What happens if you eat fly agaric | How dangerous is fly agaric?

The bright, red-pink cap of the fly agaric very often decorates the forests of our vast country. They attract human attention and even small children know that fly agaric is poisonous and dangerous to human health. From the name of the mushroom it is immediately clear that its mission is to destroy flies and it successfully copes with its mission. The fly agaric's poisonous sister, the toadstool, has chosen a more sophisticated method of killing and repelling flies: the drops remaining from dew or rain are filled with enterogenous substances and the insects that quench their thirst with these drops die.

Amanita mushrooms

Forest inhabitants, having no other alternatives, treat their bodies from parasites and some infections, because it contains a natural antibiotic! And the question is, what will happen to a person who has consumed fly agaric?

In previous articles, I have already mentioned the fact that it is often used for medicinal purposes.

Let's divide the fly agaric into two subspecies

Few people know that the fly agaric is a whole family that includes more than five hundred individual species. Many of these species are poisonous, some even deadly! But there are also conditionally edible species and even some mushrooms of the highest degree of edibility.

Poisonous fly agarics are often the counterpart of an edible mushroom in one of the four categories of edibility. Now I will list the most common poisonous fly agaric mushrooms found in our forests:

Types of fly agarics

Pearl fly agaric (bright yellow) is a deadly poisonous mushroom

Amanita gemmata

Red fly agaric

Amanita muscaria

Royal fly agaric

Amanita regalis

Stinking mushroom (white toadstool, white stinking, pale toadstool). Deadly poisonous

Amanita phalloides

White fly agaric (spring toadstool)

Amanita virosa

Species of the family that can be safely eaten

Gray-pink fly agaric

Gray – pink (maremukha)

Amanita rubescens

Lone fly agaric (bristly)

Amanita echinocephala

Egg-shaped fly agaric

Amanita ovoidea

Mushroom Caesar (Imperial Fly Agaric)

Amanita caesarea

Far Eastern Caesar mushroom (Caesar mushroom, Caesar mushroom)

Amanita caesareoides

Therefore, to clearly answer your question: “what will happen if you eat a raw fly agaric and can you die?” I can't give you a firm answer. It all depends on what kind you managed to eat and whether it contains poison.

About the mushroom: what is it?

When imagining a fly agaric, one imagines a mushroom with a red cap, on which white spots are scattered. This is how he is depicted on the pages of books and textbooks. And it is in this image that we are all accustomed to seeing him.

There is a popular belief that fly agaric is a poisonous mushroom. Therefore, mushroom pickers in the forest bypass it, only admiring its beautiful appearance from afar. Only a few people know that the fly agaric family includes several varieties, and some of them are theoretically suitable for consumption. Let's look at existing types. They usually differ in appearance and internal properties.

Let's talk a little about the history of fly agarics

History of the use of fly agarics
The most famous, the red fly agaric, has been seen in almost all parts of our vast land. Some African tribes grew fly agarics for the preparation of medicines, and its juice and squeeze are still considered among them a drink of the gods and even a sacred elixir!

Psychoactive substances, which the red species contains in large quantities, were discovered by northern shamans. After that, it became a ritual mushroom, which took part in all the dances and dances to tambourines; just eat half the cap of a red mushroom and, without fear of dying or getting poisoned, go into a trance.

Siberian people very often used it to make symptoms similar to the use of narcotic substances and used it as a means for physical and spiritual relaxation of the body. Afterwards, with the advent of alcoholic beverages in this region, interest in its use weakened greatly, due to the fear of death and the possibility of severe poisoning of the body. The effect of consuming a poisonous mushroom potion told the brain to do fearless and very often inappropriately dangerous actions.

First aid

People who regularly pick mushrooms need to know what to do in case of poisoning. If signs of intoxication occur after eating mushrooms, you should immediately call an ambulance or go to a medical facility. Before doctors arrive, it is recommended to perform gastric lavage several times. To do this, dilute 3 tablespoons in 5 liters of warm water. salt. It is necessary to drink as much salted liquid as possible, and then induce vomiting.

It is recommended to do an enema with boiled water. Be sure to take activated carbon or another absorbent. These first aid measures eliminate most of the poison from the human body. This reduces the risk of developing undesirable consequences of poisoning.

After this, the patient must be taken to the hospital. Subsequently, treatment is carried out in a hospital. The patient is immediately given an antidote. The antidote for fly agaric poisoning is Atropine. Vital signs must be monitored. In severe cases, the patient must be connected to a ventilator. Drugs are selected to eliminate the symptoms of poisoning and stabilize the functioning of the nervous and cardiovascular systems.

