

This will be ongoing until I see the changes im looking for...I have close to no empathy which makes things socially awkward a lot of the time, im also a very abrasive person and only see that after the fact. Im hoping this will help me with both of those in that I will be able to feel others emotions and know how to react vs reacting the same no matter what the situation is. Also ive noticed it allows me to be less harsh and more open to others opinions...I will eventually figure out a cycle for it bc yes everyone needs to come back to reality and im hoping this just boost my brain in the right direction and i wont need the assistance of the microdose once i get in the habit of things











05/09/13



I just started microdosing psylocybin and cannot believe the effects. Its amazing and i recommend everyone to try it. From what I have read is it is comparable to aderol and other pharms that increase attention as well as similar to mood stabilizers or ssri's. My experience is increased visual and auditory acuity as well as increased attention, attitude and willingness to do things. Im starting a log to keep track of feelings and thoughts throughout the day to try and pin point the main things im benefiting from microdosing. Today went like this:



9:06am Drank and herbal tea with .2g Penis Envy



9:30am Very slight mood lift, noticeable increase in attention. (thoughts "is this placebo?)



9:50am Finished tea, slight gain in motor control, definite visual and auditory increase, mood lift



10:45am Felt feelings of true happiness and real laughter. Felt the need to note this as this is an area im really trying to improve along with general happiness and optimism compared to being pessimistic



1:30pm Feeling like everything has stabilized and am very comfortable, still focused and happy



5:30pm Effects diminishing slightly, no ill effects/comedown effects. Still focused and enlightened mood



9:00pm Went to dinner everything felt more notable and interesting and had a more than normal enjoyable time.



11:30pm Went to see The Great Gatsby and the movie itself was good but my mood during the movie was great I felt allow more empathy than normal for sure



12:50pm Surprisingly enough the effects were still there, I did notice the day seemed to be longer. One thing I did learn recently is if you take in more information time seems to take longer as your brain is processing more info in the same time, so I can account for that in how much more attention I paid towards everything. I definitely retained more yesterday than normal days



I will be dosing .2 once a day or possibly every 3 days depending on further reading... on normal doses your tolerance rebound is 2-3 days, however no studies have been completed that show tolerance rebound on microdoses. I feel like there should be no problems with daily dosing just as a gut feeling from no real comeup or comedown so i feel like such a low dose may not trigger a tolerance buildup. If i dose daily I will more than likely take saturdays and sundays as recovery days. Anyone have input on this??











05/10/13

so i had hoped for today to be another awesome day in the world of microdosing however i drank my tea with .23 of penis envy pins this morning and wont be doing that again. too early to realize that pins are more potent i expected the same results as yesterday and im actually having a very slight trip at work unfortunately. pupils are dilated and feeling are similar to about 1g :/ looks like 2 days to recover then back to the study!



8:45am Drank tea



9:30am Feeling the onset. "pins may have been stronger " slight distortion of patterns if i focus intently



9:45 Noticeable mood lift. "pins def stronger"



10:30am Noticeable pupil dilation. Feels like onset of 1g trip.



11:30am Most of the trip feeling subsided, feels similar to yesterday as far as focus and mood lift. Pupils returned to normal.



11:55am Increased visual and auditory senses. Happy!



12:35pm Ate lunch and all side effects of extra potent pins gone



1:00pm Came to the conclusion that feelings earlier seemed like after a nice bong rip from my PHX



5:00pm Second half of day went by quickly, got a lot of work done. Noticed I was able to think outside of the box more easily.



7:00pm Feeling slightly tired and very similar to yesterday. Mood lift, still have increased attention.



10:00pm Tiredness passed, slight in a good mood, realized I avoided being aggressive in conversations multiple times!











05/13/13



9:10am Drinking tea



9:42am Onset, visual and auditory increase obvious. "hand seem to be doing stuff by themselves. They seem to do it just before or at the same instant I think about it."



