Laughing Gas

Being the kind of curious person that I am, and seeing that my time on the gas is coming to an end, I thought I would share some medical info about the subject, as well as a personal look into this thing they call laughing gas.

Physiological Effects

When inhaled, nitrous produces a variety of physical effects including:
Disorientation
Fixated vision
Throbbing or pulsating auditory hallucinations
Similarly pulsating visual hallucinations
Increased pain threshold
Deeper mental connections

Physiological effects last approximately a minute for a lungful of nitrous and then mainly dissipate. Some residual effects may last up to several minutes later. Nitrous gas permeates the lipid membranes and produces an anaesthetic effect. Long term or heavy use can have unpleasant effects. Here are some quotes regarding the dangers of nitrous use. While light use is not hazardous, here are some common sense errors to avoid.

A Nitrous Experience

After several deep breaths of air, I inhale nearly a lungful of nitrous and pull some air down on top and then hold my breath. Within seconds, a light tingling can be felt which seems to increase in frequency. The sensation is much as if waves were traveling up your body or as if you were twisting or spinning. Disorientation increases rapidly and the pulsing sounds/feelings increase, wrapping over one another. It is now, with eyes shut, that I enter a dreamlike state, where I am thinking out something and the external world has essentially ceased to exist. The urge to breathe takes over at some point and partial or whole breaths taken. Open eyes reveal some sort of tunnel vision, with regions of disorientation about the outside. Slowly the throbbing subsides.

At other times I experience a sense of paranoia mixed with disorientation. I have a deep conviction while under the influence that all things are cycling together, that there is some deeper cyclical event occuring. It is as an experience of deja vu continually occuring. The feeling is profound.

My personal thoughts are, if I could do this every day it would help me understand the world a lot better. Oh to be a dentist... it is strange, but being on this stuff has always helped me to see how brilliant God is. With hearing hightened, I had a glimps of how difficult it would really be to hear all thoughts, see all thoughts, and think about what was going to be thought next. I also realized and almost laughed out loud at the fact that two people were stressing over my teeth, and really my body is just a shell. I almost had an out of body experience, but it was more like my soul was looking out as the dentist and his assistant were stressing over what to do with the mess...I almost stopped them and said "dont worrie, in like 50 years I wont be here anymore,and I'll have real teeth." Stikes me as funny. Of course if you have never has the experience of being on this drug, it is almost impossible to fully explain how it all works, but I would highly recomend it to anyone looking to get their mouth fixed, needing an insite or two.

I now look forward to going to the dentist because I know there will be a hightened sence of God's presence, and I get to play with Him fully as they make sure i am set to chew for the shell another 50 years.