Microdosing psilocybin for depression:

What you should know

One of the toughest things about struggling with depression is the fact that nothing seems to work. If you, like me and the hundreds of millions of other people in the world, have had depression, you know what I mean.  

The meds take weeks or sometimes months to work, and when they eventually do, they rarely ever come without undesirable side-effects. Psychotherapy is often a drag. And for me, light therapy just didn’t work.

I found my answer in a solution that has been around for centuries – plant medicine. A species of mushrooms contains a particularly potent medicinal compound called psilocybin, which has been used for various purposes over the centuries. In more recent times, research has found that micro-dosing psilocybin has benefits in treating clinical depression.

This article contains everything you need to know about microdosing psilocybin for depression.

What is Microdosing Psilocybin? 

Psilocybin is a psychoactive substance, which means it can significantly alter your perception, cognition, and general state of consciousness. Psilocybin is naturally occurring and fast-acting.

Microdosing is a form of psilocybin therapy that lets you enjoy the benefits of psilocybin to your mind and body without significantly altering your state of consciousness. The term “micro-dosing”  is not exclusive to psilocybin therapy and can be used for similar therapy with other psychedelic substances. 

Psilocybin works in the body after it has been converted into its active form, called psilocin. When you take psilocybin, your body rapidly converts it into psilocin. Psilocin activates several serotonin receptors in your brain, mimicking the action of serotonin, a “feel good” hormone.

People with depression – and other mental health illnesses such as anxiety, PTSD, and trauma – usually have low serotonin levels. Because psilocybin mimics the action of serotonin, it causes improvement in the symptoms of depression and other similar illnesses.

When you are microdosing, you take only a very small quantity of psilocybin at a time and at intervals. The quantity taken each time is typically much smaller than the dose you would take for recreational or spiritual purposes.

Benefits of Microdosing Psilocybin for Depression

Psilocybin is a psychedelic with astounding results in the treatment of depression. Several scientific studies have been done on microdosing psilocybin as a treatment for depression. 

These researches have uncovered a lot of benefits of this therapy. Some of these benefits include:

• Improves Mood

Microdosing psilocybin causes a significant improvement in mood. Studies have shown that people who microdose psilocybin tend to have a more notable improvement in their moods when compared to those who do not microdose psilocybin. 

Because of this benefit, psilocybin can successfully be used to treat ‘minor’ mood disorders and even major depressive disorders. It has also been found to have positive effects even on treatment-resistant depression.

• Psilocybin is Easy to use

Other medications used to treat depression have to be prescribed in carefully measured doses to achieve good results while minimizing negative effects as much as possible. What’s more, the prescriber has to review these doses frequently to ensure they remain safe.

Psilocybin, on the other hand, can be effectively self-administered. Psilocybin therapy for depression is as easy as acquiring and microdosing mushrooms that contain psilocybin.

• Long-lasting Effect

Like other psychedelics, psilocybin is well-known for its immediate euphoric effects on the mind. However, microdosing psilocybin doesn’t just cause short-lived relief of depressive symptoms. The effects of micro-dosing psilocybin are long-term and may last up to a year or more.

• Minimal Side-effects

Microdosing psilocybin is not a hard science, and you may end up taking psilocybin in a higher dose than required for microdosing. These mushrooms have intense benefits but low toxicity, which means you are unlikely to experience any severe side effects even if you mistakenly take too much.

Compared to traditional medication for depression, which can cause serious – and sometimes permanent – adverse effects when the wrong quantity is taken.

• Psilocybin is Rapidly-acting

Traditional antidepressant medication may take anywhere from weeks to months for any obvious improvement to occur. And sometimes, after weeks or months, these drugs may have little to no effect on some people.

Psilocybin, on the other hand, has therapeutic effects of psilocybin on the brain that occur almost immediately. 

How to Microdose Psilocybin for Depression

There is no hard and fast way to microdose psilocybin for the treatment of depression. The most important thing to remember is to take small enough quantities of psilocybin to not cause euphoria or alteration in your state of consciousness.

Processed psilocybin extracts exist, however, the most common method of taking psilocybin is by taking the dried mushrooms that naturally contain psilocybin. These are popularly known as “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms”. 

If you want to begin microdosing mushrooms to treat depression, a good regimen to follow can look something like this: 0.1 to 0.3g of dried mushrooms a day, 3–5 times a week.

You can eat these dried mushrooms or powder them and mix them in water or juice.

Microdosing is a flexible practice, so you can adjust this regimen as you desire. If you are new to microdosing or to the use of psychedelic medications, you should consider getting an experienced coach to guide you through the process.

Psilocybin can also be used for holistic healing of your mind, body, and soul. This is a more complex journey that is more spiritual than medical and is often done with the assistance of an experienced guide.

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Conclusion

Depression can be a very tough nut to crack. Commonly used treatment methods like drugs, psychotherapy, light therapy, etc are often heavily deficient. Sometimes, they outright don’t work.

Microdosing psilocybin is a centuries-old solution. This psilocybin therapy is effective, easy to use, and long-lasting. To maximize psilocybin therapy, you should get guidance from someone with experience.

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