Psilocybin exposes the foolishness of pretenses,
By opening the curtains of the mind, you meet deep truth and your inner self;
allowing you to be okay with who you really are.
Once you have accepted both the good and bad sides of truth and survived,
You are free, you are truly alive.
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The skin is so thin, the current of blue streams that are your veins flow rapidly beneath it and are begging to burst free.
“Freedom will be yours soon, and you will flow wildly and freely, the way you are meant to be,” you say.
The knife is too dull though. Breaking out the hunting knives, you try knife after knife. Not a single one penetrates your skin. You give up, not on the act alone, but on the method. Your mission still remains. If you cannot slit, you will saw. It was ignorant of you to think this would be painless anyhow, foolish beyond belief. But you do not remember how to believe, you just pine to bleed. Taking one last look at your loyal dog, you start sawing. Take a second to take this in, just like the blade serrating your skin.
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The above is actually an account of my own experience with depression, after two years of failed anti-depressants, various herbs and counselors. Up until the very night I was introduced to the healing benefits of psilocybin, I slept with a knife in the drawer next to me. I sat on the floor at three AM night after night in the dark, knife in my lap. I do not know how much longer I could have gone. Lyme disease had taken me to the edge, to the gap between the walking dead and the already dead. The valley of the shadow of death.
Psychedelic mushrooms saved my life, and I know I am not the only one. The next day, after experimenting with the mushrooms, I took the knife downstairs and never looked back. My depression is non-existent now, along with the countless anti-depressant pills that used to flood my night stand. I can truly stand here today, and say with every ounce of my being, that psilocybin saved my life.
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Alright, let’s get to the alarming facts right off the bat –although quite frankly, they are all pretty alarming. With more than 350 million people suffering from depression across the globe, it is a no brainer that antidepressants are the number one drug prescribed by doctors [1].
“The truth is that even experts aren’t really sure how antidepressants work. There’s just a whole lot we don’t know about how the brain functions. [5]”
Perhaps that last sentence should be, “There’s just a whole lot we don’t know about how the antidepressants we prescribe so freely function.” How does anyone develop a pill without knowing how it will work in the brain? Do they just take their best guess and throw chemicals together, hoping it works when they use humans as guinea pigs? Admitting you do not know everything is a highly respectable act, except when you still continue to alter the brains of human beings without knowing the consequences after doing so.
The answer to how psychedelic mushrooms containing Psilocybin function in the brain to treat depression is far more simple and clear cut. There is an actual answer, as opposed to a slew of “educated” guesses. In depressed individuals, there is over activity in the anterior cingulate cortex. Psilocybin possesses the power to switch off the over activity in this part of the brain. [7] Then, rather than increasing levels of serotonin in the brain, Psilocybin binds to serotonin receptors and mimics them, causing the brain to function as if it has more serotonin without actually altering the levels themselves. This last part is a crucial defining fact in deciding between the safety of antidepressants and psychedelic mushrooms in treating depression.
A serious and potentially fatal syndrome called ‘Serotonin Syndrome,’ which occurs when serotonin levels become too high, can occur from taking antidepressants. Many render this rare, but considering antidepressants increase the chemical serotonin in the brain, developing serotonin syndrome is a possibility to consider; as ‘rare’ is not a synonym for ‘nonexistent.’ Psychedelic mushrooms, on the other hand, do not put you at risk of developing serotonin syndrome because Psilocybin merely mimics serotonin receptors rather than actually increasing serotonin levels.
While psychedelic mushrooms take approximately three hours to work, most antidepressants take two to four weeks to start working, because increasing levels of neurotransmitters is a gradual process [6]. Something about the fact that chemicals are unnaturally building up in your brain is a cause for slight concern, much less the fact that doctors and chemists are unsure of how exactly these antidepressants work. Messing with chemicals and neurotransmitters in the brain without having a firm grip of how you are doing so does not seem rational, logical, or humane. However, most of us are conditioned from birth to trust our doctors and pharmaceutical companies.
