Ate raw tobacco leaf because I wanted to know what it tastes like. It does not taste good, so glad I know that now. Anyway turns out raw tobacco leaves contain a lot of nicotine and are considered "very poisonous". I have 0 tolerance to nicotine. It was just a small piece of the leaf but I'm almost definitely going to be nic sick for a while. Called poison control and they confirmed with me the point at which I should visit a hospital.
I have some hope in the knowledge that the few times I've smoked nicotine containing products I felt absolutely nothing even at high doses. I pray this means nicotine doesn't affect me as strongly as it does the average person and I don't get nic sick.
I already feel weird so probably not. I mostly just wanted to vent my misfortunes but if anyone has advice I'd be happy to listen lmao.
Edit: looks like I'm gonna be alright, I feel very strange but it's been over an hour and no nausea so I think I'm ok
A less than fun life lesson. Thanks for sharing it with us too, I would have never known not to eat a tobacco leaf, and eating stuff like that is absolutely something I would do, so you definitely saved me this mistake too.
Well you aren't missing out on anything lol, genuinely one of the most bitter things I've ever consumed and I've taste tested a lot of plants. This is my first poisoning though and of course it was as a result of my hubris.
Show
I only know nicotine poisoning in kids cause I'm a peds nurse, but if adult world is anything like kid world then yeah it'll probably suck. Like dizzy, nauseous, maybe heart beating fast (you probably didn't eat that much and you have a plan anyway if you need medical attention).
Just heads up that tobacco plants make nicotine to keep bugs from eating them lol
I've seen my friend nic sick and it looks incredibly unpleasant. Really lucked out here I think
It's been almost an hour, how ya feeling?
Also goddamn now I want XR nicotine. My body is basically just a giant sentient nicotine intake machine.
Made an edit, feeling pretty weird but not overtly bad. Don't think I consumed enough to cause serious problems but I was concerned bc I couldn't find a straight answer on how much was bad. Even poison control couldn't tell me how much raw leaf I'd need to feel sick
taking the polar opposite from correct takeaway in that i kind of want to know what the bitterest of bitters might be now
i wouldn't like swallow it tho don't worry. but also tobacco don't grow for like 300 leagues so it's not like i'll ever have the opportunity lolMake sure the amount you chew is smaller than a quarter (about the size of what I had) and probably don't chew it any longer than it takes to break the surface and taste it. Hell you could even crush it with something and then lick it to get the flavor without being too affected.
Honestly it barely affected me, I got dizzy and twitchy and my legs still feel weird but I wouldn't really say I got high. I'm chalking it up to my seemingly very high baseline tolerance to nicotine but it was probably just not enough leaf to be a big deal