9:54am Finished tea, can feel slight head buzz/pressure near eyes



12:17pm Can feel my brain is associating more detail/memory to audio



2:13pm Noticed that I felt much less motivated earlier than I do now, I got more work done since lunch than I did all morning



5:00pm Last few hours flew by was doing multiple things simultaneously without error.



8:00pm Went to the gym again, haven't gone for about 7 months and something gave me the urge so I signed up this weekend.



9:00pm Had a great workout and did a 5min almost full speed run. After cooling off the ride home was great I just fell good the whole time!









05/14/13



9:07am Drank tea



9:18am Head buzz, coming up, general



10:30 Head buzz gone, clear thoughts. Better sense of audio tones and increase in color differentiation



3:00pm Work kept me busy, everything went smooth though



9:40pm Noticing Im associating much more to memory than I was before. Time isnt taking as long as when I first tried it, seems to be normal.











05/15/13



8:13am Ate .2 ten minutes after drinking a protein shake and eating breakfast. Should have eaten it first but not too big of a deal.



8:46am Somewhat smoother come up compared to the tea



9:10am Very motivated



9:14am Handled a very annoying Spanish speaking person on the phone who barely understood/spoke English. Got everything sorted out and overall the call went well actually.



12:14pm Mild headache that went from temple-temple



12:30pm Lunch with soda cured headache. (probably the caffeine although I dont drink much soda.)



6:30pm Made dinner and noticed I could smell much better than normal.



9:00pm Got to gym and Pandora was playing some really good songs, had great motivation to lift.











05/16/13



7:30am Woke up and feeling extremely refreshed



8:12am Ate .20



9:00am Noticed I like it better than tea as its less intense.



11:00am Slight temporal headache.



12:45pm Food alleviated headache.



2:45pm Looking back it seems like a very light high but lasts almost all day.



9:00pm Not too much different throughout rest of day, weed high much more intense again.









05/17/13



7:40 Ate .20



9:35am Mild come up



10:15am Feeling good, much better visual acuity



10:40am Pattern seem to have more detail, I can vividly see the pattern in my jeans when looking at my phone in my hand



3:30pm Been yawning all day, although not tired



8:00pm Drank a free pre-workout and felt pretty motivated and lethargic at the gym. Noticed my pupils were very dilated (Ive had those symptoms from most pre-workout)



10:50pm Feel good after comedown, about to smoke a bowl and zone out to some real good music...probably some Mastodon and Tool!!!









05/20/13



Forgot to dose :/









05/21/13



8:00pm Feeling the dose I just took



9:00pm On the way to the gym I noticed I had a better perception of other cars on the road



10:25pm On the way home I noticed my vision was much better than normal, it was sharper and colors were more defined even at a distance



11:45pm Went to bed with no problems









05/22/13



9:00am Still feeling last nights dose



11:00am Feeling like a slow day



12:30pm Slight headache and somewhat antsy



6:00pm Headache went away and antsy turned into motivation for gym









05/23/13



07:40am Ate .15



10:00am Thinking outside the box more easily



10:40am Solved a problem we have been working on for a few days



12:00pm Better motivation



3:00pm Day going by fast



4:30pm Noticed Ive been much hungrier in between lunch and dinner



8:30pm Staying very motivated at the gym









05/24/13



7:45am Ate .15



9:30am Time is slow



11:50am Taking more note of thoughts and surroundings



3:00pm Motivated yet time is still going slow



5:30pm Gym closes early today so I decided to skip and smoke a bowl and got super baked



7:00pm I normally load .2 in a bowl and get pretty baked but lately ive been able to split that in two hits that each get me more high than one hit of the entire .2









05/27/13



11:am Woke up and dosed



12:00 Noon Smoke a fat bowl and got super baked, kinda just vegged out for a while



3:30pm Got super motivated as the high wore off and got some shit around the house done



7:00pm Day went pretty smooth had a good attitude and felt overall pretty good









05/28/13



7:40am Ate .2



9:00am Feeling good, did a demo for a customer and it went great we all had a good time and laughed, usually Im more serious in those situations



