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Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences?
    #26403317 - 12/27/19 05:25 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

No stranger to shroomies/other psychs but want to try this microdosing I keep hearing about. Never given microdosing a fair shake. Have taken 1g doses or eaten only a few libs on a pick but never so low that the effects were imperceptible.
IMO, They are above average potency cubes and seem to have a nice feel to them. I swear they vary somewhat in their "vibe" strain to strain, maybe batch to batch, shroom to shroom.. anyway I recently took around 2g to test them and was pleasantly surprised with the visuals and elated mood space. 
Planning on taking .1 every third morning for a month or so.
Will report back, in the mean time feel free to post any tips, what to expect or your take on microdosing. 
Thanks :mushroom2:


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26403347 - 12/27/19 05:39 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I am not, but have been reading a good bit about this.  I look forward to hearing the responses to, and updates about, your post.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: TyreFetish]
    #26403419 - 12/27/19 06:14 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I found out quickly that I cant even microdose 0.20g at work. It felt too risky and irresponsible. I would hate to take it after 5pm. But I havent microdosed since.

Imo anything over 0.50g is not a microdose.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Cosmic Eye]
    #26403686 - 12/27/19 09:06 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

.2 for me before work has always felt shady.  I feel like im way too in the moment and nobody else is so it makes social interaction weird.  But.  I had a lot of good days taking .2 before college classes.  Really insightful experiences.   

Recently .2 just started feeling like a bit much even on days i didnt have work.  I would not get anything done and i even started feeling kinda bummed.  So today i dropped down to .1 and i felt way better.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26403807 - 12/27/19 10:51 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Definitely felt today's .1, just a faint glow and some sleepiness. Almost like taking one really tiny toke + a shroomy vibe. Went out for dinner with some peoples and didn't mention it. Seemed I was a lot more engaged in conversations with them than usual. Hanging off their every word almost. Sticking with that amount.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Cosmic Eye]
    #26404155 - 12/28/19 06:58 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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I found out quickly that I cant even microdose 0.20g at work. It felt too risky and irresponsible. I would hate to take it after 5pm. But I havent microdosed since.

Imo anything over 0.50g is not a microdose.



A true microcode IMO is .1 or less. .2 can have threshold psychedelic effects. For me mostly it just seems to increase cognitive ability and lift mood to some extent. Does seem to help me be more engaged with others coversationally. I agree with that bobbysue.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: azramb]
    #26404161 - 12/28/19 07:02 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Even with .1 though i noticed at work last night my pupils looked more defined and black. To the point i was sure others could notice


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26404208 - 12/28/19 07:50 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Also experimenting...

4 days on 3 day off

0.1 seemed to have zero effect, so stepped up to 0.15
both me and the mrs reporting a tingly feeling, for me it went no further than the physical effect, but she had elevated mood and eye sight improvement.

Im still doing the 0.15 dose to give it a fare shake.

i once ate a tiny shroom 0.3, and visual started! luckily my plans were to be at home

for cross reference... im 72kg and have a super fast metabolism!
taken in the morning before breakfast.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26404226 - 12/28/19 08:01 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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Even with .1 though i noticed at work last night my pupils looked more defined and black. To the point i was sure others could notice



Yeah .05 is sufficient for a lot of people. .1 never made my eyes dilate and had less noticible effects on my state of mind than a small cup of green tea so it kind of just depends on the person. I'm incredibly sensitive to caffeine for whatever reason though. One cup of tea and I feel like I just sniffed a line of coke and then I have a migraine for like 3 days after.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: SuperMario940]
    #26404227 - 12/28/19 08:01 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Been microdosing 4-aco-dmt for a couple of weeks around 1-2mg =.1-.2g cubes. I take at the end of the work day, about 5.5-6hrs before bedtime so i get back to baseline. I find if I take at morning I am lethargic in the afternoons when it wears off and am ready for bed way too early.

