These two psychedelic substances are known as recreational drugs: MDMA, commonly known as "ecstasy," and psilocybin, known as magic mushrooms. In recent years, numerous studies have shown that these substances are effective in treating psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and post-traumatic st...
“So I didn't actually experience mushrooms until May 2020.” “It took me maybe 2 or 3 more tries until I had a 'breakthrough' experience… The best way to describe the experience, and something you will hear from regular users, is an 'ego death'. I had the epiphany that I am a...
Methods: We examined PM use and various measures of health status, quality of life and self-reported mental health outcome measures obtained through a national on-line, cross-sectional survey of adults with a demographic composition representative of the US adult population by region, gender, age,...
Gordon Wasson, a New York banker and mycologist, called attention to the powers of the Mexican mushrooms in 1953, and the active principle was quickly found to be psilocybin. Only the d-isomer of LSD was found to be psychedelically active. It was thought that LSD, as well as psilocybin...
December 20, 2022 Adrienne Rivlin Andre Valente Subscribe to Insight Exchange onApple Podcasts,Spotify,GoogleandAmazon Music and Audiblefor the latest episodes. Psychedelics are set to become the next major innovation in mental healthcare. Despite the large flow of investment into this area, the dev...
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The “magic” psilocybin mushrooms of the Ecuadorian Andes are said to be the most potent in the world. Based on this research, the US Food and Drug Administration has described psilocybin as a breakthrough medicine, “which is phenomenal,” Stamets said. ...
Psychedelic mushrooms, AKA magic mushrooms or psilocybin mushrooms, are currently being researched as a treatment for depression, addiction, and more.
On the other hand, Ayahuasca, psilocybin, and LSD are natural. However, each psychedelic works very differently. To illustrate, Dr. Townsend told us about the mechanisms of a psychedelic that most of us know about. Psilocybin (a.k.a. “magic mushrooms”) mimics the action of seroton...
or MDMA (3,4-methyl-enedioxymethamphetamine), has shown such promise fortreating severe PTSDthat pharmaceutical companies are preparing to seek FDA approval.1Experts say psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms that has shown efficacy for treatment-resistantdepression,2may not be far...