Method Yew poisoning is not a viable suicide method, backed by science and personal experience

[Dreamcollege]

For those considering yew poisoning as a method, do not waste your time with it. It will not work, based on both my personal experience with it and this paper I found:

Is the yew really poisonous to you? - PubMed

Taxus spp exposures result only rarely in significant morbidity. Consistent with published case reports, the most common symptoms were gastrointestinal. Decontamination had no impact on patient outcome.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

From personal experience, yew (Taxus baccata) poisoning does not work, either by ingesting seeds or leaves. 200 seeds had only some mild racing heart effects on me, which might have just been my nervousness, and the tea is too bitter to get down (see my posts and comments in the yew tree threads describing my experiences in more detail)

The magazine and news clippings you can find online about fatal yew poisoning are misleading about its effectiveness. People that apparently succeeded usually had heart issues to begin with, which yew probably exacerbated. And other scientific papers describing fatal case studies are from sketchy journals and foreign countries.

Don't waste your money on overpriced yew seeds or shrubs. The chances of you succeeding are slim to none. Not making this post to troll scare people off this method. It really does not work, there are other testimonials of other people who have attempted on this website who agree, and my own attempts did not work.

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

I was about to say that there must've been an error of not taking a high enough dosage, or using the right antiemetic. But upon reading all of the comments in the yew posts, I'm starting to get it. I feel awfully guilty for even bringing up this method. However, there's perhaps a missing element. Daniela from ASM had heart problems, which I believe would be high blood pressure. So, she'd have to take beta blockers or something that blocks adrenaline. That would be the missing element we need. But for now, it's better we put this idea on the backburner until we find a way to make it work... as well as verifying how much taxine is in the tincture of either the seed or the leaves.

 

[Purgatory]

I was about to say that there must've been an error of not taking a high enough dosage, or using the right antiemetic. But upon reading all of the comments in the yew posts, I'm starting to get it. I feel awfully guilty for even bringing up this method. However, there's perhaps a missing element. Daniela from ASM had heart problems, which I believe would be high blood pressure. So, she'd have to take beta blockers or something that blocks adrenaline. That would be the missing element we need. But for now, it's better we put this idea on the backburner until we find a way to make it work... as well as verifying how much taxine is in the tincture of either the seed or the leaves.

We may not know each other well, but I have been on suicide forums for 10 or more years. This one in particular since nearly the very beginning. When we got banned from Reddit.

You put extensive research and effort into this method. I have read it as you posted your results. I may not have ever commented until now, but I did follow your research.

It may not seem a viable method at the moment, but people like you that are dedicated to thorough research and experiments save the rest of us from a lot of work. Even if it does not work as expected, we know this because of your seemingly tireless and relentless experimentation.

For that, I thank you @nixxonate32 :)

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

We may not know each other well, but I have been on suicide forums for 10 or more years. This one in particular since nearly the very beginning. When we got banned from Reddit.

You put extensive research and effort into this method. I have read it as you posted your results. I may not have ever commented until now, but I did follow your research.

It may not seem a viable method at the moment, but people like you that are dedicated to thorough research and experiments save the rest of us from a lot of work. Even if it does not work as expected, we know this because of your seemingly tireless and relentless experimentation.

For that, I thank you @nixxonate32 :)

That... means a lot coming from you. Thanks and no problem! hugs

 

[ZomGuy]

I was about to say that there must've been an error of not taking a high enough dosage, or using the right antiemetic. But upon reading all of the comments in the yew posts, I'm starting to get it. I feel awfully guilty for even bringing up this method. However, there's perhaps a missing element. Daniela from ASM had heart problems, which I believe would be high blood pressure. So, she'd have to take beta blockers or something that blocks adrenaline. That would be the missing element we need. But for now, it's better we put this idea on the backburner until we find a way to make it work... as well as verifying how much taxine is in the tincture of either the seed or the leaves.

It's interesting that you mentioned this because a few days ago I came up with the idea to combine my tincture with an overdose combination of beta blockers+calcium channel blockers to make the tincture reliable enough to kill me. The overdose combination can already be lethal and it should be able to fully exploit the cardiotoxic effects of the taxine. I might be totally wrong but I think this could actually be a pretty safe way to make yew poisoning work.

 

[resolutory]

I was about to say that there must've been an error of not taking a high enough dosage, or using the right antiemetic. But upon reading all of the comments in the yew posts, I'm starting to get it. I feel awfully guilty for even bringing up this method. However, there's perhaps a missing element. Daniela from ASM had heart problems, which I believe would be high blood pressure. So, she'd have to take beta blockers or something that blocks adrenaline. That would be the missing element we need. But for now, it's better we put this idea on the backburner until we find a way to make it work... as well as verifying how much taxine is in the tincture of either the seed or the leaves.

Out of curiosity, was the missing element found? I just stumbled apon this post suddenly and am just making sure Yew is now considered a genuine method and what changed?

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

Out of curiosity, was the missing element found?

Yeah... if in doubt, a beta blocker/sympatholytic agent would help prevent the ephedrine from countering the effect of taxine alkaloids, as well as potentiating the bradycardia.

I just stumbled apon this post suddenly and am just making sure Yew is now considered a genuine method and what changed?

It still is. Nothing's changed. It's that there are things that can make it easier to kill yourself with it.

 

[resolutory]

Yeah... if in doubt, a beta blocker/sympatholytic agent would help prevent the ephedrine from countering the effect of taxine alkaloids, as well as potentiating the bradycardia.

It still is. Nothing's changed. It's that there are things that can make it easier to kill yourself with it.

Ah okay, thank you so much again!! Sorry was just making sure. <3

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

Ah okay, thank you so much again!! Sorry was just making sure. <3

No problem! And all is good, man...