what does death by cyanide ingestion feel like?

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google keeps thinking i want to off myself but like i just wanna know, surely it has been documented. is it like burning inside? cramps? dizziness and vomiting im aware of because thats just basic poisoning side effects but what about the more acute symptoms?

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  1. Leader_Bee Avatar

    Pretty sure i saw a video, possibly a news report of someone being sentenced in a court room, that somehow smuggled cyanide in with him and took it when he got a poor verdict.

    Looked quite painful, but over in a couple of minutes
    Edit: here’s the chap

    https://youtu.be/9F_-H2tE8B4?si=j3oUNi3aZnXzyuiK

  2. MindsToTwist Avatar

    Have a look in the documentaries on the Jonestown massacre, most died of cyanide poisoning. There is no video (but there is audio and survivor reports), and by all accounts it’s a horrible way to die.

  3. ARM_Alaska Avatar

    Cyanide interrupts your body’s ability to use oxygen. It’s suffocation down to the cellular level. Organs don’t oxygenate and will die. Picture having a stroke and a heart attack at the same time.

  4. Matrozi Avatar

    So cyanide blocks the mitochondrial chain, which is a process of successive chemical reaction in order to use oxygen to produce energy for the cells.

    So basically, cyanide poisoning is like suffocating while still being able to breathe.