A single dose of the psychedelic substance psilocybin can provide rapid relief from depressive symptoms—within just a few days. This is shown by the first randomized, double-blind study in Sweden of psilocybin for depression. The effect persisted for over three months, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
It’s hard to know in my life what role psilocybin had in my anxiety and depression. I never felt specific effects I could attribute to micro dosing, would only do it for a few weeks at a time, but within a few months I’d weened off my anti anxiety and anti depression medications, made big changes to my life, stopped drinking, moved cities, and haven’t been on the medication since. I’d been on and off anti depressants since I was 9.
I think I saw stuff like this and was picturing one big trip and sudden insights, when it was a really subtle shift over time.
Or it had no effect and the other changes in my life are what did it. Or it helped me make those changes when I as otherwise stuck.
Anyway. Glad we’re moving towards legalization and researching it more. Seems very promising.