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Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by andoando on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:39PM (#41822907)
8 grams in one sitting? Im not even so worried about the psychological response but even a gram can give me extreme stomach pain and nausea that ruins the whole thing.
Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by neom on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:58PM (#41823880)
8g dried, overnight in lemon juice in the fridge then in the blender, chug a small glass of some type of smoothie from the store, chug the mix, chug a bit more smoothie, get into bed totally naked, wait. I did a looot of research and talked to a lot of people who have been down this trip and decided just to remove the variance of middle dose land and just put myself in "not aware" set. It worked well for me, ymmv.
Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by xkcd-sucks on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:17PM (#41823205)
making a tea with slightly acidic not-too-hot water helps quite a lot

also chewing fresh ginger or ginger tea

starting on an empty stomach, of course

but surprisingly, sometimes a little bit of miso soup midway can help with the "gastroparesis" type nausea that can emerge late stage

and also a little bit of diphenhydramine if it's still bad (like less than an antihistamine dose)

even if it is all kind of lipstick on a pig :)

Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by matrix87 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:15AM (#41825348)
the taste is really horrible and the lemon doesn't go well with it
Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by galaxyLogic on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:02AM (#41825824)
My friend once described to me how mushrooms differ from alcolhol: With mushroom you get the hangover first and then the high. With alcohol it is the opposite.
Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by seec on Sunday October 13, 2024 @05:45PM (#41831922)
LSD has somewhat the same effect but in a cleaner way. It's not really about the mushroom itself or the way you ingest it.

That being said, mushrooms are not very good regardless so you can process them in a way that makes it palatable (teas, blended smoothies, etc). But that won't make that weird nausea feeling disappear, you just get used to it and it slowly becomes unnoticeable as you progress on the "experiment".

The nausea is a response of your body, telling you that you ingested something bad, because that basically what those things are: a poison, just a non-lethal one, and we know the positive fun effects so it makes it worth it, otherwise you would just want to throw up !

Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by andoando on Sunday October 13, 2024 @07:56PM (#41832817)
I havent had the same effect from LSD, I also didnt have it the first few times I took it weirdly enough. I think how anxious you are seems to determine how much attention you give to the stomach pain.

Last time I was sitting there miserable for an hour and I started thinking this is life in general. I can either continue to cry about the bad or try and fill my time with something positive. I started to take a walk and think more positively and it seemed to do the trick, for a bit anyway