12:00noon Have been pretty happy all day, noticing more fine detail in things



4:30pm Day went super quick yet I got alot done



7:00pm Slight headache and slightly irritable, probably because I havent eaten dinner yet









5/29/13



7:30am Ate .2



10:30am Pretty productive, feeling motivated



1:00pm Problem solving seems to be a little bit easier



5:00pm Second half of day seemed to fly by



9:00pm Super baked after smoking again









05/30/13



7:45am Ate .2



9:00am Feeling come up, pretty smooth



12:00pm Super hungry just before my lunch



4:00pm Usually I have a hard time getting the fine detail in things yet today I was able to see the detail around edges and had better hand eye coordination



8:00pm Had slight headache until I ate, now feeling much better









05/31/13



Forgot to dose



11:40am Feeling extremely argumentative, a conversation led to me feeling like the general society is doomed due to people just following with the herd and not thinking for themselves



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I have a feeling you're going to do what you have planned regardless of what I say but I would recommend not dosing so close together. Psychedelics change the way the various parts of the brain communicate with each other while tripping. This, I believe, is beneficial to good brain health when done infrequently but I have a feeling that regular use could cause the person's brain to develop a persisting pattern in the changed way in which the person's brain interacts with different components of itself. (This is just how brains work when exposed to anything repetitive, be it drugs or even sports, for example.)



I think psychedelics, used sparingly, are excellent tools for enabling us to reduce some of the connections we become used to which limit our ability to establish new connections. But I think this reward: risk ratio lessens with habitual use. By this I mean, they are good at helping us recognize patterns of behavior we tend to do without considering alternatives. For example, the way we talk to people becomes natural to us whether it causes of grief, like you mentioned, or not. I think psychedelics are tools useful for assessing these habits and choosing ways to optimize your own behavior but I think it is important to be careful not to form new bad habits from extended repetitive use as well.



While psychedelics help users recognize the connections between themselves and their behavior or their society (or a million other examples)in ways that can be constructive, they also have the potential to blur the boundaries between things in ways that are destructive. Just like Dr. Stan Gof (world's leading expert in legal clinical LSD psychotherapy and has overseen over 4000 patients since the 50's)said, psychedelics are "nonspecific catalysts and amplifiers of the psyche." We can go in with good intentions of working out a specific problem but there is always a chance that these substances will bring out something more or less.



I think when you take multiple doses over an extended period of time with short durations in between doses, the negative potential of these mysterious substances can become more greatly exaggerated.



If you are interested in reading more about this I would recommend grof's book LSD Psychotherapy. Or google Psychedelic vs. Psycholytic therapy. Or shoot me a PM if you like.



But I think balance is the key here. Psychedelics can help us break some of the connections that seem to be strangling our potential but they can also go too far and break the connections that keep us rooted in society, those connections that allow us to function coherently in that society. If I were you I would plan a special night and take a good +3g dose and then spend a few months or more reflecting on what you learned from the experience.



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Great response. Sounds like a prudent use of the magic. Personally, I'd hate for mushrooms to ever become mundane.



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Sounds interesting.. gonna keep an eye on this post.



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I have a feeling you're going to do what you have planned regardless of what I say but I would recommend not dosing so close together. Psychedelics change the way the various parts of the brain communicate with each other while tripping. This, I believe, is beneficial to good brain health when done infrequently but I have a feeling that regular use could cause the person's brain to develop a persisting pattern in the changed way in which the person's brain interacts with different components of itself. (This is just how brains work when exposed to anything repetitive, be it drugs or even sports, for example.)



I think psychedelics, used sparingly, are excellent tools for enabling us to reduce some of the connections we become used to which limit our ability to establish new connections. But I think this reward: risk ratio lessens with habitual use. By this I mean, they are good at helping us recognize patterns of behavior we tend to do without considering alternatives. For example, the way we talk to people becomes natural to us whether it causes of grief, like you mentioned, or not. I think psychedelics are tools useful for assessing these habits and choosing ways to optimize your own behavior but I think it is important to be careful not to form new bad habits from extended repetitive use as well.



