Experience with psilocybin and / or microdosing

ive been taking 5 grams of dried GT once a week for a few weeks now since starting to grow them and i thouroughly enjoy the recreational side. i also have a personality disorder which i used to take meds for, i stopped those around 5 months ago which was quite rough but since starting to use psilocybin i feel much better day to day

Alright! I’ll try and experience with baby steps. I’m happy to see all that help! Thank you @bizzybone802016!

@Pgilpin02 I would like to cultivate them but first, I wanna experience the effects and be sure it’s working for me. (For example : I bought cannabis for 2 years before growing some myself)
Why are you saying that microdosing is inefficient? Wasn’t that working for you? Or you just prefer to take more? Also, I can’t be “high” I have to continue with my day to day life, university, social interactions,… And that’s also why I chose this path. Anyways, growing them looks to be a lot of fun!

@Littlegee1988 Thanks for sharing your experience, it’s crazy how a shroom can bring that much benefits! I’m happy you are feeling better man.

Some extra question did any of you tried lion’s mane alone or in combination with psilocybin?

i have tried microdosing and large doses … To be honest i got nothing from microdosing … to my understanding about psilocybin is we develop a tolerance to it very fast … to the point that say day 1 you have 3g on day 2 you need 6g for the same effect and day 3 much more … so to micro dose daily I didn’t see any effects personally… For me the life changing experience has always been with large doses… the way I see it is mushrooms are great at showing you who you really are inside the good and the bad… shows you what makes you happy and sad your joys and fears… And it’s for you to learn from it… personally it takes me many months to fully process a full on experience but I always come out of it understanding myself better…

If you do choose to take a large dose some tips for you

1. decide what you aim to get out of the experience before you take anything… vocalise it say it aloud " I want to know how to be a better person" for example (remember it’s all in your mind so it’s a good way to get your mind to guide you the right way)

2. have an experienced trip sitter … someone who knows you and can guide you back onto a good path if it takes a turn in a bad direction!!!

3. have a nice friendly safe environment !! This is important soft lighting, nice smells, soft comforting things to touch and feel, nice sounds !!

4. have some mirror time … sounds dumb but just look at yourself in the mirror take time and look at your face … It’s awesome !!! For me I always 100% of the time I see my face in super HD and I see myself getting older and older … I literally see myself as an old decrepit man … I think this is because I have a fear of getting old… the first time it was a scary experience but bit by bit it helped me accept my fate !!

5. keep some diazepam (valium) handy … there well known to be a trip killer so if your having a bad time they can be a life saver…

lastly not really a tip just knolege … when your on shrooms TIME MOVES SLOW !!! super slow … in your head hours can pass and when you look at the time its been 15 mins …

edit- also sex is insane on shrooms … if you can keep focused for long enough lol … you feel the one you love in ways you cant put into words !!

That’s some incredibly useful info you gave me! Thanks a lot @juggalonely!

That’s also what I’ve read and they say that’s the reason why breaks are needed. I don’t know if it’s gonna work but I really hope! If it’s not working I’ll try with a regular dose. All the details and tips you wrote will definitely be a great help when the moment comes! That mirror experience could be a good tool to get that anxiety away!

Sadly, I don’t have a girlfriend at the moment to test sex with microdosing

I’ve also bought some Lion’s mane to mix with it

I’ll continue to update this thread with the effects I’m experiencing (if any) and the good and bad sides of it.

Again, thanks to everyone!

You microdosing for the medical properties why would you say not to do that?

Yep. Ifbyour eating mushrooms skip a few days… Pcylicin you both aquire a tolerance and desensitized to it really quickly. Me personally I haven’t had any noticeable experince in mood elevation beyond like smoking a blunt on a .5 gram. But hell to each his own.

@Nitrous, no man not at all on the dose. I just gave my wife her first three weeks ago. .5 dried she had no effect. Up it the next week and she had a champagne drunk for 4 hours, gave her 2 gs this last Friday and she experienced tripping. I didn’t want her to have a bad trip so start small. We both work and have kids so on a Friday or Saturday we will take some and just chill. Go do stuff the next day.

