I was by myself on New Years Eve and decided to celebrate in grand style. I had ordered 120 8g cartridges of Ultra Pure-Whip N2O from an online seller along with a small (250 ml) whipped cream dispenser.
Nitrous Oxide
Well-documented
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 6 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- duration data present
- 27 combo interactions documented
- PubChem toxicity data
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 6 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- duration data present
- 27 combo interactions documented
- PubChem toxicity data
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
Aliases: Nos, N2o, N20, Nangs, Nitro, laughing_gas, nitrous
Summary
Nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas, nitrous, NOS, and informally as hippy-crack). Whipped cream chargers/cartridges are called whippits (also spelled “whippits”), nangs, or bulbs. Nitrous oxide is an atypical dissociative substance that is found in the form of an inhalable gas.
Perspectives
“For me, it wasn't a particularly rewarding experience.”
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhaled | 4-8g | 8-16g | 16-40g | 40g+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Comeup | Peak | Offset | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhaled | - | - | - | 0-6 min | 1-5 min |
Effect Profile
535 reportsScores (1–10) curated from multiple sources:
- Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
- Validated against 504 Erowid trip reports
- Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)
Dissociative
5.0
Moderate+
5/10
Strong dissociative depth, motor impairment, and mania with low insight
Dissociative Depth
×3
10
depersonalization
derealization
changes in felt bodily form
perception of decreased weight
amnesia
memory suppression
Mania / Compulsion
×1
9
compulsive redosing
laughter
euphoria
Insight / Novel Thought
×2
2
unity and interconnectedness
Motor / Sensory Impairment
×1
10
motor control loss
clumsiness
tactile suppression
double vision
Tolerance
Build-up
develops within a single session with repeated inhalations
Reset
minutes to hours; no lasting tolerance
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
1h
Half tolerance
7d
Baseline
~14d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session — the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Effects
Aggregated from 504 Erowid and 31 Bluelight experience reports
Positive Effects 57
Euphoria
38.5%
90%
Music Enhancement
37.0%
90%
Auditory Effects
33.8%
85%
Color Enhancement
32.5%
86%
Awe
32.3%
84%
Joy
32.3%
86%
Empathy
29.6%
70%
Stimulation
24.6%
70%
Tactile Enhancement
22.8%
70%
Focus Enhancement
21.6%
70%
Tingling
19.4%
90%
Closed-Eye Visuals
18.5%
91%
Body High
16.1%
87%
Insight
16.1%
86%
Lightness
16.1%
84%
Mystical Quality
12.9%
89%
Revelatory Insight
12.9%
86%
Thought Acceleration
12.9%
83%
Open-Eye Visuals
12.5%
78%
Ego Dissolution
11.9%
89%
Adverse Effects 27
Anxiety
38.5%
83%
Confusion
29.8%
82%
Depersonalization
29.0%
82%
Fear
16.1%
87%
Nausea
14.4%
84%
Delusion
9.7%
83%
Paranoia
9.7%
88%
Amnesia
9.7%
80%
Ego Inflation
6.5%
88%
Panic
6.5%
85%
Muscle Tension
6.0%
70%
Headache
5.6%
80%
Thought Loops
4.5%
85%
Pupil Dilation
4.4%
70%
Sweating
4.2%
70%
Psychosis
4.0%
70%
Jaw Clenching
3.4%
70%
Increased Heart Rate
3.4%
70%
Shadow Imagery
3.2%
88%
Paralysis
3.2%
90%
Combinations
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Community Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance.
Erowid 8 reports 3 positive 3 neutral 2 cautionary visit
By the Anaesthetic Revelation I mean a certain survived condition, (or uncondition,) in which is the satisfaction of philosophy by an appreciation of the genius of being, which appreciation cannot be brought out of that condition into the normal sanity of sensecannot be formally remembered, but remains informal, forgo...
I'll be the first to admit that I'm a drug addict. I have a long history of drug use ranging from marijuana and alcohol to bouts with meth torment but most recently, those cartridges. They have consumed me. Literally. I have spent every last dime chasing this demon I call N2O. It starts out as it does with all drugs.
I have been using nitrous oxide since 1998, when I first read about the substance online, researched it thoroughly, and decided that (due to the fact that it's largely not dangerous when done intelligently and in moderation) it was something I was very interested in experimenting with.
[Erowid Note: The dose described in this report is very high, potentially beyond Erowid's 'heavy' range, and could pose serious health risks or result in unwanted, extreme effects.
This is my story of using nitrous oxide, sometimes in combination with other substances, over the course of a single year. I am posting it to hopefully help people avoid the state I am currently in. I don't tell anybody that drugs are bad, I was the last person to tell that.
I discovered nitrous when I was very young, for a medical procedure I needed when I was about 12 years old. I was very nervous to inhale the gas even though the doctors assured me I would be fine. And fine I was - I absolutely loved it and never forgot the feeling.
It has been almost a year since my first experience with Nitrous Oxide, and I have intended to create a write up for quite some time now. This is a cautionary tale to prevent and warn others about the serious nature and repercussions of this substance.
Bluelight 8 threads 3 positive 3 neutral 2 cautionary visit
Hi Everyone, I have quite probably taken more Nitrous (at least in Whippit form) than anyone else alive. So I feel compelled to share with all of you - my experience. Excessive Nirous Oxide abuse can cause permanent irreversible brain damage. I am Patient Zero, so please, everyone, read this all the way.
I have used nitrous oxide with some degree of regularity for many years now. It is one of my favourite substances, and I find its effects to be unique and fantastic. For me, it has always produced a wonderful state of euphoria, tactile and auditory hallucination, dissociation and a sense of noesis.
Nitrous. Kid's play. Fun visions of being in the dentist's chair as a child and floating in a corner of the room watching my teeth being drilled and filled. Nostalgic memories of hoping I'd have a cavity this year so I could have the "happy man" mask put on me for that glorious half hour of dental work.
Dose - several boxes of 16gm nitrous canisters. Ten canisters? Twenty? Impossible to say - whilst 'Hippy Crack' is the greatest insult ever offered up in relation to this substance, it is undeniable that addiction - if only during the course of an evenings use, is a very real thing.
Transcribed Hyperspace Projection (nitrus oxide - special thanks to brownman) first off before I start I want to thank the panda for telling me to try 'just holding it in as long as you can'... because I figured out this weekend that *that* is the way you do nitrus.
Upon writing this, I definitely haven’t quite got back in touch with reality yet. I’ve had quite a bit of time off work due to an injury, and during this time I decided to experiment with nitrous oxide.
[WARNING: This has an actual birth in it, guys. If you?€™re squeamish, look away now.] The first time I had a baby, it was pretty much textbook. It wasn?€™t a long birth compared to many (an evening at home having contractions, hospital around midnight, baby by 6am), but it was quite a lot of pain and a lot of waiting....
My first visionary drug experience occurred when I was 18 years old. At the time, I had never taken any psychoactive drugs with only a few exceptions: small amounts of alcohol, demerol once in the hospital (I just went to sleep), and N2O at the dentist.
Bluelight Reference Guide
Dissociatives The Big & Dandy Nitrous Thread - Inhalation #2
Welcome to the Big & Dandy Nitrous Oxide Thread - Part 2 JUST SAY N2O ! - Nitrous FAQ Carry on the usual discussion here about nitrous oxide, N2O, whippits, hippy crack, laughing gas HAHAHHAHAHAHA , nitrous, nos, noz, schnozz, the schnazzzzle at the nozzle.
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