I'm trying to reprogram my brain's dependence on beer to relax after a stressful day or conflict. I have successfully reduced my consumption by 2/3s


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Sugabearcrisp]
    #26404229 - 12/28/19 08:05 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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I'm trying to reprogram my brain's dependence on beer to relax after a stressful day or conflict. I have successfully reduced my consumption by 2/3s



Noice :thumbup:.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: SuperMario940]
    #26404234 - 12/28/19 08:09 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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but she had elevated mood and eye sight improvement.



This type of thing is incredibly interesting to me. I once heard a story of a person who was totally blind regaining some of there vision while tripping. Idk if that story was true or not but it definitely seems to have positive effects for both vision and hearing problems.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: azramb]
    #26404245 - 12/28/19 08:15 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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I'm trying to reprogram my brain's dependence on beer to relax after a stressful day or conflict. I have successfully reduced my consumption by 2/3s



Noice :thumbup:.




Also seems to be helping my love life too.

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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Sugabearcrisp]
    #26405647 - 12/29/19 03:04 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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azramb said:
Quote:

SuperMario940 said:
but she had elevated mood and eye sight improvement.



This type of thing is incredibly interesting to me. I once heard a story of a person who was totally blind regaining some of there vision while tripping. Idk if that story was true or not but it definitely seems to have positive effects for both vision and hearing problems.





Fascinating isnt it!
on larger doses my glasses aren't needed in the slightest. (short sighted)
next time ill try to remember todo a controlled test!


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: SuperMario940]
    #26414161 - 01/03/20 11:17 AM (4 years, 26 days ago)

Third microdose today. I honestly feel it is having some positive effect on moods and interactions with others. More overall calm. Maybe I'm just willing that into place but I'll take it. It's been suggested I likely have PTSD and can be temperamental. Part of why I'm doing this is to potentially aid my work on acceptance and benevolence.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26414203 - 01/03/20 11:33 AM (4 years, 26 days ago)

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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: HamHead]
    #26414287 - 01/03/20 12:31 PM (4 years, 26 days ago)

.25g amped me up and focused me better than anything i’ve ever tried before (including adderall, briefly)

I was super tired before taking it, but after taking it I studied for 6 hours straight and kept taking breaks to do pull-ups because I was so filled with energy

I then took a 1 hour walk listening to music and it was beautiful.

I had very slight undistracting but noticeable object breathing on my vision.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26414793 - 01/03/20 05:39 PM (4 years, 26 days ago)

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Third microdose today. I honestly feel it is having some positive effect on moods and interactions with others. More overall calm. Maybe I'm just willing that into place but I'll take it. It's been suggested I likely have PTSD and can be temperamental. Part of why I'm doing this is to potentially aid my work on acceptance and benevolence.



PTSD often creates a lack of interaction/connections between different areas of the brain. Psilocybin increases neural connectivity which not only aids PTSD but I think it has something to do with it's positive effects on depression, anxiety and other emotional/mental disorders as well. Glad it helps you :thumbup:.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: azramb]
    #26419812 - 01/06/20 06:42 PM (4 years, 23 days ago)

.15 before work or a social function. I always try to take it at least one hour before social interactions because even at small doses there always seems to be a short phase of discomfort.

.3 to .4 before the gym or a run outside is like finding God.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26423130 - 01/08/20 03:05 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Hoping to try microdosing with cubes this next week. I've got about 1.4g from 1 shroom. Here is mu experience with liberty caps...
Having done a one off dose a month or so ago I went out again and managed to get enough libs for a week's trial. Doses were:
Saturday 2nd - 0.315g
Tuesday 5th - 0.289g
Friday 8th - 0.2g
During the week I have noticed the following:
+ Big decrease in anxiety (especially the dreaded work day blues)
+ Big reduction in anger (much more forgiving of bad drivers etc)
+ Massive improvement with dealing with work **** (things that I would normall stress/mull over for hours have been rapidly dispatched)
+ Noticed things I've never seen before (patterns in bricks that I walked passed 100s of times)
+ Increase in awareness of beauty in nature (clouds and leaves etc)
+ Massive laughing fit
- Slight feeling of sadness/upset/emotion (only the once, damn cancer adverts)

Overall the week has been very good and I'm not looking forward to going back to normal SSRi's which I've had about 10 days off (again, normally a 10 day absence would be very bad but I feel good at the moment)

Tuesday and Friday were work days and no one said anything.