Are there any beneficial properties in fly agarics?

For what reasons are many people drawn to eat fly agaric?

Collection of fly agaric mushrooms.
Is it worth it? People still learn from their mistakes and have already learned not to eat this dangerous forest inhabitant without objective reasons for this. But our brain is designed in such a way that we want to try this beautiful specimen. But we often still ask the question: “what will happen?” and “is it fatal?”

- Yes, fatal. But death from eating the most famous one, the red fly agaric, rarely occurs. You need a large dose of consumption and a weak body. But just like that, you shouldn’t indulge in consuming this beauty. It contains substances that cause brain cells to die in large numbers and a person gradually loses a clear mind and loses adequacy in his actions.

In rare cases, it happens that a person eats it unknowingly. What to do and what could be the consequences?

One red individual is not able to cause serious harm; a slight change in the state of the body is possible. It’s better to play it safe and rinse your stomach to accurately minimize the toxic effect on the human brain.

Experts do not have a clear opinion on the lethal dose, but various sources claim that ten fly agaric hats can have a detrimental effect. The figure is still under discussion and cannot be given an exact number, but I can say with confidence that even one hat should not be used just like that.

Cooking recipes

It is recommended to eat only edible varieties of fly agaric. This will avoid the serious consequences of poisoning. These mushrooms are well suited for stewing, frying, drying and pickling. In addition, you can prepare mushroom tea from these fly agaric mushrooms.

Fried mushrooms

The easiest way to prepare fly agarics is by frying. First, the mushrooms need to be thoroughly cleaned and washed. After this, the mushrooms should be boiled for 20 minutes. During the cooking process, you can throw in an onion cut into 4 parts. After pre-treatment, even if a poisonous fly agaric has entered the basket, most of the toxic substances from its pulp will be neutralized. By the end of cooking, the caps should be completely discolored. After this, you need to rinse the mushrooms with running water.

Pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan and throw in the boiled mushrooms. About 10 minutes before readiness you need to add 2-3 tbsp. sour cream, grated carrots and chopped onions. Mushrooms need to be peppered and salted to taste. After the dish is ready, it can be decorated with fresh herbs and served.

Pickling mushrooms

How to pickle correctly?

Mushrooms intended for pickling should be thoroughly washed and peeled. After this, they need to be boiled for 20-25 minutes in salted water. Throw a few currant leaves and bay leaves into the bottom of a suitable bowl. You can throw in a chopped clove of garlic, a few pieces of horseradish and 5-7 peas of allspice.

After this, mushrooms are laid out in layers. Each layer should be sprinkled with coarse salt. Salt consumption should be 40 g per 1 kg of mushrooms. After this, you need to compact the mushrooms well and put them under a press. Amanita mushrooms must be salted for at least 40 days. After this, it is recommended to store them in the refrigerator.

Benefits of mushroom tea

Various elements in the composition of the mushroom

Composition of fly agaric
And yet, what is the effect of consumption? It is impossible to answer exactly. A large proportion of its composition are strong psychotropic substances. Different physical states have different effects on the body. When the fly agaric dries out, the acids in its composition are transformed into muscarine and muscimol. These substances cause brain cell death and hallucinations.

There is evidence that the lethal dose is a kilogram of fresh caps. The reliability of these data has not been confirmed experimentally. Residents of villages and areas near forests do not disdain dried fly agaric mushrooms and believe that they are very beneficial for the human body. Five such “dryings” will not cause anything bad to the body, they say.

Dried specimens contain substances such as choline, trimethylamine and muscafurin, which are active substances in the fight against cancer cells.

Recently, cases of mushroom poisoning have become more frequent. Most poisonings are caused by the consumption of lamellar poisonous mushrooms (primarily toadstool), which are mistakenly perceived as edible champignons and russula.

The main cause of mushroom poisoning:

inability to recognize edible and poisonous mushrooms,
improper preparation of dishes from some edible mushrooms,
as well as possible mutations of edible mushrooms.

There are relatively few types of poisonous mushrooms, and only the toadstool is deadly poisonous. Treatment of mushroom poisoning must begin as early as possible.

Types of mushroom poisoning

Depending on the nature of the poisonous nature inherent in certain mushrooms, three types of poisoning are distinguished:

The first species is associated with a group of mushrooms from the fly agaric genus - toadstool and related species containing amanithemolysin, amanitotoxin, and phalloidin.

