Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use
by sutterbomb on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:59PM
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I’ve used micro doses of psilocybin as a depression treatment and found it effective. Be definition the microdose meant I never had a “trip”, let alone a strong one with lots of introspection. It improves mood and increases energy even at low doses.
Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use
by acct1771 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @11:30PM
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I've begun to prefer the term "experience" anyway.
"Trip" is outdated, and harmful to public opinion, I think.
Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use
by sutterbomb on Thursday October 04, 2018 @02:02AM
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Ok but irrelevant to my point. The experience isn’t always necessary to have positive effects.
It's not the introspection that causes psilocybin's anti-depressant quality. Mood and improves, and phantom pain diminishes by about 12-24 hours, regardless of the qualities of the trip, and continues to rise for a couple of days. Even if the trip is relatively non-descript, or is difficult, the internal change is still very clear.
A euphoric trip overshadows this change, obviously.