5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anxiety

Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by 0x8BADF00D on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @01:00PM (#19432781)

There is indeed a very thin line between psychosis and intense religious experiences. It is why in some religions, knowing God will literally burn the mind.

I would recommend psychedelics, but like anything, it depends on the person. There are dangers, but those dangers can be controlled quite well. At the population level, it is safer than coffee. At the individual level, it varies, just like anything else.

I will note that after taking ~110 μg of LSD-25 on several occasions, my overall cognition improved dramatically.

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Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by raducu on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:14PM (#19433737)

You cannot control HPPD.

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Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by perseusmandate on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @06:09PM (#19436575)

I have it and you 100% can. I've trained myself to not react to it and it has faded from my perception

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Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by raducu on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @03:51AM (#19439883)

I'm sure many people can live with many discomforts, but a lot of people HPPD cannot function as before they had it.

I have eye floaters and I can live just fine with them jumping around, still doesn't change the fact they are annoying and if I could get rid of them I would; if they were caused by something I did and I could change that, I would.

I'm sure most people with HPPD, if given the choice, would never have done psychedelics in the first place; HPPD is why I stayed away from psychedelics.

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Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by ericsoderstrom on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @01:42PM (#19433301)

In what sense did your cognition improve, and how do you know?

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Re:5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anx... by 0x8BADF00D on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:01PM (#19433554)

In terms of raw information processing. Focus, perhaps? Prior to taking psychedelics, I would struggle to process information, though I was an avid reader. Recall seems markedly improved too. Again, it is all anecdotal. It is a non-trivial problem to even begin to measure cognition, intelligence, consciousness, etc.

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