The effects of psychedelics are profound to a person who hasn't experienced them, which is the vast majority of people today. I think, when a person goes through a powerful experience they've never had, it makes them a lot more suggestive, which in turn makes therapies more effective. Will this still be the case if psychedelics usage is normalized? When a person knows what to expect out of the drug will they still remain as suggestible to therapy?
My own experience with psychedelics tells me no: once you become familiar with the effects the "high" loses some of it's properties that make it a useful tool for introspection.
I haven't done psychedelics in a purely therapeutic setting so there may be something to my observation that I'm missing completely.
I can’t speak to other hallucinogens but I would imagine the situation is the same there. The day after an acid trip isn’t a new neurochemical environment because of the powerful hallucinations the day before, it is something else.
> My own experience with psychedelics tells me no: once you become familiar with the effects the "high" loses some of it's properties that make it a useful tool for introspection.
My own experiences run directly counter to this assertion.
What is a "new neurochemical environment" exactly? I've had many acid comedowns, and they have all been affected by how the high was - emotionally, mentally, and physically. What do you mean by "its something else"?
https://hubermanlab.com/sleep-toolkit-tools-for-optimizing-s...
There are so many small things you can do, and they get summarised here. Drugs are just one dimension.
Shoot me a DM if you want to try it out - happy to send one your way.
I am curious to read why this is bad. My doc thinks this is perfectly fine
Melatonin is naturally secreted by the pineal gland, which like other hormones gets downregulated when taken exogenously over long periods of time.
There’s also studies showing a downregulation in dopamine and seratonin with long term use of melatonin.
- https://impossible.co/blogs/health/magnesium-and-sleep - https://impossible.co/blogs/health/l-theanine-for-sleep
[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5866161/ [1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/brb3.1423
Seems way too dangerous for home use.
The space is also at the precipice of a whole new class of psychedelics coming online - MDMA, psilocybin, and more are all 1-5 years out (working through FDA drug trials), and hold promise of both faster results (versus 6-8 months of trialing traditional antidepressants) and fewer downside risks (versus weight gain, sex drive, etc. issues with antidepressants and memory loss, headaches, etc. with ECT and TMS).
Bottom line, if you're suffering and considering those treatments, I highly recommend finding a local center and at least learning more about options available to you.