Man commits suicide after taking magic mushrooms

Xcellor · 06-02-2015 10:40AM #1

Condolences to the family. This is a tragedy, a young family too.

http://www.herald.ie/news/familys-plea-after-tragedy-of-dad-who-took-stag-trip-drugs-30969051.html

I would expect after 72 hours any effects of the magic mushrooms would have worn off. The article states he never suffered from depression though...

I've never taken magic mushrooms so can't say but I'm just curious on whether the effects could make a normal guy do something like this?

Menas · 06-02-2015 10:43AM

Xcellor wrote: »

Condolences to the family. This is a tragedy, a young family too.

http://www.herald.ie/news/familys-plea-after-tragedy-of-dad-who-took-stag-trip-drugs-30969051.html

I would expect after 72 hours any effects of the magic mushrooms would have worn off. The article states he never suffered from depression though...

I've never taken magic mushrooms so can't say but I'm just curious on whether the effects could make a normal guy do something like this?

Hallucinogens can stay in the system for a long time. Acid flashbacks can happen months/years after you consumed the acid (I know that one from sorry experience).

http://www.lsdaddiction.us/content/acid-flashbacks.html

Dog of Tears · 06-02-2015 10:46AM

In other news, man commits suicide after drinking glass of water.

Water to be banned.

bleg · 06-02-2015 10:49AM

RIP

You cannot infer mushrooms cause people to kill themselves though.

MonkeyTennis · 06-02-2015 10:50AM

Theres a website called lsd addiction??

No person in the world EVER got addicted to LSD. Its unpossible

DoYouEvenLift · 06-02-2015 10:50AM

Maybe someone else will know, I don't know much about shrooms, but it could be possible that something in them triggered latent mental problems in him just like high THC strains of weed can do to some people.

If one was ever going to try a hallucinogen it'd really be better to go with DMT. Although that'd probably be too much for a first time experience lol. I know someone who worked their way up from shrooms to LSD before DMT and they couldn't put the experience into words, but said it should be mandatory for everyone.

elefant · 06-02-2015 10:50AM

Xcellor wrote: »

Condolences to the family. This is a tragedy, a young family too.

http://www.herald.ie/news/familys-plea-after-tragedy-of-dad-who-took-stag-trip-drugs-30969051.html

I would expect after 72 hours any effects of the magic mushrooms would have worn off. The article states he never suffered from depression though...

I've never taken magic mushrooms so can't say but I'm just curious on whether the effects could make a normal guy do something like this?

I know plenty of people in Amsterdam who have taken them and none have had any lasting effects. You can just buy them over the counter here.

The description of his level of remorse having taken some legal drugs (and what sounds like a very small amount from the article) on a stag-do seems quite unusual.

RIP.

Sir Gallagher · 06-02-2015 10:55AM

Dog of Tears wrote: »

In other news, man commits suicide after drinking glass of water.

Water to be banned.

Edgy.

somesoldiers · 06-02-2015 10:55AM

I've taken them, both picked directly from the field and across the counter. Never had any lasting effects, if anything the ones across the counter were more predictable and more of a giggle effect than hallucinations. The field produced 50/50 good and bad trips, though taking them before you meet your girlfriend or before going in to work in the local disco collecting glasses probably wasn't the best time to do them- ah the innocence of the young somesoldiers

AndonHandon · 06-02-2015 10:57AM

/inb4 stoners shuffle in

kieran. · 06-02-2015 11:02AM

My guess would be, he was remorseful for trying more than a few shrooms on the Stag couldnt live with the guilt and ended it all. RIP

06-02-2015 11:05AM

AndonHandon wrote: »

/inb4 stoners shuffle in

You've a bit of time yet, it's only just after 10am. Sure the bong water won't be changed for another hour at least.

kylith · 06-02-2015 11:06AM

There is a damn sight more going on here than shrooms making him kill himself.

06-02-2015 11:07AM

kieran. wrote: »

My guess would be, he was remorseful for trying more than a few shrooms on the Stag couldnt live with the guilt and ended it all. RIP

I thought that and didn't want to say it, so thanks for saying it Kieran, lol....

SterlingArcher · 06-02-2015 11:13AM

Xcellor wrote: »

Condolences to the family. This is a tragedy, a young family too.

http://www.herald.ie/news/familys-plea-after-tragedy-of-dad-who-took-stag-trip-drugs-30969051.html

I would expect after 72 hours any effects of the magic mushrooms would have worn off. The article states he suffered from depression though...

I've never taken magic mushrooms so can't say but I'm just curious on whether the effects could make a normal guy do something like this?

Used in a certain US prison to torture inmates. Need I say more.

kylith · 06-02-2015 11:13AM

kieran. wrote: »

My guess would be, he was remorseful for trying more than a few shrooms on the Stag couldnt live with the guilt and ended it all. RIP

Especially telling his partner that she deserved better.

