r/microdosing

As the header says, 7 weeks of microdosing. Personally I've never felt better. I've tripped plenty of times in my life but microdosing is different.

My schedule is 4 days on 2 days off. Currently microdosing 0.1g of psilocybe semilanceata (liberty caps) if you're not familiar then these grow in northern Europe and are stronger than cubes but not as strong as pans.

Positive effects: I'm more productive, I am driven and have identified a few things in my life I want to change. I feel like I know what I want and I'm not settling for less in my career and relationship. I've been a better father, engaging more with my son and have been reminded of how he's the most important thing in my life.

I've not touched weed since and I have stopped drinking too. I'm happier than I've been in years. I'm more headstrong and am finally learning to love myself and see my good qualities that I've overlooked for years due to self doubt and feelings of inadequacy.

Negative effects: none

[English is not my native language, so I'll apologise in advance if I come off as rude, weird or unclear.]

Hey all, I'm thinking about microdosing mushrooms to improve mental health and manage ADHD symptoms (as well as trying to enhance neuroplasticity). I'm already experienced with shrooms for tripping (love it), and I just started growing them myself. I've come across some scientific articles about some of the benefits and have read some experiences of other people. Atm I'm really burned out and stressed from my study and I notice the stress is taking a toll on my brain functions, especially memory and focus. To be completely honest, it's getting depressing to the point that I don't find joy in things anymore, and don't even want to get out of bed. For this I will talk to a therapist, but apart from that I want to find out if and how microdosing could be beneficial for me.

I'd like to start my research about the practibilities of microdosing, but the available information is really variable and I'm struggling to find some trustworthy sources. Maybe you guys can direct me to some? Think of quantities and schemes, because I don't want to build tolerance.

What is the best way to microdose shrooms? Just get a mg scale and eat the dried amount? Or is there some benefit to grinding it? Is there some scientific evidence about the way it should be ingested and in what particular form?

Question for my dear ladies:

Did you per chance find benefits relating to your menstrual cycle? My focus is already bad because of ADHD but it's always worse in my follicular phase.

I'd love to hear experiences from other university students that tried microdosing, and from fellow ADHD'ers. Also from people whom specifically tried microdosing for enhancing neuroplasticity. Thanks for the help :) and sorry for my chaotic post.

Been taking 5-7 mg micro doses of 3cp and find it amazing. Very energetic, almost feels like a healthy adderall. Pretty easy to focus and headspace feels very sharp compared to acid or shrooms which can kinda make the mind wander. I’ve used mescaline before, but this beats it waaaay far. It really feels like a took a stimulant mixed with an instant antidepressant. only downside is that it takes an hour and a half to fill the kick in. Has anyone else had any experiences with this chem?

I take these green tea supplements with 200mg of caffeine then I like to have a smoothie with yogurt in it. Will this affect my microdose? I heard someone say they did their microdose then in the afternoon had a latte and it felt like they were mildly trippin with no visuals. I also feel like there’s a debate between dairy or no dairy when microdosing.

What is the ideal microdose per day? What should I start with, what should I work towards? How long till you feel the affect

Sorry for the essay in advance, but I’m 24 and am battling with illness anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder (mild). As well as just chronic anxiety where my skin feels tingly and I’m constantly disassociating (in some odd depersonalization/ realization combination)

I was put onto about 150mg of Zoloft when I was about 15 and didn’t stop taking it till I was about 20-22ish? At that point I used mushrooms to help manage side effects of coming off Zoloft and then would microdose and do regular doses afterwords to help with mental health.

I haven’t taken anything in a while and now that my anxiety has reached an all time high I’ve been off and on trying microdosing to help alleviate what I’m dealing with. It’s just been so hit or miss. Some days I feel great and others I’ll just feel completely off balance and the twill manifest itself more as disassociation. (Maybe it’s because I mostly use capsules now and before I used the mushroom by itself?)