The second type is observed as a result of eating red, panther, porphyry and other types of fly agarics containing muscarine, mycoatropine, mycotoxin and other poisons.

The third type is poisoning with lines that contain helvella acid, which destroys blood cells (hemoglobin) and the liver.

The most common types of mushroom poisoning are poisoning with toadstool, fly agaric and morels.

Toadstool poisoning

This occurs, as a rule, due to the external similarity of this mushroom to edible mushrooms - russula, rows and champignons. For serious poisoning, it is enough to eat half or even a third of the mushroom, especially for children who are hypersensitive to mushroom poisons.

In recent years, the pale toadstool has come to be called a real killer because, until its umbrella cap opens, it can be mistaken for a semi-edible or edible mushroom.

This is the most poisonous of all mushrooms.

The poison amanite, contained in the toadstool, decomposes liver cells. If timely assistance is not provided, a person quickly dies. All other mushrooms are small fry compared to this “pale monster”. Even corpse poison is much weaker than the poison of the pale grebe. Up to 90% of those poisoned by this mushroom die.

In the clinic of acute poisoning with toadstool, 4 periods can be distinguished:

Hidden period. It lasts from 8 to 24 hours after eating mushrooms. All this time, the person feels practically healthy, although the poisons are already absorbed into the blood, making their way to vital centers.
In the 2nd period, lasting from 1 to 6 days, the poison affects the gastrointestinal tract. The body quickly begins to lose water due to nausea and vomiting. There are stomach pains, frequent and loose stools, sometimes mixed with mucus and blood. In children, this period is very difficult, since the poison quickly penetrates the liver, which is why they can die against the background of acute liver failure.
Impaired liver and kidney function. This usually happens on the 5-6th day. If during this period the patient does not have time to receive the entire complex of antitoxic therapy, then most often death occurs.
If effective assistance was provided, then the 4th period begins. The period of recovery, when all body functions are gradually restored.

The main symptoms of poisoning with toadstool:

the appearance of sudden pain in the abdominal area,
vomit,
diarrhea (sometimes cholera-like type - “rice water”),
severe general weakness,
cyanosis (cyanosis) of the skin and mucous membranes,
decrease in body temperature,
convulsions.

Jaundice and liver enlargement may occur. The pulse is thread-like, weakly filled, with a frequency of up to 120-140 beats per minute. Blood pressure is significantly reduced. Possible loss of consciousness.

Fly agaric poisoning

“Is it possible to get poisoned by this mushroom! Who doesn’t know him - this poisonous “little red riding hood”. Who needs him!” - you hear such words not only from mushroom experts, but also from amateurs in this matter. Even children know about fly agaric.

All this is true. However, fly agaric poisoning does occur, albeit infrequently. Medical literature periodically reports this. Here, for example, is one extract from an old book.

“In one of the Siberian villages, two boys aged 3 and 4 years old ate dried red fly agarics, which their parents saved for making fly poison. Half an hour later, both children developed vomiting and diarrhea, followed by profuse sweating and drooling. By the evening, convulsions appeared, the pulse became difficult to palpate, and both children lost consciousness. Fortunately, medical help arrived in time, and everything ended well. Already on the 5th day, the children were discharged from the hospital completely healthy...”

The main symptoms of fly agaric poisoning are described here. But stories of this kind do not always end well if time to provide urgent assistance is lost. The poison muscarine contained in fly agaric causes a number of severe symptoms.

The incubation period, i.e. the latent period, lasts much less time than with poisoning with toadstool - from 0.5 to 6 hours.

The main signs of poisoning:

nausea,
vomit,
watery diarrhea,
profuse sweating,
salivation and lacrimation.

Signs of neuropsychic disorders appear quite quickly: dizziness, confusion, hallucinations, delirium. The pupils are dilated.

In severe cases, a coma with loss of consciousness develops.

Why do people sometimes get poisoned by fly agarics? Yes, because some of their species, in particular the panther one, are vaguely reminiscent of champignons in their external color and shape.

Stitch and morel poisoning

Strings and morels belong to the category of conditionally edible mushrooms. They are poisonous to those who do not know how to handle them.

Toxicity is destroyed by appropriate processing. These spring mushrooms contain helvella acid, a poison that can cause fatal poisoning. But boiling for 10-20 minutes completely neutralizes the poison, since helvella acid passes into the decoction.

Stitches can also be rendered harmless by drying - in this case, helvella acid is oxidized by air and inactivated. Poisoning occurs when they are eaten unprocessed, undercooked or underdried.