While psychedelics help users recognize the connections between themselves and their behavior or their society (or a million other examples)in ways that can be constructive, they also have the potential to blur the boundaries between things in ways that are destructive. Just like Dr. Stan Gof (world's leading expert in legal clinical LSD psychotherapy and has overseen over 4000 patients since the 50's)said, psychedelics are "nonspecific catalysts and amplifiers of the psyche." We can go in with good intentions of working out a specific problem but there is always a chance that these substances will bring out something more or less.



I think when you take multiple doses over an extended period of time with short durations in between doses, the negative potential of these mysterious substances can become more greatly exaggerated.



If you are interested in reading more about this I would recommend grof's book LSD Psychotherapy. Or google Psychedelic vs. Psycholytic therapy. Or shoot me a PM if you like.



But I think balance is the key here. Psychedelics can help us break some of the connections that seem to be strangling our potential but they can also go too far and break the connections that keep us rooted in society, those connections that allow us to function coherently in that society. If I were you I would plan a special night and take a good 3g dose and then spend a few months or more reflecting on what you learned from the experience.







I can definitely see where you are coming from however the traditional spiritual trip and reflection do not seem to get me the same results. My normal dose for a better understanding of myself and my actions is right around 7gs, 3.5-5 is a great visual experience and all around good feelings, 1-3 is enough to warp a few things but still be able to hold myself together, and .5-1 is just weird in and out of the experience. The microdose on the other hand brings in positive feelings and thoughts yet does not effects me even as much as a minor marijuana high.



I have been there and done psychedelics too often and started loosing touch with reality, however I do not have those feelings whatsoever with such a low dose. I relate this to the fact that I am not triggering the out of body perception of ego-loss that you get with mild-high doses.



I do not plan to do this forever, I simply see it similar to a supplement. You take it until your body has straightened things out and is at the level it should be. Also, I believe there is no tolerance buildup with such low doses as our bodies do not build up tolerances in a linear manner. The larger the dose our body exponentially builds a greater tolerance. At lower doses this means rebound time should be much less and my tests will prove that one way or another. Im hoping/guessing that the rebound time with .15-.30 should be less than 24hours.



Im documenting this by hour instead of by the day to get a better understanding of the tolerance factor. Also, I will be stopping periodically to note the lasting effects, if any.



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Your likely gonna feel like total a few days in. I tried taking between .5g and 1.0g daily to stop my cluster headaches and by day three I wanted to die



Drugs rarely fix anything, prescriptions or scheduled. They mostly just temporarily cover things up or exacerbate the issue your trying to fix, and or possibly give you a new problem or two.



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Your likely gonna feel like total a few days in. I tried taking between .5g and 1.0g daily to stop my cluster headaches and by day three I wanted to die



Drugs rarely fix anything, prescriptions or scheduled. They mostly just temporarily cover things up or exacerbate the issue your trying to fix, and or possibly give you a new problem or two.









Again, anything above .3g is considered threshold dose and will cause an exponential gain in tolerance. Hence your feeling like shit at day 3...many people have tried .5 and above with the same results, as many have tried .3 and below and usually have the same effects im having.



One thing I did take note of was days seem to be longer. I have attributed this to that fact that when you take in more/new information your brain acts in a way a digital camera does and its just like ramping up the megapixels and fps. Your taking up more room and your brain directly correlate the average amount of stored memory to time. The lengthened time may get to me a little as a week may feel more like a week and a few days however I believe this I will get used to and hope that my heightened attention remains after stopping the microdosing as well so my perception of time would then be normal and a week would simply feel like a week.



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I'm also very interested to see how you do. I've had good results doing sub-threshold doses - honestly the results are very positive for me. However just like you I've found it can be a fine line between sub-threshold and actually feeling the doses.