Edited by nwmushroomnoob (01/08/20 03:06 PM)


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: nwmushroomnoob]
    #26423145 - 01/08/20 03:14 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

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nwmushroomnoob said:
Hoping to try microdosing with cubes this next week. I've got about 1.4g from 1 shroom. Here is mu experience with liberty caps...
Having done a one off dose a month or so ago I went out again and managed to get enough libs for a week's trial. Doses were:
Saturday 2nd - 0.315g
Tuesday 5th - 0.289g
Friday 8th - 0.2g
During the week I have noticed the following:
  Big decrease in anxiety (especially the dreaded work day blues)
  Big reduction in anger (much more forgiving of bad drivers etc)
  Massive improvement with dealing with work **** (things that I would normall stress/mull over for hours have been rapidly dispatched)
  Noticed things I've never seen before (patterns in bricks that I walked passed 100s of times)
  Increase in awareness of beauty in nature (clouds and leaves etc)
  Massive laughing fit
- Slight feeling of sadness/upset/emotion (only the once, damn cancer adverts)

Overall the week has been very good and I'm not looking forward to going back to normal SSRi's which I've had about 10 days off (again, normally a 10 day absence would be very bad but I feel good at the moment)

Tuesday and Friday were work days and no one said anything.




They sound high doses for,Liberty Caps my friend! People on here talk about 0.1g - 0.2g cubensis, which is a way bit weaker than liberty caps. I’m guessing you still had SSRIs blocking your 5HT2a receptor uptake, which also blocks psilocin.

But the effects you describe are fascinating. I currently dose every two weeks, but a large-is dose. One week after glow, one week preparing for next trip.

But what you describe sounds very appealing. I personally would have to go lower; couldn’t have a laughing fit at work! Which is exactly what I was like first few months on SSRIs! Problem for me was I lost those good feelings on SSRIs after a relatively short time, so the next 7 years I experienced no pleasure! Hello Shroomery, I’m happy again 👍🏻

Take care,
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26423152 - 01/08/20 03:17 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

It's possible although I am on a very low dose of ssri now and I had stopped for a while beforehand.
I was going to try 0.4g of my cubensis (ecuador) but not so sure now :grin:


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: nwmushroomnoob]
    #26423179 - 01/08/20 03:32 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

I’m almost off to bed, so being lazy I’ll just suggest you search a few of my recent posts where I talk about this. That is, SSRIs and psilocybin.

Very briefly, my story is that after 7 years on 100mg sertraline (Zoloft), it then took me 5 full months being completely free from SSRIs before I had what I would now describe as a proper mushroom trip. Don’t get me wrong, I did “trip” after about 4ndays abstinence, after a three week tapering down. And the trips got stronger over the next 5 months. But they were weird, weak, and there was little, if any, “magic”.

I hope I’m wrong in your case, because yes, everybody is different. I used to think it was roughly 45% people could trip while on SSRIs, 45% could trip after a few days abstinence, then 10% could trip only after a fairly long spell of abstinence. But after a spell on the shroomery, I am now starting to think that 10% was massively underestimated!

What got me through the 5 months off SSRIs were a few things:
1. I had hope and faith in the medicine, so I knew the pain would end
2. I learned to grow. Really threw myself into spending many spare moments lurking on here, and watching YouTube vids.
3. The trips generally got better as I persevered.

So if you try cubes, I’d urge caution.

But I wish you all the luck in the world. Sending much love through the wires to you pal.
DJ Ed


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26423346 - 01/08/20 05:32 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Started with some 3g last week, and have been having a small teaspoon every day since Monday, and my anxiety is pretty much gone. I don’t even remember to take the prescription anxiolytics anymore!


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26423516 - 01/08/20 07:40 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Microdosing 0.1-0.2g 5 days on, 2 days off per Stamets' protocol (without the Niacin and with Lion's Mane tea) for a few months now has been working for a friend of mine...

Maybe start the dose at 0.1g and step up slowly? Strongly advocate measuring the dose so you can observe results based on meaningful data.

