Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-...
by appplication on Saturday October 12, 2024 @03:10PM
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> Why did you take a very high dose?
Hindsight is 20/20 but often it’s not clear at the time if it’s a bad idea or how bad it can be. I think it’s not such a fair question to someone struggling to find effective treatment for mental health issues to make a mistake on dosing. Especially given both government and medical field have historically not amenable to openly communicating harm reduction or safe guidelines for experimentation with this particular medicine.
As someone who was experienced with psilocybin some 20+ years ago, I always took fairly consistent doses (roughly 3 grams), as I could sense taking much more would be playing with fire. This was pretty much a given amongst my circle of a dozen friends who experienced these trips with me… hero doses were almost never a good or healthy idea. Fun to read about on Erowid though, mostly as cautionary tales.
My time with the substance ended after two bad trips (after a few dozen great ones over a period of 5 years), but neither produced any sort of even minor lasting effect.