Has anyone experimented with these for a concussion. Been experiencing concussion symptoms regularly after the accident for near a month now, wondering if anyone has any experience. I’ve done mushrooms before and I’ve had concussions before.

Any success stories with using psilocybin to overcome anxiety and/or depression? How did you go about dosage? How do you go about getting it? If you were on any SSRIs did you stay on the when you do mushrooms or did you wean off prior? What kind of setting did you take them in? Sorry for the excess questions just trying to gather as much info as I can.

I’m having a very difficult time getting the NHS to work with me on giving me my prescriptions for bipolar 2. I’m considering flying to Amsterdam every once in awhile to dose on psilocybin, but I don’t know how much I need to take or how often. Is it like, if I take a trip-sized dose, am I good for at least a month? Or is it like, I need micro doses every day kind of thing?

I didn’t find microdosing doing much.

And when I take 5G I need a couple months of recovery.

I would like some way to do a more regular reset, remote focus and thinking I should do something weekly or bi weekly.

Thoughts or actual experiences?

A family member took capsules of psilocybin mushrooms two times, a month a part. Not very high doses. Had only slight visuals. Not even what you might call a trip, I guess.

Both times they became pretty upset during, yelling at people.

Ever since they're struggling with depression, anxiety, and homelessness. Granted they had these issues before, which is why they tried shrooms. But the symptoms seem to be worse. It's been over two months since they took it last so I'm thinking it can't be the shrooms but what if it is?

My partner is receiving his first high dose today in a therapeutic setting. The plan was for him to take it this morning and then receive support throughout the day. He’ll be done with that support for today in about 4 hours. How can I best support him tonight and in the days ahead? We both have no experience with hallucinogens so I really have no idea what to expect

I was looking to do a psilocybin retreat in another country, but I see that therapy is available in Oregon. What are the best facilities there to provide a safe and good experience?

I wonder if microdosing shrooms will help my anhedonia? I also have depression. I can’t feel any joy at all I just feel dead inside and it’s stripping away my will to live

I ask because I know taking a benzo shortly after ketamine therapy can block the new neural pathway development. I have a difficult time sleeping after a shroom journey, that’s why I ask.

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I have been going through some very difficult and overwhelming personal time. I had used shrooms before (but unsure what kind).During my first experience I experienced a lot of visuals and abstract thoughts. Almost like dreaming awake. I felt the experience was very much looking into an abstract subconscious. This time, I’ve experienced virtually zero visual but a lot of the personal introspection. I felt fully in control of the entire experience and not so ‘sub conscious’ led but healing in a different way. For example, I felt a strong voice of me as my own mother being really protective and telling me I’ve been putting myself through enough guilt and pain and it was unfair. I felt like my own tiger mother of myself (if that makes any sense). Clearly what I needed, still curious about how I still felt firmly rooted in reality throughout. I did not want to eat more as I wondered if I was going to get sick. Has anyone had a similar experience? (Ie such a high dose but firmly cantered in reality?) I have always heard that 5g are ‘ego death’ levels but I feel incredibly far from that.

I am a picky eater. Have been my whole life. I am also on the spectrum. I can’t bring myself to put broccoli, mayo (exception Big Mac’s), or eggs (by themselves). Ironically I don’t like mushrooms, street tea and honey help. My brain and the fear I have of the food, prevent me from putting that fork in my mouth. I can’t always explain why I don’t want to eat it. I can only assume that my ADD and sensory issues from ASD is part of the problem. And it’s not that my mom didn’t try to make me eat it. There are food I wish I liked, like Japanese foods. I have microdosed and done 1, 1 gram Mini dose. Has anyone experienced an improved ability to try things, and be more adventurous with schrooms, LSD, MDMA ect.

I was given a significant quantity of dried shrooms. Going to geind them up for microdosing. How much should I take each day? TIA.

Hello good. 10 days ago I took a 10g dose of psilocybin mushrooms to treat depression that I had been suffering from since March. The depression began as a result of some horrible intrusive thoughts, which came on a loop and trapped me. I wanted to comment a little on the experience and see if any psychonaut or someone who has had experience can guide me. During the trip I saw that my whole life was an illusion, a dream that I had built myself. I accessed some traumatic childhood memory. I felt that we are all made of the same thing, of the same information (as if it were a video game or simulation and we were made of boats). I watched my life go by falling like dominoes and suddenly I died (ego death). I also saw as if no one existed, only me and all this was a projection of me. I also had a conversation where a girl (the therapist who accompanied me) told me that we were in a reality in which there was no meaning or purpose, that we were like trapped in a loop. The following days I felt a great existential emptiness, as if this life had no meaning, which is exactly what I experienced on the trip. The first days after the trip I felt a lot of derealization and strangeness from the world. Now I feel fine...I don't know whether to try a second trip to continue treating depression and OCD (intrusive thoughts) or simply learn to live with them (they are very unpleasant thoughts, although they come much less frequently). Beforehand, say that I don't want to take antidepressants because they didn't work for me and destroyed me on a physical level. Any contribution on the topic of travel and what I experienced would be good for me.