There are not any noted side effects of psychedelic mushrooms, other than the ones you experience while under the influence of them. The laundry list of potential side effects from taking antidepressants includes:
- Immune system problems: SSRI antidepressants cause serotonin to remain in the nerve junctions longer, interfering with immune cell signaling and T cell growth.
- Still births are twice as likely if the mother is on antidepressants
- There is a 40% higher risk of birth defects, such as cleft palate, if the mother is on antidepressants while pregnant.
- 45% higher risk of having a stroke, as antidepressants affect the blood clotting process
- Heart disease
- Sudden cardiac death: your risk of sudden death doubles while on antidepressants.
- Chest pains
- Rapid heart beats
- Headaches and migraines
- Stiff neck
- Difficulty urinating
- Excessive perspiration
- Insomnia for some, chronic fatigue for others
- Loss of appetite
- Agitation
- Shaking
- Vertigo
- Dry mouth
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Blurred vision
- Erectile dysfunction
- Inability to orgasm
- Low sex drive
- And let’s not forget, serotonin syndrome
Close to a million lives are lost yearly due to suicide from depression, which comes out to three thousand suicide deaths a day [2]. Unfortunately, that alarming fact alone cannot wake the medical world up to see what they are doing is incorrect, and not working. From the outside looking in, one must admit it appears as if they are selfishly denying people the right to proper, harmless treatments such as Psilocybin containing mushrooms. Why would anyone do such a thing? That is a question we must continually ask ourselves in this day and age, as sincere concern for the public appears to be obsolete in various situations.
Death rates from antidepressants range around forty-thousand annually. Suicidal thoughts and feelings, as well as violent behavior are ironically common side effects of antidepressants. Even more ironic, is the fact that your risk for suicide is twice as high when taking SSRI antidepressants. Death rates from antidepressants are also 32% higher in females [3].
No valid evidence exists to confirm any deaths from magic mushrooms; and deaths from acute poisoning from such mushrooms has not been recorded in medical literature. However, it is imperative to remember there are actually poisonous mushrooms that are entirely different from the typical Psilocybin psychedelic mushrooms referred to in this text. In fact, blindly ingesting the wrong mushroom can prove to be fatal.
All in all, from chemistry explained, to side effects to no side effects, to forty thousand deaths a year to zero deaths a year, it is clear that psychedelic mushrooms can be a more appropriate, safe approach for treating depression. One can only hope for a world where one day we can go to a psychedelic psychologist, take psychedelic mushrooms in a controlled setting, and come out three hours later relieved of depression. Can you imagine? No more monthly doctor fees. No more monthly prescription fees. No more taking a pill a day. No more withdrawals. No more side effects.
References
- Andrews, Paul (2012). Things Your Doctor Should Tell You About Antidepressants. April 15, 2013 from Mad in America: Science, Psychiatry, and Community. http://www.madinamerica.com/2012/09/things-your-doctor-should-tell-you-about-antidepressants/
- Marcus, Marina, Yasamy, Taghi, Van Ommeren, Mark, Chisholm, Dan, and Sheknar Savena WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Depression: A Global Concern. Paper published by the World Health Organization
- Mercola (2011). They Cause 40,000 Deaths a Year, But They’re Handed Out Like Candy. Retrieved April 15, 2013. http://www.articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/05/03/tips-to-avoiding-depression.aspx
- Freeman, Shanna (2011-2013). How Magic Mushrooms work. Retrieved April 15, 2013. http://www.science/how stuffworks.com/magix-mushroom1.htm
- Retrieved April 15, 2013 http://webmd.com/depression/how-different-antidepressants-work
- Retrieved April 15 2013 http://nhs.uk/conditions/antidepressant-drugs/pages/how-do-they-work.aspx
- Video: Psilocybin and the Psychedelic State –Dr.Robin Carhart Harris
Keep singing your song. 20 years of depression vanished over night and to think I could go to jail for taking this magic medicine to heal myself. I’m going to to keep breaking the rule until they change the rules, no way I’m ever going to deny myself the best chance at happiness I’ve ever known.
