Experience with psilocybin and / or microdosing

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Hello everyone, I hope you are having a FANTASTIC day!

Today’s totally off-topic question is about psilocybin and microdosing. What are your experiences with that substance? How did you felt? Was it a recreational dose or a microdose? What benefits did you gained from it? Did you saw any side effects or negative aspects?

I’m asking this today because I’m gonna start with microdosing in a couple days. I’ve read a lot about that topic but I would like to get some advice and experiences from people that really experienced it. (recreational users, your knowledge helps too!)

Thanks and happy growing!

I have microdesed for around 6 months. If I take .5 g I’m fine and happy and everything is better and brighter. If I take .8 or .9 and go about my normal day, sometimes my anxiety flares up a bit. It’s all about finding that sweet spot for you. When I do micro dose, my depression is not existant almost. I usually take them 2 to 3 times a week. I’ve seen people just take 1 regular dose of around 3.5 g a month and that helps also. I weighed out my portions once I found that sweet spot and grinded them up and put them in molds and made chocolate bars. You cant taste em what so ever. Anything else that i missed that you want to ask?

Man, thanks for all that info!
I will be microdosing on magic truffles as it is the only thing you can find legally here… The recommended microdose is about 1g for truffles, does that look accurate? I’m really happy that you can confirm the effects that I’m looking for. I’m really looking forward to start it! I’m not experiencing any depression at the moment but I would like to kick that social anxiety away and be myself even with strangers. I would like to keep the benefits I gained from it in my day to day sober life.

I have other questions, what’s the schedule I should be using? The 1day on 2day’s off, 4days on 3days off or 5 days on 2 days off? And what would happen if I take a microdose in the morning and smoke a joint in the evening?

Thanks again @bizzybone802016!

Idk I have never messed with truffles. It’s not legal here either but you can get the spores and stuff on line. It will for sure help your social anxiety. I usually do every other day but I’ve seen people do twice a week but that’s for depression. I would start out every other day but test the waters first. What I mean by that is the first couple times you try it, plan to not do much so you can see how it will effect you personally. Then after you get the dose down try and take baby steps. Go for a walk and try being around a small group of people before you go about your regular daily business. I hope this helps! They are a miracle just like the trees man they are great

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.