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happyshroomer123
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can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems?
#22417957 - 10/22/15 12:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello,
I have a few psychiatric problems: mainly OCD and addiction problems. My OCD makes my life hell and reduced my quality of life significantly. I have also developed a porn addiction over the years. I'm now mainly turned on by stuff I find disgusting or wrong. On top of this I have asperger's syndrome, something I don't mind, I love being different from the mainstream but it causes problems as well. It made me more vulnerable for addictions and it led me to seeing prostitutes in the past not only for sexual satisfaction but also for emotional satisfaction. I have also had 2 GFs but my last GF left me because she couldn't live with my past of going to massage parlours, despite I tried to explain my AS diagnosis in detail and tried to make her understand I mainly went there out of loneliness.
My porn addiction is a huge problem. I have conditioned myself to get aroused by things that are against my values and completely unnatural. I am scared I will see a pre op transsexual escort one day and I couldn't live with that. I don't have anything against transexuals but lusting after them for a part many don't want to have and only use to save money to get it surgically removed is very very wrong in my view. It makes me feel fucked up and my OCD makes it all 10 times worse. It makes me depressed. I wonder if mushrooms could help me with sex addiction and other compulsive behaviour.
Edited by happyshroomer123 (10/22/15 12:02 PM)
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: happyshroomer123] 1
#22418089 - 10/22/15 12:31 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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you could cure your problems with will power and stop playing the victim shrooms may help but they also may hurt depends on if your ready to face your fears or not when you first take mushrooms everyone comes to a point where they either panic and go back a few steps or stay calm and embrace the power of the shroom and move up a few steps
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#22418112 - 10/22/15 12:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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No.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: hex_enduction]
#22418460 - 10/22/15 02:05 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I used to take SSRI for depression and OCD/anxiety, but hated the side effects, esp loss of libido and weight gain. That's why I'd be interested to replace the SSRI by monthly or so mushroom use
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They can help guide you in the right direction, they will not cure anything for you.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: hex_enduction] 1
#22418496 - 10/22/15 02:13 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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hex_enduction said: No.
This. X2
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It might be worth a shot but make sure you have an extremely experienced trip sitter if it your first time. It is harder to find one of them than it is to find mushrooms.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22418720 - 10/22/15 03:04 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: It might be worth a shot but make sure you have an extremely experienced trip sitter if it your first time. It is harder to find one of them than it is to find mushrooms.
Agreed. I always wish someone would ask me to trip sit them...
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: zappaisgod] 1
#22418747 - 10/22/15 03:10 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Shrooms will NOT cure any of those things. They might give you insight on the OCD, or they might lead you down a twisted hell of disgust from your preconceived notions of sexual deviance. IMHO You do not have the correct mindset to go exploring the intricacies of your mind.
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Mushrooms exposed me to my OCD. I have dealt with intrusive obsessive thoughts that I completely disagree with. How ever after many trips and my recent DMT trips and also meditation it seems like my mind stopped wondering to those places. Its been about a week since I started feeling this. When one of these thoughts get into my head I don't mind it, I just accept the fact that its a thought and move on. Marijuana has also helped me with this as well. Weed to me is really the best not give a fuck drug.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: shroominated]
#22419043 - 10/22/15 04:32 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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shroominated said: you could cure your problems with will power and stop playing the victim shrooms may help but they also may hurt depends on if your ready to face your fears or not when you first take mushrooms everyone comes to a point where they either panic and go back a few steps or stay calm and embrace the power of the shroom and move up a few steps
Victimhood is a complete waste of time though I languished in it for a really long time. Willpower/discipline. Beyond shrooms even strong weed can help you see more deeply your fears and your mind like this poster wrote you can go backwords or forwards. Progression. Drugs are just tools that work for you or don't.
I know a lot of mentally ill people but you have the cognizance to understand and change. I hope you find peace.
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happyshroomer123 said: I used to take SSRI for depression and OCD/anxiety, but hated the side effects, esp loss of libido and weight gain. That's why I'd be interested to replace the SSRI by monthly or so mushroom use
Struggle with OCD as well. Mushrooms had no discernible impact on it. SSRIs have been consistently trash as well though.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: Tantrika]
#22419217 - 10/22/15 05:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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thanks for replies.
To clarify: I have done shrooms before but only lower dosages. They helped me somewhat but after a few days the improvements go away. I do feel a tiny bit more stable though and I hope I can avoid starting SSRIs again. I've always been worried I'd need to take them permanently and found that a depressing thought.
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happyshroomer123 said: I used to take SSRI for depression and OCD/anxiety, but hated the side effects, esp loss of libido and weight gain. That's why I'd be interested to replace the SSRI by monthly or so mushroom use
Struggle with OCD as well. Mushrooms had no discernible impact on it. SSRIs have been consistently trash as well though.
Same I tried Zoloft, Lexapro, Paroxetine. Only paroxetine helped but that was many years ago. I've tried mushrooms in lower dosages, they help but only temporarily. I may need to up the dosage, but scared of adverse effects. My OCD can be really severe, I can obsess up to 10hrs a day sometimes, even skipping or postponing meals cos I can't stop obsessing. It is a devastating illness
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happyshroomer123 said: Same I tried Zoloft, Lexapro, Paroxetine. Only paroxetine helped but that was many years ago. I've tried mushrooms in lower dosages, they help but only temporarily. I may need to up the dosage, but scared of adverse effects. My OCD can be really severe, I can obsess up to 10hrs a day sometimes, even skipping or postponing meals cos I can't stop obsessing. It is a devastating illness
Lower doses are likely better than upping the dosage. Have had some difficult trips due to intrusive thoughts -- found that encountering them in the middle of a trip made them feel almost more overpowering due to the altered state my mind was in.