I do understand your reasoning Steve-
laughter is the best medicine, and when i took shrooms at a dam one holiday i laughed my arse off for 4 hours straight. was the best holiday experience ever albeit my abs were a bit worked the next day, felt like i’d been doing ab flexes the whole day, hehe.
folk med used by villagers of japan in older times were refered to as laughing mushrooms.
Are you saying that one-time use is a cure for depression, or that a regimen is necessary?
Yes. Psilocybin cured my depression over night. I’m a herbalist and i know that nature cures Everything. Cannabis is the tree of life. Cures Cancer
Hi Marko, where and how does one obtain this mushroom?
There many form of mushrooms, but the one shown in the picture is usually picked from cow droppings, so check your local farm fields.
Where can you get them?
http://www.budmail.biz
north and south america central too. asia , europe. none on antarctica. every year people die because they rush out for shrooms. psychedelic ones . tasty ones. some die from eating wrong ones. some die from shroom pirates who steal instead of pick. and yes right here in the sweet cudly usa all that happens. experts more necessary gathering than for takonh. some you eat half or quarter. some you eat 2 or 3 others you eat a dozen or more
but NOT till you know what is what. wrong ones and no hospital on earth can do a thing to save your life. i hope this is clear enough. if you are inecperienced enoigh to ask where then your too onecpetiencsd to play all alone.
Too many ppl are stuck in the world of using drugs from docs that barely help and have messed upmside effects, herbs and certain substances have been used in alt med for thousands of years and cure, so why are the new pharm drugs somehow better?
How much are you supposed to take? How often? Need more info for this article to be usefull
It really depends on your weight and experience with psychedelics. You can start with a low dose, when you feel nothing take a little more etc. I never used mushrooms only magic truffels (practically the same), i usually take about 15grams of that and that really does it for me. How often is really something you have to experience for yourself, how it effects you, what you learn from it etc.
I have to add, with truffels you need to take a lot more grams in comparison with mushrooms.
This is an awesome perspective to read. From my own experience and observation, I would also include that while anti-depressants tend to put people into a “happy stupor,” psilocybin can help “lift the veil,” and bring you into clearer awareness.
please dont go out looking for shroms without an expert! you might survive only to die a day or 2 latter with no warning.
so p-cibin bonds but mimics but does not trigger a synaptoc message? that means it does NOT mimic. means it deactivates receptor. which is it!!! BOL does this and stops lsd trips. some drugs blocl opiate receptors. others activate them antagonistically. certain dysphorics as they are called. wasca causes fearlessness just as sertonin. on the 20′ this was in the lit. idea of using it for psych drug was floated. perhaps they realized no one wanted a purgative to cure shyness?
I believe we are all individuals who must be treating our depression as an indivividual – I hate having to ever become addicted to meds again after 20 years of taking them and 10 years to come off them- I take prescribed meds still but truly only when I really know I need them- I have become highly allergic to many medications and many chemicals and metals and even minerals so I must say too I would want to be very sure of the shroom too – I would need to try under supervision of a hospital – observation – so please all be very careful. .
My first psilocybin experience was not that of mushrooms but that of psilocybin containing sclerotia. Sclerotia aka Magic Truffle or philosophers stones are produced underground by the mycelium of a few strains of psilocybin containing mushrooms. Since 2005 there was a ban on magic mushroom in holland but fortunately Magic Truffles had been relatively unheard of by the powers that be. As a result it’s still possible for there sale in Amsterdam/holland’s smart shops and they ship all over the world except the USA and Australia sigh. You are right it can be very dangerous to go hunting for mushrooms and would never recommend it unless you’ve really done your home work. Never take anything in the wild unless you know how to identify what your looking at 100% your life depends of it.
