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The studies had incredible results and microdosing was the clinician's recommendation. There are places now able to study LSD again after an almost 40-year loc

by sova 9y ago

The studies had incredible results and microdosing was the clinician's recommendation. There are places now able to study LSD again after an almost 40-year lockdown/hiatus and the results are really powerful. Some in the UK, some at Purdue, my only concern is that they inject liquid LSD into the bloodstream to prove "control" but it's totally unnecessary, you can eat it just as well or even absorb it through your eye or skin (like Bicycle Day). People need to be educated on its potential, what it illuminates on an MRI, what moto-sensory functions it inhibits and what states of mind it can trend and improve towards. Research would not be as difficult if safety were the primary form of education and not abstinence

GuB-42 9y ago
Do you have more details about these "incredible" results? Peer-reviewed papers if possible. I am genuinely curious. The only area I know where LSD really seemed to do great is with some cases of cluster headaches. But cluster headaches tend respond to unrelated treatment. They tried to do a non-psychedelic variant of LSD for this but I don't know the results. There were probably also a few "miracles" too but it is not sufficient to devise a proper treatment. The reason they inject LSD, I think, is to better control the dosage. When eating it, it is harder to determine when and how much of it is ending up into your bloodstream, which is troublesome for controlled experiments. There were MRI studies where it shows the brain lights up like a Christmas tree while on LSD. I didn't really surprise me considering its effect but still, maybe we are on to something, or maybe not. fMRI research is hard. As for microdosing, I am highly skeptical. Not to say that it is ineffective but this is an area where the placebo effect is strong, which mean we need to be extra rigorous with the studies. Now for safety, LSD is not benign. It is generally non-toxic but it is also known to trigger schizophrenia in people with preexisting conditions. There are other things such as HPPD (a form of "flashbacks") and PTSD-like symptoms caused by "bad trips". It probably doesn't deserve the hard ban we have now but before making a proper treatment, these issues have to be resolved, or at least properly characterized.

by sova 9y ago

GuB-42 9y ago

Do you have more details about these "incredible" results? Peer-reviewed papers if possible. I am genuinely curious. The only area I know where LSD really seemed to do great is with some cases of cluster headaches. But cluster headaches tend respond to unrelated treatment. They tried to do a non-psychedelic variant of LSD for this but I don't know the results. There were probably also a few "miracles" too but it is not sufficient to devise a proper treatment. The reason they inject LSD, I think, is to better control the dosage. When eating it, it is harder to determine when and how much of it is ending up into your bloodstream, which is troublesome for controlled experiments. There were MRI studies where it shows the brain lights up like a Christmas tree while on LSD. I didn't really surprise me considering its effect but still, maybe we are on to something, or maybe not. fMRI research is hard. As for microdosing, I am highly skeptical. Not to say that it is ineffective but this is an area where the placebo effect is strong, which mean we need to be extra rigorous with the studies. Now for safety, LSD is not benign. It is generally non-toxic but it is also known to trigger schizophrenia in people with preexisting conditions. There are other things such as HPPD (a form of "flashbacks") and PTSD-like symptoms caused by "bad trips". It probably doesn't deserve the hard ban we have now but before making a proper treatment, these issues have to be resolved, or at least properly characterized.