Hey guys,
I am working on getting my first ever mushroom trip to happen. Without getting into details (read my past post if you're curious for more info), i'm in the process of discontinuing a small dose of an ssri (which was prescribed to me for no reason at all in the first place) and am confident that I am ready to take shrooms (i've been totally off the ssri for over a week and don't plan on taking the shrooms for another 2 weeks) but what are your thoughts on, just to be safe, microdosing shrooms and assessing the effect they have on me before jumping into a "real" dose? More specifically, I am just being extra cautious because I know that ssris and shrooms act in very similar ways (by blocking the re-absorption of seratonin), and am just being extra cautious in case my neurochemistry isn't 100% balanced yet after stopping the ssri (even though i feel fine emotionally). So, do you find anything wrong with taking a small dose (.5 grams or less) and assessing the effect, then taking the full dose a couple days later if the microdose seemed tolerable?
I am working on getting my first ever mushroom trip to happen. Without getting into details (read my past post if you're curious for more info), i'm in the process of discontinuing a small dose of an ssri (which was prescribed to me for no reason at all in the first place) and am confident that I am ready to take shrooms (i've been totally off the ssri for over a week and don't plan on taking the shrooms for another 2 weeks) but what are your thoughts on, just to be safe, microdosing shrooms and assessing the effect they have on me before jumping into a "real" dose? More specifically, I am just being extra cautious because I know that ssris and shrooms act in very similar ways (by blocking the re-absorption of seratonin), and am just being extra cautious in case my neurochemistry isn't 100% balanced yet after stopping the ssri (even though i feel fine emotionally). So, do you find anything wrong with taking a small dose (.5 grams or less) and assessing the effect, then taking the full dose a couple days later if the microdose seemed tolerable?