As for how much is needed well that’s up to the individual. But what I can say after speaking to people and researching many forms of experience is that for many once is enough is have a major Impact on the life’s of truth seekers. Many including myself would go on say that it has been the single most important thing they have ever done and that for the very first time they feel truly awake. Many do go on to take them again including myself, but as for there addictive potential there isn’t any. You see the thing is when it comes to psilocybin your body builds up a tolerance very quickly. If you take one dose on day one the next day you’d have to take twice as much the next day to get they same effect and twice as much again the day after. The good news is that the your tolerance is back to baseline after only seven days, making it possible to partake once a week, however I only journey once a month these days.
From my experience I have become very fond of the strain Atlantis Magic Truffle as they seem to me to be consistent at getting me I to the head space I’m looking for whenever I journey my own mind. I’m always looking for an inward journey the kind you can achieve when you close your eyes and see with your minds eye. I take 15g of Atlantis Truffles although I’d not take 15g on my first experience, I’d start with 10g to see how you feel and then take the other 5g one hour later. 15g could be a little overwhelming in one go for the first time user.
Set and setting are very important indeed, my method is to be alone at night (fireworks are much better at night) as that’s when I have my best inward experiences. Although for your first experience you may wish to have someone you trust around, ideally someone experienced with psychedelics who can guild you through confusing times. I personally don’t like having anyone around as I don’t like anyone else in my head space for the first few hours of the experience. Until I’ve faced my demons and had a chance learn what it is I’d like to change about myself this time around. Many say that at this point is when you find a better version of yourself and every time you journey there are more revelations to be had, ultimately coming back a new man every time I go Down the rabbit hole. After 2-3 hours once I’ve found my level I feel truly alive and everything elates me I feel at one with everything in the universe, all people and all things. At this point is when I love to explore my creativity through dance (dance mode engaged). I never considered myself as much of a dancer before psilocybin, I had to many inhibitions like fear, hesitation and doubt. So I plug my favourite music into my ears, which for me happens to be drum and bass(not for everyone I know). And I hear it like never before, it sounds better, crisper and cleaner like I can hear the deeper levels and comprehend the deeper meanings behind the words. Then I just let it all go like never before and my body just interprets the music without thoughts, it just happens. For me it’s the best feeling in the world, I just feel completely free-free from all worry, fear, hesitation or doubt.
I believe that we are born with unlimited potential but over many years of social conditioning it is looked away in our subconscious. I believe psilocybin, mescaline and ayahuasca have to potential to blow away all this mental emotional Bullshit baggage. Baggage that is holding you back from your true potential and your natural state of being as nature intended. Your brain is a hard drive and over years gets fragmented which can make it sometimes difficult to make sense of the world. Entheogen are tools that nature has provided us to defragment our hardware unlocking our potential. I believe nature in not unconscious and is more intelligent than most of us give it credit for, it provides exactly what we need. I trust nature over a man in a white coat in some lad somewhere, working for some big pharma company that puts profit before health and happiness.
If dancing is not your thing try writing, drawing or paint while under the experience, you may just surprise yourself. I just love they way it can make you think and feel. It can give wings to the imagination and flight to the soul, a very healing experience indeed.
Some tricks to get you through the first hour, which can be the hardest part of the journey. Strange things start to happen to you body, like you may feel some discomfort in your tummy the key I’d not to worry it will pass. Some say a little ginger can help or smoking a little weed. I however just ride it out and try to keep in a positive frame of mind. I can’t stress this enough how important it is to keep positive as how can you have a positive experience with a negative mind. Try to relax and keep calm, your not going to die your just experiencing something completely alien from the norm. Hold on tight Dorothy your in for one hell of a ride. Do not get into a cycle of negative thinking and if you do don’t panic, you can flip it around. Everything really is mind over matter and if you don’t mind it don’t matter.
Google is your friend and it’s now easier than ever to have medicine delivered to your door. Be careful in some countries it’s illegal but still not impossible to obtain, break the law at your own risk. There are many smart shops on the Internet especially in Holland that ship all over the world. Unfortunately there are many unreliable vendors and even some scam ones too. However I myself a found one that is very reliable and has never let me down. I’m not going to mention it here as I’m not sure of the rules of this site.
