Psilocybin, a chemical found in certain types of mushrooms, is a psychoactive compound that activates serotonin receptors in the prefrontal cortex, which affects mood, cognition, and perception. Magic mushrooms, also known as shrooms or mushrooms, contain psilocybin, a chemical that can change a person’s sense of reality and cause distorted perceptions. Psilocybin, also known as 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (4-PO-DMT), is a naturally occurring compound that can be converted into the active drug psilocin.
Magic mushrooms, also known as shrooms or mushrooms, are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain hallucinogenic compounds, most commonly psilocybin and psilocin. The production, sale, and possession of magic mushrooms are illegal in Canada, but there is increasing interest in the potential therapeutic uses of psilocybin.
Psilocybin mushrooms are found in Mexico, Central America, and the United States. Common street names for these mushrooms include “Magic Mushrooms”, “Magic Mushrooms”, and “Teonanacatl”. The major hallucinogenic alkaloid isolated from Psilocybe mushrooms (also known as Teonanacatl or “magic mushrooms”) has a role as a hallucinogen and a fungal compound.
In summary, psilocybin, a chemical found in certain types of mushrooms, can change a person’s sense of reality and cause distorted perceptions. While the production, sale, and possession of magic mushrooms are illegal in Canada, there is growing interest in the potential therapeutic uses of psilocybin.
📹 The Magic and Chemistry Behind Psychedelic Mushrooms
The revival of research into psychedelics as medicine has given rise to increased interest in psilocybin containing fungi.
📹 Your Brain on Psilocybin
Humans have been taking psilocybin-containing mushrooms for centuries, but there has been recent research into the therapeutic …
The experiences of individuals with LSD and Psilocybin have been known to be pivotal moments of significant change in their lives. Many people report that each trip was a truly incredible and transformative experience, and even during the more challenging moments, they felt an immeasurable thrill for life.
I have PTSD, and Anxiety disorder. I have just had my Psylocibin clinical trial last week on 25mg. It was intense and meaningful and I’m already feeling way more compassionate to myself, I’m still in integration period and I’m already having a positive outlook that I will feel so much better soon. I wish psylocibin is available to all people struggling with mental health
I have for years attributed my loss of taste for alcohol to a combining of Antabuse and LSD. After leaving a treatment facility where Antabuse was administered daily for almost 3 months to me, I scored a hit of blotter acid, then after tripping for a few hours decided I was thirsty and got some beer. I never got sick, but never drank the way I had been drinking again.
The old saying it all starts in the brain is truly true. Anxiety depression then manifesting and health issues all from the brain. Had three brain surgeries and a failed back procedure at 26. Resulting into chronic regional pain syndrome or CRPS and atypical trigeminal neuralgia. I’m 29 now and my health issues are progressing there are no cures on their lifelong. However I’ve had more relief from psilocybin, LSD and intravenous ketamine use as far as pain. As far as the most natural mushrooms truly are beautiful. Especially doing solo trips you have so many epiphanies come to you if your mind is open. There has been a reason why for 70 years even more, the government has suppressed the substances and ultimately healing. Definitely a reason why the majority of people have been told that they were bad to people if using mind altering substances. The issue is if so many people woke up and truly understand the meaning of life, understood their shortcomings and worked on them in healthy ways, the world would be completely different. Thank you so much for talking about this.
The first time I took mushroom was out of curiosity because I saw a documentary about people treating themselves with psycodelics to cure depression and other mental illness. I bought some truffles because I couldn’t find mushrooms and I was hoping to allucinate, trip, or something bad happen at least, because also what people say and the bad fame they have.. but once I took it. It was so different from what I expected!! Wow I felt so intelligent, I felt calm in my brain, this feeling I can’t explain and make me think about so many stuff, the things I was doing, how I was sabotaging myself, it gave me another perspective, like… things I was never thought of before, for the first time I was thinking outside the box, and it was so eye opening experience for me. Made me also think about how are we controlled by the elites, cia and other 3 letters organizations, I though “how can something from nature that made me feel so intelligent, creative, anf gave me another perspective on my depression is not legal? why they satanize it? (off course they cant make money out of it since its nature) while drugs more harmfull that make you stupid and burn your neurones like alcohol, cigars etc. are totally legal, I mean have you seen the paper that comes with any drug you purchase in a pharmacy and the secondary effects? the list is endless. wow, just opened my mind to another form of reality. since then I have learned, Everything oficial is sketchy, we need to learn to question everything we know.
