I hear about these from time to time and I'm a miserable and depressed failure. I take an antidepressant but that's only been so helpful. What can these do for me?
They work by essentially jamming the primary communication highway in your brain. In response your brain starts communicating in different ways. Parts of your brain that have never talked to eachtoher before begin talking to eachothers. The "default mode network" is disrupted and your brain becomes this electrical storm of activity. The brain will then attempt to adapt to restore homeostasis. This is in the form of massive relseases of growth factors. So you will form a bunch of new connections and neurons in your brain. Sounds like the best treatement for depression we have. BUT you have to be careful. If you take this highly adaptable brain state, and continue to live your normal depressed shit life, you might just be strengthening the neural circuits that are fucking you over so badly. So in my opinion you need a very specific plan for how you are going to live post mushrooms. I would probably have the mushroom trip and then combine it with some well thought out regiment of exposure therapy and things that make you happy. If you have the resources and can do something like a 2 week camping trip off work where you just live in nature and be completely happy and not stressed and have only positiive vibes and good interactions with other people that would be perfect for this. Also you could look into gettin ketamine. There are companies on the internet who will give it to you. Very expensive but it essentially does the same thing with regard to neuroplasticity. But its a lot safer in terms of you not having a panic attack or doing something retarded on it.
>>34769232On an SSRI? Basically nothing, the meds fuck with your metabolizaiton of tryptamines.Off of an SSRI, they'll help you physically rewire your brain. Neuroplastogenic effects are lab-tested and reproducible, not just hopium wookslop. Go read some papers.You may or may not have a revelatory experience of personal psychological or spiritual significance. About equal chances of half-drunkenly drooling on yourself for 4-6 hours with no real memory of the experience. Worst-case is getting locked into a loop of fighting against your own anxiety and/or gag reflex and being uncomfy for an afternoon, which you may perceive as some sort of metaphoric torture scenario at a high enough dose.There's no such thing as a bad trip, only challenging experiences.
>>34769483im prone to panic from smoking weed, even small amounts. I feel like I just couldnt handle mushrooms. Which really sucks because they sound like the only thing that could really help me
>>34769232For shrooms to do anything to you at all, you would have to come off antidepressants first.If you do that, they can help, but not by themselves. What they do is increase neuroplasticity, meaning they make it a bit easier to break destructive mental habits and form healthier ones. But for that to be useful you need to have a very clear idea of which habits you want to break and which you want to form, which probably means you need to be in therapy, with a therapist who knows you're taking them and who will work with that.
>>34769232It didn't really do anything for me the two times I've tried them.The wood grain pattern on the door was swirling like smoke and I could see every single flaw and color variation in my skin when I looked in a mirror and it made music really fun but it didn't make me feel any different about the big picture. And ketamine makes me feel pukey.
Just copped these from the gas station bros will they work?
>>34770115I'm no expert, but having done both these and real shrooms, I can say that at a moderate dose you will actually trip, but it's not as deep as even a small dose of magic mushrooms. Lasts much shorter (about 3 hours compared to 6-7) and I still managed to get some insights on some stuff that I was struggling with, but it felt more recreational to me, whereas my experience with shrooms was much more therapeutic and basically cured depression I'd been struggling with for the last fifteen years, albeit this was after many years of a lot of other spiritual and mental work. If this is your first time tripping, most important thing I can say to you in few words is to just go with the flow and let your body do what it wants to. If you suddenly feel like you need to take your shirt off and roll on the floor, fucking do it. This is also why you should trip with someone you trust nearby for your first few times. Failing that, make a safe area for yourself beforehand with no sharps and no distractions. I recommend stowing any clocks or phones. If you start feeling anxious, remember to breathe deeply and slowly.
I'm mentally ill and did 3.5g by myself and it was horrible. Some demon was speaking to me and moved me around like a puppet. I'm not sure what would happen on 5g. I had a better time on 1-2g
>>34769232Shrooms are nice, but you shouldn't rely on them too much.Also, get off SSRI's unless you're genuinely suicidal. If you're depressed, you almost always need one of the following: Socialization, exercise, novel experiences, or a goal that you're working towards.
