The active ingredient of magic mushrooms, psilocybin, works with oxygen to convert itself into a psilocin substance. It isn’t water-soluble. Magic mushrooms can be eaten whole or ground up and made into a drinkable liquid. Magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, which is responsible for the psychoa...
Other people prefer to go the individual route and have an individual therapist who is helping them kind of with their identity formation, despite having this disorder, or a cognitive behavioral therapist who might work with them on their self-talk or their attributions. Groups I think are very...
In the months that followed, I went on three guided psilocybin journeys with Lilah, which is not her real name because magic mushrooms are still illegal in California. Trying to describe these journeys reminds me of what people said to me when Rob died—there are no words—after ...
Find out what researchers studying psilocybin, MDMA, and other psychedelics are learning about how these drugs can help treat conditions including depression, PTSD, and other mental health conditions -- and what’s still a mystery.
mostly LSD or psilocybin, for a duration that can span from 2 weeks to several months. However, the term “microdosing” should be used with caution as clear and commonly accepted criteria for such doses are lacking in psychedelic medicine (Kuypers et al.2019). From a pharmacological standpo...
ayahuasca and psilocybin, says that’s a function of screening, preparation and expert support. “This is serious medicine with a capital M,” he says, “and if you don’t watch yourself and you don’t pay attention to the essential basics, you could be in for a very difficult time.”...
Peter asks if Paul and his family ever talked about seeing a therapist to process the loss of his brother There was some discussion about it, but partly because of his generation, he hadn’t been to medical school yet so he had no knowledge of anything; but he was a little more ...
present,” Mitchell notes. “We know they can help PTSD, depression, alcohol- and drug-use disorder, end-of-life distress and other conditions.” One dose of ketamine can work for about 10 days to fight depression, she adds, while a session of MDMA or psilocybin might do the trick for...
The Grammy winner explained that experiences with an eating disorder and stage freight led her to start a form of PTSD treatment called MDMA and and psilocybin therapy. “I was touring without stage fright for the first time,” shetoldRolling Stonein May 2025. “There was a hook around my...
Other people prefer to go the individual route and have an individual therapist who is helping them kind of with their identity formation, despite having this disorder, or a cognitive behavioral therapist who might work with them on their self-talk or their attributions. Groups I think are very...