Overshooting the mark can make the day uncomfortable to say the least, so I think the main thing for me with microdosing is to stay well below any threshold effect levels.



I'll be keeping an eye on the thread, but my suggestion is to stay low.



Also just a thought, but you may want to powder up a few grams of mushrooms so that you have a more standardized mixture as opposed to eating individual pieces of mushrooms which may vary more in potency.









Thats a great idea, I actually make chocolates all the time so I have something like a half already ground up so Ill prob just add the to whatever tea I decide to make that morning.



I will be staying well below the threshold as you said! lol I found out .25-.3 is right on the verge so I'll prob stay at .2 and Ill make like a two week batch at a time so that would be 2gs and powderized should def produce a more even potency. We shall see how tomorrow goes!



On another note after that threshold dose I took on Friday I never noticed and ill effects or grogginess the next day which I usually get, so I'm assuming the tolerance buildup from that dose wasnt much either. Now that I got the trial runs out of the way this week will be my first full week of microdosing! Hopefully all goes well and I get the same results



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Give capsules a go mate. 00 caps will hold around 0.5g and can be taken much like any other supplement. You only need one or two good finds, powder it all up into caps and freeze them and you'll be hard pressed to run out anytime soon. Convenience can't be beaten



After a few days of 0.5 morning & afternoon, I must admit that it coincided with me being really cunty a few days into the adventure. 0.5 may be (as suggested above) just above the threshold we are chasing.



Perception wise it's nothing to write home about, especially if you're used to being a bit bent most of the time. But the mood altering is obvious, and those receptors are definitely turned on. I'm a new man on 0.5, but alas, it looks like the next run of experiments will be at 0.25g instead. I'm simply not convinced at this stage that the culmative effects over a couple of days are non-existent.



Just be sure to respect the fungi



If there's one message that the mushroom, microdose or otherwise, has been telling me from the beginning - it's to be patient, and show restraint and respect.



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Interesting topic. I've read before of people micro dosing during autumn and winter months to combat the adverse effects of SAD(seasonal affective disorder) because of lack of light and sunshine..I believe its to do with seratonin production or lack thereof. psilocin as a serotonergic alkaloid should help with changes in your mood patterns and overall happiness in micro doses. well at least thats the jist of what I read...Im not particularly up to scratch on my pharmacology and such,so may be mixing it up with something else. I cant seem to find where I read it.



will be following the thread though as I've recently read about people micro dosing aMT aswell with good effects and may try a test of it myself soon to see if there is much of a difference in my day to day routines and motivation about certain things.



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Oh also I think you'll find the best effect range (well let me restate that; I find the best dose effect) to be dosing every third day instead of every day. I think it will be kinder on your system/psyche/body. (I think it would be easier on mine )









based on what? well as long as we're giving opinions IIIIIIIIIII think you should do .3/.4/.5/2 days off as a cycle to make up for the POSSIBLE tolerance effects from low doses while experiencing the effects 3/4s of days possibly, to constantly stay in the shallow part of the rabbit hole, no?



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The every third day suggesting comes from James Fadiman work. The only academic person I know about to conduct “research” in micro dosing area of psychedelics.



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The tolerance thing will be sorted out this week! If I still feel effects on friday no break during the week is needed, if not ill prob go every other day and see how that makes me feel



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I would be very interested in reading that as Im having a hard time finding any notes on the studies done in the early 70's before the ban



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05/13/13



9:10am Drinking tea



9:42am Onset, visual and auditory increase obvious. "hand seem to be doing stuff by themselves. They seem to do it just before or at the same instant I think about it."



9:54am Finished tea, can feel slight head buzz/pressure near eyes



12:17pm Can feel my brain is associating more detail/memory to audio



2:13pm Noticed that I felt much less motivated earlier than I do now, I got more work done since lunch than I did all morning



5:00pm Last few hours flew by was doing multiple things simultaneously without error.



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