I feel sorry for the family, but I really think there's more going on than a few shrooms.

I've only taken our own ones, would anyone be able to confirm what the effects of four Amsterdam truffles would be?

elefant · 06-02-2015 11:19AM

kylith wrote: »

Especially telling his partner that she deserved better.

I feel sorry for the family, but I really think there's more going on than a few shrooms.

I've only taken our own ones, would anyone be able to confirm what the effects of four Amsterdam truffles would be?

If it was literally four pieces he ate, I would say very minimal. You would buy a box at a time with loads of small truffles in it (I'd hazard a guess at 20, but i'm not sure).

Egginacup · 06-02-2015 11:24AM

It sounds like he had deep psychological problems. The article keeps referring to the "guilt" he felt after taking a few mushrooms.
For fcuks sake was the poor guy so consumed that any departure from a life of rigid adherence would make him kill himself?

"He was so disappointed in what he did" ??

There's more to this story than meets the eye.

bodice ripper · 06-02-2015 11:25AM

kylith wrote: »

Especially telling his partner that she deserved better.

I feel sorry for the family, but I really think there's more going on than a few shrooms.

I've only taken our own ones, would anyone be able to confirm what the effects of four Amsterdam truffles would be?

Milder than actual mushrooms, by and large.

Easier to blame mushrooms than to imagine a loved one having mental health issues though.

Egginacup · 06-02-2015 11:26AM

kylith wrote: »

There is a damn sight more going on here than shrooms making him kill himself.

Returning from the free and easy life of Amsterdam to the drudgery of Tipperary maybe.

SEPT 23 1989 · 06-02-2015 11:30AM

psychosis was probably triggered by the mushrooms

I could only imagine what he descended into

terrible way to go

RIP

Ihatecuddles · 06-02-2015 11:33AM

One of the last sentences in such a serious and sad article. Seems such an odd thing to say!

His heartbroken father said his son had described Amsterdam as “a dump”.

Candy_Girl · 06-02-2015 11:35AM

He only took a small amount and at the most I'd say could last up to two days, in regards to flash backs I'd imaging that's something that comes from using drugs regularly or long term not a one off? Maybe he hit a real low after the high of the drugs and drink and couldn't handle it. Sure who knows...it's sad.

kylith · 06-02-2015 11:38AM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Milder than actual mushrooms, by and large.

Easier to blame mushrooms than to imagine a loved one having mental health issues though.

True.

If I heard of someone killing themselves after a trip to 'Dam after telling his partner that he wasn't good enough for her my money would be on - got plastered on booze, woke up with a prostitute/random woman from pub, felt guilty, discovered he had caught something, and couldn't face telling his partner that he'd cheated on her and potentially infected her.

Ihatecuddles · 06-02-2015 11:39AM

kylith wrote: »

True.

If I heard of someone killing themselves after a trip to 'Dam after telling his partner that he wasn't good enough for her my money would be on - got plastered on booze, woke up with a prostitute/random woman from pub, felt guilty, discovered he had caught something, and couldn't face telling his partner that he'd cheated on her and potentially infected her.

Unfortunately that's the first thing I thought of, without the STD part though.

suicide_circus · 06-02-2015 11:39AM

Hallucinogens are not for everyone and can take a serious toll on an inexperienced user. This case would be at the extreme end of the scale and I would hazard a guess that this chap had preexisting difficulties.

J Mysterio · 06-02-2015 11:39AM

Might be the lad visited the window ladies or the like? I can't see how the mushrooms could trigger guilt? Terrible story anyway, feel bad for his family.

Tombo2001 · 06-02-2015 11:41AM

boards.ie seems to be the place where people come to defend drug consumption and try to make out that it has nothing to do with mental health issues. Its kind of like the Iona Institute for illegal drugs.

kylith · 06-02-2015 11:41AM

J Mysterio wrote: »

Might be the lad visited the window ladies or the like? I can't see how the mushrooms could trigger guilt? Terrible story anyway, feel bad for his family.

Guilt would be something if he'd done anything wrong, but they're perfectly legal in Amsterdam. It'd be like someone killing themselves after a trip to Ireland because they'd had a pint of Guinness.

ETA: and his mates aren't likely to 'fess up if he had been with the window ladies. Better to let his family think that he was guilty about drugs than had been unfaithful.

suicide_circus · 06-02-2015 11:43AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

boards.ie seems to be the place where people come to defend drug consumption and try to make out that it has nothing to do with mental health issues. Its kind of like the Iona Institute for illegal drugs.

They are not illegal in the Netherlands.

J Mysterio · 06-02-2015 11:44AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

boards.ie seems to be the place where people come to defend drug consumption and try to make out that it has nothing to do with mental health issues. Its kind of like the Iona Institute for illegal drugs.

Ireland is awash with drugs. Try find any decent party where there isnt at least one lad who brought the schmoke. And that's just the fluffy stuff.

Man commits suicide after taking magic mushrooms

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