Help Any poison that’s not SN?

[flutebloom]

Are there any methods any of you have found of people successfully dying by ingesting anything commonly found in the house?

I've thought of antifreeze or bleach. I'm not that desperate yet but just wondering if it's possible.

 

[mossrabbit]

The search option is your friend here. There's a ton of info about these substances from folks looking for something easily obtainable. From what I read, antifreeze and bleach aren't recommended for the amount of time they take, how much agony they cause, and the damage to your body should you survive.

The detergent method might be your best bet.

 

[Intoxicated]

Some toxic gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide) at high concentrations act faster than any ingestible poisons (even as potent as potassium cyanide). The common household chemicals and items that can be used for preparation and inhalation of carbon dioxide are typically the easiest ones to obtain.

https://i.sanctioned-suicide.net/images/2025/03/222942_CO2_death_case_report.pdf

A forensic autopsy case of suicide using baking soda and citric acid in a bathtub - PubMed

A mixture of baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate) and citric acid is used for cleaning purposes, but, in recent years, this mixture has been introduced on the internet as a method for suicide. Here, we report a case in which the two agents were mixed in a bathtub to generate carbon dioxide (CO …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov