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Purpose
Assume this as a work of fiction and that this is no way endorses any advice to stop professionally prescribed medication. You and you alone are responsible for your own safety.
The following is in summarising my own findings after research and experimentation on the use of psychedelics in the management of the conditions I have been formally diagnosed with, ADHD-C and ASD.
I decided to partake in this personal home research project with the main objective being to reduce or remove the need of current medication which has some mild detrimental effects for me personally.
Hypothesis to test
Microdosing psychedelic compounds psilocybin and LSD-25 is a valid approach for managing my ADHD-C and in doing so replacing or reducing the prescribed conventional medication of Lisdexamfetamine and Dexamphetamine.
Considerations
Much of the experimentation results in subjective data. Even with a scientifically structured questionnaire, any results reported are personal and impossible to determine if valid in its consideration. Each person is different, mileage will vary wildly between individuals, so this only is to report my own personal experiences and in no way states this is ever an approach for another person to follow.
I will not report dose levels, as I have found variations to be quite wide across many anecdotal experiences I have collated, and its advised that one should find their own line and to use self awareness and honesty in finding the levels that suit their own objectives.
Microdosing should be ‘ non-intoxication ‘ level dose, I refer to this as ‘ the line ‘ - This is where I have found a dose where I feel the effect, and I reduce back with some contingency for batch variances, and this will be my ‘ higher line level ‘.
Background
There is evidence from several research approaches, including biochemical, imaging, and therapy treatment that show abnormalities of the serotonin system being relevant in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Studies indicate psychedelics involve activity at the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor, and this has been shown to be associated with ASD and ADHD to varying extents depending on the research. However this was enough of a relationship to suggest to me personally that psychedelics were worth considering as an avenue to explore further.
I started investigating this without prior knowledge of the wider use already in this area outside of scientific research. I do not frequent social media to any real extent, and I do not read mainstream media, which since I have found over the past few years a growing trend in the use of microdosing.
I had read many scientific articles on psychedelic research, however this is primarily focused on depression and trauma.
Approach
I considered the following compounds:
After some initial test doses of psilocybin to find my line (the upper limit dose), it was clear there was some potential for structured management. I decided then to approach with a week on week off approach with conventional medication so I could compare.
After several weeks, I found confirmation that psilocybin was clearly a candidate for replacement of my conventional medication, so I started a full programme of psilocybin microdosing.
I followed this same approach with LSD, and found this also to be a candidate for replacement of my medication.
Summary
I found that structuring my upper limit dose across 3 doses best suited.
Dose 1 is taken first thing in the morning, with 2 further ‘ bump ‘ doses later in the day, no later than 17:00 to reduce impact of my sleep patterns.
The reason for this is that I sometimes found that the transition time (where the dose kicked in) could create some anxiety. I can only describe this as my brain crossing into the psychedelic brain was like a boat changing direction and crossing the wake left by another boat. Once the transition had changed direction, it was smooth and settled, however this was enough to look to transition in a more gentle way.
Both compounds resulted in the same benefits gained from conventional medication. Most notable being a silencing of `the bees` in my head, a controlled focus and increased ability in management of my day to day.
Although conventional medication also helped reduce ‘spin ups’ where anxiety and chaos would gain velocity and result in what you might call an external stimulation overload, these still occurred. On psychedelic medication, although the timeline has not been long enough to be confident, there are clear additional benefits in both compounds with a more calming and considered feeling in the day to day in that I suspect I will notice the signals on the start of a spin up more so than on conventional medication, this though is purely guess work at this point in timeline.
Psilocybin
I call this my chill out medication. This helps manage my ADHD-C in all the ways that my conventional medication does, I have added benefits of being able to turn focus on and off, to choose whether I want to work and focus or chill and snooze.
I have a much more obvious feeling of attachment and connection to the world, and to my wife. There is a grounding and ‘feeling more human’ with psilocybin that I do not have with conventional medication. I feel at one with the world, and I have appreciation for more subtle nuances in music and the general day to day goings on.
LSD
I call this my get shit down medication. This helps manage my ADHD-C in all the ways that my conventional medication does, I have the added benefits of a higher energy and more uplifting medication.
As with psilocybin, there is a definite feeling of a higher level of connectedness with the world around me, however there is a distinct difference to psilocybin.It's very hard to describe, it's a ‘less grounded’ feeling, more ‘sparkle’. I read a description of the difference between these two compounds as mushrooms being more grounded and earthy, and LSD being more synthetic. If you remove the literal meaning of these words, I do understand this and what its trying to describe, I get what that means.
So…..
Not only have I found these compounds to be ideal replacements for my conventional medication, I have found it has gone beyond my initial objectives. I am more empathetic toward people, I am able to preemptively think about impacts of my acts, to strategically think about my actions and reactions. This you may not find particularly interesting, however for an ASD & ADHD brain, this is substantial improvement.
I find joy and pleasure in the simple things, I am less stressed and less prone to ‘spinning up’ into a melt down, the pressures and concerns I have in day to day are less impactful. Overall I feel much more human than on conventional medication, and I am definitely happier and more sensitive to life.
This has been a life changing find for me, I felt slightly dehumanised on conventional medication, a slight numbing to the world around me, however the benefits I gained from a life of ASD and ADHD without knowing this was causing my issues and concerns allowed me to breath. This is just the next step in my journey to leading a happy and connected life.
I have further experiments to carry out, for example mixed doses, weighted mixes, and on/off schedules to find my perfect approach.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I've been further testing MDMA in respect specifically to gaining value for ASD, I'll follow up with this at some point.
Peace, love, and dogs playing snooker.
