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I'm not sure I would trust this. I was at a party and ended up chatting to a researcher working with VA hospitals to develop psychedelic treatment for PTSD-- th

I'm not sure I would trust this. I was at a party and ended up chatting to a researcher working with VA hospitals to develop psychedelic treatment for PTSD-- the VA doesn't fuck around with hippie shit, so his research was reasonably grounded in reliable, repeatable results-- and he emphasized that LSD is not being seriously considered as a possible treatment, because the emotional effects are pretty short-lived compared to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, etc. Which is not to say LSD trips can't be useful and transformative experiences, but both personal experience and scientific account confirm they tend to be "intellectual trips", whereas what you need to help anxiety are the "emotional trips" that other drugs are better-suited for.

jungturk 3y ago
PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder are very different scenarios, so it wouldn't be surprising that treatments for one wouldn't be effective for the other. The initial data looks promising in this case, so it'll be interesting to see how the studies develop.
devwastaken 3y ago
"hippie shit" is apart of the science, but it can't be sold so medical research doesn't get funding. It's not as if they get a blank check, there's stakeholders and expected outcomes involved. For example if you don't embrace the "hippie shit" all you're going to get out of psychedelics is an emotional trainwreck with nothing to anchor it. It is a powerful medicine that has throughout history been a medicine for human connectedness. The environment, people and seemingly the direction the sun is pointing through the window affects how the experience works.