If one were to overdose on insulin, how long would it take to die?

Question

Is the death painful?

Answer 1

It would depend on the type of insulin you injected. Humulin N (NPH insulin) takes 1-4 hours to get to peak levels. Humulin R (regular insulin) takes about 2.5-5 hours to reach it's peak. Lantus doesn't ever really peak.
However it is a bad way to pick to try to kill oneself. When your blood sugar bottoms out, your body immediately begins making glucose to compensate. Although it is possible to die, what usually happens is that you inject the insulin, your blood sugar decreases over the next few hours but not quick enough so that your body cannot compensate to save itself. I know someone who attempted this by injecting a WHOLE bottle who woke up the next morning in a stupor. Plus, once you woke up it is possible you would have damaged your brain or other body parts because of the low blood sugar. If successful, it probably wouldn't hurt because you would pass out before death. However it would definitely NOT be my first choice! I really hope someone you know is not considering it!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I am a diabetic and have had a few episodes of very low blood sugar and it was very uncomfortable, sweaty, shaky, and generally miserable. I don t know how long these symptoms would last before you lost consciousness but I think you would feel awful until that occurred. I have no plans on committing suicide but if I were, an insulin overdose would certainly not be my first choice.

Answer 4

There are a number of different kinds of insulin, which vary according to how rapidly they act. Humalog insulin, is very quick; Lantus insulin by comparison is very slow-acting. And there are others in between. So how long it would take to die would depend on the form of insulin. Before death occurred, there would be symptoms of low blood sugar, which might include dizziness, shaking, sweating, disorientation, lethargy. Also prior to death the victim might experience seizures or lapse into a coma. They would not be conscious when death occurred, so from that standpoint it would not be painful. The treatment for an overdose, of course, is to get glucose into the bloodstream, preferably by IV, if the overdose is severe.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I don't believe you would OVER DOSE on Insulin. Reason why is that with too much Insulin you would go into Insulin shock and start going into convolutions. Doing this your system would adjust and start to bring you out of the shock it not by submitting a conscious state or mild conscious state. If you fear over-dosing, check with your Doctor or Caregiver and let them help you realize this fear.
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Answer 7

It depends on the volume injected. If you exceed the body's capacity to counter the volume injected of the fastest acting (such as Humalog), then death will come quicker.

However, too much of anything will kill you. For instance, drinking water like that dumb mom on the radio show contest. Water is free. Insulin is expensive.

Answer 8

It is painful, but you probably won't die. Talk to your doctor before you do something rash.

Answer 9

It's a bad method.You get very scared , shaky and confused.
There is always that survival instinct that kicks in .

Answer 10

you would probably end up severely brain damaged instead of dead. i have seen this happen before in a case where a husband tried to kill his wife. it wasn't very pretty as she will live the rest of her life being cared for and not able to live in reality.
try to get help for your depression instead of attempting something you can't foresee the outcome of. there is help if you try to find it. i spent thanksgiving in ICU for trying the same thing. really thought i had it planned out perfect. good luck.