Fear and Hunger
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- Mar 2, 2024
- 8
Hey, I have lurked on these forums for a while and have seen multiple people discussing if they can use Benadryl/diphenhydramine to CTB. Since I have personal experience with this I felt I should say something, to hopefully convince people of a more pleasant and successful method. I have attempted suicide twice with this method both with high amounts of Benadryl around three to four grams, and about 750 to 1 gram of dextromethorphan mixed in and both times it failed. I have also used Benadryl before to get high, which I did to try and get comfortable with ending it that way and out of curiosity. So, with all of this experience I can tell you this, even the slightest chance of waking up in the hospital after OD'ing on Benadryl is not worth it as you will experience HELL. As I can specifically tell you that I remember hearing the voices of my Mother and Sister saying what the fuck is wrong with you and mocking me the whole time by saying that I just enjoyed tormenting them. I know for a fact that at least some of these were just hallucinations caused by the Benadryl and hearing that shit after a failed suicide attempt is traumatizing. Not to mention the HPPD and depersonalization/derealization that I had for a long time afterward and that I could have been a vegetable if I was not found sooner. Do not get me wrong though I understand why people ask about this method as it is quick, cheap, and less painful than some other methods out there if you succeed 100% and we pretty much all want to die peacefully; but you will simply very likely fail like I did. To be fair both these times I did fail because someone found me and I was a kid then so I could not go somewhere where I could be alone; so if you can go somewhere where you can be alone you do have a better chance than I did. Though still there are simply more peaceful methods of going that leave less permanent scars on your psyche if you happen to live. So if I can not convince you of another method then at least make sure you will be alone for a day and try adding a plastic bag with a hat and rubber band to the mix by holding the rubber band slightly open so you can breathe until you pass out. As, the only good thing I remember about these attempts was simply blacking out after an hour or so with some minor hallucinations and some uncomfortable physical symptoms. Sorry that this is really long, but I wanted to hopefully save some people some pain.