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An fMRI study has found evidence of a reduction in depressive symptoms after treatment with psilocybin:
A hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms can "reset" the brains of people with untreatable depression, raising hopes of a future treatment, scans suggest.
The small study gave 19 patients a single dose of the psychedelic ingredient psilocybin. Half of patients ceased to be depressed and experienced changes in their brain activity that lasted about five weeks.
However, the team at Imperial College London says people should not self-medicate.
There has been a series of small studies suggesting psilocybin could have a role in depression by acting as a "lubricant for the mind" that allows people to escape a cycle of depressive symptoms. But the precise impact it might be having on brain activity was not known.
Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms (open, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13282-7) (DX)
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 15 2017, @12:35AM (3 children)
I heard that DMT also works wonders for bad depression. I wouldn't know, though, because I never tried it and honestly don't like the after-effects of psychedelics. Psychedelics can also be very unpredictable and dangerous if you have a lot of bad blood.
It's kinda like, if you're a daytime person, taking a nap and then waking up feeling in a different mood, like a different person, personality-wise. Had many good memories of dropping acid and watching cartoons with the volume off and Eminem playing in the background (so that it looks like the cartoon characters are talking the lyrics).
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 15 2017, @01:08AM (2 children)
After telling him that smoking DMT is just like smoking burning plastic, the DMT informed him that he had two many arms, legs. toes and fingers.
While my schoolmate readily agreed, he was overcome with the worst kind of horror when he was unable to figure out _why_
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday October 15 2017, @01:28AM
The duration [erowid.org] is very short, at least.
Sounds like it can be vaporized [erowid.org] instead of smoked.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 15 2017, @01:36AM
A guy I know who tried it became at peace with the world through a DMT trip in realizing that we're all made up of the same kinds of atoms and molecules, with a healthy dose of non-Euclidean geometry.