Rebekah was admitted to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth and stayed overnight. 'We rushed her to the local ER and they decided to transport her to Cook Children’s.' Her resting heart rate was 199,' Katie, Rebekah's mother told Checkup. She had fractured sentences, hallucinations. One of the teens, a 14-year-old named ‘Rebekah,’ took 14 Benadryl tablets in the middle of the night on Memorial Day. In May, three teens from Fort Worth, Texas, were hospitalized after they swallowed excessive doses of Benadryl as part of the ‘challenge.’ Overdosing on Benadryl leaves one vulnerable to heart attack, stroke, seizures, brain damage, and even death. 'The dose that can cause a hallucination is very close to the dose that can cause something potentially life-threatening,' said Scott Schaeffer, director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information. The 'Benadryl challenge' is a new game in which teens on TikTok are encouraged to take as much allergy medicine as needed in order to hallucinate or trip out.īut health experts are warning that taking too much Benadryl can be fatal. ‘Chloe's faith kept her steadfast she always stood up for what she believed in, and she showed kindness and compassion in everything she did.’ ‘On that journey, she looked forward to her first kiss, getting her driver's license, and one day going to Paris. ‘Chloe was an extremely intelligent young woman and dreamed of one day going to college and becoming a lawyer. ‘Chloe loved music, dancing, video games, and being a social butterfly with her friends. Currently, there's been no reported cases of teens getting sick doing the Benadryl challenge in Tennessee.‘Chloe was a sophomore at Blanchard High School, where she was actively involved in yearbook and track,’ according to an obituary.
Anyone with concerns can call the Tennessee Poison Center for free at 1-80. She says parents need to be aware of this challenge and keep the Benadryl locked up. "So you become very stimulated, and it really creates the perfect storm for some of these really serious effects." In some cases, energy drinks are taken too. "The dose that makes you hallucinate is actually very close to the dose that can cause life-threatening symptoms," Bowman said. It's a common misconception that taking too much Benadryl makes you fall asleep it actually does the opposite. "You can have symptoms like seizure, dangerous changes in heart rhythm, and even severe agitation that requires medical intervention," Dr.
In Oklahoma, one teen may have died from the Benadryl challenge, and in Texas some teens were hospitalized. It’s extremely scary, especially that a social media platform can have such an impact, and such an influence." "They get severe dry mouth, their heart feels like it’s going to beat out of their chest.
"So what happens is, kids think they are going to have these hallucinations that are funny, and yes they hallucinate, but also they get very uncomfortable," Bowman explained. Overdosing on the over-the-counter allergy medicine can be life-threatening and dangerous. Nena Bowman with the Tennessee Poison Center at Vanderbilt. "They’re really unrealistic of what I think Benadryl overdose looks like," said Dr.
(WTVF) - Doctors are warning parents about the so-called ‘Benadryl challenge’ where teens are posting videos of themselves hallucinating during an overdose.