Enjoy!


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Maylink]
    #26423632 - 01/08/20 09:21 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

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Microdosing 0.1-0.2g 5 days on, 2 days off per Stamets' protocol (without the Niacin and with Lion's Mane tea) for a few months now has been working for a friend of mine...

Maybe start the dose at 0.1g and step up slowly? Strongly advocate measuring the dose so you can observe results based on meaningful data.

Enjoy!



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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26423634 - 01/08/20 09:22 PM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Quote:

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I’m almost off to bed, so being lazy I’ll just suggest you search a few of my recent posts where I talk about this. That is, SSRIs and psilocybin.

Very briefly, my story is that after 7 years on 100mg sertraline (Zoloft), it then took me 5 full months being completely free from SSRIs before I had what I would now describe as a proper mushroom trip. Don’t get me wrong, I did “trip” after about 4ndays abstinence, after a three week tapering down. And the trips got stronger over the next 5 months. But they were weird, weak, and there was little, if any, “magic”.

I hope I’m wrong in your case, because yes, everybody is different. I used to think it was roughly 45% people could trip while on SSRIs, 45% could trip after a few days abstinence, then 10% could trip only after a fairly long spell of abstinence. But after a spell on the shroomery, I am now starting to think that 10% was massively underestimated!

What got me through the 5 months off SSRIs were a few things:
1. I had hope and faith in the medicine, so I knew the pain would end
2. I learned to grow. Really threw myself into spending many spare moments lurking on here, and watching YouTube vids.
3. The trips generally got better as I persevered.

So if you try cubes, I’d urge caution.

But I wish you all the luck in the world. Sending much love through the wires to you pal.
DJ Ed




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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26424365 - 01/09/20 10:43 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

No mate it’s MY room; the conservatory on the back of the house. The living room belongs to my wife, and it is bland and neutral 🤣
[Though it is AWESOME on mushrooms lol.]

So yeah, I spend most of my time in the conservatory. I now have my cultivation fridge behind the settee, so could,make room for beers :-)

All I need is a toilet and I’d never need to leave it.....

Mush love,
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26424465 - 01/09/20 11:32 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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No mate it’s MY room; the conservatory on the back of the house. The living room belongs to my wife, and it is bland and neutral 🤣
[Though it is AWESOME on mushrooms lol.]

So yeah, I spend most of my time in the conservatory. I now have my cultivation fridge behind the settee, so could,make room for beers :-)

All I need is a toilet and I’d never need to leave it.....

Mush love,
DJ Ed




Man. I also just noticed the quote.  I literally just bought that book. Should be here today or tomorrow.  Pretty good read?

Edit: i also bought his book titled ‘the architecture of daydreams’ i think its called. Never read any of his work before. Hoping its decent. Sounds interesting.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26424824 - 01/09/20 02:24 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

I’ve finished reading it last week. I’d highly recommend it to any psychonaut interested in the psychedlic realms. It has a wealth of historical information that is well researched and well written.
His discussions of the renaissance and current research is also fantastic. I’ve already got the Johns Hopkins studies’ playlists on Spotify ready for tomorrow.
He has a writing style where you have to read the next page 👍🏻

Haven’t read any of his other stuff yet.

Take care,
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26425526 - 01/09/20 09:58 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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I’ve finished reading it last week. I’d highly recommend it to any psychonaut interested in the psychedlic realms. It has a wealth of historical information that is well researched and well written.
His discussions of the renaissance and current research is also fantastic. I’ve already got the Johns Hopkins studies’ playlists on Spotify ready for tomorrow.
He has a writing style where you have to read the next page 👍🏻

Haven’t read any of his other stuff yet.

Take care,
DJ Ed




Dope. Sounds dope.  currently immersed in a translation of the tae ti ching but after that i plan on reading it. 

I have been way too attached to living a sober life. I need to trip. Im just terrified. I over analyze the nature of consciousness. The body.  Taking a drug to change either.  Getting sober from all drugs made me feel great and realize how drug use caused me to be disconnected from the reality of having a body. Constantly just treating my mind.  But. Being sober for so long i think i have to accept that some drugs like mushrooms really can help in ways that disciplined sobriety cannot.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26426296 - 01/10/20 10:30 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

I think you’re on the right tracks, buddy.

