Magic mushrooms, also known as psilocybin mushrooms, are a type of mushroom that contain the chemicals psilocybin or psilocin. These chemicals cause a variety of effects, including hallucinations and hallucinations. A 2004 pilot study from the University of California, Los Angeles explored the potential of psilocybin treatment in patients with advanced-stage cancer. Psilocin, a serotonin receptor agonist, is naturally found in several types of mushrooms, including medical mushrooms, magic mushrooms, and’shrooms.’ Psilocybin attaches to and activates receptors for the brain chemical serotonin, primarily the serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A (5HT2a) receptor.
Magic mushrooms, also known as medical mushrooms or magic mushrooms, are wild or cultivated mushrooms that contain psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychoactive compound. Psilocybin may help treat various psychiatric conditions, but the production, sale, and possession of magic mushrooms are illegal in Canada. There is increasing interest in the potential therapeutic uses of magic mushrooms, as they do not contain penicillin.
Magic mushrooms can be fresh or dried and have long, slender stems. Research on the therapeutic potential of psychedelic and dissociative drugs, including psilocybin, shows that psilocybin has the potential to rewire the brain and generate new neurological pathways. The penicillin family of antibiotics contains over 15 chemically related drugs, and Psilocybe cubensis is the best characterized mushroom species for production.
📹 Is It Safe to Use Psychedelics With Medications? – Lithium, SSRIs, Lamotrigine (Dr. Josh Woolley) 💊🍄
Psychiatrist and psychedelics/bipolar researcher Dr. Josh Woolley (University of California San Francisco) breaks down what the …
📹 Your Brain on Psilocybin
Humans have been taking psilocybin-containing mushrooms for centuries, but there has been recent research into the therapeutic …
I have mostly been depressed for a long time, but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone, lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.
Substances like psychedelics when administered temporarily and in the minimum and safe dose can save life (prevent suicide), yet..long term all of them are NOT the answer (solution to the problem). self honesty, emotional and spiritual healing (done correctly) produce safe and lasting results..health happiness, inner peace
I’m not a doctor but it seems like there should have been at least some mention of the risk of serotonin syndrome. Maybe a disclaimer that the article isn’t medical advice, I see people in the comments who are seeing this article as a green light rather than a reminder of the lack of clinical trials and an anecdotal discussion of research conducted anecdotally. I understand this is just a fragment of the full discussion, but with the way the article is titled it would be beneficial to include a five second clip at the beginning with some context or a disclaimer, no? I don’t mean this as criticism, I appreciate you and your work. Thank you for your time.
I see a lot of comments asking about ssris, like zoloft. I’ve been taking 50mg of this for the past year, just tried shrooms two nights ago. Took 4.4 gs and I had a good ass trip. Only thing I noticed is it kicked 20 minutes later than my friends who don’t take meds. Also I stoped taking the medicine only two days prior to tripping
My personal experience: I used to be able to trip hard at 1.8-2g. Then six months ago I started 20mg of fluoxetine and also tiered up to 100mg of Lamotrigine. I’ve now been off the fluoxetine for about a month now and the Lamotrigine for about a week and tried to trip again. I ate 10g and felt absolutely nothing, not even a tingle. The next day I ate 5g and again felt absolutely nothing. Then 2g from a different batch and still NOTHING. Long story short: Taking SSRIs have permanently altered and completely hampered my ability to revert trip again. I completely resent antidepressants because of this.
I appreciate this article, I am on psych meds and using psychedelics and there is like no information out there just a bunch of fear so psychedelic practitioners won’t work with me unless I get off all my meds which wasn’t a good idea when I tried it once. There needs to be more research that actually includes people that are on meds. It’s not so black and white. At least we’re approaching a time that this can be done because as society has seen these meds are not the only answer and it seems like everyone is on them but we need more solution.
Interesting to hear that about Lexapro. Was on it once for months on max dose, and just wasted my time. Did absolutely nothing for me. The only typical antidepressant that works for me is duloxetine, and it only really helps to keep me from falling into a hole. No mood boost at all. I just hope big pharma and governments loosen their grip on psychedelics and do their research so I can get daily psilocybin without hallucinations. Big trips are reserved for blessed days 🙏 😌
I’ve used DMT twice while on Lamictal, with no negative effects, but I’ve only used small doses of DMT. I haven’t experienced a “breakthrough” or seen God or elves. 😉 I’ve only used enough to feel mild kaleidoscopic visions of moving colors with my eyes closed, and a general sense of pleasantness and being surrounded by love. Even the birds and cars and dragonflies loved me. 🙂 Afterward, I was able to quit smoking very easily, and I haven’t felt suicidal for a month. I used two doses, about two weeks apart. I take 200 MG of extended release Lamictal every day to tamp down rage.
I was diagnosed at 14 to have bipolar 1 and recently found out that I developed psychosis I’m 41 now. I have been off and on all sorts of meds, including the ones you mentioned, as well as trying psychedelics. I can definitely say that my head space has been changing to where I can no longer manage on my own. I am looking to do the psychedelics again because I felt like it helped immensely with assisting me to a positive, healthy mindset. For me, it helped. But now I’m on Abilify and not sure how it would work, but I’m guessing it will elevate the positive and piggyback the anti-anxiety effects. Just a guess and hope. If it’s a naturally earth grown potential of a cure, I’m willing to try it.
