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I was effectively in isolation for months due to some health issues (pre covid). I knew I was depressed as well and decided to take some LSD. I've taken it a fe

by dreen 4y ago

I was effectively in isolation for months due to some health issues (pre covid). I knew I was depressed as well and decided to take some LSD. I've taken it a few times before, never had a bad time. This time, I had. I repeated this a few times with the same results, its gonna be some time before I try it again. Nobody should just expect psychodelics "cure depression". Its possible they can deepen it in some conditions and we do not really understand it (I hope we will thanks to studies like these). They can help, but the lesson I got from this is they cannot replace support from fellow humans. Best advice I can give is try to only do this with some good company, outside on a sunny day, and it is highly likely it will be an overwhelmingly positive experience.

mistermann 4y ago
> They can help, but the lesson I got from this is they cannot replace support from fellow humans. I think what's lost in the shuffle is that the phrase "guaranteed to" - all drugs are not guaranteed to work for all people, what matters is what is the likelihood that they can help any given individual, also taking into consideration the associated risks (both of taking and not taking). I'm just noting this because it would be easy for someone to take away from this conversation the notion that psychedelics are necessarily dangerous, as it is possible that they are as safe or even safer than the thousands of other medications people take, and, some people are in situations where not taking a chance could very well end in death (suicide), especially those who live in areas where assisted trips (legal or not) are not available.