r/microdosing

What is your experience with not feeling at baseline mentally and microdosing to get back to “normal”. I feel like I’ve been fighting off a panic attack for weeks. I’ve microdosed intuitively for years. I followed a protocol in the beginning but dosed as needed for a while. I feel hesitant to dose while in this state but also feel like it could be beneficial.

Has anyone tried to MD longer than the 4 on/3 off split?

I noticed myself becoming more assertive, articulate and patient when I’m on it during the day which helps me a lot during the week.

Any downside aside from possible tolerance build up if I wanted to do 5/2 split?

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I have got LSD in liquid form (diluted in water) and I am trying to find the right dose for microdosing. The dose that I have tried a couple of time did not cause any form of hallucinations or a trip. But I was clearly feeling that I am under the influence of something, and I felt I am pretty close to enter a trip. Is this the idea behind microdosing? Or I should decrease the dose to a point that I feel nothing? Is there a term for a dose that does not cause a trip but puts you at the border of entering a trip? Are there people interested in experiencing this type of consciousness?

Thinking of starting microdosing to help with my anxiety and anorexia, that I have been trying to recover from for many years without success.

I currenly take 60mg of Duloxetin a day and am wondering if anyone knows how the two might interfere? Would it be pointless to microdose? Never done mushrooms before.

Is it acceptable to raise this with my psychiatrist? I'm based in the UK

Today was first time microdosing 0.14g of Golden teacher. I took a capsule at 12 noon but after a couple hours notice anything. I know microdosing is supposed to be sub-perceptual and you shouldn’t feel any crazy effects, but after like 4 hours I still felt the same. I didn’t feel energetic, creative or focused. I just felt the same as I always do.

Do you guys think I should up my dosage?

Also what kind of schedule should I follow as a newbie. I was originally going to do 1 day on and 3 off but if you guys have any suggestions I’ll gladly take it. Thanks!

Had planned on growing my own if microdosing showed enough promise in treating my anxiety but so far it has not produced the results I had hoped for. Tested them by taking a gram and I had a minor trip so I assumed they were the real thing.

I would like to do a LSD microdose today but I have what seems like an upper respiratory infection; a cold/dry cough and runny nose for a few days

Is it a good or bad idea ?

I took 1.7 g of gt yesterday. It was really beautiful and the effects are unfolding today.

How long should I wait before continuing my Md protocol?

I am planning on doing a larger dose once a month with Md in between.

Anyone ever try MD and on the spectrum? Whether diagnosed or not, do you see improvement socially? If so, do the benefits last after stopping?

Curious to hear from folks who’ve been doing this as a lifestyle or just generally longer than I have, I’ve only been on and off microdosing since like February.

When I first started I could not believe that every time I used them I always felt so genuinely substantially better afterwards. I’ve abused alcohol and weed hard in my times, so I’m familiar with saying “oh wow this is great I should do this all the time” then crashing hard into abuse and depression from it yknow.

But I have no doubt the effects of microdosing are a genuine positive in my life. So much anxiety and sadness has been unpacked with shrooms clearing my fears and apprehensions, letting me take the actions that make me feel better, socialize, and just generally have a better life. I could go on and on but I’m sure everyone can talk about the positives microdosing has had for them and their own situations.

My curiosity is mainly, there’s no way they’re this good every time you take them right? Like obviously there’s slight diminishing effects, take a couple days off and don’t consistently up the dose right. But I’ve recently restocked from a dealer and these shrooms are quite stale, not very potent and generally don’t make me feel great like the last batch. Is this simply because I’m not new to shrooms now and it’s what It is, they just aren't as good as the first time. Or is it something off with the shrooms themselves, I don’t know if the “staleness” of the shrooms is even this much of an impact.

I’m also kind of uncomfortable with the concept of microdosing as a bit of a crutch to go through life at the clarity and positive attitude that I have while on them. When I went off them for a couple weeks I feel like I went back to default settings for the most part. Do I need to make the leap and take a larger dose for longer lasting effects while not under the influence of them?

Overall just want to hear how you guys found a stable usage of shrooms, take care everybody.

Please forgive me if my English isn’t perfect.

