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A "microdose" is enough to alleviate symptoms of depression without risking one's psychological stability. There is really no need to take more than ~0.5 grams

A "microdose" is enough to alleviate symptoms of depression without risking one's psychological stability. There is really no need to take more than ~0.5 grams of cubensis unless the goal is deep insight/profound experience. I completely disagree with the term "microdosing" though. I think this should be considered a standard dosage. Nobody calls a few ml's of cough syrup a "microdose" just because half a liter can cause euphoria, disorientation, etc. Calling this amount of mushroom a "microdose" only furthers the impression that psilocybin is a primarily recreational substance.

Broken_Hippo 5y ago
Are you under the impression that it isn't primarily a recreational substance?
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- container 5y ago
  If you plot out all usage globally, recreational use is probably going to be the most common case. However, being recreational is not a property of the substance itself, so the term you both were using is misleading in that sense.
- armatav 5y ago
  Are you under the impression that a substances effects are somehow mediated by their legality?
  - Broken_Hippo 5y ago
    Not at all. I just realize that these are primarily used for recreation. It could change - I mean, look at cocaine - and it can be both (opiates, for example).
    - armatav 5y ago
      Fair enough. Cocaine is both too, by the way, stops intra-nasal bleeding post-op.
acituan 5y ago
> A "microdose" is enough to alleviate symptoms of depression without risking one's psychological stability. Not only the body weight of the person is going to matter, yields of active substance varies heavily and there is no consensus on what a microdose is. Cut-off can be as low as 0.2 grams. Psychedelic use is correlated with an increase in neuroticism though, and not as a function of the badness of the trip. Plus in a susceptible person even 0.5g can trigger a first psychotic episode. I find such claims of safety unfoundedly bold and honestly irresponsible.
- Pilottwave 5y ago
  One of the problems is that most people don't know they are susceptible and only find out after. It's a dice roll without some kind of ability to do a screening.
jk888 5y ago
But no studies have proven so far that microdosing is even effective at all.

Broken_Hippo 5y ago

Are you under the impression that it isn't primarily a recreational substance?

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container 5y ago
If you plot out all usage globally, recreational use is probably going to be the most common case. However, being recreational is not a property of the substance itself, so the term you both were using is misleading in that sense.
armatav 5y ago
Are you under the impression that a substances effects are somehow mediated by their legality?
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  Not at all. I just realize that these are primarily used for recreation. It could change - I mean, look at cocaine - and it can be both (opiates, for example).
  - armatav 5y ago
    Fair enough. Cocaine is both too, by the way, stops intra-nasal bleeding post-op.

acituan 5y ago

> A "microdose" is enough to alleviate symptoms of depression without risking one's psychological stability. Not only the body weight of the person is going to matter, yields of active substance varies heavily and there is no consensus on what a microdose is. Cut-off can be as low as 0.2 grams. Psychedelic use is correlated with an increase in neuroticism though, and not as a function of the badness of the trip. Plus in a susceptible person even 0.5g can trigger a first psychotic episode. I find such claims of safety unfoundedly bold and honestly irresponsible.

Pilottwave 5y ago
One of the problems is that most people don't know they are susceptible and only find out after. It's a dice roll without some kind of ability to do a screening.

jk888 5y ago

But no studies have proven so far that microdosing is even effective at all.