I think mushrooms can go either way with anxiety / panic.

A difficult experience can set off feelings of anxiety and panic, usually within the the trip, but occasionally afterwards, - for example see this recent thread: Massive anxiety since my first mushrooms trip

On the other hand a psychedelic dose has the potential to allow you to work through these feelings and take you to a place where the anxiety drops away, to be replaced by feelings of calm and wellbeing.

I find that a typical trip on a stronger dose will stir up feelings of anxiety and make you feel uncomfortable, but if you are able to work through these emotions it can be very cathartic and uplifting.

I honestly don't know whether mushrooms would be a help in this situation or not. I've had trips with terrifying panic attacks and feelings of doom, and then later in the same trip had the most blissful uplifting experiences you could imagine

There are potential anti-depressant effects of mushrooms which might possibly also help with anxiety, but there are risks they could just make things worse and I have no idea how this would work out in practice.

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Edit - see this thread: Godawful trip - paralysis, hyperventilation/panic attack. Contamination?

Might be worth asking the OP about their experiences - they mention both highly positive and negative experiences with shrooms.

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I used to take depression/anxiety meds. Only for about 8 months, but shrooms got me out of all that.

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