Assume this as a work of fiction and that this is no way endorses any advice to stop professionally prescribed medication. You and you alone are responsible for your own safety.
The following is in summarising my own findings after research and experimentation on the use of psychedelics in the management of the conditions I have been formally diagnosed with, ADHD-C and ASD.
I decided to partake in this personal home research project with the main objective being to reduce or remove the need of current medication which has some mild detrimental effects for me personally.
Hypothesis to test
Microdosing psychedelic compounds psilocybin and LSD-25 is a valid approach for managing my ADHD-C and in doing so replacing or reducing the prescribed conventional medication of Lisdexamfetamine and Dexamphetamine.
Considerations
Much of the experimentation results in subjective data. Even with a scientifically structured questionnaire, any results reported are personal and impossible to determine if valid in its consideration. Each person is different, mileage will vary wildly between individuals, so this only is to report my own personal experiences and in no way states this is ever an approach for another person to follow.
I will not report dose levels, as I have found variations to be quite wide across many anecdotal experiences I have collated, and its advised that one should find their own line and to use self awareness and honesty in finding the levels that suit their own objectives.
Microdosing should be ‘ non-intoxication ‘ level dose, I refer to this as ‘ the line ‘ - This is where I have found a dose where I feel the effect, and I reduce back with some contingency for batch variances, and this will be my ‘ higher line level ‘.
Background
There is evidence from several research approaches, including biochemical, imaging, and therapy treatment that show abnormalities of the serotonin system being relevant in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Studies indicate psychedelics involve activity at the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor, and this has been shown to be associated with ASD and ADHD to varying extents depending on the research. However this was enough of a relationship to suggest to me personally that psychedelics were worth considering as an avenue to explore further.
I started investigating this without prior knowledge of the wider use already in this area outside of scientific research. I do not frequent social media to any real extent, and I do not read mainstream media, which since I have found over the past few years a growing trend in the use of microdosing.
I had read many scientific articles on psychedelic research, however this is primarily focused on depression and trauma.
Approach
I considered the following compounds:
- N,N-DMT
- Psilocybin
- LSD-25
After some initial test doses of psilocybin to find my line (the upper limit dose), it was clear there was some potential for structured management. I decided then to approach with a week on week off approach with conventional medication so I could compare.
After several weeks, I found confirmation that psilocybin was clearly a candidate for replacement of my conventional medication, so I started a full programme of psilocybin microdosing.
I followed this same approach with LSD, and found this also to be a candidate for replacement of my medication.
Summary
I found that structuring my upper limit dose across 3 doses best suited.
Dose 1 is taken first thing in the morning, with 2 further ‘ bump ‘ doses later in the day, no later than 17:00 to reduce impact of my sleep patterns.
The reason for this is that I sometimes found that the transition time (where the dose kicked in) could create some anxiety. I can only describe this as my brain crossing into the psychedelic brain was like a boat changing direction and crossing the wake left by another boat. Once the transition had changed direction, it was smooth and settled, however this was enough to look to transition in a more gentle way.
Both compounds resulted in the same benefits gained from conventional medication. Most notable being a silencing of `the bees` in my head, a controlled focus and increased ability in management of my day to day.
Although conventional medication also helped reduce ‘spin ups’ where anxiety and chaos would gain velocity and result in what you might call an external stimulation overload, these still occurred. On psychedelic medication, although the timeline has not been long enough to be confident, there are clear additional benefits in both compounds with a more calming and considered feeling in the day to day in that I suspect I will notice the signals on the start of a spin up more so than on conventional medication, this though is purely guess work at this point in timeline.
Psilocybin
I call this my chill out medication. This helps manage my ADHD-C in all the ways that my conventional medication does, I have added benefits of being able to turn focus on and off, to choose whether I want to work and focus or chill and snooze.
I have a much more obvious feeling of attachment and connection to the world, and to my wife. There is a grounding and ‘feeling more human’ with psilocybin that I do not have with conventional medication. I feel at one with the world, and I have appreciation for more subtle nuances in music and the general day to day goings on.
LSD
I call this my get shit down medication. This helps manage my ADHD-C in all the ways that my conventional medication does, I have the added benefits of a higher energy and more uplifting medication.
As with psilocybin, there is a definite feeling of a higher level of connectedness with the world around me, however there is a distinct difference to psilocybin.It's very hard to describe, it's a ‘less grounded’ feeling, more ‘sparkle’. I read a description of the difference between these two compounds as mushrooms being more grounded and earthy, and LSD being more synthetic. If you remove the literal meaning of these words, I do understand this and what its trying to describe, I get what that means.
So…..
Not only have I found these compounds to be ideal replacements for my conventional medication, I have found it has gone beyond my initial objectives. I am more empathetic toward people, I am able to preemptively think about impacts of my acts, to strategically think about my actions and reactions. This you may not find particularly interesting, however for an ASD & ADHD brain, this is substantial improvement.
I find joy and pleasure in the simple things, I am less stressed and less prone to ‘spinning up’ into a melt down, the pressures and concerns I have in day to day are less impactful. Overall I feel much more human than on conventional medication, and I am definitely happier and more sensitive to life.
This has been a life changing find for me, I felt slightly dehumanised on conventional medication, a slight numbing to the world around me, however the benefits I gained from a life of ASD and ADHD without knowing this was causing my issues and concerns allowed me to breath. This is just the next step in my journey to leading a happy and connected life.
I have further experiments to carry out, for example mixed doses, weighted mixes, and on/off schedules to find my perfect approach.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I've been further testing MDMA in respect specifically to gaining value for ASD, I'll follow up with this at some point.
Peace, love, and dogs playing snooker.