Can relate to missing out on day-to-day activities simply due to being caught up in a cycle. Spend so much time washing and rewashing my hands that the skin on them is worn raw most of the time. Can't get them clean, and can't move on to something new until they are clean. Back before my doctor took me out of work, would encounter issues with being hours late some nights just because I couldn't break out of a cycle of ensuring my apartment door was locked. Can get trapped in rooms out of fear of touching the door. Part of what makes it so distressing is how it overwhelms mundane issues making them huge obstacles.
If you want to try a larger dose of mushrooms simply due to frustration over other methods not working, please at least make sure you have an experienced sitter who is aware of your unique challenges. The last thing you want is to be suffering from intrusive thoughts with no counter-balance while under the influence of a substance that makes thoughts in general more powerful.
Personally see a counselor on a regular basis, and have tried a number of different behavioral therapies with varying degrees of success. Doing better now than I was several years ago. Combine OCD with deep enough depression and it's day after day of intrusive thoughts of suicide -- looking back on where I have been makes me more comfortable with where I am now, even if it is still an uphill battle.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: Tantrika]
#22419500 - 10/22/15 06:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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happyshroomer123 said: Same I tried Zoloft, Lexapro, Paroxetine. Only paroxetine helped but that was many years ago. I've tried mushrooms in lower dosages, they help but only temporarily. I may need to up the dosage, but scared of adverse effects. My OCD can be really severe, I can obsess up to 10hrs a day sometimes, even skipping or postponing meals cos I can't stop obsessing. It is a devastating illness
Lower doses are likely better than upping the dosage. Have had some difficult trips due to intrusive thoughts -- found that encountering them in the middle of a trip made them feel almost more overpowering due to the altered state my mind was in.
Can relate to missing out on day-to-day activities simply due to being caught up in a cycle. Spend so much time washing and rewashing my hands that the skin on them is worn raw most of the time. Can't get them clean, and can't move on to something new until they are clean. Back before my doctor took me out of work, would encounter issues with being hours late some nights just because I couldn't break out of a cycle of ensuring my apartment door was locked. Can get trapped in rooms out of fear of touching the door. Part of what makes it so distressing is how it overwhelms mundane issues making them huge obstacles.
If you want to try a larger dose of mushrooms simply due to frustration over other methods not working, please at least make sure you have an experienced sitter who is aware of your unique challenges. The last thing you want is to be suffering from intrusive thoughts with no counter-balance while under the influence of a substance that makes thoughts in general more powerful.
Personally see a counselor on a regular basis, and have tried a number of different behavioral therapies with varying degrees of success. Doing better now than I was several years ago. Combine OCD with deep enough depression and it's day after day of intrusive thoughts of suicide -- looking back on where I have been makes me more comfortable with where I am now, even if it is still an uphill battle.
I sympathize mate, I've also had the hand washing rituals and door handle thing. That was when I was 14 or so. I'm 23 now and for the last 2 years it has been about porn addiction and thinking I'm becoming a sexual deviant and scared I'll act on my urges, and if I do so that it will change my sexual preferences, really annoying. Also have had depression for 3 years. Worst period was when I got so anxious I couldn't fall asleep anymore and started getting symtoms of derealization. Was very scary, thought I was going to die and went to hospital for a week because I thought I'd never fall asleep again and die. I often realize my rituals are so stupid but I feel like I must do them in order to enable me to get rid of the horrible anxiety.
Hope they'll find a cure one day, but I doubt it tbh.
Edited by happyshroomer123 (10/22/15 06:24 PM)
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They MAY give you the OPPORTUNITY to help YOU cure your issues. I doubt a heroic 5g dose can magically fix everything and as other posters have said, It may go the other way on you
Start low n work your way up if that's the course your gonna take, IMHO
Best wishes, OP!
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: MichAnon.ael]
#22419531 - 10/22/15 06:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I said it before and I'll say it again. Get a good trip sitter who knows his shit. And no, unless you live in Southern Westchester NY, I am not available.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: MichAnon.ael]
#22419550 - 10/22/15 06:33 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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MichAnon.ael said: They MAY give you the OPPORTUNITY to help YOU cure your issues. I doubt a heroic 5g dose can magically fix everything and as other posters have said, It may go the other way on you
Start low n work your way up if that's the course your gonna take, IMHO
Best wishes, OP!
Thank you! I'll post a tripreport of my penis envy experience next week. I intend to take 15-20g fresh.
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Re: can mushrooms cure my psychiatric problems? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22419555 - 10/22/15 06:33 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: I said it before and I'll say it again. Get a good trip sitter who knows his shit. And no, unless you live in Southern Westchester NY, I am not available.
Nah I live on the other site of the Atlantic unfortunately
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#22419562 - 10/22/15 06:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Did you try the search results for OCD? I watched a show about a guy who ate mushrooms to alleviate cluster headaches and he went on a 1.5g trip once every two months I think. Reluctantly, he did not seem to enjoy it but rather rode it out because he said it was the best medicine that he'd found. And don't masturbate to stuff that disturbs you else you're promoting it within yourself.
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