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Also known as nitrous oxide, laughing gas, hippy crack, nos, nitro, n2o, nangs
Nitrous
Nitrous Oxide · Laughing Gas · Hippy Crack · NOS
Nitrous
Also known as Nitrous Oxide · Laughing Gas · Hippy Crack · NOS
Overview
Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is often inhaled through balloons filled with canisters of the gas. The drug is a short-acting dissociative inhalant with strong visual, mental, and auditory effects. The drug is extremely popular especially in combination with other drugs.
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Dose
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Safety
- Addiction potential
- mildly addictive with a moderate potential for abuse
- Full tolerance
- develops with prolonged and repeated use
- Half tolerance
- 3 - 7 days
- Zero tolerance
- 1 - 2 weeks
EffectsPsychonautWikiEffectIndex
Visual
7Double vision
Double vision is the experience of seeing duplicated vision, similar to when one crosses their eyes. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of depressant and dissociative compounds, such as alcohol, quetiapine, ketamine, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗External hallucination
An external hallucination is the perception of a visual hallucination that displays itself seamlessly into the external environment as if it were physically present. They are most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of deliriant compounds.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Frame rate suppression
Frame rate suppression is the perceived reduction in speed at which visual information is processed. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, MXE, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Geometry
Geometry is the experience of a person's field of vision becoming partially or completely encompassed by fast-moving, colourful, and extremely complex geometric patterns, form constants, shapes, fractals, and colours.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Internal hallucination
An internal hallucination is the perception of a visual hallucination that exclusively occurs within an imagined environment that can typically only be viewed with closed eyes, similar to those found within dreams. They are most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Visual acuity suppression
Acuity suppression is the degradation of the sharpness and clarity of one's vision, resulting in vision becoming partially to completely blurred and indistinct. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of depressant and dissociative compounds, such as alcohol, quetiapine, ketamine, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Visual agnosia
Visual agnosia is a partial to complete inability to mentally process visual information, regardless of its clarity. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of dissociative or antipsychotic compounds, such as ketamine, quetiapine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Emotional & social
1Physical euphoria
Physical euphoria can be described as feelings of pleasure and comfort within and across one's body. This euphoria typically feels somewhat comparable to the endorphin rushes felt during states of excitement or love, the coziness of a comfortable bed, and the rush of an orgasm. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of a wide variety of compounds, such as opioids, stimulants, psychedelics, and GABAergics.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Physical & bodily
7Changes in felt bodily form
Changes in felt bodily form can be described as feelings of the body shifting in its perceived physical shape, organization and form in a manner which is typically devoid of accompanying visual alterations. They are most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, dissociatives, and Salvinorin A.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Difficulty urinating
Difficulty urinating (also known as urinary retention) can be described as the experience of a decreased ability to pass urine. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of stimulant and opioid compounds, such as heroin, fentanyl, kratom, amphetamine, MDMA, and 4-FA.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Dizziness
Dizziness can be described as the perception of a spinning or swaying motion which typically causes a difficulty in standing or walking. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of GABAergic depressant compounds, such as benzodiazepines, alcohol, and GHB.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Headache
A headache can be described as a pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions. They are most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of stimulating compounds, such as traditional stimulants, certain psychedelics, and certain dissociatives.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Laughter fits
Laughter fits can be described as the experience of uncontrollable, intense, and spontaneous laughter which continue to occur despite a lack of any identifiable trigger or a feeling of humorousness. They are most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of psychedelic and dissociative compounds, such as LSD, psilocybin, and nitrous oxide.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Motor control loss
Motor control loss can be described as feeling as if there has been a distinct decrease in a person's ability to control their physical body with precision, balance, coordination, and dexterity. Motor control loss is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as sedation and disinhibition. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of GABAergic depressant compounds, such as, alcohol, benzodiazepines, GHB, and phenibut.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Perception of bodily lightness
Perception of bodily lightness can be described as feeling as if one's body has significantly decreased in its weight. This can result in feelings of increased energy and a general sense of bounciness due to the body seeming weightless and therefore effortless to move. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Risk & medical
2Neurotoxicity
PsychonautWiki lists Neurotoxicity as a reported subjective effect for Nitrous. A concise EffectIndex summary is not available for this entry.
View on PsychonautWiki↗Vitamin deficiency
PsychonautWiki lists Vitamin deficiency as a reported subjective effect for Nitrous. A concise EffectIndex summary is not available for this entry.
