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mauinion t1_iuw4fdp wrote

Reply to comment by baklazhan in Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression | NEJM by 9mac

Indeed it was a short amount of time. I immediately didn't like the way it made me feel, and then reading about withdrawals, side effects, and weaning off them made it clear it wasn't the path I wanted.

I was better off with alcoholism, anxiety and depression.

The more I read about the medications, the more I realized that any perceived benefits above placebo were more than likely 'by chance' and not because the meds actually were designed to have the outcomes in trials that they had.

I really wanted something more natural, non invasive, and easy to put down. I tried THC / CBD and that was a fail as well. I had done mushrooms recreationally many years ago, but never considered them as medicine. It really is a major breakthrough for treatment IMHO

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mauinion t1_iuux7ce wrote

Reply to comment by SasakiShihairu in Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression | NEJM by 9mac

I can attest to that. I was a heavy binge drinker for 30 years. Mostly due to anxiety and depression. I think all of those compounded the effects on each other.

2 months ago, finally went to see a professional.

Tried about 4 kinds of meds. I hated all of them. I spent the last 3 weeks getting them out of my system.

This week started a microdosing routine, 20mg 4 days a week, then 3 days off.

I feel amazing! Zero desire to drink, anxiety is gone, no time for feeling depressed because for once I am clear headed, witty, motivated, and silly again.

I'm sold. The other remedies just made me feel flattened and numb. It was making it so I didn't care that I was depressed. I had lost any charm or humor that is part of my personality naturally.

I am super grateful for finally trying microdosing mushrooms.

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