The effects vary on different people according to different
factors such as weight, previous health conditions, and if it is being taken
with other substances. There are immediate effects that include: feelings of euphoria,
sense of relaxation
and wellbeing, hallucinations
and distorted perception, including visual, auditory, body, time and space,
disorganized thoughts,
confusion and difficulty concentrating, thinking or maintaining attention,
anxiety, agitation,
paranoia and feelings of panic, dizziness, blurred vision, loss of coordination, increased breathing rate, increased heart rate and blood pressure, irregular heartbeat,
palpitations, nausea
and vomiting, increased body temperature and sweating, may alternate with
chills and shivering, numbness. In extreme cases there can be intense hallucinations.
These feelings can lead to feelings of being superhuman or negative thoughts
that wouldn’t be normal when sober. Even after the drug is not being used
anymore, there are still effects of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and
psychosis and sometimes, short flashbacks occur.
Most likely, the
death from hallucinogens comes from suicidal thoughts or super human thoughts.
Both cases lead to the people killing themselves while on a trip from the drug
when they wouldn’t try when they were sober. About 9000 hallucinogen related
deaths occur each year. In the extreme case of an overdose of the drug, coma,
bleeding, respiratory arrest, and convulsions can cause death.
Chelsea Grzeskowiak
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