So (25F) I started my journey with mushrooms a week and a half ago as a way to heal from numerous childhood and lifelong abuse traumas, also hoping to treat my ADHD and brain fogs. I’m used to disassociate with my emotions or have anger issues I suppress ending up killing me from the inside. All of this manifests as survival mode, isolation, social anxiety and a struggle to keep my life in order and feeling safe despite being successful. I noticed all of this created a lot of inner blockages hard to overcome and I’ve been doing therapy for years yet still feel held back and overwhelmed. I’m getting tired of escaping with work and exercise.

I started with 0.150g of dried Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, doing 4 days in 3 days out (Paul Stamets protocol). I pair this with the MyCommunity 17 Species Blend Mushroom Supplement from Host Defense. Here is what I already noticed :
- I became a smoother talker, approaching and talking to people when I would never do that before. People feel more comfortable around me.
- i’m less anxious.
- Time moves slower. With my ADHD I always struggled with time perception, always being surprised at how fast time would go when rushing and feeling out of time. I still rush but time doesn’t move as fast.
- I’m more emotional and I’m convinced it’s all the suppression finally coming out and getting processed. So I can finally connect with my inner world and compass, feel compassion for myself.
- I have so much more compassion for people. It wasn’t much of a problem before but it felt more like I was just submerged with foreign absorbed energies i didn’t ask for. I was constantly overstimulated not being able to process my own. Now it feels much more like all-encompassing love. I almost see each person as their inner child silenced by society. Needing just few genuine words to be seen. Being offered compassion in a harsh world. But this one is a bit complicated cause I feel like I need to tone it down a notch not to send the wrong signals as someone susceptible to be taken advantage of.
- I can feel my own presence more, I’m more anchored and confident in myself. I speak with even more composure than usual.
For those familiar with it, i feel like my aura is stronger as well cause I notice how people stare and approach more than usual looking very curious.

I don’t think this is placebo as I have object permanence and these observations came from introspections I had today. Please feel free to comment your own experience and thoughts if desired

Started May 1 for anxiety. 300mg Golden Teacher. One day on, two days off with ten days off in between.

How is this dose called? O,75 ug 1CP-LSD. 3 days ago I too 2,25ug.
I don’t care if you call it a placebo, as I definitely feel a difference to non dosing days. Less depressed, more socializing, more creative. Different ways of thinking

I’m going to begin micro-dosing tomorrow with the Blue Ape strain of mushrooms. I’ve packed capsules with .15 grams of ground up blue ape. Is this an appropriate amount for micro-dosing? My plan is to do 4 days on 3 days off for a few weeks. Is there an ideal time of day to take it especially if I’m at work from 9-5? It seems I have a higher tolerance than most as I’ve done 3+ grams of mushrooms probably at least 10 times by now, all with the last year.

I’m looking to prepare for LSD micro-dosing. I’m currently looking for appropriate equipment to get started. I believe all I need is a bottle, syringe/dropper, and a distilled liquid?

If any one has any recommendations on what size bottle and dropper to use and if there is a preferred alcohol or water to buy.

Ideally if I can just get those products off Amazon that would be easiest. I have a 150ug gel tab that I want to use in this process. I’d appreciate the help!

So it's been almost 4 weeks. I started with only 50mg of golden teacher (one capsule) with the protocol of one day on and two days off. Also using lions mane. After about two weeks I upped to 100mg (two capsules) since I wasn't really feeling anything. I've been on celexa an SSRI at 20mg for years. I'm thinking this is the reason why I'm not feeling anything. I will say my dreams have been super vivid though. I guess that's something! I also added some San Pedro cactus a week ago to see if the synergy would help (500mg one capsule).The reason I started the Microdosing is because I'm almost 39 and I'm trying to grow spiritually. I feel like something is missing in my life. Been working with a therapist and she suggested getting connected to nature again. I'm an addict and been sober of alcohol and heroin since 2012. I explained to her that in AA and NA my higher power was nature. I love looking at the mountains and stars etc. I was really into trail running (tough to do in New England outside Boston). Was nice it combined trails in the woods plus running, was a win win! Def need to get back into that. Anyway I think that aside from dreaming vividly I'm not noticing much. I'll continue to microdose the same protocol and see if anything happens. Eventually I will taper off the celexa but it really has helped me with anxiety especially when I suffered from panic attacks in the past. I just wish I found the natural medicine sooner before I started the pharma medicine. Sorry for the rant. Any tips / insight welcome!

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.