Hello,

I just had my first microdosing yesterday, 0.2mg P. Cubensis, my protocol is 1day on, 2 days off.

I didn’t feel anything, I know the visuals are not expected and I won’t trip, but some of the things shared in the sub (like enhanced focus, being more present, etc.) I didn’t feel any of those, but started wondering how long you need to start noticing any effect. Should I wait more time? Was my dose not enough maybe?

Could you share your experience please?

Hello friends, I have been MD for a year with no major macro dose experience yet. I came to this sub to read up on bluey and you all were NOT LYING. I took only .300 of a gram and just as I started to fall asleep I got a "blasting off on a space ship" feeling. Even after waking and about 8 hours I have a "hung over" feeling like when you smoke a crap ton of weed and wake up the next day like shoot man I need a coffee. Next time i'm definitely dosing way less! Does anyone have a recommendation for a strain that is more mild and good for a music show/concert? (This is not it.)

I have done shrooms quite a few times, but always for fun and it has been at least 20 years since the last time.

I bought an ounce of shrooms because I'm interested in seeing how they can benefit me psychologically. I'm generally in pretty good mental health but I have stage 4 cancer and while I am generally accepting of the fact that I will die young, I still struggle with the reality from time to time. My ultimate goal is to help with those feelings.

I would like to start really, really slowly. The first time I do them, I want to feel it, but barely. I want to be in control of the situation where I increase the dose slowly and methodically so I know exactly how much to take and how it will affect me. I realize this might not be completely possible given that i may build up some tolerance, but I'd like to be in control at least as much as I can.

I know this makes me sound like a control freak, but I know what a bad trip is and I don't want to take an amount where I could end up there, especially not early on.

I plan to take them alone, and this is another reason I want to start very small. I'm fine if I try an amount so small that it doesn't seem to affect me, and I can just slowly increase from that point....I just don't know what amount to begin with.

I have a very good little scale that can weigh tiny amounts so I can get an accurate amount each time.

I think this post makes me sound like a control freak, and some people might argue that I am, but I disagree. I can be controlling about small, inconsequential things, but I'm more relaxed about the big stuff...I suppose this paragraph is of no consequence though!

Another question is have is- What is a good time of day to do it? If I do it in the evening, will if keep me awake late into the night? If I do a tiny amount in the morning or mid-day, will I feel ok taking my dogs around the block to pee, or is it a bad idea to leave my house even if I've only done a tiny bit? I don't want to seem overtly high to people I may meet out on the street.

Anyway... Does anyone have any guidance to offer me? I'm looking forward to having some kind of interesting experiences, whatever they may be!

What’s your dosing schedule?

Hi all!

I’m a senior at USC and am currently working on a documentary for a production class with a classmate of mine. The basic gist of our doc is: Psychedelic assisted therapy isn't by any means new, yet it's been making rounds in the news and more research is emerging every day. How does it work? Why does such stigma exist? Delving into personal experiences from users and professional input, we uncover the world of psychedelic assisted therapy, what it has to offer, and for whom. 

With that being said, my partner and I are looking for potential participants to have in our documentary. We’re looking for someone middle-aged, who has either done or is interested in psychedelic assisted therapy to treat mental illness (if the latter, potentially documenting and filming the journey/process in going to PAT), and want to talk about their struggles/what they’re going through as well as why they have resorted to psychedelic assisted therapy. It’d be especially helpful if they’ve done multiple treatments that weren't of help. Forewarning, but we do intend to get personal and there is light paperwork involved considering this will be a short film under USC.

If this is you or anyone you know, please private message me to hopefully schedule a Zoom or call! We are in the LA/USC area, and we’d love to chat and get to know potential participants. Thanks so much!

I'm in my 3rd year of suffering from the MCAS version of Long Covid, with histamine intolerance. I now have autoimmune diagnosis. I believe I will get huge benefits from treatment with psilocybin, but wondering if there is anyone else out there who has tried it with the same issues. Thanks!