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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220606-psilocybin-how-psychedelic-drugs-might-treat-depression
I am so ready to try something new. I tried Lexapro (escitalopram) for a year, but sadly all it did was make me sleepy and kill my sex drive. The studies are ongoing, and legalization/ decriminilization is slow, but we're getting somewhere. I think one of the side effects of Lexapro is suicidal thoughts. I don't think that traditional pills are the path for me. If a fungus can better my depression, I'm down to try LOL. Y'all down?
More info:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210906-what-if-everyone-took-psychedelics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_psilocybin_mushrooms
In recent years, attention has turned to psychedelics such as psilocybin, the active compound in "magic mushrooms". Despite a number of clinical trials showing that psilocybin can rapidly treat depression, including for cancer-related anxiety and depression, little is known about how psilocybin actually works to relieve depression in the brain.
The most compelling evidence of how psilocybin works comes from a double-blind randomised controlled trial (the gold-standard of clinical studies) that compared a group of depressed people taking psilocybin with those taking the existing antidepressant drug escitalopram – something that's never been done before. The trial was further analysed using fMRI brain scans, and the results were compared with other fMRI findings from another recent clinical trial.
According to some depression rating scales, however, psilocybin had the greatest effect on overall mental wellbeing. And a greater proportion of patients treated with psilocybin showed a clinical response compared with those treated with escitalopram (70% versus 48%). More patients in the psilocybin group were also still in remission at six weeks (57% versus 28%). The fact that some patients still do not respond to psilocybin, or relapse after treatment, shows just how difficult it can be to treat depression.
I am so ready to try something new. I tried Lexapro (escitalopram) for a year, but sadly all it did was make me sleepy and kill my sex drive. The studies are ongoing, and legalization/ decriminilization is slow, but we're getting somewhere. I think one of the side effects of Lexapro is suicidal thoughts. I don't think that traditional pills are the path for me. If a fungus can better my depression, I'm down to try LOL. Y'all down?
More info:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210906-what-if-everyone-took-psychedelics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_psilocybin_mushrooms