Method insulin?

[make_00]

I'm curious about how insulin would work as a suicide method (if it is even something worth trying) in extremely high doses. success percentage, etc... if anyone has any information or knowledge on the subject I would greatly appreciate it. thank you. I need to mention that this is as a non-diabetic.

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

If you do a site search, it's been discussed a lot on the forum. It is not a reliable method.

 

[make_00]

If you do a site search, it's been discussed a lot on the forum. It is not a reliable method.

I'm new to the site, sorry. I'll give that a go.

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

I'm new to the site, sorry. I'll give that a go.

No worries!

 

[so tired or manic]

I tried it. the first recorded blood sugar (since it kept erroring at first) was 7. had I not been found I'd be very dead. they were surprised when I didn't have brain damage because I guess it caused my brain to swell a lot. all that really resulted was now I need ridiculous amounts of insulin for everything where every endocrinologist tells me I have to be counting carbs wrong.

 

[make_00]

I tried it. the first recorded blood sugar (since it kept erroring at first) was 7. had I not been found I'd be very dead. they were surprised when I didn't have brain damage because I guess it caused my brain to swell a lot. all that really resulted was now I need ridiculous amounts of insulin for everything where every endocrinologist tells me I have to be counting carbs wrong.

I see! thank you for sharing your experience. that is what I figured... if there was absolute certainty on not being found, the odds of success would go up...

 

[autumnal]

I'm curious about how insulin would work as a suicide method (if it is even something worth trying) in extremely high doses. success percentage, etc... if anyone has any information or knowledge on the subject I would greatly appreciate it. thank you. I need to mention that this is as a non-diabetic.

See my post on this topic.

And as mentioned, please do a forum search before posting questions that may well have been answered comprehensively before.

 

[make_00]

See my post on this topic.

And as mentioned, please do a forum search before posting questions that may well have been answered comprehensively before.

Thank you!

 

[autumnal]

I tried it. the first recorded blood sugar (since it kept erroring at first) was 7. [...]

FYI it can help to refer to blood sugar readings by the unit of measurement, because there are two different kinds used in various parts of the world, although they are sufficiently different in scale that misunderstandings are not massively likely. But always still possible.

 

[so tired or manic]

FYI it can help to refer to blood sugar readings by the unit of measurement, because there are two different kinds used in various parts of the world, although they are sufficiently different in scale that misunderstandings are not massively likely. But always still possible.

apologies. I don't know what the actual measure is, but a normal reading is 90

 

[Madiem]

I'm curious about how insulin would work as a suicide method (if it is even something worth trying) in extremely high doses. success percentage, etc... if anyone has any information or knowledge on the subject I would greatly appreciate it. thank you. I need to mention that this is as a non-diabetic.

I have attempted insulin method with 6 pens of the fast acting type and a more than a 9 hours fasting it ended with me shaking and sweating for about 3 hours in my bed before i decided to give up on the method i rushed for the honey and downed god knows how much and went on to raid the kitchen for anything sweet after having my fill i drank myself to sleep and luckily i made it through that fail without side effects non that i noticed anyway.
Overall the method can be decent if done right
i just spent like half an hour injecting myself with the small needle heads that are usually used with those pens and it could be much easier if you use a proper tool to inject it fast. i wouldn't try insulin again though.

 

[autumnal]

apologies. I don't know what the actual measure is, but a normal reading is 90

Wait, your BSL was 7 mg/dL?! Then there was a major misunderstanding after all, because I'd assumed you meant 7 mmol/L, which is in normal range. 7 mg/dL is just ridiculously low. I'm very surprised you didn't die from it!

 

[so tired or manic]

Wait, your BSL was 7 mg/dL?! Then there was a major misunderstanding after all, because I'd assumed you meant 7 mmol/L, which is in normal range. 7 mg/dL is just ridiculously low. I'm very surprised you didn't die from it!

apparently I didn't get a reading until after I had been given a couple shots of glucogon. I was in a coma without medical help for a few days after.

also tried stopping insulin years later and have a bullseye scar on my knee because drilling a hole to the bone marrow was the only way to get an IV in me. that one was a medically induced coma and apparently I had to be strapped down because I ripped the intubation tubes out of my throat.

after that I've given up on attempts since I seem to be immortal.