Microdosing with Amanita Muscaria: Creativity, Healing, and Recovery with the Sacred Mushroom

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The microdosing practices reported in this study generally conformed in regimen and dose to the recommendations published by Fadiman (2011), although some users experimented with daily microdoses.

Microdoses most commonly served as mood and cognitive enhancers, allowing people to function at what they felt was a higher level than usual. Dreamer's views on the role and importance of ibotenic acid are views that require further discussion and debate and should not be rejected outright based on studies where the pure compound is injected directly into the brains of lab animals. Content on this site is for reference purposes only and isn’t intended to replace advice from a physician, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. There were some indications that psychedelic microdoses might not retain their perceived beneficial effects over longer stretches of time, and that the use should therefore be constrained to phases, which was indeed the most common approach to microdosing among respondents with extensive experience.The most commonly used psychedelics for microdosing were psilocybin-containing “magic mushrooms” and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Notably, this book differs from the previously discussed books as it addresses the topic of dosing more broadly and discusses some of the benefits of peppering some stronger doses into a microdosing regimen, including what Dreamer terms “macrodoses” (doses that produce perceptual changes but would still be considered mild) and high doses (“trip” doses). One note of caution: if you drink alcohol, don’t microdose if you are feeling even slightly hungover, it will get worse, not better.

There are several insightful discussions throughout the book, including a brief discussion on the differences between A. found to be a problem for media reports about enhancement drugs, or perhaps it may be that the method used in this study has been more conducive to obtaining balanced information. Amanita muscaria, or fly agaric, is the iconic red-and-white-speckled mushroom that is embodied everywhere, from garden statues to emojis. The alternation between muscimol and ibotenic acid is responsible for the fluctuation in CNS symptoms [ 3].There were also reports of various challenges with psychedelic microdosing, and some did not find the practice worth continuing. However, the interview process allowed for critical perspectives and for the resolution of ambiguities through follow-up questions. Unless they were using camouflage technology such as The Onion Router (Tor), their IP addresses would have been accessible to the forum service provider, but this would not have served as a privacy concern beyond the risk they were already incurring through their normal use of this forum.

The recruitment process therefore did not obtain a representative set of participants reflecting the general population of psychedelic microdose users. They had from one year to 25 years of experience with psychedelic drug use, with the median length of experience amounting to about 10 years. Another overall finding from this study is the value of tapping the psychedelic Internet community for academic studies. Each of the books is written for a lay audience, with the intent of providing the reader with a foundation for understanding this mushroom and what it means to use it following a microdosing regimen or protocol.

While I found some areas of disagreement with Dreamer (sometimes in terms of fact and others in opinion only), overall, I found the book to be engaging and enjoyable.