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Fun Turns into Overdose
Mushrooms
by Andy
Citation:   Andy. "Fun Turns into Overdose: An Experience with Mushrooms (exp11611)". Erowid.org. Feb 25, 2007. erowid.org/exp/11611

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DOSE:
5.0 g oral Mushrooms (plant material)
BODY WEIGHT: 150 lb
[Erowid Note: This is an unconfirmed report of a hospitalization related to mushrooms. Let us know if you know of any information about this incident.]


I had done mushrooms numerous times before, I liked them, they were nothing new to me. They made ya feel cool and the trips were fun to say the least! Me and 5 friends of mine all pitched in to get 5 grams each, and december 1st my parants left. The night was going well. We got the product around 7 and chomped em down. They were abosuletly aweful tasting, and they were crunchie! solid as rock. It wasn't more than 10 minutes before I saw the plants begin to sway.

The black from the computer desk was coming after me like a great force! I couldn't think hard enough to get more than an orange to eat, or open a door for that matter. Somehow, my friends and I decided to go for a walk downtown. 3 of my buds stayed at home, well me and 2 others heading into town. The only clear memory of being in town was running home. For some reason we were so scared that home was the only safe place, and nothing else would do. We were running over snow, and the ground benieth us looked like a wartorn battle field with chaos everywhere.

Once I got home, I can't remember a thing I did. I remember than I decided to go to bed. It was about 11 o'clock PM, and I was worried that my parants would be home soon. They weren't going to be home for another 18 hours. But a panic had set in. Sitting in my bed, looking up at my room, in the dark, I saw things that were completely unexplainable. I just don't know how to explain them! things were spinning and shooting out of things. My mind was going so fast and everything was just pounding me, so much to think about, so much to think about. And than BAM.

It stopped. I sat there in my bed and didn't know anything, who I ws, where I was, what I was. Its like the mushrooms had just stopped my brain from functioning. For a few minutes I swear I was dead. For some reason I got out of bed and raced downstairs. Not realizing what was going on, I ran into 2 of my friends (who were in better shape than me).

I went back upstairs, put some clothes on (by this time I had recovered some consoisness) and went downstairs where everyone else was. 1 of my friends had gone home already, to this day nobodys sure why, and another was leaving. Mike and Brandon, who had been downstairs ALL night looked dead. I thought they were dead. My 1 friend quickly raced to help brandon who was laying down on a chair making cat noises staring at the roof and I ran over to help mike, who was just staring at nothing.

It took a good hit to bring mike back to consiousness and brandon popped too quickly. After about an hour, by 12:30, things were good. My peak was over and we were so happy that we had life back, we had life! It wasn't until about 1 o'clock that we realized Mike wasn't okay.

To make a long story short (too late) I had to call a friends dad and get him to come over, called 911, and Mike was rushed to the emergency room. He almost died and he's still recovering 2 months later.

My memory of the night is rough, I can only remember gaps of time. The mushrooms put all of us in a completely different state of concousness. Almost to the point of death. We learned later that the mushrooms we bought were especially potent and should be taken in very small amount. Hmm... thanks, thanks a lot. I almost lost a best friend and it was a horrifying experience.

Exp Year: 2001ExpID: 11611
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Feb 25, 2007Views: 1,158
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