Little update on the microdosing experience

I’ve took my first dose this morning! I took 1g of truffles and the results are promising!

I’ve experienced some mild “high” for the first 2-3 hours. I had to get things done for school and it curiously went much better than expected. I got the feeling of being 100% into my work, like nothing else existed. Listening to music was also a fun experience, the music felt “different” than it usually is. I’ve spend some time in the garden to see if it felt different. I got that “Ultra HD Vision” feeling and noticed things that I never saw earlier. The colors were a little more “vivid”!
The most pleasant part about all of this was the sensation of joy without any apparent reason. I’ve never thought to say that one day but here it is… School work is fun on shrooms.

I’ll implement some Lion’s Mane and some niacin to follow the Stamets Stack in the following days. And I’m looking forward to test it against social anxiety too!

@Pgilpin02 ill probably test some larger doses when I feel ready, I don’t wanna rush it. I’ll definitely go slow with dosages! Thanks for sharing your experience!

@Nitrous glad you had a good experience on your first dose, like I said my wife had reservations as well. Just remember psilocin builds up a tolerance very quickly ( i.e. 1 gram the first day, 2nd day you would need 1.5 for the same eddect) but fortunately it degrades rapidly as well. Give yourself 3 to 5 days between experiences. This fact is why I fall on the other side of the microdosing argument. But glad you had a great experience.

Do not up your dose .5 g for the next day… it’s not that steep. You will overwhelm yourself. Stay at your sweet spot dose. If it doesnt become as effective, take a little break for a col days

Good tip @bizzybone802016 I would also recommend zamnesia’s dosage calculator. It will account for body weight and day of last dose. So let me ask you have you had luck with microdosing? It may be that I’m so used to tripping that a I don’t see a microdose as a therapeutic device although I have read the case studies coming out regarding microdosing for MS and cluster headaches.

Yes I have had a lot of success with it. For anxiety depression and just not wanting to be around ppl period. It lightens your mood and makes you more personable.

I’ll give it a go, maybe it will help me stop smoking so many blunts. I work in a roughneck environment so tempers flare often. Maybe it could help with that. What do you call a microdose? Like .5 to .75? I have a standard tolerance. ( i.e 3.5 grams of golden teachers and I’m tripping balls)

A micro dose is defined as a dose .5 g or lower. You shouldn’t feel a buzz but everything will be more vibrant. It will help with anger issues trust me lol. I actually was in the United states army, and it helps with my issues that was brought by combat. You will have to play around and find your specific dose becuz it does vary. If you have any other questions I’m happy to help!

Thanks dude I’ll play around with .5 and see if it helps at work. As far as getting fired up. Thank you for your service.

🪖:fist: thank you for your service bro!! Much respect! I never served but I come from a military family, grandfather was in ww2 army and my uncle & brother served in the navy( 6 years), my youngest cousin served 6 years in Iraq and another cousin is currently serving in the navy as well and he’s been in since 2000! @bizzybone802016

That’s awesome we owe our lives to them all! Thank you very much I appreciate it… I did a year and a half over in iraq. In baghdad specifically. But my green and my shrooms is what helps ground me besides my family. It makes it much easier to live a semi normal life.

If it doesnt, bump it up a few points. Like I said you gotta find your sweet spot.

This thread is getting really interesting! Thanks for all your advice and experiences @bizzybone802016 @Pgilpin02!

And a big thanks for your service @bizzybone802016, you guys would deserve so much more support of your country. I hope you managed to get your life back on track!

About the microdosing : I took 4 times 1g of truffles and I got the same effect every day, I’ll start a 3 days break tomorrow. I would like to grow some mushrooms myself as I would prefer to pay less and make little capsules with the dried shrooms. Do you have any specific variety to recommend?

Thanks and happy growing / tripping!

id recommend golden teachers for your first attempt, very forgiving, i messed up straight away with these by putting too much spore solution in my kit (probably baked when i was reading the kit instructions) and i still got a decent yield come fruiting time.