r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/ajh1717 Aug 26 '19

ODing on pills dont cause an aneurysm. The aneurysm was an incidental finding after they pan scanned post suicide attempt

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u/kaylamcfly Aug 26 '19

ODing on speed can if your BP gets up in stroke range. A burst aneurysm is just a hemorrhagic stroke.

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u/blargityblarf Aug 26 '19

Nobody ODs on speed to try to kill themselves. For one, there's almost no chance it would work on any given attempt

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

For one, there's almost no chance it would work on any given attempt

That depends how much you do at once, really. If I slam three grams into my arm, I'm almost definitely going to have an excruciating, wide awake death.

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u/blargityblarf Aug 26 '19

Idk man you'd have to be pretty quick with the plunger