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A comment on Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval. Parent comment

Re:Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval by jMyles on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:04PM (#19149025)
"hallucinogen" is a silly word to begin with.

The primary effect of LSD isn't hallucination, but something far more strange and more difficult to describe.

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Re:Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval by hndamien on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:16PM (#19149108)
Psychedelic is the correct term.
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Re:Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval by jMyles on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @08:47PM (#19149625)
Psychedelic is one term that is almost certainly more correct. "Entheogen" is perhaps another. But "hallucinogen" and "psychotomimetic" do not properly describe my experience nor anyone I know.
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