u/littleteapotcat-432

I posted the other day about starting microdosing psylocibin. Yesterday was my 2nd day at .08g.

I happily still had much less anxiety but was headachy and super tired all day long. I mentioned in my last post that I’m really concerned about how much I drink alcohol to manage my PTSD. It’s become really overwhelming, and I attributed the headache and tiredness to being really dehydrated from recent binging.

Last night, I went out with friends, and I was worried about drinking. Recently, I’ve gotten into the space where one drink is both too many and not enough because it sets off a whole cascade where once I start, I can’t stop. I’ve been so consumed by feelings of guilt, shame, worry about this - it takes up so much space in my head.

Last night, I had 3 drinks, no sweat. Very little worry or mental chatter about what that meant. It wasn’t ’drink to manage trauma’ drinking, it was ‘drink because you’ve out with friends having a fun time’ drinking. Usually on my way home, I’d feel a compulsion to stop for more so I could continue to numb my trauma-addled brain. I thought about it for a second, and then was like, ‘nah, no need to do that.’

Very different from last Saturday, where after going out with friends, all my anxiety and trauma came back on my way home, and I stopped for a bottle of wine to numb out the trauma cascade.

The mindshift is wild, and so, so welcome. My original plan was 3 days on/4 days off, but my therapist also told me to trust my gut. This morning, I didn’t feel the urge to take another dose, so I’m just mentally processing the last 2.

Thanks for letting me share my experience.

This is my second time trying microdosing. The first time, I was pretty naive, did 0.25g and spent the day feeling nauseated and anxious.

Then I did my research - lots of it thanks to this helpful sub - and today I woke up and took 0.08g on an empty stomach. I waited about 30 minutes to have my usual dandelion and chicory tea. I had a little nausea, but nothing to write home about.

It feels really calm in my brain. Usually it’s an anxious jumbled, shaky mess in there.

Tbh, I’m also working through an active alcohol addiction thanks to some pretty heavy trauma, which is part of the reason I’m trying microdosing. I didn’t drink last night, but drank the night before. I was a bit worried that the alcohol would interact with it, but so far, so good.

I’m still figuring out what my routine is going to be. I was planning 3 on/4 off but my therapist is also telling me to listen to my intuition and to not get so hooked into rigid routines.

Any advice for a newbie? It’s been really heavy on my head recently, so I’m really enjoying the feeling of lightness so far.

Edit: changed my milligrams to grams.

Hi friends,

I’ve checked the resources and references in the thread, and don’t see this listed.

I’ve recently started Dandy Blend ‘coffee.’ The ingredients are: roasted barley extracts, roasted rye extracts, roasted chicory root extracts, and roasted dandelion root extracts.

Does anyone know if these interact with psylocibin? I haven’t started microdosing yet. If it does, I’d drop the Dandy Blend and stick with the mushrooms.

Thanks in advance!