Symptoms of poisoning develop after 6-10 hours of the incubation period:

there is a feeling of weakness,
pain in the epigastric region,
nausea,
vomiting mixed with bile,
occasional diarrhea.

In severe cases, on the second day the following appear:

signs of jaundice, there is an enlargement of the liver and spleen,
severe headaches,
loss of consciousness,
numbness, convulsions.

Red blood cells are destroyed, i.e. hemolysis occurs, in which hemoglobin leaves the red blood cells. As a result, the blood turns transparent red (“lacquer blood”).

In case of severe poisoning, death can occur.

In mild cases, recovery occurs after 1-2 days, in more serious cases - after a few weeks.

Lethal outcomes, reaching 30%, usually occur on the 3-4th day after consuming mushrooms with symptoms of heart failure, often in a comatose, unconscious state.

Providing first aid for mushroom poisoning

Treatment of mushroom poisoning must begin as early as possible.

It comes down to removing toxic substances from the body.

First you need to make sure that it is really mushroom poisoning.

At the first sign of it, you should immediately cleanse and rinse the gastrointestinal tract.

Several tablets of activated carbon should be given internally to bind poisons. It is better to give it in the form of an aqueous suspension. After rinsing the stomach, the patient must be put to bed, having also done a cleansing enema before doing this. If for some reason it was not possible to administer a cleansing enema, you can limit yourself to a laxative - castor oil or bitter salt.

With any poisoning, the patient loses a lot of fluid (with vomiting, diarrhea), and along with it, mineral compounds necessary for the normal course of metabolic processes are washed out of the body. Therefore, the loss of fluid and role must be replenished, for which the victim is given small sips of salted water or strong tea. They also reduce the feeling of nausea and vomiting. Even despite a sharp improvement in the condition, the patient should not be allowed to drink any alcohol: alcohol in any concentration promotes faster dissolution and absorption of poisons into the body.

Typically, those suffering from poisoning need cardiovascular medications. You can introduce camphor (2 ml of a 20% oil solution), cordiamine (1 ml). For convulsions, it is recommended to give one of the sedative medications.

In all cases of mushroom poisoning, bed rest is required; in severe conditions, hospitalization is indicated.

In recent years, we have heard that people are being poisoned by mutant mushrooms.

This can be answered with the following words: “There are no mutant mushrooms. There are unfortunate mushroom pickers." Mutations in fungi, as in other representatives of flora, not to mention fauna, are an extremely slow process; changes can only occur within one species. In a word, just as it is impossible to raise a cuckoo chick from a flycatcher chick, it is also impossible to obtain a pale grebe from an oiler.

Poisoning is caused by unfamiliar poisonous mushrooms, picking mushrooms near industrial enterprises, or improper preparation. In addition, many mushrooms have poisonous counterparts: honey fungus and false honey fungus, edible butterfly and false honey fungus. We should not forget that in environmentally unfavorable places, even edible mushrooms can accumulate toxic substances, and they should not be collected there.

Rules for storing mushrooms

The first rule: mushrooms cannot be stored raw for a long time - no more than one day.

The second rule: before cooking, mushrooms must be thoroughly cleaned and washed. Remains of soil where botulism pathogens may be present are especially dangerous.

Also follow the rules that have been repeatedly tested in practice by professional mushroom pickers:

If you don’t want to get hurt, never collect low-value agaric mushrooms! Forever give up russula, greenfinches and greenfinches. And in general from all mushrooms that look like the deadly toadstool;
If you are not sure that a mushroom is edible, do not take it! Even among champignons there are fellow mushrooms that smell foul of carbolic acid and turn yellow when cut, which can cause poisoning;
Never pick mushrooms near enterprises, industrial dumps and busy roads! Fungi actively accumulate toxic substances from the soil in their tissues. This also applies to suburban areas. Remember - the deeper into the forest, the purer the mushroom!
never buy canned mushrooms from your hands, carefully carry out heat treatment when sealing cans of mushrooms;
Don’t believe that mushroom soup can be tested for toxicity by blackening a silver spoon or darkening an onion. These are idle inventions.

Poisoning can also be caused by edible mushrooms that have not undergone proper heat treatment or have grown in contaminated areas or along highways.

It is necessary to properly prepare mushrooms for consumption. Many patients claim that they cooked mushrooms for a long time. However, it is not long-term cooking that is important, but replacing the water in which the mushrooms are cooked. The water must be changed several times (at least three times), because mushroom broth can be potentially dangerous.

