Where would I start if I want to try psilocybin as a treatment?
Study suggests single dose of psilocybin safe and effective as treatment for major depressive disorder
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to mycology@mander.xyz
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-dose-psilocybin-safe-effective-treatment.html
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sexy_peach@feddit.de 1 year ago
xilliah@beehaw.org 1 year ago
It’ll be difficult finding an ‘official’ treatment, as research was blocked for the longest time and has just started up again. However there are various legal ways.
There are groups and tribes that provide treatment or rituals, I can’t link anything, but if you have some cash you could look into that. For example ayahuasca rituals are available in Latin America.
Alternatively you could do it yourself, you could visit a place where it is legal like in the Netherlands, where you have smart shops.
You can’t buy them off the street because there is no profit in it. It’s sort of like an anti drug because you won’t feel like taking more, and it’ll likely take you off other drugs.
Your best bet might be to DIY. You can order spores online, which afaik is legal in most places, but look it up to be sure in your jurisdiction. There are plenty of websites describing how to grow them. It’s a slightly involved process but it’s doable and a batch will last you forever.
I can’t overstate enough that you have to respect it. Look up online how to use it properly. Don’t treat it like some party drug. Don’t take it if you have schizophrenia. You’ll need a trip sitter you trust, like a good friend, and you’ll need to be in a place where you feel safe and you can be alone. The best setting is typically nature. Eat healthy before. Not too late in the day. You’ll need rest the next day.
So as you can see it is rather involved. However, if you have chronic depression I can personally recommend it. It’s impossible to describe but perhaps you can compare it to going on a walk with a good friend and having a really insightful talk.
3ntranced@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Unless you live in a state/country where there are clinical trials/treatment options, youre basically left with 3 options. 1. Foraging, psilocybin shrooms are everywhere (unsafe unless you’re very confident in your findings) 2. Order online (still unsafe but less chance of accidental poisoning, also runs the risk of law enforcement) or 3. That guy from highschool still probably knows someone that can hook you up.
Landmammals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
- Grow it yourself. Pretty easy and it’s legal to order the spores online from a reputable vendor
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Mushrooms are 100% legal in Jamaica. They were never illegal (as weed is). So the government actually has special business licenses for people who sell them, to promote tourism.
xilliah@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Definitely worked for me
Bipta@kbin.social 1 year ago
It helped me but people shouldn't expect miracles.
xilliah@beehaw.org 1 year ago
You shouldn’t expect it but it might just as well work out that way.
binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Yeah, I am going to call bullshit on this one. I tried shrooms once and it seemed like it helped, but then my depression came back a little over a year and a half later.
ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Why are you expecting it to last forever? It’s common for relapse to occur with mental illness.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
It said treatment, not cure.
Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
25mg is pretty small, even for a micro dose.
roguestew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
25mg of psilocybin, not 25mg dried mushrooms. This isn’t an insignificant dose, roughly equivalent to 2.5g of mushrooms.
Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Thanks, was hoping to find this in the comments. That’s actually a much lower than I expected, always thought you had to go on a 5g journey. I personally don’t even get visual hallucinations on 2.5g
Bwaz@kbin.social 1 year ago
25mg of mushroom would be.
But 25mg of pure psilocybin is more than a microdose.
Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gotcha. I misread it. Thanks!
amio@kbin.social 1 year ago
Makes sense as long as it works, a lot of people are not prepared to trip balls anyway, even as part of a treatment. Ketamine (for the same purpose, which is increasingly a thing) has the same issue.
agent_flounder@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Never done drugs but depression is fucking horrible and debilitating. If the price to pay for putting depression on hiatus for a year or two is tripping balls, sign me the fuck up right now. I swear the first second I am retired (and thus can’t get fired for drugs) I am investigating one of these types of treatments. But my understanding is micro dosing is generally the treatment? Idk.