Also research people like Terrance McKenna, watch and listen to all his YouTube videos. Watch videos like, DMT the spirit molecule, or Metanoia by Simon G. Powell. Listen to Rogan podcasts. There are many inspirational teachers and people out there, seek and you shall find. Educate yourself about these so called primitive people’s of the South American Amazon, Shamans and what not. Learn about all the people’s and ancient cultures that have been using these medicines for thousands of years. People that are still at one with nature, we have much to learn from these people and with there help maybe we can find a balance with Gaia in order have a harmonious co-existence with her and all of mankind. We are all special and all have an important part to play in archiving pace on earth. Times are changing weather we like it or not, the next stage of human evolution is on the horizon. An evolution of mind not body, we are getting closer to our natural state of being and more people are waking up from the matrix everyday. Most don’t see it yet and many refuse to see it or are to afraid to let get of everything they thought the knew. It’s not until you loose who you think you are that you’ll find who you truly are.
Do yourself a favour wake up today and don’t take this bullshit anymore, I’m am trying to free you mind but I can only show you the door, your the one that has to walk through it. Taking responsibility for your own happiness and future, the truth is out there it’s up to you to find it.
I really hope that I can help someone with this. I do what I do with the purest intentions, these are not drugs, it’s not about getting high and I’m not telling anyone to break the law. The law is an arse so be careful out there. These medicines are the only antidepressants your’ll ever need.
Pace and love always.
Very very on point.
Insightful personal perspective, thank you for sharing.
i have suffered from depression for 6 years im a young mother with 6 kids but thats not why im depressed its alot of reasons and now im divorced. I have panic attacks that leave me unable to care for my kids, let alone work because of the fear and anxiety. I m tired of takin klonopin or valium and i refuse to take zoloft. If these really work i need this but i dont wanna die either please tell me more or what to do.
I just want to say, Zoloft isn’t that bad. Everyone is different. You have to try different things to see what works best with your body. I refused to take Paxil, so I guess I get where you’re coming from. I have BiPolar 2 and did shrooms for fun when I was younger like over a decade ago, but never realized what this article is saying myself. I totally felt that way when I did them. It’s’ really true.
I fee your pain mamadeseis as I was once you. Did you read my comments above just above yours? I feel there are some clues and maybe door openers in there. Google is your friend.
I hope you find inner pace one day you deserve it
Mamadeseis, just like Thorpe posted above: these “medicines” are the only antidepressants you’ll ever need. There’s also a good chance that just one dose will fix your thinking, just like turning on a switch, permanently.
as the good veda said: like a bolt of thunder. ala “aha moment.”
When I take psilocybin it’s like a reboot of my brain. It is a tool that causes me to just toss away all the baggage and negativity that ‘society’ weighs me down with and get me back to my normal human state. During the experience I feel elation and everything is amusing and amazing. I spent an hour in my backyard watching earthworms like I used to when I was a child. Afterward for a day or two, everything seems very clear but I’m not impaired, a state of knowing without having to analyze, a state of balanced emotion and acceptance of everything.
I used to take antidepressants and stopped cold turkey, and I used to abuse marijuana (yes, it’s possible) and stopped cold turkey. The antidepressants and marijuana usage led me to a state of depersonalization (look it up on wiki if you’re unfamiliar) which cleared through meditation, yoga, supplements, healthy diet, and acceptance and immersion therapy (self-led cognitive therapy). Psilocybin experiences temporarily carried me back somewhat to a state of depersonalization, but it wasn’t anxiety-caused as it was before, and it was actually comfortable and enjoyable. The type of depersonalization that is a healthy shedding of ego instead of a panicky bottling up of personality.
Although I didn’t use psilocybin as a cure for depression, I would definitely encourage its use instead of antidepressants, but not just in every situation across-the-board.
