> As someone who has spent a few weeks microdosing, the effects of LSD are definitely not a placebo effect There is no way someone can know if a drug is placeb

> As someone who has spent a few weeks microdosing, the effects of LSD are definitely not a placebo effect There is no way someone can know if a drug is placebo when self dosed. I have attempted to do placebo tests on my self with some high dose supplements and it means I blind myself to what I am taking by having someone else give me the supplements not telling me if it is the real thing or the placebo. After you do that get back to us. > Psychedelics bring up your subconscious processes into aware consciousness, and do so to lesser extent even at microdoses. I would say this is a fantasy born in the sixties. How do you know something was brought up from your subconscious or a delusion created from the medication. You would have to know what was in your subconscious to know it came from there. So this to me is just more woo woo talk. > Coupled with downsides of microdosing (and yes, there are downsides), it is a really delicate venture to undertake and you will need good knowledge and experience of psychedelics, psychology and a clear and direct intent, plan and motivation, or you are bound to end up just routinely microdosing for no purpose whatsoever and fuck up your brain chemistry for a while. That does not seem workable for depression. I have to say I am currently struggling with suicidal thoughts and can barely get out of my van do to anything. Might there be some neurogenesis with LSD, possibly through increasing BDNF https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00099 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00099 But can all depression be cured with neurogenesis and therapy? Who knows. Ketamine has this same property of neurogenesis, as does prozac https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360216/