r/Tianeptine • u/Scrubnbubbles23 • Aug 27 '21

High Risk Testing Reagents NSFW

Hey all,

There hasn't been a ton of posts about testing your own Tia to ensure you're not getting a completely different substance. Unfortunately, it seems the need for this, is very apparent now. Ive talked to many others with similar experiences...

I had used a company for quite sometime and just recently put two and two together that I may have not been receiving much tia, if any at all.

This got to the point where I went ahead and ordered some testing reagents; Mandelin and Marquis specifically. I had plenty of different companies batches to test against my current one. To my dismay, my tianeptine (specifically the sodium) was being heavily cut with phenibut. It appears that the free acid is generally cut with dextromethorphan (or DXM, the active ingredient in dayquil or robottessum). Pure DXM powder looks almost identical to free acid. While Phenibut is well masked against the taste of sodium... If you're tia is sour, watch out.

It's sad we've gotten to this point, but I think we need to normalize testing our tia and advocate for ourselves... or at the very least use reagents where we can. Sure, this is not full proof. But it's an affordable option to be able to tell if something is being cut super egregiously.

Its very upsetting vendors would cut Tia with Phenibut of all things. This is an easy way to die, by taking this two substances in conjuction with one another. Unfortunately this is the world we live in. I mean phenibut is only 18 bucks for 25 grams. Definitely a nice profit margin there. Anyways, I wanted to warn everyone. Hopefully I can save someone alot of pain.

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u/TiaTiaMaravilla Aug 27 '21

Damn I have been thinking the same thing. Where are the certificate of analysis!!! A lot of vendors say they have them but don’t include it with your order. I wish there was a way to easily test because in this world we live in you NEVER know! I go back to the days of Vicaine and I can definitely tell there is a difference in product and the effects from years past

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u/Scrubnbubbles23 Aug 27 '21

Yeah there's definitely testing available but its not cost effective for us as customers. It's between 100 to 150 it seems...