As someone who has witnessed another take his own life, I would have been ecstatic for him to have tried Psilocybin. The meds he used to take, long before I met him, made him gain a ton of weight. He ended up getting off the meds and losing 187 pounds - the equivalent of another human being (that’s when I met him). He looked great on the outside. But without any meds, depression won that day. Aaron lost.
Jennifer, you are a tireless advocate for the health of your patients. I have a daughter who has struggled with severe depression. Ketamine has been a good but expensive and not so ideal remedy. SSRIs were horrible and worthless.
Jennifer what I admire most about you is the fact that you are willing to take some risk to improve the lives of patients who have desperate problems and no hope from standard medical practices.
We both saw the same problem with Covid and the refusal of the medical profession to even follow common sense and treat Covid aggressively after the first symptom with antivirals and other obvious remedies. Then as well as now you stepped out of that damaging paradigm.
As a Registered Nurse, I took care of a college aged patient who was given shroom as a joke in a meal at college, he was suffering from recurrent hallucinations which continued years later from psilocybin.
SSRI drugs have horrific side effects also, weight gain on average of 30 pounds, "discontinuance syndrome" aka brain shocks and the inability to feel joy or happiness. Flat affect.
All drugs have side effects and psilocybin has particularly awful ones that can show up years later.
Did they do a clinical study on the long term side effects or are they ignoring them as they did with the side effects of the "Women's Long Term health Initiative" on HRTs which they had to cut short because of the participants coming down with cancer, strokes and heart attacks?
M Henry, I grew up in the 60's and watched a lot of people begin their "Tripping Phase". It didn't matter how much they did, they were never the same. The Air Force and VA sent me down the SSRI road and that did NOT work for me. I am reluctant to try any hallucinogenic. OK, I won't do it. Luckily I am a survivor and suicide holds no appeal to me. If I were inclined to seek hallucinogenic treatment options, I would approach it with great caution. Thank you for your post.
As someone who has witnessed another take his own life, I would have been ecstatic for him to have tried Psilocybin. The meds he used to take, long before I met him, made him gain a ton of weight. He ended up getting off the meds and losing 187 pounds - the equivalent of another human being (that’s when I met him). He looked great on the outside. But without any meds, depression won that day. Aaron lost.
Jennifer, you are a tireless advocate for the health of your patients. I have a daughter who has struggled with severe depression. Ketamine has been a good but expensive and not so ideal remedy. SSRIs were horrible and worthless.
Jennifer what I admire most about you is the fact that you are willing to take some risk to improve the lives of patients who have desperate problems and no hope from standard medical practices.
We both saw the same problem with Covid and the refusal of the medical profession to even follow common sense and treat Covid aggressively after the first symptom with antivirals and other obvious remedies. Then as well as now you stepped out of that damaging paradigm.
Keep up the good work.
I have no interest in taking either, but, SURPRISE!
Isn't it wonderful how predictable political profitability is?
It's legal to outlaw your competition.
The kids say that is why they are against capitalism.
I reply that is a perfect example of CRONY capitalism.
They don't seem to understand.
As a Registered Nurse, I took care of a college aged patient who was given shroom as a joke in a meal at college, he was suffering from recurrent hallucinations which continued years later from psilocybin.
SSRI drugs have horrific side effects also, weight gain on average of 30 pounds, "discontinuance syndrome" aka brain shocks and the inability to feel joy or happiness. Flat affect.
All drugs have side effects and psilocybin has particularly awful ones that can show up years later.
Did they do a clinical study on the long term side effects or are they ignoring them as they did with the side effects of the "Women's Long Term health Initiative" on HRTs which they had to cut short because of the participants coming down with cancer, strokes and heart attacks?
M Henry, I grew up in the 60's and watched a lot of people begin their "Tripping Phase". It didn't matter how much they did, they were never the same. The Air Force and VA sent me down the SSRI road and that did NOT work for me. I am reluctant to try any hallucinogenic. OK, I won't do it. Luckily I am a survivor and suicide holds no appeal to me. If I were inclined to seek hallucinogenic treatment options, I would approach it with great caution. Thank you for your post.
None of this shit is necessary doc.