Even a minimal dose of poison is considered lethal. Therefore, be sure to wash your hands after touching mushrooms. There are many cases where poison was transferred to other products through unwashed hands.

What worries doctors most is that among the patients there are children admitted with poisoning, there are even children as young as one year old, and it is very rare that they can be saved.

You should also remember that mushroom dishes are difficult to digest. They should not be used by children, people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver or chronic diseases of other internal organs.

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The villain in children's fairy tales?

Fly agaric in folk tales
Since childhood, we are taught and shown in fairy tales that the mushroom is evil, bad and an enemy to the human body. Children from an early age associate the evil Baba Yaga and evil forests with negativity. And rightly so, I think. Fly agaric is truly a very beautiful mushroom. Children are unknowingly drawn to the unknown and beauty. In ancient Rus' they knew how to convey to young children about the toxicity of the mushroom and protect them from bad consequences.

What benefits does eating fly agaric bring to the human body?

A person’s psycho-emotional stress is relieved and eliminated almost completely;
Blood pressure and fluid balance return to systolic normal;
The working properties of the immune system accelerate by orders of magnitude, providing antiviral protection for the body during an outbreak of acute respiratory infections;
Renal-hepatic colic and muscle spasms are relieved;
Intestinal parasites are suppressed by the active components of “Amanita muscaria”;
Deep and restful sleep brings good rest and replenishment of strength;
The structure and functionality of thinking are strengthened. The creative and creative components of human consciousness increase;
Anxiety, irritability and chronic fatigue leave the adherent’s body. Increased performance and positive emotional tone are guaranteed.

Treatment with fly agaric

Many herbalists and traditional healers recommend using it for:

Anti-bleeding agent
Natural pain reliever
Antibacterial agent
Immunity booster

Traditional medicine treats the following diseases with this mushroom:

Sore throat
Coughing
Convulsions and seizures
Spinal diseases
Hypnotic
Increased brain tone and activity of the body as a whole
Treatment of tuberculosis and cancer (proven by science)
Radiculitis
Rheumatism
Impotence
Diabetes
Skin diseases
Epilepsy
Eye diseases
Headache

Effects

Now it becomes clear that the action is too unstable and individual) If you prepare it poorly, your effects will be: nausea, hallucinations, headaches, and, ultimately, an ambulance. If you prepare it well, then some depersonalization, when you feel as if you are not in your body, a non-standard view of the world, comparable to alcohol, but with sober thoughts and without loss of coordination, a little more courage and confidence, an anti-anxiety effect. Distortions in the perception of size, color, distance and depth, similar to Van Gogh paintings.

In general, fly agaric is often compared to alcohol in terms of its effects.

It is also reported that muscimol is enhanced by Taurine. So you can’t mix with energy drinks or alcohol (19).

For medical purposes it can be used for Parkinson's. Fly agaric reduces tremors, but does not affect speech (20)

In general, death from fly agarics is rare. But various psychoses up to 5 days after administration, even after loss of consciousness, are constantly replete with reports (21, 22).

It’s difficult to say anything about the correct dosages. Some data say 0.1 mg/kg of muscimol for humans, this is 6-10 mg. This is approximately 1 dry fly agaric cap or 5-10 g (23). In others, both smaller and larger dosages.

The first effects occur after 30 minutes with a peak after 3 hours. Side effects can last up to several days.

Collection Tips

Growth of fly agaric
Any forest is a place for mushroom growth. Most often you can find it in coniferous forests where fir trees grow. You can also find it in forests where birch predominates.

You can easily distinguish it from other growing mushrooms by its polka-dot cap. Before harvesting, I recommend making sure that it is the correct harvesting season. Collection should be made at the end of May, beginning of June, and until the end of September.

Collect only mature, adult mushroom caps. Their age should not exceed seven days, ideally from three to six days. Take caps without areas affected by rot and pests. You can safely throw away the legs. They carry no value. Wear gloves when collecting.

Do not collect near industrial areas, highways or landfills.

