Are you sure about the irreversible damage? I thought it was either death or a complete recovery. Normally, if you're not rescued with the antidote, death is inevitable, right?
You're talking about drowning on land, but drowning is a painful death. I thought it was a relatively painless death, apart from abdominal pain. I have dental and gum problems; I suffer terribly, but my social phobia makes it even worse, so I don't seek treatment and I just survive in pain. Isn't there a way to reduce gum irritation? If I rinse my mouth without swallowing the water, won't that neutralize the irritation on my teeth and gums? Can cloves reduce the effectiveness of SN ?
It's 0.6%, it'll never work. Some say you need a minimum of 95%, others 98%, and still others 99%. I'm also trying to find out what the minimum required is.
If someone ingests SN, their blood gradually loses the ability to carry oxygen, starving tissues, organs, and especially the brain of the air they need to survive.
At first it can feel like dizziness, blue lips, or heavy sleepiness, but if the oxygen starvation goes on too long, cells begin to die permanently.
The brain is hit hardest and fastest: even 10-20 minutes at critically low levels can cause memory loss, confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding words, personality changes, trouble walking or coordinating movements, or in severe cases, a persistent vegetative state.
The heart can develop irregular rhythms or weakness that lasts for life, leading to chronic fatigue or heart failure risk.
Kidneys and liver may suffer acute failure that turns into long-term dialysis needs or scarring.
Survivors sometimes live with constant headaches, vision problems, seizures, or profound exhaustion that never fully lifts.
But complete recovery, with no lasting harm at all, is absolutely possible if medical help arrives quickly and the antidote (methylene blue) is given in time.
Many people who reached the ER fast walked out days later with nothing more than a scary memory.
Every minute matters for a full recovery.
Also, you can kill yourself with 50% purity SN. You will just have to somehow ingest a lot more than the normal dose without throwing it up, which will be very hard to do, hence why the highest purity possible is recommended to minimize vomit risk and maximize absorption into your bloodstream.