How much damage does nutmeg cause?!
Question:
How much damage does nutmeg cause?
I'm a fifteen year old boy who foolishly has gotten high off of nutmeg three times, 22.5 grams, 30, and 15 grams. However now i am very scared as to the damage i have caused especially to my brain. Any replies would be appreciated
Answers:
Oh Chris P, I take this experience will not be repeated.
In low doses, nutmeg produces no noticeable physiological or neurological response. Large doses of 30 g (6.322 tsp) or more are dangerous, potentially inducing convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, including dizziness, flushes, dry mouth, accelerated heartbeat, temporary constipation, difficulty in urination, nausea, and panic, and generalized body pain. This effects can linger for up to three days afterwards.
A risk in any large-quantity (over 25 g, 5.269 tsp) ingestion of nutmeg is the onset of 'nutmeg poisoning', an acute psychiatric disorder marked by thought disorder, a sense of impending death, and agitation. Some cases have resulted in hospitalization.
Oh boy, don't do never foolishnesses.
Jason Homan