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Bpd_nightmare_1997

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Hi, this is my first post. I'm 22, and diagnosed with BPD, EDNOS, adhd, OCD, social anxiety, body dysmorphia and depression.
I am beyond help, after various traumas over the years, long inpatient stays and previous attempts, I try to recover and each time I fall down harder. I'm currently on a high dose of paroxetine for my mental health and rarely leave my house, I feel so disgusting and hideous. People tell me I'm the opposite and that my thinking is distorted, but the way that I see myself genuinely makes me want to jump off a cliff. I hate myself.

I previously drank a bottle of ferrous fumarate used to treat my anemia a few years back, this was not a suicide attempt, and I didn't realise how toxic it was. But it gave me heavy metal poisoning and I was admitted to hospital after my mental health cared at the time saw how unwell I was becoming. I made it clear to them that this wasn't a suicide attempt, it was a way to try and get my iron levels up faster because of how exhausted I felt, was naive and unaware of the consequences at the time.

I'm currently stockpiling my iron medication. Hoping to get 2-3 bottles before New Year's Eve and drink them. How long will this take to kill me? I'm not bothered about pain, just out of curiosity, so I can know what to expect.

the iron is a prescribed one, it's called galfer syrup and easily fatal after one bottle if left untreated.
thanks in advance.
 
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SinisterKid

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Severe toxicity is expected if you take >50mg/kg. So you are going to need a lot. Ferrous fumerate only contains 33% elemental iron.

 
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Bpd_nightmare_1997

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Severe toxicity is expected if you take >50mg/kg. So you are going to need a lot. Ferrous fumerate only contains 33% elemental iron.


Thanks for your reply, it is a bottle of it rather than the tablets. I was told by the hospital at the time that I was in real danger if I hadn't had it treated and that my iron levels were very high. How many bottles would you say I need? I know a way to get a third bottle they are decent sized.
 
SinisterKid

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How much do you weigh and how much liquid is in a bottle?
 
ThingWithFeathers

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Welcome to the forum. From what I know iron poisoning is fatal to children under 6 years of age. It will make adults very very sick but fatality is rare. Within 6 hours, you will be very nauseous and will be vomiting, possibly blood, and having diarrhea and abdominal pain. In a day or 2 you might have other rare complications like headache, seizure, breathing problem, blue/gray skin, fever, low BP etc. Death may come very slow, in weeks only if there is liver damage. Very miserable way to die, and very little guarantee. There are long term effects because of scarring of gastrointestinal tract. Think better, think rationally. *hugs*
 
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Girobatol

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That must be painful as it will produce liver damage at first.
 
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