I was just trying to see if anyone had any advice? I just really want to make micro-dosing work because it was the happiest and most tranquil time of my life when I used to use mushrooms more frequently. And I’ve reached the point in things I’ve tried and lifestyle changes where I’m at the point where I’m willing to get back into medication. Which I just desperately want to avoid. Not because there’s anything wrong with it but with potential side effects( illness anxiety) it scares me more than anything. And I just found so much more relief in the past with mushrooms vs prescriptions.

took .3 grams of psilocybin and i feel the presence of God within me. That's all. Hope everyone is having a great day. Blessed day everyone!

When I first started, I expected subtle focus boosts and maybe some mood lifting. What I did NOT expect was how much emotional stuff would start bubbling up around week three. Not in a crisis way, just... things I'd been avoiding started feeling very loud.

In my experience, the protocol is the easy part. The harder part is having somewhere to put what comes up.

I'm curious what surprised you most when you started. Was it physical? Emotional? Did your sleep change? Did your relationship to caffeine or alcohol shift? I feel like everyone's first few weeks look really different and I love hearing what people actually go through vs what they expected.

Hi All!

I have a question re the relationship between psilocybin and alcohol consummation…..but it’s slightly different.

Essentially I don’t want to stop drinking.

I know that sounds shocking but let me provide some context , before Covid like most mid 20s male in the UK my social life revolved around binge drinking on the weekend, habits that begin when I was 17 and solidified over uni. It was very rare to meet my mates on a weekend without getting trashed, ofc that all changed over Covid and it was thro the grace of the lockdown that my relationship to alcohol drastically changed.

It was during lockdown I discovered it wasn’t so much the alcohol I missed it was meeting my mates on a Saturday , watching the football and having a few pints. As lockdown lifted I threw myself back into the pubs but waking up with a hangover on a Sunday felt like shit especially after having experienced how life can be when the pubs were shut , that coupled with the fact that everyone matured a bit , settled down and focused on their careers etc meant I was going out less anyways.

Nowadays I drink considerably less , maybe once every 6-7 weeks but when I do I’ll admit it’s a binge….i realise how shit i feel the next day and I’m able to nip it in the bud for another 6-7 weeks.

I’m ok with this pattern for now and tbf during the times I am drinking in the pub I enjoy it when I’m with my mates.

What scares me are the reports here where people have MD’d and it’s completely altered their perception to alcohol to the point where it makes them feel sick if they have a couple glasses etc, I completely see how overall net that would be a positive thing for my health but it would alienate me from some of my long term friends I’ve known since I was a teenager.

To give you an idea I have a stag do (bachelor party for the Americans amongst us) and multiple weddings this summer , to not be drinking at them would feel as if I would be loose a massive competent of social bonding that it so entrenched in uk culture.

When I started this MD’d journey I thought of it as almost a productivity hack , better focus , elevated mood etc , I guess I just wasn’t prepared for the deeper introspective thoughts.

Would love to hear if anybody has went through the same situation.

Thanks :)

Whenever I microdose psilocybini tend to think of the word BASELINE.... Because I don't think it fixes my problems or happens to be a miracle medicine.

I think it helps align me to baseline hormones, emotions and thinking. I think we live in a very distracted, stressful and addictive world/environment/society.

Mushrooms help me want to drink less when I used to drown in social anxiety as a late bloomer at parties.

Mushrooms help me have a healthier relationship with food instead of eating my emotions and loneliness.

Mushrooms help me feel safe and relaxed, yawning extensively as though I had hiccups when normally I have to focus on not holding my breath or tensing upmy shoulders from stress.

It brings me back to a sense of self that recognizes that I am not my behaviors or my coping mechanisms, I have a bit more agency over myself and I'm less agitated or sensitive in the week that follows.

Is it possible to live without mushrooms? Yes

Would I want to? No

Microdosing mushrooms is the only real experience I have with Psilocybin so I can't speak to the benefits of macrodoses.

However the version of myself that is microdosing is the most honest version of myself and I can only hope to keep this guy around. Because I lost him many years ago. And so has the people who knew him