Magic mushrooms are well known for their intense hallucinating effects. They contain the substance “Psilocybin” that alters a person’s perspective, state of mind, and consciousness. It competes with Cannabinoids since they have the same effects but differ in the hallucinating effect. It is because the main psychoactive component of Cannabis “THC”, doesn’t induce hallucinations. Contrarily, Psilocybin’s main property is hallucinations induction.

Cannabinoid overdose is not much reported, but you can overdose on Magic Mushrooms. It solely depends on dosage, potency, situation, tolerance, and frequency of consumption. Now let’s see what shrooms overdose can do to our bodies.

Outcomes of Shrooms Intake?

Shrooms produce the sensation of the existence of things that are not real. One may watch or hear the things that don’t exist, and therefore, the outcomes of magic mushroom consumption may vary in an extensive range. Shrooms enthusiasts take it as a saviour from a lousy day and depressing situations claiming that it causes a peaceful high, but that is not always the case. One may experience a bad trip that can make a person do life-threatening things like jumping off a window if unsupervised.

Magic Mushrooms induce euphoria and distort one’s sense of time, sometimes resulting in spiritual experiences as the mind opens to different perspectives. That’s why people in old times considered it to be a sacred substance.

Psilocybin in Magic Mushrooms has a long list of short-term effects: increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, increased breathing rate, euphoria, paranoia, dilated pupils, sense of relaxation, or well-being. It has a negative spectrum of short-term effects slurred speech, confusion, aggression, loss of muscle control, chills, shaking, nausea, and hallucinations. These adverse effects indicate how dangerous can a Psilocybin overdose be.

What if I Overdose on Magic Mushrooms?

Psilocybin overdose is not much common, and it needs a lot of amounts to experience an overdose. However, the effects are more psychological than physical if the overdose occurs. An overdose occurs when the body cannot handle the amount of a substance, and it is much more possible in the case of Magic Mushrooms since Psilocybin metabolizes rapidly in the system. Therefore, frequent dosing makes the body liable for such an effect.

The overdose effects of Magic Mushrooms include intense psychological experiences like anxiety, agitation, diarrhoea, nausea, sweating, dizziness, confusion, delusional thinking, panic, seizures, and coma. There can be some other adverse effects of overdose like:

• Flushing of skin
• Excessive sweating
• Muscles Weakness
• Psychosis
• Slowed perception of time
• Lightheadedness

How many Shrooms are too much?

The above discussion may make you question, “What amount of Magic Mushrooms can cause an overdose?” Remember that measuring the dosage of Psilocybin is not easy as they are not available in tablet form with a fixed dosage, so you will be required to estimate measurement on your own. Psilocybe Cubensis is the most used Magic Mushrooms strain, and it is very potent. All Psychedelic Mushrooms come up with different levels of potency. Overdosing amount depends on the strength of a particular strain as well.

One usual dosage is around 3.5 grams; you may feel overdose effects if you take more than double this amount. It interacts with alcohol and other drugs as they make psychedelics more potent.

Managing Magic Mushrooms Toxicity:

There is no antidote available that’d reverse the Magic Mushrooms toxicity. Therefore, you may want to rely on other preventive measures to get the best out of it without any harm. These alternate measures include providing a therapist’s supervision and a calm environment. Therapists may sedate a person with serious Shrooms toxicity with Benzodiazepines.

Calm music or relaxation techniques may also help the people level down the high from Psilocybin.

Can I die of Psilocybin Overdose?

No! There is no direct way Psilocybin overdose will make you die, so you have to be careful about that. However, one may be extremely careful as one may face paranoia and craziness that may lead him to do harmful acts. A person may exaggerate that he has got superpowers and thus jump out of the terrace or window; close supervision or grounding may help with this risk.

Magic Mushrooms Tolerance:

The body becomes tolerant to Magic Mushrooms if you consume them daily for 3 to 4 weeks. One has to increase the dosage daily to get the desired effects. Overdosage amount of shrooms may consequently increase as the body becomes tolerant.

Takeaway:

Although Psychedelic mushrooms aren’t much dangerous and overdose is rare, you may want to avoid these effects. Therefore, go for test dosing with a small amount and increase it gradually until you find the dose that works best for you!