EXCLUSIVE Florida woman, 38, warns of risks of psychedelics after she hurled herself off a stairwell on LSD, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down READ MORE: FDA panel warns against approving MDMA for treating PTSD By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:21, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 19:08, 9 June 2024 e-mail 5 View comments A Florida woman has warned of the dangers of psychedelics after she fell down a stairwell during a drug-induced frenzy and was left paralyzed from the armpits down. Sheryn Jamelle Brown, now 38, from Orlando, had taken three hits of the drug LSD when she plunged from the top of a flight of stairs, breaking two vertebrae in her spine.
The devastating act was fueled by a sense of disorientation and feeling unsafe in her surroundings. 'I felt a jolt of fear go through my body like a lightning strike,' she said. Today, Sheryn now lives in a nursing home and requires full-time care with daily tasks like bathing, dressing herself and preparing food.
Sheryn Jamelle Brown, now 38, said she considered medically assisted suicide as she endured months of physical therapy following the injury that left her paralyzed She sees herself as a 'warning' to others, not only of the dangers of drugs, but also of the risks of being too eager to please others. 'My desire to please, my ego, and peer pressure all played a role in me becoming a quadriplegic,' she said. 'I want to be that warning to everyone else to respect themselves at all times.
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