Phil.McKeer
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Summary:
Alright so I've UTFSE'd and researched elsewhere online on this, and want to now create a new discussion around my decision to microdose psilocybin.
Intro:
For anyone that has read my previous posts, you'll learn that I dated Foxxy Brown for a couple years, we broke up, I went on subutex, did a rapid taper, tried to come off but was overtaken by depression (pre-existing, rebound) so after a week off completely with just some chills and the knowledge that a few more months would mean baseline living, I decided instead to microdose bupe at ~0.25mg/day and that went on for about a year.
It worked like a fucking charm. It suppressed (won't lie and say it killed) my urge to use, it covered some of my back pain, and it dispersed my black cloud of depression super effectively, as anyone who uses opioids knows they're never depressed when they score and are high.
Anyways, after microdosing the subutex for almost a year I quit (it's been ~45 or so days without bupe now) and it hasn't been so bad. After d/c the subs I couldn't sleep, then brought alprazolam in bigtime to remedy that, became dependent on it because I had used it somewhat regularly in the past (weeks on, months off) and had to now kick the xanax, which was even worse. I got an aggregate ~8ish hours of sleep after a week of the xanax w/d then with a little rotated muscle relaxants and z-drugs I finally managed to sleep and return to some semblance of sleep normality (something like 2.5 weeks no xanax now). Having only used the MRs & ZDs temporarily, now going to sleep with having only smoked weed all day gives me a reliable 5 hours of sleep each night and that was to be expected. You have to pay back opioid and benzo debts, but in retrospect this one wasn't too bad for a 2-year run of dope smoking and almost no suffering to pay except that which you have to go through before sub induction and the bit at the end (and all the money I spent, friends and family I disappointed, etc).
TL/DR - I used to microdose buprenorphine and it was miraculous and I got off it with minimal discomfort for a year of no depression or back pain (the w/d was not severe enough to cause RLS). It is very true that buprenorphine microdose is effective for depression and I'd venture to say some forms of anxiety too, especially in a naive individual. There you go, Harvard. Free.
Main Point:
So, after having UTFSE'd here and researched elsewhere, I intend to start this thread to get feedback from the community in real time and document it as I progress through my experiment of now microdosing psilocybin. I chose this psychedelic because of my ability to get it. Unfortunately the bridges I built to good LSD were lost long ago and I certainly can't get any mescaline. Or B-Zed for that matter XD
I plan on dosing about 0.1g/day dry cap and stem matter's worth of psilocybin. I fully intend for it to be absolutely imperceptible, I don't even expect to feel the early comeup weirdness or tracers, and in fact don't want to. I haven't used any psychedelics for at least 5 years so I should also have close to virgin receptor readiness for the substance.
I hear good things including the ability of low dosed psychedelics to also alleviate depression and microdosing it is reported to be efficacious is other aspects as well like improved cognitive function, more vivid vision, and more exhaustion at night for restful sleep (although I'm perfectly aware of the danger of taking a recreational dose of a hallucinogen while depressed - unless of course you're with a professional like Beverly Crusher, ready to do some Picard mind melding with Sarek of Vulcan shit for 12+ hours).
Back to point. I can also use the LSA from Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds (I have a hoard of those), but I'd prefer to start with the item I know is more potent first, at the low dose I mentioned.
I would highly value the community's take on trying the LSA from the HBWR for the same purpose, though.
I would of course perform a CWE for that one, maybe make some LSA delivery system like tab like blotter or windowpane (or even just eyedropper liquid).
Anyways, I'm going to compile a bit more research, here what y'all have to say, and begin my trial at some point this week.
Peace.
Mods, if this should go in Blogs or Experience Reports, or anywhere else for that matter, feel free to forgive me for posting here and whisk it off to where it goes.
Alright so I've UTFSE'd and researched elsewhere online on this, and want to now create a new discussion around my decision to microdose psilocybin.
Intro:
For anyone that has read my previous posts, you'll learn that I dated Foxxy Brown for a couple years, we broke up, I went on subutex, did a rapid taper, tried to come off but was overtaken by depression (pre-existing, rebound) so after a week off completely with just some chills and the knowledge that a few more months would mean baseline living, I decided instead to microdose bupe at ~0.25mg/day and that went on for about a year.
It worked like a fucking charm. It suppressed (won't lie and say it killed) my urge to use, it covered some of my back pain, and it dispersed my black cloud of depression super effectively, as anyone who uses opioids knows they're never depressed when they score and are high.
Anyways, after microdosing the subutex for almost a year I quit (it's been ~45 or so days without bupe now) and it hasn't been so bad. After d/c the subs I couldn't sleep, then brought alprazolam in bigtime to remedy that, became dependent on it because I had used it somewhat regularly in the past (weeks on, months off) and had to now kick the xanax, which was even worse. I got an aggregate ~8ish hours of sleep after a week of the xanax w/d then with a little rotated muscle relaxants and z-drugs I finally managed to sleep and return to some semblance of sleep normality (something like 2.5 weeks no xanax now). Having only used the MRs & ZDs temporarily, now going to sleep with having only smoked weed all day gives me a reliable 5 hours of sleep each night and that was to be expected. You have to pay back opioid and benzo debts, but in retrospect this one wasn't too bad for a 2-year run of dope smoking and almost no suffering to pay except that which you have to go through before sub induction and the bit at the end (and all the money I spent, friends and family I disappointed, etc).
TL/DR - I used to microdose buprenorphine and it was miraculous and I got off it with minimal discomfort for a year of no depression or back pain (the w/d was not severe enough to cause RLS). It is very true that buprenorphine microdose is effective for depression and I'd venture to say some forms of anxiety too, especially in a naive individual. There you go, Harvard. Free.
Main Point:
So, after having UTFSE'd here and researched elsewhere, I intend to start this thread to get feedback from the community in real time and document it as I progress through my experiment of now microdosing psilocybin. I chose this psychedelic because of my ability to get it. Unfortunately the bridges I built to good LSD were lost long ago and I certainly can't get any mescaline. Or B-Zed for that matter XD
I plan on dosing about 0.1g/day dry cap and stem matter's worth of psilocybin. I fully intend for it to be absolutely imperceptible, I don't even expect to feel the early comeup weirdness or tracers, and in fact don't want to. I haven't used any psychedelics for at least 5 years so I should also have close to virgin receptor readiness for the substance.
I hear good things including the ability of low dosed psychedelics to also alleviate depression and microdosing it is reported to be efficacious is other aspects as well like improved cognitive function, more vivid vision, and more exhaustion at night for restful sleep (although I'm perfectly aware of the danger of taking a recreational dose of a hallucinogen while depressed - unless of course you're with a professional like Beverly Crusher, ready to do some Picard mind melding with Sarek of Vulcan shit for 12+ hours).
Back to point. I can also use the LSA from Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds (I have a hoard of those), but I'd prefer to start with the item I know is more potent first, at the low dose I mentioned.
I would highly value the community's take on trying the LSA from the HBWR for the same purpose, though.
I would of course perform a CWE for that one, maybe make some LSA delivery system like tab like blotter or windowpane (or even just eyedropper liquid).
Anyways, I'm going to compile a bit more research, here what y'all have to say, and begin my trial at some point this week.
Peace.
Mods, if this should go in Blogs or Experience Reports, or anywhere else for that matter, feel free to forgive me for posting here and whisk it off to where it goes.
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