Depression.

Drifter said:
Well, things here arent going well. This is such a huge F'UP. I havent been sleeping, 6 days now. 4 Days of no income. Management think I am talking BS. But Fahrk that. Life happens, not always a rosey picture.
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I'm really sorry for your troubles. I know how it feels sometimes like everything's going wrong. It's really important to get that sleep. A doctor will tell you the same. Sleeplessness just makes it more difficult to deal with the stress. I hope your troubles pass soon.
 
Thanks, would help if SO was here, but she is at bedside. I need to keep things going here.
 
theratman said:
So my wife and 2 year moved overseas (planned) and I'm feeling like utter poop. The doctor has pushed me up to 100mg of serdep which I'm hoping will help.
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Any plans to join them ratman, or have you split up?
 
Ancalagon said:
Please let me know how that goes?

I've been considering trying magic mushrooms because studies say that they assist in brain growth/regeneration.
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I also have depression and did mushrooms once. Once is possibly not enough to have an effect as it did nothing to my depression.
I would not recommend Magic Mushrooms to anyone. Its the most horrible feeling on this earth. You don’t feel stoned or high, but everything moves and you feel sick to your stomach. You cannot concentrate on anything, I tried googling something but all the letters looked like some sort of Egyptian alphabet.
The movie I was watching turned green and it was all blurry. At first I though it might be the actual movie, but on closer inspection I realised it was in fact my brain and not the movie.
I then tried going to sleep to try and escape this awful experience, I would also not recommend this as you get closed eye hallucinations. I tried sitting outside to see if the fresh air won’t help (it does to an extend). But it comes and goes in waves (For about 5 hours), one moment you feel like you are okay, the next you feel like this has to be the peak. I remember thinking what happens If I never feel normal again, what happens if I’m stuck in this……

This all sounds like fun, and it probably would be fun if one was stoned while experiencing this. But I promised myself If I live to die another day, I will NEVER EVER EVER use shrooms again regardless if it cures depression or not, and I’m sticking to that.

2019 Edit.
Ignore what I said above.
I'm still suffering from depression, Shrooms did not change this. But It definitely removes depression for 3 to 4 weeks. And I mean it completely removes it during that time.
Remains a scary experience, but 2 year later and using mushrooms again since then, I have not used an anti depressant with as good results as I got from shrooms.
So its 6 hours of hell for 4 weeks of bliss. Seems like a easy decision, But the 6 hours of hell is really HELL. I know shrooms has different effects on different people. And for some its actually a fantastic experience. But that's for people who are in a good place. If you are depressed, you are not in a good place so the trip is not going to be good....
But as a wise man said, there is not such thing as a bad trip, only a necessary trip...

As for Microdosing. Had no effects on me. Waste of time. (But maybe I used crappy tabs, who knows)
 
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Lament said:
I also have depression and did mushrooms once. Once is possibly not enough to have an effect as it did nothing to my depression.
I would not recommend Magic Mushrooms to anyone. Its the most horrible feeling on this earth. You don’t feel stoned or high, but everything moves and you feel sick to your stomach. You cannot concentrate on anything, I tried googling something but all the letters looked like some sort of Egyptian alphabet.
The movie I was watching turned green and it was all blurry. At first I though it might be the actual movie, but on closer inspection I realised it was in fact my brain and not the movie.
I then tried going to sleep to try and escape this awful experience, I would also not recommend this as you get closed eye hallucinations. I tried sitting outside to see if the fresh air won’t help (it does to an extend). But it comes and goes in waves (For about 5 hours), one moment you feel like you are okay, the next you feel like this has to be the peak. I remember thinking what happens If I never feel normal again, what happens if I’m stuck in this……

This all sounds like fun, and it probably would be fun if one was stoned while experiencing this. But I promised myself If I live to die another day, I will NEVER EVER EVER use shrooms again regardless if it cures depression or not, and I’m sticking to that.
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Micro-dosing, by definition, avoids the scary psychoactive effects that you experienced. Also, as terrifying as a bad trip can be, people also have very good experiences with psychedelic drugs. You need to prepare for them, know what to expect, and have an experienced sitter with you.
 
Lament said:
I also have depression and did mushrooms once. Once is possibly not enough to have an effect as it did nothing to my depression.
I would not recommend Magic Mushrooms to anyone. Its the most horrible feeling on this earth. You don’t feel stoned or high, but everything moves and you feel sick to your stomach. You cannot concentrate on anything, I tried googling something but all the letters looked like some sort of Egyptian alphabet.
The movie I was watching turned green and it was all blurry. At first I though it might be the actual movie, but on closer inspection I realised it was in fact my brain and not the movie.
I then tried going to sleep to try and escape this awful experience, I would also not recommend this as you get closed eye hallucinations. I tried sitting outside to see if the fresh air won’t help (it does to an extend). But it comes and goes in waves (For about 5 hours), one moment you feel like you are okay, the next you feel like this has to be the peak. I remember thinking what happens If I never feel normal again, what happens if I’m stuck in this……

This all sounds like fun, and it probably would be fun if one was stoned while experiencing this. But I promised myself If I live to die another day, I will NEVER EVER EVER use shrooms again regardless if it cures depression or not, and I’m sticking to that.
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Thanks for sharing.

I didn't mean it for treating depression but rather overcoming the effects of a traumatic childhood.

I see some people report some good trips and some bad trips.
 
Ancalagon said:
Thanks for sharing.

I didn't mean it for treating depression but rather overcoming the effects of a traumatic childhood.

