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I guarantee you the number of people who have died from SSRI misuse is higher than the number of people who have died from psilocybin misuse. I'm not referring
by LocalH 2y ago
I guarantee you the number of people who have died from SSRI misuse is higher than the number of people who have died from psilocybin misuse. I'm not referring to things a person may do in a given state, I'm talking about effects from the drugs themselves. I'm not aware of a single recorded person who has taken any dose of psilocybin, and died from "psilocybin overdose". While it may be uncommon, it is possible to overdose on SSRIs.
- striking 2y agoSure, psylocybin won't kill you, but the threat of inescapable psychological distress is real. Maybe it's less likely if you aren't predisposed to psychosis, but you can't easily know for sure that you're not. And yes, it's possible to misuse SSRIs, but taking an obviously oversize dose is still often a treatable situation. Combining them with depressants I think is a degree of misuse that is incomparable.
- worik 2y ago> but the threat of inescapable psychological distress is real. Really? That is true of any meaningful experience The danger with psychedelic drugs is very low They wear off
- dustyventure 2y agoWhile fishing for that right dosage of SSRIs you have a person with new boughts of mania and suicidal tendencies where there's no clarity on how to stop the experiment due to the complexity of blood level accumulation. If SSRIs started as illegal drugs, with i.e. people starting them dodging medical supervision, I think the system would be telling us they are insanely risky and well beyond many scheduled drugs.
- HKH2 2y agobouts*?
- Wytwwww 2y ago> it is possible to overdose I'm not sure that's a good metric though. Paracetamol is more dangerous than most highly regulated pharmaceuticals in that way.