paisleygeisha
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The last discussion I could find about this topic was before the release of the Fadiman microdosing study.
I'm familiar with Fadiman's protocol as well as the results announced at MAPS 2017 and recently published, and recommend watching that on youtube to anyone considering microdosing- why reinvent the wheel? I have read arguments elsewhere against microdosing specifically psilocybin daily. Mostly, these seem like conjecture. I think Fadiman (bless him!!!) wanted everyone participating to do the same protocol because if everyone was doing a different protocol it would make the study much less effective, and likely there were reasons why the protocol was set at every third day. However there is no reason to assume that all substances taken daily will lead to a tolerance problem. People take herbs, coffee, antidepressants, etc., daily, and some medicinal herbs are taken more than once a day.
Perhaps LSD (the most popular substance used for microdosing) and psilocybin are different; perhaps the tolerance occurs with LSD and not with psilocybin (but Fadiman did need to standardize the trial). "Because you want to be able to compare how you feel on your "straight days", as one microdoser posited, doesn't sound like an argument against taking it daily. That sounds like a matter of taste, goals and opinion. You can always take a day off at some point to compare, whenever you want. In general, in microdosing psilocybin, I feel more easy-going, and I haven't been very easy-going of late so this was a VERY welcome change. Why wouldn't I want to have a better day every day?
Is there anyone who knows of a solid reason not to microdose (specifically) psilocybin daily? Someone who either A) knows for sure that the body definitely develops a tolerance to psilocybin or B) has tried microdosing psilocybin personally and had some other unsatisfactory result as compared to the every third day regimen? Anyone tried microdosing Psilocybin daily?
A lot of folks on forums talk about "microdosing" when they are feeling effects beyond something in the "normal, non-altered state mood" range. That's not microdosing. If you go to youtube and search for "Fadiman Maps Microdosing 2017" you can see the preliminary results of this amazing study!
I have anxiety and depression, not severe. It does not increase my anxiety and usually seems to give me "a better day". I started with one tenth of an active dose; an active dose being about 3.5 grams. That was too much; I was reeling. I'm not able to weigh it because mine is in chocolate but now I take approx. 1/20th of the 3.5 gram active dose. In keeping with the site rules, FYI, I live somewhere that the mushrooms are not illegal.
Thanks a lot for anyone's input!
I'm familiar with Fadiman's protocol as well as the results announced at MAPS 2017 and recently published, and recommend watching that on youtube to anyone considering microdosing- why reinvent the wheel? I have read arguments elsewhere against microdosing specifically psilocybin daily. Mostly, these seem like conjecture. I think Fadiman (bless him!!!) wanted everyone participating to do the same protocol because if everyone was doing a different protocol it would make the study much less effective, and likely there were reasons why the protocol was set at every third day. However there is no reason to assume that all substances taken daily will lead to a tolerance problem. People take herbs, coffee, antidepressants, etc., daily, and some medicinal herbs are taken more than once a day.
Perhaps LSD (the most popular substance used for microdosing) and psilocybin are different; perhaps the tolerance occurs with LSD and not with psilocybin (but Fadiman did need to standardize the trial). "Because you want to be able to compare how you feel on your "straight days", as one microdoser posited, doesn't sound like an argument against taking it daily. That sounds like a matter of taste, goals and opinion. You can always take a day off at some point to compare, whenever you want. In general, in microdosing psilocybin, I feel more easy-going, and I haven't been very easy-going of late so this was a VERY welcome change. Why wouldn't I want to have a better day every day?
Is there anyone who knows of a solid reason not to microdose (specifically) psilocybin daily? Someone who either A) knows for sure that the body definitely develops a tolerance to psilocybin or B) has tried microdosing psilocybin personally and had some other unsatisfactory result as compared to the every third day regimen? Anyone tried microdosing Psilocybin daily?
A lot of folks on forums talk about "microdosing" when they are feeling effects beyond something in the "normal, non-altered state mood" range. That's not microdosing. If you go to youtube and search for "Fadiman Maps Microdosing 2017" you can see the preliminary results of this amazing study!
I have anxiety and depression, not severe. It does not increase my anxiety and usually seems to give me "a better day". I started with one tenth of an active dose; an active dose being about 3.5 grams. That was too much; I was reeling. I'm not able to weigh it because mine is in chocolate but now I take approx. 1/20th of the 3.5 gram active dose. In keeping with the site rules, FYI, I live somewhere that the mushrooms are not illegal.
Thanks a lot for anyone's input!