the U.S. version — markets itself as some sort of aspirational teen lifestyle brand, partnering with young beauty influencers for a campaign to end so-called “allergy face,” a dubious condition in which a person’s allergies render their face too ruddy and puffy for seamless makeup application. Their solution? Pop a benny, baby. But while people of all ages publicly proclaim their love for Benadryl on social media, what’s also clear is that overusing it has become a particular pastime of the young. Gabby, who spends a fair amount of time on the harm-reduction subreddit r/DPH, says she’s never seen so many young kids asking for dosage recommendations or what they’ll see when they take it. “Sadly, I think it’s because of all the memes,” she says. “I never used to see memes or Benadryl highs being discussed like they are now.” But while YouTube videos and viral challenges like the one on TikTok play a part, Hong also suspects it has to do with the unique way DPH affects the central nervous systems of younger people. “Benadryl is an anticholinergic-antihistamine drug,” she explains. “It blocks the effect of histamine in our body, typically resulting in suppression of the central nervous system, which leads to drowsiness and other cognitive depression. However, in younger patients, especially pediatric patients, Benadryl can cause a paradoxical excitation of the central nervous system, which can result in hallucinations, convulsions or even death.” Strangely, this doesn’t seem to be true in infants, toddlers or older adults — more often than not, she says, its delirious, excitatory effects are relegated to the same people who’d take a TikTok
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