Im doing microdosing along lamotrigium, SSRI escitalopram, quetiopinium and supplements- omega 3, innositol, lions mane, magnesium and on microdose day niacin and I find it really helpful to be productive and feel good, its not like hypomania- im tottaly aware and critical about my thoughts and actions
I had two seizures mixing lithium and lsd. First seizure I woke up from and thought I had fainted. Shortly after I had a second seizure and I quit breathing. The paramedics said that if they would have arrived even 2 minutes later I would have died. I don’t remember much other than taking my first breath again in the ambulance and later in the hospital. My sister said I was talking but not forming sentences that made sense for hours. Luckily I made a full recovery. I don’t have any experience with mixing it with 🍄
54 yo female here….I take Lamictal for controlled late onset epilepsy but (controlled) and thus far no real adverse side affects. I TAKE 400 mg daily. Again, no problem with side effect, thus far. I micro dose 2-3 times a week. I was worried but took a chance because I wanted to try to cope with depression with less pharma intervention (none really) I just decided to go for it. I take .33 gram daily. I won’t recommend it but I have found it very effective thus far. Just from my experience- i wanted to share….
had some crazy ass trips while on ssri and psychedelics, also have taken psychedelics before taking ssris. i personally didn’t find it to be a blunted effect, just as potent, but personally i think people with fucked up serotonin systems shouldnt use psychedelics and ssris together because the highs and lows become bad. I do think microdosing could replace ssris but the dose would have to be extremely low, also people taking 25ug of acid thinking it’s a microdose might want to reconsider, 25ug can send you to space.
I micodose shrooms and I’m still tapering off of a AD that I’ve been taking for 25 years (paxil) I have found it has helped me as I’m now at my lowest dose ever.. 2.6mg to go . Anyone else tapering an AD whilst microdosing an AD … I’d be interested on hearing your experience as I can’t find much information anywhere when using shrooms to help taper off of big pharma (Big Harma as I call them) meds.
Are used to try Lamictal I’m now on Trileptal. I wonder if there’s any studies with that I think it’s similar as for bipolar. I know that this is what I’m trying to figure out. I’m also on a benzo as well, so I feel like everyone keeps recommending this to me, but I really don’t think I’m the right candidate. Lol.
Ill try microdosing. I already used lithium, risperidona, and all, and i also drank at that time. It made me awful. But with time symphtins got worse and i took escitalopran and ansitec. I got a little better. But i used to have anger and those kind of things. Now im on escitalopran and lamotrigina. Hope it works.
I didn’t hear him mention Paxil and Zoloft and other SSRIs the dangers of SSRI and antidepressants, takin along side Psilocybe mushrooms. They both affect the frontal cortex and release of serotonin within the brain itself to much excess serotonin in the brain can result into something called serotonin syndrome, which could be fatal and cause seizures and even death due to seizures and convulsions caused by uncontrolled spasms as a result of “serotonin syndrome”
Hello, I have severe anxiety, I take loraezapam, and when I take 0.1 gr of microdose of psilocybin I feel anxious and cold, nervous, how can I move forward, should I stop taking psychiatric medications? someone told me that micro do not work for bipolar? How can I leave the pills for anxiety if the fungus that generates anxiety?
Hi, i really hope someone can answer me, but i’ve been depressed and anxious for about 15 years now, used all sorts of AD’s (on this moment i take quetiapine (seroquel), abilify, lamotrigine and deanxit) Yesterday i tried psilocybine for the first time but felt NOTHING, not even after 3 grams. I guess it’s because of some of the AD’s I take. So now i´m wondering which of my medications i can quit in order to feel the effects from psilocybine?
I have Bipolar Disorder, at the moment, I use only antidepressants (Escitalopram 20mg). I talked to the psychiatrist over the phone and he suggested Lamictal I see many reports that you shouldn’t use antidepressants because it leaves you in a mixed state, which is how I am now. I have the following question: is it possible that Lamictal is introduced, and the dose of the antidepressant starts to be lowered? For example, start using lamictal 25mg twice a day, and start using Escitalopram at 15mg, to maybe reach 10mg or even weaning off the antidepressant?
no psychedelics or any other mind altering substances should ever be taken when bipolar. Even on prescribed mediaction the relaps is waiting just around the corner, it could be weeks or months ahead or even a year ahead, but it will happen eventually more or less. The negativity in society, which on the subconscious level is greather than we think, or even around the globe, will also work as a buffer wich will also lead to relaps eventually. The elevated creativity and urge for sucess is the urge to change world to a better place, the “god like” feeleng that comes with bipolar is the urge to create world to a better place. The ” spiritual seeking” is the urge to create a wolrd to a better place. The self destructive behavior and depression is the rebelious action to create world to a better place. The sexual urge in bipolar is the urge to create new offsprings to create world to a better place.