Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, might just revolutionize how depression and anxiety are treated in cancer patients. In a groundbreaking trial, a single dose combined with therapy significantly reduced emotional suffering, and these effects often lasted over two years. As follow-up studies expand the research to multiple doses and larger samples, scientists are eyeing a possible new standard of care that merges psychedelics with psychological support.
  • CatladyX@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    what a coincidence

    I just came out of a trip with my bf

    he had a really bad trip, unfortunately. I gave him alprazolam and it did nothing

    after about 3-4 hours he got better, took a shower, ate, now he’s sleeping soundly

      • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Alprozolam is generic for Xanax. Which is a severe anti anxiety drug and heavily abused on the street.

        • CatladyX@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          yup, but in this specific context I actually had a prescription from my psychiatrist, who gave it to me to use to kill a bad trip (he is aware me and my bf use magic mushrooms sometimes)

          I ended up messaging my doctor, but when he answered my bf was already getting better, so I just took care of him and gave him a half tablet of Seroquel (quetiapine) to sleep, and now he’s good again (that’s what my doctor told me to do)

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      15·
      6 months ago

      iirc from research I’ve read it doesn’t matter if the trip is good or bad, it still relieves depression all the same

      • CatladyX@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        yeah, that’s what I heard too

        I hope the experience what some kind of catharsis and he’s gonna learn from it

      • Bags@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        I didn’t have depression, but I wanted to try the experience after hearing how much someone I knew enjoyed it. I had a terrible trip (in a safe space, with good intentions, an experienced user I trusted very deeply, etc. etc. etc.) and suddenly developed pretty gnarly depression and felt like an unnamed part of my brain was missing/out of reach for over 2 years… I’m only one data point and my experience seems uncommon, but I definitely won’t be touching shrooms ever again. It’s only in the last 6 or so months that I’ve felt more “myself” and have been making progress out of the hole I was dropped into.

        • Beacon@fedia.io
          1·
          6 months ago

          Entirely believable, literally nothing is 100% the same for every individual person