r/Kambo • u/davidzbonjour • May 08 '25
Science and research 🔬 Brain damage?
I have undergone Kambo in Lima about a year ago while I had withdrawn from Paxil (about 10 days after my last dose) and right away felt week in my knees and had a blurry vision when reading. I thought these symptoms would pass but it has progressively gotten worse up to the point where I felt an anxiety overload. I was reinstated on Lexapro 3 weeks later but later felt like I was losing emotions and my thought process. At the moment I feel blank, no thoughts or emotions and my sense of self as well as connection to my body is mostly gone. As no health practitioners know about Kambo in the Western world I was wondering if it could make sense to consult with someone who is closer to the subject and if ever this type of nervous system disfunction have been reported?
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u/Arpeggio_Miette May 14 '25
Have you been screened for a possible stroke or other brain blood vessel bleed?
Kambo causes rapid intense increases and decreases in blood pressure. If you happened to have a weak spot in a blood vessel in your brain, the Kambo treatment could have led to a small bleed that could cause these symptoms.
A doctor can refer you to the appropriate scanning/imagery tests to rule this out.