As in a majority of natural medicines used in ancient tribes and native cultures, entheogens are given only during certain rituals which define the set and setting and only include those individuals who are ready for the experience. Psilocybin is no exception: I will not just say “here, take some mushrooms and you’ll be cured” unless I’m confident that the individual has a healthy mind. I personally know plenty of people who have mental/psychological issues that would NOT be ready for a healing psilocybin experience because they are too mentally/emotionally fragile. They need training before any possibility of having an effective healing experience. Psilocybin is not a panacea, it is a tool that must be used correctly. If a person is pessimistic or if they have a victim mindset, there is NO help for them unless THEY determine that they are READY TO CHANGE, just as therapy doesn’t work for some people because they feel that the therapist has the responsibility to fix them instead of them realizing that they actually need to take the responsibility to heal themselves. An individual is responsible for their own healing process, and that is the problem today, that people believe there is a quick-fix to their problems, by taking antidepressants or a drug. The solution lies within yourself, and the first step is accepting that you need to change and that you have the cure within your mind. Outside tools can be helpful only when you’re ready.
Jane I agree with you entirely. I feel that Psilocybin is a tool and you must have an idea of how to wield it. I do believe a person can get to that ready moment through guidance from people who have already had that healing experience. Being older and moor mature seems to have its advantages. I’ve Spoken to a few people over the years that will that will not entertain shrooms as they’d had bad experiences as teenagers. I think they all went at it with the wrong intensions, just looking to get high and have a laugh with there mates. They were completely unaware that set and setting are everything when it comes to unlocking the healing potential, or even aware that there is any healing to be had. Sending the trip in totally the wrong direction. If people are taught the right and the wrong ways to approach psychedelics, i feel that the right kind of experience is more easterly attainable.
i have been taking magic mushrooms and truffles every year for 7 years now,i harvest and dry them for storage all year round have done since i was a teenager,they last for 6 hours with no come down ,set and setting is the most important thing you need to know ,where your heads at ,you want to be in a good mood for atleast a few days before your trip and with good people you trust and in nature when you take them,i keep my mushrooms for camping nowadays through experience,i have had some super stunning and beautiful trips and trips that really open your eyes to the world ,they have made me more creative and artistic,they improve your relationships with friends and family long after you take them and if you have an amazing trip they elevate your mood for the better for months after,they truly make you more humble and less ignorant ,they open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong and the tv is 100% brain rot . peace
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amazing this thread – you should title it natural selection…blind leading the blind and even the dumb
oh and newsflash – using the internet for your research is like using CNN for information…
please – all of you – eat more mushrooms and leave the planet to the rest of us!
45 plus years use. and i’ll be here when youre gone. yes we are guiding the inexperienced. its called takung care of others as we would like to be taken care of. were all flock in youth. some step up to sheparding. what are you doing with your life? remember that he who dies with the most toys is still dead. the best med is good company. sometimes a friend in the chair and sometines a plant inside. sometines a tree or bird. but please dont be dumb enough to call me a crucnhy hippie or a new ager. i’m neither. so enjoy the site but curb the tongue. lots to learn if you admit you dont know everything already. best regards. keep your powder dry.
Be extremely careful with dosages. I found 1-2 grams Ok, but dosages of 3-5 grams created negative bad trips for me and my friend back in the day.
How many do you take at a time? https://www.budmail.biz/bmworld/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=83 are the mushrooms being sold on this site the correct kind?
how do you register if you live in the US? That is the only one I can’t find
Never had mushrooms, but I have been to the amazon for ayahuasca several times. Cured 7 years of depression (medication, psychologists, psychiatrists, alternative stuff and exercise) and 1 year of depersonalization.¨
I’ve never felt better.
Sidenote: depersonalization can actually be triggered by SSRI’s and other psychiatric drugs. Stay away from them!
I know for a fact that mushroom also are useful for severe migrain sufferers..I saw a story about a man that was on the brink of suicide..he takes mushrooms once every 3 months..he says “it saved my life”. They obviously have madicinal value..
