Copy to Clipboard The person had hoped to relieve symptoms of bipolar disorder and decrease his opioid dependence by brewing a tea from magic mushrooms (Getty Images) A 30-year-old man went into multiple organ failure a few days after he injected himself with a self-made âmagic mushroom tea.â The case, reported by doctors from Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, is regarding âMr X,â who suffers from bipolar disorder and depression. He also has a history of opioid dependency. According to researchers, he boiled the mushrooms in water, filtered the liquid using a cotton swab before âdirectly injectingâ the solution into his veins. By doing so, he had hoped to relieve symptoms of bipolar disorder and decrease his opioid dependence. However, he ended up at the emergency department with fungus growing in his blood.