"The initial gastrointestinal effects are: Burning sensation
in the mouth, vomiting, diarrhoea and epigastric pain.
Vomiting may be delayed for periods varying from minutes up
to four hours"
"Onset of coma may be from
several minutes (Sewell, 1925) up to two hours (Wood, 1900).
Coma may last from half an hour (Orr & Edin, 1906), to eight
hours (Benjamin,1906) and up to three days"
"Prognosis:
Permanent sequelae following recovery from the acute phase
have not been reported although symptoms such as drowsiness,
ataxia and fatigue may occasionally persist for one to two
weeks (Gurr & Scroggie, 1965; Kirkness, 1910).
Those patients who suffered severe gastric irritation who
promptly vomited fared better but almost all made an
uneventful recovery within 24 hours (Polson & Tattersall,
1973). Recovery may be interrupted or reversed by
bronchopneumonia (Myott, 1906).
Death has occurred from within 15 minutes to 15 hours after
ingestion. One patient died 40 hours after taking the oil
relapsing after apparent recovery (MacPherson, 1925)."
Sounds pretty uncomfortable and low probability of success. Both because the toxicity seems low with a high survival rate, and also the chance of being found is pretty high given the slow action.
Yeah I'd already had a read of that and all the other academic articles available online, the online journal articles I read made it sound more peaceful. I'm willing to undergo a bit of pain if it means my emotional pain can be over though. I think I've decided to give it a go unless I can find a good reason not to. I'll keep you guys updated as to how I go. I still have to successfully grab the bottle from the cupboard without anyone seeing.
Two of the case reports:
"An adult male who took 10 mL to 15 mL of eucalyptus oil
became ataxic and faint within ten minutes. He soon had
distressing dyspnoea, weak pulse and violent vomiting. His
skin was greenish -yellow. Half an hour after ingestion he
was very drowsy, had painful and excessive micturition and
was experiencing violent diarrhoea. For three days he was
drowsy, ataxic and his skin retained the chlorotic hue. For
nearly a fortnight his breathe, faeces and skin smelt of the
oil and it was a clear fortnight before he felt really well
again (Kirkness, 1910)."
"An adult male took approximately 25 mL of eucalyptus oil.
Within two hours he was dazed and friends successfully
induced vomiting. Four hours after ingestion he was cyanosed
with laboured breathing, foam in the mouth, congestion,
rhonchi and moist rales throughout both lungs. He was given
oxygen with a stimulant and five to six hours later was
restored enough to answer questions. However 13 hours after
ingestion he complained of difficulty and pain in drawing his
breathe. Breathing became more rapid and laboured, the pulse
quick and thready and he died forty hours after taking the
oil (Myott, 1906). Presumably death was due to
bronchopneumonia."
It sounds like a brutal way to attempt ctb, and one almost guaranteed to fail.
Please reconsider.