I see some people report some good trips and some bad trips.
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There was absolutely nothing good with mine. Do loads of reachearch before you try this stuff. Possibly small doses will help as Copa adviced.
 
Lament said:
I also have depression and did mushrooms once. Once is possibly not enough to have an effect as it did nothing to my depression.
I would not recommend Magic Mushrooms to anyone. Its the most horrible feeling on this earth. You don’t feel stoned or high, but everything moves and you feel sick to your stomach. You cannot concentrate on anything, I tried googling something but all the letters looked like some sort of Egyptian alphabet.
The movie I was watching turned green and it was all blurry. At first I though it might be the actual movie, but on closer inspection I realised it was in fact my brain and not the movie.
I then tried going to sleep to try and escape this awful experience, I would also not recommend this as you get closed eye hallucinations. I tried sitting outside to see if the fresh air won’t help (it does to an extend). But it comes and goes in waves (For about 5 hours), one moment you feel like you are okay, the next you feel like this has to be the peak. I remember thinking what happens If I never feel normal again, what happens if I’m stuck in this……

This all sounds like fun, and it probably would be fun if one was stoned while experiencing this. But I promised myself If I live to die another day, I will NEVER EVER EVER use shrooms again regardless if it cures depression or not, and I’m sticking to that.
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I would side with you because I had a bad first trip, BUT that trip opened up my eyes to what was really going on in my life.I havnt done it in about 8 years.Maybe I should grow a batch and see, but my wife was just diagnosed with skin cancer (again after remission last year for 8 months), so ya.
 
Batista said:
I would side with you because I had a bad first trip, BUT that trip opened up my eyes to what was really going on in my life.
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Also just want to chime in & say the most beautiful experiences on mushrooms have come after getting through an initially difficult period of physical and mental discomfort. It's partly having a stomach full of shrooms and partly the mental mess being dislodged and presented to the conscious mind. The latter half of the trip is an acceptance of all that's in there and an excitement at moving forward. That afterglow lasts for weeks.
 
Copacetic is correct. Micro-dosing by definition is a dose that produces no noticeable effects.

I would also like to add that I have tripped on mushrooms before. It was about 16 years ago and I have to say that to this day it stands out as a night I will never forget - it was profoundly life-changing for me. I was however prepared for what I was going to experience, and although not all parts of the night were pleasant - the overall trip was positive, and I consider it one of the peak experiences of my life.
 
Have you guys heard of Lions Mane? It's a type of mushroom and apparently good for your brain, not the psychedelic type however
 
Could those of you who have tried mushrooms elaborate on how it helped you with depression or could help? I thought it's a psychedelic. And my view on that is happy, laughy, look at the weird shapes and patterns
 
Hello everyone,

After a long time I've decided to find a psychiatrist again but I want to try to avoid the problems with uninterested doctors which put me off them in the past. People who drone at you for a bit and either don't want to prescribe anything or tell you that the medicine which is making you feel worse should be tried for a bit longer.

I've been diagnosed with depression since I was a child and what most psychiatrists and psychologists thought was OCD although one suggested it might be an unusual form of Tourette's. Plus various problems with eating, drinking, social anxiety, sex and just about everything else.

As well as Prozac I've tried Zoloft, Anafranil and a couple of others whose names I forget. Prozac's the only one which both helped a little and not had bad side-effects so I've been stuck on a large dose for years - but it's not doing much anymore.

I want someone who takes an interest but doesn't think medication is secondary to talking. Someone who is willing to try new medicines and maybe even something unorthodox.

Please PM me if you don't want to suggest a name on the forum.
 
You know in my medico-legal journeys in this city I found most shrinks had much of a muchness about them - they all err on the greater side of conservative laziness and rarely take initiative to follow up with their patients... so most treatment will be the same old party bag of pills Some of which are used off label for treatment of mood disorder. None of which re new.
Your best bet would be to try and get into drug trials in Psychiatry Departments attached to university medical teaching hospitals
On the other hand you have the psychologists who can't prescribe but can only talk which some people find more useful than juggling the chemical properties of their neurotransmitter soup
 
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Lapinot said:
Hello everyone,

After a long time I've decided to find a psychiatrist again but I want to try to avoid the problems with uninterested doctors which put me off them in the past. People who drone at you for a bit and either don't want to prescribe anything or tell you that the medicine which is making you feel worse should be tried for a bit longer.

I've been diagnosed with depression since I was a child and what most psychiatrists and psychologists thought was OCD although one suggested it might be an unusual form of Tourette's. Plus various problems with eating, drinking, social anxiety, sex and just about everything else.

As well as Prozac I've tried Zoloft, Anafranil and a couple of others whose names I forget. Prozac's the only one which both helped a little and not had bad side-effects so I've been stuck on a large dose for years - but it's not doing much anymore.

I want someone who takes an interest but doesn't think medication is secondary to talking. Someone who is willing to try new medicines and maybe even something unorthodox.

Please PM me if you don't want to suggest a name on the forum.
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Will PM you.
 
Batista said:
I would side with you because I had a bad first trip, BUT that trip opened up my eyes to what was really going on in my life.I havnt done it in about 8 years.Maybe I should grow a batch and see, but my wife was just diagnosed with skin cancer (again after remission last year for 8 months), so ya.
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The strange thing is, this is what weed did to/for me the first 2 or 3 times . It opened my eyes and I had a diffrent way of seeing things, It was honestly an enlighting experiance. As someone mentioned the "afterglow" also lasted weeks, everything was just beautifull and made sense, I wish I could feel like that again.
 
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