Single dose of psilocybin eased cancer patients' anxiety, depression for years

Re:Single dose of psilocybin eased cancer patients' anxiety,... by ericmcer on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @12:29PM (#22171594)

I have always stuck in the 1.5g range, and feel comfortable doing that in public or alone. I think anything over 3 is entering dangerous territory. Not physically, but you are going to need to be cautious about when/where/why/who at that level.

I took 5-6g when I was much younger and it was not an enjoyable experience on the whole, forgetting who/where I was, thinking I was other people. The most interesting part was everything arranging itself in sensible geometric patterns. No matter what I looked at, tree bark, the ground, the wall of a house, a pile of leaves, everything would appear structured as sort of repeating hexagons or octagons. That affect combined with occasional moments of profound peace felt revelatory, but I did not take mushrooms for a few years after that. I will almost definitely never do it again either.

I have not experienced the marijuana thing though :).

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Re:Single dose of psilocybin eased cancer patients' anxiety,... by heed on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:52PM (#22173907)

It’s somewhat problematic to determine the exact dose of psilocybin you’re getting when ingesting raw material. 1.5g of dried material might give you a range for the upper bound of psilocybin content, but it’s difficult to say. And dose is VERY important in planning what kind of experience you want to have.

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