Here is the worst cases:
Post in thread 'I've tried SN & it's not for me. Been researching. First post btw!'
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...researching-first-post-btw.96193/post-1681369
"Excruciating headache, vomiting, felt like my heart was gonna beat out of my chest - like my pulse from my neck felt like it was gonna burst. Not peaceful at all. Not how they say. I also couldn't walk & needed help."
Thread 'Snorting sn'
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/snorting-sn.86951/
"I tried s n it was the most pain I've ever been in
In my life so much vomiting and pain if I snort it instead will it go straight into my blood stream I can't go through that pain again when it didn't even work"
Thread 'It seems that SN is not peaceful'
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/it-seems-that-sn-is-not-peaceful.73804/
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Moonicide: 25g in luke warm water drank - after 10 minutes breathing heavily, gasping for air, sounds like choking.
Chat room: 25g, burning throat, breathing slowly, 20 minutes after ingesting vomited violent, sounds indicated it became a very tough experience, horrible respiratory sounds, really distressing,
Kukubananas : cannot breathe
timetogo:, throat warm, heaving but not vomiting, do not feel nauseous, hands falling asleep, pain, vomiting swallow back, cannot breathe."
Post in thread 'It seems that SN is not peaceful'
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/it-seems-that-sn-is-not-peaceful.73804/post-1383070
"So I went to bed thinking I would fall asleep and ctb but instead I went through 4 hours of hell like suffocating. I didn't throw up at all a bit nauseous was all. I took 1000 mg naproxen before but at the end I got the worst headache of my life."
Also recommend you to read this
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Ok, I am sure someone else has done the legwork already but here goes...
Example 1:
did not follow Stan's guide, did not take antiemetics, did not take propranolol to manage rapid heart beat.
Asked if he followed Stan's guide he wrote:
"Well honestly, no. I'd say that even if I had anti nausea meds it wouldn't take away the heartbeat problem. That was my biggest issue. I thought about following the method but I felt like I could handle the nausea & I did, but the heartbeat thing was what did it for me."
Lesson: Follow Stan's Guide
Example 2:
Took Buccastem (not bad, but not as effective as Meto) and admitted later that he has an EXTREMELY sensitive stomach AND that he vomitted likely most of the solution out after drinking and did not have a backup glass
"... I will say this though I have an extremely sensitive stomach and started throwing up within 5 mins of taking it so I don't know how much stayed in my body..."
Lesson: Follow Stan's Guide
Example 3:
These experience reports from others who watched/listened people die from SN describe to a large part the "death rattle" and simply what happens when you are dying. Most of this heavy breathing and gasping happens when you are already unconscious (or within 5 minutes before blacking out).
Don't get me wrong. Dying is NEVER pretty and it can be quite traumatic for someone who has never seen a person die to watch this. Many of these reports also say that the person seemed already unconscious (yes, you can vomit while unconscious).
The feeling of "I can't breathe" is also not necessarily proof that they truly couldn't breathe, but that their blood oxygenation had dropped to under 80%. That's when your brain starts to sound the alarm and makes you take deeper breaths, speeds up your heart in order to transport enough oxygen to your cells.
It actually only feels like "you can't breathe" for a few minutes. Less than 5 in fact (I received an IV drug at the ER that I was allergic to. Felt like I couldnt breathe, started to take deeper breaths, got disoriented and blacked out within 5 minutes. All I felt was dizziness and the need to open a window or go outside (which of course I couldn't).
All this was not painful at all. It was just a weird sensation and I was out before I even realized what was happening.
Example 4:
Says he took 30g but survived. He did not clarify the purity of the product or the source. I highly suspect that he used curing salt (Which contains only 4-6% SN). So out of those 30g only 1.5-2g were actually SN. The rest was table salt.
While 2g SN can kill a person (especially if small/frail), it also explains why he felt so sick and miserable, why his breathing was difficult (his oxygen levels apparently dropped far enough to give him all the symptoms) but he recovered.
Lesson: Follow Stan's Guide and make sure you buy the correct product
When someone criticizes SN, there are always fanatics who react very emotionally, even insulting the opponent. You can see it in this case too. However, they like to create a false positive image of SN and will do everything to protect it.
Follow up.
I think it is important to give people ALL of the information.
Glorification of SN is unfair to those who are considering it.
Same goes for only pointing out what could go wrong.
People should have access to every part, positive or negative, if they want to make an informed decision.
That also requires them to understand what SN does, how it affects your body, your breathing, your blood oxygenation etc etc.
I think if anyone wants to be taken seriously, they should provide objective information. That includes pros and cons. It includes success stories, but also stories of people who failed (and WHY they likely failed).