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This is a very irresponsible article. Nowhere do you mention the possibility of a bad trip or paranoia. It is illadvised to take hallucinogens when you are already in a negative mental state. It is very easy for your thoughts to go down a bad road that leads to seemingly endless hours of the worst mental hell you have ever experienced.
This is coming from someone who has had benefits on their depression from mushrooms but I’ve also seen the dark side and it is genuinely scary. Even mentally healthy people can succumb to bad trips. I would also argue that mushrooms and all hallucinogens can become psychologically addictive. They may have helped me overcome my depression at times but overuse and abuse also led to my first psychosis. It’s a very mixed bag people. Psychedelics aren’t for everyone.
I’m glad SOMEONE pointed that^out!!!! Seriously, I think to each his own but I wouldn’t go encouraging depressed individuals who have no experience with dugs, like the above single mother, to use shrooms on a regular basis! I have done my fair share of shrooms and other hallucinogens and they did not cure my depression. They were an escape from reality, and as mentioned above it is easy for your mind to go down dark roads! Conditions must be right- right people, environment, and that’s not something that you can guarantee on a daily basis…when you have kids, a job etc..
I completely agree. Irresponsible indeed. Psilocybin is highly volatile and even as you claim “that even experts aren’t really sure how antidepressants work.” I would be so bold as to say that experts know a whole lot more about the workings of antidepressants than they do about the workings of hallucinogens. The author may have had a good experience from use, but she seems completely oblivious to the risks involved. Even claiming that there are none???
I’m no expert but I have experienced psychosis for a period of time after use. Some people never come out of it.
It’s generally the people that have the most issues in their life that have bad trips. With psilocybin things become clearer, your own faults and flaws become unsettlingly apparent and the real work comes after the enlightenment with taking measures to effect positive change in your life. Shroons just help show you the way. For some it is too overwhelming and subsequently the ‘bad trip’ ensues.
Setting and dosage are critical to having any success via shroon usage. I’d say no more than one half a gram is plenty for one to test the waters without having to be concerned about having a psychotic break. Hands down exponentially less lethal and more effective than any Harmaceutical antidepressant drug out there. Now ‘that’ stuff will only compound your problems in the long term.
Wow! I take 3.5 grams when I take mushrooms. I guess that might be overkill judging from your .5 gram recommendation. It has seriously helped me though. I take Effexor XR and am tapering off use now since my trip. It not only helped my depression but has also helped my patience level and overall sense of well being and it has been 6 weeks since taking them. I think this will end up being a 3 to 4 time a year dosing to aid my depression and off the meds. I look forward to no more prescription meds.
Mark, how did your effexor tapering go? Are you completely off? Do you still use mushrooms once in a while? How is your depression? I’m in the same boat, using mushrooms and trying to get off Effexor which is proving to be a nearly impossible feat after being ‘addicted’ to it for 10+ years. Thanks!
Great article, lets hope we can get people to start questioning the bullshit they have been fed. A great place to start is here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U0ue65WQSs&list=FLAi3_rcATIUPlDFj8mKc6yw
growing your own is your best bet and websites like mycotpia and the shroomery will help you in that department
Growing own psychedelic is a good idea. you can buy grow kits, spores and other cultivating material from http://www.magic-truffles-shop.com/ .
Anybody had any experience taking shrooms while taking a low dose of an SSRI ? I heard that it will diminish the effects of the shrooms ? Been struggling with depression for about fifteen years been on and off meds with little success,
yes. the effects are diminished a bit, you must take more than the average dosage. lots of information about this on the internet.
One does not need drugs. Learn to control your thoughts. Meditate. Cleanse your self of any negative thoughts and feelings. Have nothing but positive thoughts. Feel the love. Feel euphoric. All day, every fucking day lol. Trust me it works. Ditch anyone who brings you down. Socialise. Give. Forgive. Help strangers. Compliment. Do the right thing. Release good energy. Attract good energy. Exercise. Eat HEALTHY. Read. Develop good hobbies. Don’t waste time. Get the most out of every day. Find your purpose in life. Make great accomplishments. Push your boundaries. Make good connections. Have friends with benefits. Life will be ok.