I’m not going into detail about my life or struggles but mushrooms are amazing and I once tripped every other day for a month at one point. I microdose fairly often. The thing is, scientists want to say it’s a specific chemical binding to a receptor slot that makes it all work. Not understanding that the trip itself is necessary for insight into yourself. You can’t separate the magic from the mushroom, you gotta do it like nature grew it.
I think everyone should take at least one trip on mushrooms. I am 16 and last year I had a trip (under supervision) and it was wonderful it taught me so much. It taught me to think outside the box it gave me a sense of nothing really matters so don’t get so worried over stupid stuff and it taught me to take risks and be open. The research I’ve seen on mushrooms is that we don’t know much about them other than they can help treat many things such as, depression, anxiety, cancer, aids, and others!
This is my experience and not one that everyone will share, I did this privately of my own accord. I’ve quit alcohol and smoking, was able to stop my anti depressant and anti anxiety medication. Came to terms with the loss of my grandfather whom I never got to say goodbye to which and my the loss of my dog who was my best friends for 16 years who I watched close his eyes and obviously never got to communicate my goodbyes since there was a species barrier. But whilst I was on a trip by myself I had a lot of inflection about myself which I will admit was scary, but for some of us seeing a therapist can be scary too. I’m not sure if the psilocybin or my own brain became the therapist I needed. Although it wasnt real I was able to talk and communicate with my grandad and my old dog which gave me closure and still does to this day 2 years later. For people to say this is a dangerous drug and should be illegal is farcical, medically this should be tolerated because I’m not the only case of this working and it would eliminate any potential negatives that would arise when taking this substance by yourself.
lsd+dmt 10 years ago was one of the most important things that’s ever happened to me. 5g shrooms last month was THE defining moment of my life. my own battles were/are about acceptance and life as a trans person, about being humbled and deeply, deeply appreciating and loving, the universe, existence, myself and people around me. the most powerful tool for self-learning in the world, and for any Tool (clue’s in the name eh) fans reading this: put on your best headphones and listen to Fear Inoculum as you pass the most intense phase of the trip
In my high school years in the early 70’s i did mushrooms a few times also mescaline and lsd but it was never as much fun as ppl always made it sound. I remember smoking pot was fun at first but after a while it was just a habit. It always made me paranoid but i continued smoking it like an idiot. Hashish was the only thing i continued to smoke occasionally past my high school years. I liked that it only took a couple of hits on the pipe and it never made me feel paranoid. It mellowed me out and i enjoyed perusal the sunset high on it.
A huge point that should be made regarding the mushroom, is that it is and always will be a teacher. We shouldn’t look at it just as something to solve problems, but a way of life. I think the reason these problems exist in humans is because we lost our connection to the mushroom kingdom especially psilocybin. There are great connections to still be made with nature we are almost back at the beginning but with great technological skills now. Imagine what we could be if we regain that connection with the mushroom again as a human race! Wow exciting stuff if you ask me 🙂
Since I’m microdosing my back problems induce by stress ( work, pandemic) are gone. I take a very small dose when the pain comes back and sometimes I’m good a a month or two. without pain. Same thing for alcohol. I’m defo not a heavy drinker but now I totally stopped drinking strong alcohol like rum or whisky. i’m just having booze or wine from times to times.
1:35 and 1:39 I just feel like it’s important for me to point out how these brain connections look so similar to “networks” of spatial clusters in the universe. With the JWST, we’ve began to see even more connections we’ve never seen known to exist. And, it expands our knowledge of the cosmos. What it, the same were true about what it could do to expand our minds?
I’ve been suffering depression all my life, I hate everything about myself and my confidence is destroyed. I bought some mushroom edibles but I’ve been too afraid to try it yet. I just want to reset my personality and my Outlook. I’m on a prescription ssri and I do try to maintain healthy habits but I just cannot lose the negativity. I’ve heard that one dose can cure depression for two years.
I think over time, behavioral conditioning and negative belief systems that don’t serve us become compounded and make us more depressed as what we do and what we know we should do become further apart. The experience of increasing perceptual awareness of our environment, while limiting the mechanisms we usually use to construct meaning, and interpret our environment with allows the user to experience existing with fresh eyes. The de-conditioning towards a default state seems to be an important function of it’s efficacy in treating substance use and depression.