View on PsychonautWiki↗Other
1Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia (also spelt synesthesia or synæsthesia) is the experience of a blending, merging, or mixing of the senses. Synaesthesia is commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Auditory
2Auditory distortion
An auditory distortion is the experience of perceived alterations in how audible noises present and structure themselves. They are most commonly induced under the influence of hallucinogenic compounds.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Auditory suppression
Auditory suppression is the experience of sound becoming perceived as more distant, quiet, and muffled than they actually are. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Tactile
2Spontaneous tactile sensations
Spontaneous tactile sensations are the experience of sensations across the body occurring without any obvious or immediate physical trigger. This results in feelings of seemingly random yet distinct tingling sensations that occur across the skin and within the body. Depending on the psychoactive substance consumed, these vary greatly in their styles of sensation.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Tactile suppression
Tactile suppression is a decrease in one's ability to feel their sense of touch, which may result in a general numbness across the body. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Cognitive
15Amnesia
Amnesia is a global impairment in the ability to acquire new memories regardless of sensory modality, and a loss of some memories, especially recent ones, from the period before amnesia began. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of GABAergic depressants, such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, GHB, and zolpidem.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Analysis suppression
Analysis suppression is a distinct decrease in a person's overall ability to process information and logically or creatively analyze concepts, ideas, and scenarios. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of antipsychotic compounds, and is associated with long term use of such drugs like quetiapine, haloperidol, and risperidone.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Anxiety suppression
Anxiety suppression (also known as anxiolysis or minimal sedation) is medically recognized as a partial to complete suppression of a person’s ability to feel anxiety, general unease, and negative feelings of both psychological and physiological tension. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of anxiolytic compounds which primarily include GABAergic depressants, such as benzodiazepines, alcohol, GHB, and gabapentinoids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Cognitive euphoria
Cognitive euphoria (semantically the opposite of cognitive dysphoria) is medically recognized as a cognitive and emotional state in which a person experiences intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, excitement, and joy. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of opioids, entactogens, stimulants, and GABAergic depressants. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of hallucinogenic compounds such as psychedelics, dissociatives, and cannabinoids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Compulsive redosing
Compulsive redosing is the experience of a powerful and difficult to resist urge to continuously redose a psychoactive substance in an effort to increase or maintain the subjective effects which it induces. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of a wide variety of compounds, such as opioids, stimulants, GABAergics, and entactogens.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Deja vu
Déjà Vu or Deja Vu can be described as the sudden sensation that a current event or situation has already been experienced at some point in the past when, in actuality, it hasn't. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, dissociatives, and cannabinoids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Depersonalization
Depersonalization is medically recognized as the experience of feeling detached from one's mental processes, body, or actions as if they are an outside observer. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Derealization
Derealization or derealisation (sometimes abbreviated as DR) is the experience of feeling detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's surroundings (e.g., individuals or objects are experienced as unreal, dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted). It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Dream potentiation
Dream potentiation is an effect that increases the subjective intensity, vividness, and frequency of sleeping dream states. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of oneirogenic compounds, a class of hallucinogen that is used to specifically potentiate dreams when taken before sleep.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Increased sense of humor
Increased sense of humor is as a general enhancement of the likelihood and degree to which a person finds stimuli to be humorous and amusing. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of certain hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, mescaline, and cannabinoids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Increased suggestibility
Increased suggestibility is a greater tendency to accept and act on the suggestions of others. It most commonly occurs under the influence of heavy dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, dissociatives, deliriants, and cannabinoids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Memory suppression
Memory suppression is an inhibition of a person's ability to maintain a functional short and long-term memory. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Perception of interdependent opposites
Perception of interdependent opposites can be described as the experience of a powerful subjective feeling that reality is based upon a binary system in which the existence of fundamentally important concepts or situations logically arise from and depend upon the co-existence of their opposite. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Thought deceleration
Thought deceleration is the process of thought being slowed down significantly in comparison to that of normal sobriety. It is most commonly induced under the influence of heavy dosages of depressant compounds, such as GABAergics, antipsychotics, and opioids.
Open full explainer on EffectIndex↗Unity and interconnectedness
Unity and interconnectedness refers to a feeling in which one's sense of self becomes temporarily expanded to include one or more concepts or systems that would not typically be included within one’s sense of individual identity. It most commonly occurs under the influence of psychedelic and dissociative compounds, such as LSD, DMT, ayahuasca, mescaline, and ketamine.
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Timing
Only onset and total duration are available for this route, so an intensity curve would be misleading.
After effects15-30 minutes
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