I don't think age is the culprit, but I don't have another hypothesis.
I have tripped many dozens of times over many years on Ps. Cyanescens, and never experienced paralysis.
Two days ago, for the very first time, I experienced wood lover paralysis on 3.5g dry Azurescens. I had tripped on 2g of the same batch (uniformly powdered and encapsulated) a month ago with no paralysis. So dose was the only variable this time. It was the second time only of ever using anything but Ps. Cyanescens (no cubes experience).
I picked the mushrooms this autumn small and seeming young, like 2-3 days after veils opening, nowhere close to rotting, in dune grass. I dried them carefully, before they showed any blackening or other breakdown, then powdered, mixed, capped, and deep froze.
Symptoms became apparent about 9 hours after dosing, after waking up in the middle of the night, post-trip. I might have felt earlier if I had been awake. I was unable to make simple adjustments to my camping equipment (pulling down on a tarp tensioner cord) because my abdominal muscles would go slack after less than 1 second of any exertion, and I'd sort of stumble backwards. Clumsy as hell. I could wait 5-10 seconds and then get another weak contraction, but gave up after 1-2 minutes of mildly freaking out and accomplishing little.
Then I tried to drink and couldn't keep the water in my mouth: lips went slack. Then I tried eating a sweet protein bar, and I slobbered all over myself for the same reason: lips wouldn't close. My tongue was very weak trying to push the food around to chew, and I bit the tip of it too, which still hurts 2 days later. Slept through to dawn, and felt a little weak but in charge of my body again.
So this is a thing I used to think didn't affect me. Now I know. I have more of the same batch. I will have benadryl on hand next time I try these, just in case.
Edited by otherwhitemeat (08/01/20 04:13 PM)
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