Cary Grant's LSD Therapy in the 1950s

Re:Cary Grant's LSD Therapy in the 1950s by kdmccormick on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:12PM (#22409761)

To be fair, many antidepressants and stimulants can lead to psychotic episodes in vulnerable patients. This happens a non-trivial amount in Bipolar-I patients taking antidepressants. It's a stated side effect that psychiatrists take into account.

However, I agree with the general sentiment of your comment, especially given that pharma drugs that trigger episodes would do over the course of months whereas a psychadelic can do it in an hour.

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Re:Cary Grant's LSD Therapy in the 1950s by freeone3000 on Monday February 24, 2020 @08:19PM (#22410125)

Honestly, that's probably safer. With normal drugs, there's no hard and fast point where one day you're fine and the next day you're hallucinating. At first it's just weird sounds, then some colors, and by the time it's full objects you've been hallucinating for months and not noticed. Really causes a self-examination about the nature of reality, that.

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Re:Cary Grant's LSD Therapy in the 1950s by bananamerica on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:22AM (#22412949)

> To be fair, many antidepressants and stimulants can lead to psychotic episodes in vulnerable patients

And that is why you must get a prescription from a trained and authorized professional in order to use those substances

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