Thread: Magic mushrooms may be therapeutic

I've read other articles that say mushrooms can help with severe headaches. This one says they could be therapeutic for psychological treatment.

Rave-goers and visitors to Amsterdam before December 2008 may be intimately familiar with magic mushrooms, but there's little scientific knowledge on what happens to the brain while tripping.
Now it appears that more research is warranted. A growing number of studies suggested that perhaps the mushrooms' key ingredient could work magic for certain mental disorders.
New research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on why one of the mushrooms' hallucinogenic chemical compounds, psilocybin, may hold promise for the treatment of depression. Scientists explored the effect of psilocybin on the brain, documenting the neural basis behind the altered state of consciousness that people have reported after using magic mushrooms.
"We have found that these drugs turn off the parts of the brain that integrate sensations – seeing, hearing, feeling – with thinking," said David Nutt, co-author of the study and researcher at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.

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"rave-goes" trip on e, and what happens to the brain is simple: It ****ing explodes into a million little stars, becomes one with the universe, and all is good. Then everything is hilarious for, like, no reason at all.

I was a cluster headache sufferer and "magic mushrooms" cured me. I had been getting "episodes" for a few years. The last year, after getting 2-3 severe headaches a day for nearly two months, a 1 gram dose (just enough to catch a buzz) cured my headaches. I've been about 8 years pain free.

For more info check out ClusterBusters

Originally Posted by Hikertrash

I was a cluster headache sufferer and "magic mushrooms" cured me. I had been getting "episodes" for a few years. The last year, after getting 2-3 severe headaches a day for nearly two months, a 1 gram dose (just enough to catch a buzz) cured my headaches. I've been about 8 years pain free.

For more info check out ClusterBusters

I'm for anything safely and effectively used like medicine and not abused.

Originally Posted by grip

I'm for anything safely and effectively used like medicine and not abused.

Me too. Most that suffer from cluster or migraine headaches will do anything short of suicide (of which many actually consider) to get rid of the pain. I wasn't happy to order spores (illegal in most states) over the internet but if caught I would have pleaded my case and sought media coverage if it ever went to court.

The alternative at the time was taking prescription drugs to relieve the pain for each headache at nearly $50 a pop. Only two headaches a day for a three month episode would cost $9000 and return the following year. Pharmaceutical companies offer no cure. It cost me about $100 to grow enough shrooms to cure about 100 people.

Originally Posted by Hikertrash

I was a cluster headache sufferer and "magic mushrooms" cured me. I had been getting "episodes" for a few years. The last year, after getting 2-3 severe headaches a day for nearly two months, a 1 gram dose (just enough to catch a buzz) cured my headaches. I've been about 8 years pain free.

For more info check out ClusterBusters

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I've been considering using mushrooms for my chronic headaches. I take three different expensive medications for them, 2 of them every day, and 1 (Immitrex) as needed (which turns out to be nearly every day.) I found a video on the net of a guy who takes psylocybin mushroom pills every 4 months and has been headache free ever since doing so.

You've been headache free for 8 years? Wow. That would be a god-send to me. My headaches control what I can do in my life. I missed my own grandmother's funeral because of a headache. There was simply no way I could go and even be functional. I've ended up in the ER because of headaches. Unfortunately, I live in a state that's very hard-ass against illegal drugs. It seems unreal to me that any state would pursue someone who's just trying to get relief from headaches.

Have you noticed any negative side effects like memory loss or loss of balance? Obviously, there are the hallucinations, but those are only temporary. Are there side effects after the hallucinations have gone away?

Originally Posted by Luna Tick

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I've been considering using mushrooms for my chronic headaches. I take three different expensive medications for them, 2 of them every day, and 1 (Immitrex) as needed (which turns out to be nearly every day.) I found a video on the net of a guy who takes psylocybin mushroom pills every 4 months and has been headache free ever since doing so.

You've been headache free for 8 years? Wow. That would be a god-send to me. My headaches control what I can do in my life. I missed my own grandmother's funeral because of a headache. There was simply no way I could go and even be functional. I've ended up in the ER because of headaches. Unfortunately, I live in a state that's very hard-ass against illegal drugs. It seems unreal to me that any state would pursue someone who's just trying to get relief from headaches.

Have you noticed any negative side effects like memory loss or loss of balance? Obviously, there are the hallucinations, but those are only temporary. Are there side effects after the hallucinations have gone away?

This is all strictly hypothetical but a small word of advice IF used people should try as little as they can to gain the desired effect for headache relief. They might not have to get blasted to achieve remission. The difference between a mild trip and going full tilt is hugely different. Having someone with them also to help with any paranoia or getting in trouble. There shouldn't be hardly any lasting after effects if not done too heavily.

Originally Posted by grip

This is all strictly hypothetical but a small word of advice IF used people should try as little as they can to gain the desired effect for headache relief. They might not have to get blasted to achieve remission. The difference between a mild trip and going full tilt is hugely different. Having someone with them also to help with any paranoia or getting in trouble. There shouldn't be hardly any lasting after effects if not done too heavily.

Thanks for the info. I was strictly speaking hypothetically, btw. I'm never going to do this.

Originally Posted by grip

This is all strictly hypothetical but a small word of advice IF used people should try as little as they can to gain the desired effect for headache relief. They might not have to get blasted to achieve remission. The difference between a mild trip and going full tilt is hugely different. Having someone with them also to help with any paranoia or getting in trouble. There shouldn't be hardly any lasting after effects if not done too heavily.

Where's the fun in that?

Originally Posted by Lokiate

Where's the fun in that?

I have no interest at all in getting high. The thought of being pain free for months sounds like heaven to me, believe me. I've had daily pain for at least 15 years.