Get ya shit together. Stop being in denial. Take life by the balls. Live in the moment. Let go of the past and stop coming up with gay excuses for your failure. Use your head. Life is not rocket science.
Everyone goes through depression at some stage in their life. The more you think about it the worse it gets. Stop thinking about it.
Nigga in tha know. Peace
First, If I was gay, I would find your expression ”gay excuses for yourself” very offending and judgmental. Good positive thinking and encouragements like you do is ok but if oneself has depleted adrenal glands, depleted hormones, etc, how in heaven do you want that person to be ok with just wishful thinking?? It is a CHEMICAL imbalance and that’s why it is so hard. Comments like ”come on buddy, kick yourself in the ass and its all going to be all right” is one of the causes people stuck with depression are ashamed of their condition and feel like failures. Bravo.
Magic mushrooms on CNN – Long lasting postive effects ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7yKpvBQhTw
Pam Sakuda speaks on Psilocybin ability to Ease Anxiety for Cancer Patients facing DEATH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdzoJ4QRpk
Terminal Ovarian Cancer – Psilocybin Therapy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pig8L6PNt2c
Mushrooms and Spirituality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT-M5Iu5FpY
Wow, James! Ignoring your first sentence, that’s awesome pre-shroom reading! Excellent lol.
Thanks ya’ll. Gotta be light somewhere in this fucking tunnel!
I have thought about this more but I just don’t know WHERE to find these types of mushrooms at all. I don’t know who to trust with things like this. I live in SF Bay, CA area and so many people here can get a marijuana card easy apparently but I don’t know where to go to even do that! I grew up in TX but don’t really know people into these sorts of things here. Does anyone have any advice for me?
I have the same trust issue. My suggestion is to learn to grow your own for yourself – that’s what I’m setting up to do now.
From what I’ve heard, it’s legal in New Mexico. You’ll need to look into that first and decide what to do.
Hmm, thanks. I actually found out my roomie who was in the Peace Corps back in the 60’s that she has a friend that is an artist and still did them but doesn’t have a contact anymore. She said to look for the Psychedelic Society people in my area or for Mycologists in this area. So that’s my next route before I try to grown them probably but will totally keep this in mind!
You should obtain spores and bring them forth yourself. this is the only way to share synergy with this entheogen. Trust me.
You can get mushrooms from cow’s excrement. or grow it in your house, there is a lot of information in the internet!!! I ate some mushrooms last friday and it changed my life!! sorry about my english im from Argentina. Here we have a lot of mushrooms, like the “amanita” . Have a nice day!
I have worked for one of the major big pharma corps for 15 years and I can tell you without reservation that big pharma is not your friend. Here’s the dirty inside secret about the efficacy of SSRI drugs: magnesium supplementation and 8 weeks of daily exercise like just walking or biking will ALWAYS outperform our drugs in EVERY case. Chain that fact together with an observation that tragic Columbine events are ALWAYS found associated with one or more of our fabulous anti-depressant SSRI drugs and NOT EVER brought on by magic mushrooms or cannabis or other natural entheogen plants. I think this article was very responsible.
Hi, I ignored too many time my intuition, I have a LOT of it. My pattern was to not listen to the awkward feeling in my stomach and I stayed in some unhealthy situations for myself. So now my nervous system is fried. If someone talks bad to me or if I have to deal with stress, I feel like I had a car accident, I’m all shaken and nervous! So I went to the clinic today and they gave me Citalopram, I just don’t know what that is. I am a natural health food freak, i never take any pills from the Pharma, I hate them! So my question is: how many times did u do shrooms to feel ok afterwards, just once?? Thanks.
Ariane, Canada.
How does one find a therapist who will use this with me?
Mind over matter. Your mind will expand to greatness. Always write. …. always remember