User reviews about the use of fly agarics

Vlad Karelin (Syktyvkar): I tried microdosing. At first I felt nothing at all. I thought it was a grass rut! But after a couple of weeks, I noticed deep and vivid dreams that were remembered in real life in great detail. I was hot-tempered (I do kickboxing). I became calm as a calf)))) Now sport does not provoke assault. I am happy as an elephant and continue to take mushrooms! I recommend.
Alina Krachkova (Novosibirsk): I started using fly agarics to treat allergies. After a week and a half, the symptoms went away. I began to sleep peacefully and my grades at college improved. I remember educational materials quickly and forever! Exams are no longer a problem. I recommended it to my friends!
Ruslan Tolboev (Kazan): I started taking fly agarics. I do wrestling and am always very nervous before competitions. I wanted to reduce anxiety - they recommended mushrooms. Now I forgot about the anxiety and worries before the competition. I noticed that my body’s pain threshold had increased. Fly agarics suppress pain and doubt! I continue the experiment))).
Andrey (Khanty-Mansiysk): I work on a rotational basis. In the past, the lack of normal rest and communication during shifts was very annoying. He often clashed with other shift workers. Now calm, even and confident! I endure six months in the taiga calmly, without lashing out at others and resting well in my sleep. Dreams are like a colorful movie! I became interested in esotericism and the books of Carlos Castaneda. I recommend fly agarics!

How and where to buy fly agaric mushrooms for use?

It is not difficult to purchase fly agaric mushrooms for consumption - fully cooked. You can collect raw materials for home procedures yourself (a trip to the forest), or you can purchase them on specialized websites on the Internet - for example, from us. Our suppliers meet all reliability and safety requirements! This means that the raw materials supplied to customers are always environmentally friendly and tested.

Symptoms of poisoning

Disturbances in the functioning of the body after poisoning with fly agaric do not occur immediately. Symptoms usually appear 20-30 minutes after eating, but sometimes the period can last up to 2-6 hours. The longer this period, the more toxins are absorbed into the blood, so the poisoning will be more severe and the prognosis will be worse. Even if the patient does not yet feel unwell, but you are sure that he has consumed a poisonous mushroom, you should immediately consult a doctor.

It is important to remember that fly agaric poisoning cannot become chronic. Even its mild form, if the body is unable to cope with toxins, can lead to serious consequences or even death if left untreated. Because of this, it is especially important to learn to recognize symptoms early and distinguish them from ordinary food poisoning.

These include:

Nausea followed by vomiting, sudden weakness, excessive salivation, sweating, hyperthermia due to low body temperature, rare pulse.
Sharp stabbing pain in the abdomen, followed by diarrhea, sometimes with blood.
The whites of the eyes are yellowish, the skin is pale, the mucous membranes are dry. In severe cases of poisoning, a sharp deterioration in vision may occur.
Due to the increased secretion of mucus in the bronchi, their spasm occurs, accompanied by heavy, hoarse breathing.
Dizziness, disturbances of consciousness. There may be excitement or causeless fear and depression. In severe cases - hallucinations, delirium, convulsions, hysteria, loss of consciousness.
If help is not provided in a timely manner, the next stage of poisoning occurs, which is characterized by motor agitation, which after 6-10 hours is replaced by drowsiness and apathy.

Read also Signs of food poisoning from poisonous mushrooms

In the absence of timely medical intervention, the manifestation of symptoms will only intensify. Fly agaric poisoning is most dangerous for children, the elderly, patients suffering from kidney and liver diseases, whose function is to remove toxins from the blood, as well as people with diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Everything is in the body

Psychiatrist and narcologist Alexey Kazantsev, in a conversation with 360, confirmed the danger of fly agarics. Mushrooms contain psilocybin, a substance that can cause hallucinatory experiences. You can call this an expansion of consciousness, but, in essence, it is a deception of perception.

“If a person has a predisposition to the occurrence and development of mental illness, then this will serve as a trigger. Or, as drug addicts say, it will open the floodgates. And then the patient will become not just a fan of fly agarics, but also a patient of psychiatric dispensaries, where he will be registered with all the ensuing consequences,” noted Alexey Kazantsev.

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The doctor admitted that he did not understand the need to expand consciousness. The human brain already works well when sober. There is dopamine, serotonin, endorphins - nature has already created everything. Just look at the children: they run, have fun, talk, draw. And this is not because they ate fly agarics.

“Nature has given us everything. But due to one reason or another, mainly society, we begin to try one thing or another. However, most psychoactive substances, in addition to expanding consciousness, also have another side: confusion, delusional ideas, hallucinatory experiences. The mildest consequences will be sleep disturbances, anxiety, unconscious fear, depression,” said the narcologist.

According to Alexey Kazantsev, the popularity of fly agaric mushrooms is explained by the fact that people no longer want to be high and in an inhibited state. Now is the age of psychostimulants - a person must be cheerful, active, in demand, not sleep, move and talk a lot, be creative and burst with ideas. Alcohol will not have this effect.