‘Psychedelics renaissance’: new wave of research puts hallucinogenics forward to treat mental health

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I’m not a fan of this. To me it seems this intellectual leftover from the sixties pushing psychedelics as some sort of panacea. I don’t thinik there’s anything valuable about them. It’s just chemical tricks of the mind and besides teaching you to maintain whilst hallucinating I just don’t see any value whatsover for treating those who’ve experienced psychosis.

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Its supposed to do wonders for depression.

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So does ketamine but it’s not for everyone and I’m not to sure of the long term implications of that.

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I can’t speak to any of the other drugs, but I have found psilocybin in magic mushrooms to be quite useful. It flushes out my psychic pipes, it seems to reset my stress levels and make me feel new again. I usually do them once a year, up at my buddy’s Cottage, but we haven’t been up there for a couple of years now

There has been a lot of research recently about using microdosing with psilocybin to treat depression. I would be willing to give it a try

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Thanks for posting @everhopeful , but I have to agree with @rogueone

But who knows right, this world is full of surprises. :grin:

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No thanks, I already have sz, I don’t want worse.

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I find depression is very heavy and serious . Microdosing magic mushrooms is said to alleviate some of that deadness. In the standard larger dose many people claimed it changed their lives forever after only a single dose.

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I too suffer from serious depression. My point is simply that I suspect little true science behind the use of psychedelics and more of a push from people who love to trip. Treatment resistant depression is serious business I would agree but I’m dubious about the claims by people microdosing lsd. They did a lot of stuff in the 60’s before it went illegal and a lot of it was rubbish. Just my two cents.

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oh hell no!!

this should have TW on it.

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I totally agree with you @rogueone
Total pseudo science.

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The reason these claims may be called by some as “dubious” is that there is no public research money going to these studies, its mostly private money. There need to be publicly funded studies of psychedelics for legitimacy, but its a hot political topic too so the controversy dissuades it. Plus no money to be gained, these substances are cheap and abundant.

As anecdotal evidence I was going through an extremely tough time with depression (before psychosis and the meds mind you) and tripping LSD helped me get back on my feet the very next day

I will say tho there is little conclusive evidence in public studies, it is due to the government abandoning the stuff after they tried to do weird experiments on unwitting psych patients.

The mental health model is far from complete, and it would be doing a disservice to everyone here to just dismiss this potential treatment option

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ridiculous.

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There is a documentary on a Canadian facility using LSD to help people come to terms with trauma. They were fully aware of what they were taking, and with proper guidance many overcame trauma, sometimes in a single session.

Would I take it now? Probably not. Your mind needs to be fairly flexible, and at a certain age I think you’ve missed the window

Then the sixties hit

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Mescaline triggered me into my first full blown psychotic state decades ago during my college years.
I think using psychedelics to treat mental disorders is a bunch of hog wash.

These substances may make certain people feel euphoric but there are plenty of others where it will destabilize them in a heartbeat.

Complete rubbish and nonsense.

Stay away from these type of drugs people!

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Sorry to be the party pooper but we aren’t about encouraging the use of psychedelics.

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