Shrooms with heart condition?

[methed]

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew if it was safe to have shrooms (say 2-3 grams of psilocybin cubensis (blue meanies)) if you have a heart condition?

 

[Captain Brewster]

Hi Methed, welcome to bluelight.

We are not doctors so we can't legitimately answer your question.

My first thought would be no, although shrooms are not a stimulant (something that speeds you heart rate up), something you see (hallucinate) whilst tripping may have a bad effect on your heart. People can have panic attacks on shrooms and I don't think that would be good for your condition.

If you were to use them you should start with a very low dose, just to test the waters. But in this instance I would say the risk isn't worth the reward.

I'll chat with the other mods about leaving this thread open, because all it comes down to is speculation.

 

[mister]

just to add, do you have a doctors consent to exercise, if so, to what extent?
I ask only because strenuous exercise gets your heart pumping

 

[methed]

Hi again, I'm not the one with the heart condition it was my friend. I spoke to him and he said it was supra ventricular tachycardia. He said it was non-fatal, but what could happen is his heart will beat really fast for like 20 minutes when he is stressed. But he seemed keen to try shrooms so I suggested he have 0.7 grams followed by an additional 0.5 grams an hour later and he said he was fine. I guess the main concern is that he not have so much or have the experience be so alien to him that he has a panic attack.

 

[mister]

ive always found shrooms to be fun but I was experienced with other substances before I tried them so I had an inclining as to what could happen. is your friend in a good state of mind, does your friend have any experience taking substances? it can be great introducing friends to psychoactive substances but its not for everyone. I just did an internet search "ventricular tachycardia and magic mushrooms" and it seems that if someone is prone to suffer from this, shrooms can trigger a panic attack. im fairy liberal but im not sure its a good idea

 

[gimpan]

If I was worrying about my heart exploding while tripping I dont think Id enjoy it.

 

[thestudent14]

Yeah I'd say it's not worth it, IF your friend decided he was definitely going to try I would work extra hard to make it the best environment for him. Only a couple of closest friends in a house setting where no one else will be coming over, anything that could cause him to panic should be avoided as should all other drugs. I recently had a mate go manic from high dose shrooms + weed to the point he thought he had a heart attack, thankfully he didn't.

So my advice is against him trying shrooms, I'm very liberal too but if I had a mate with a heart condition I wouldn't help him to do shrooms. Link him to this thread so he can read for himself peoples thoughts.

 

[gimpan]

^ yeah but on the other hand his he might not want people fussing over him. I had a semi bad trip once which was made worse from people asking how I was and if I was still having a bad time.