Maybe though rather than calling mushrooms, “drugs”. Maybe replace that with “medicine”, or even “holy sacrament”. Don’t beat yourself up, they’re from Mother Nature and intended for us to use. We’re all part of one big mycelial network, after all.

Mush love,
DJ Ed


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26426320 - 01/10/20 10:53 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

I'd still consider them drugs. Many things are drugs, inevitable of their source.
It's just that a very few drugs have given all drugs a bad reputation because of their connotation to abusive or irresponsible drug-users.
Perhaps a better refinement to make would be how to define or perceive the term.

All things are part of the human experience.

...part.

Discipline might be the most human thing we have.

In regard to my experience with µdosing:

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I've been µdosing for about a year now.
All of it has been on non-PE varieties of cubensis.

It started with, for years prior, almost always taking 1 - 1.5g dose once a week, usually on the weekend. Occasionally a bit more, occasionally a lot more. So, I'd consider this period to be an uncontrolled pseudo-therapeutic method of dosing.
It did improve my depressive/bipolar symptoms, but I still swung in and out of mania/depression when nearing the end of that cycle. So, let's say maybe 3 days of stability, 2 days of minor swings, and 1 day of drastic swings.
Normally, unmedicated, my swings were probably most frequently in the minor range, sometimes stable, and less frequently extreme. I'd say once every quarter year or so I was in dire straits, ready to pull the plug. That period was often when I'd take heavy (10g+) doses. And that levels me out. Not always miraculously overnight, but it gives that new light on the world to help you appreciate things.

Then, about a year ago, I finally decided to try daily µdoses. I started with ~350mg. It was great as long as I was quite active. I work in graphics, so, as long as I was stimulated with work it would simply get me hyper-focused and give me a maintained stamina/energy and, most importantly, it really leveled out my manic/depressive swings... almost unbelievably so. But, if things were slow at work, I'd notice those minor hallucinogenic effects - vibrancy in sound and vision, being scatterbrained, and sometimes getting... jitters, I'd say. Kind of like the physiological aspects of minor anxiety without the psychological distress.

So I dropped down to ~250mg daily. That did me quite well for ~8 months. Same therapeutic advantages with less of the occasional (somewhat) undesired perceptive effects. I don't like anything I take daily to effect my body so much that I feel much different than plain old sober human me.
Which leads me to where I am now. I also don't like to depend on anything but food, water, and shelter. Especially what goes into my body. I've always rejected medication for my bipolar disorder and it's a bit of a task to even get me to take cold medicine or advil.
I cut my frequency of dosing to once every other day. It still gives me the therapeutic benefits and I'm half as dependent - sweet. However, I started to notice, to a lesser degree, some of those undesired perceptive effects if I wasn't actively engaged in something. It's very minor. But, as I said, I like to be as clear-minded as possible.
So, my next step is reducing my dose to ~150mg every other day. I have high hopes.

Anyway, I've spent a year without actively wanting to kill myself. I still have a weird 'sense-of-will' approach to the end of my time in this life, but that's more so in the case of terminal illness or something of the like. It's conscious as opposed to chemically delusional.





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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26426346 - 01/10/20 11:18 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

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I think you’re on the right tracks, buddy.

Maybe though rather than calling mushrooms, “drugs”. Maybe replace that with “medicine”, or even “holy sacrament”. Don’t beat yourself up, they’re from Mother Nature and intended for us to use. We’re all part of one big mycelial network, after all.

Mush love,
DJ Ed




But I mean. I like being real about shit. Weed is from nature and I wasted half my life on it. I also gained a lot from it. It’s a drug. It’s a foreign substance. Can be good and it can be bad.

So with mushrooms I’m not ready to say they are a holy sacrament. I might say this in conversation when describing them to associate them with the feelings and ideas people have for a Christian holy sacrament because they are equally important but really for all we know mushrooms are just a fungus that contains chemicals that allow humans to escape the idea of themselves and produce and observe thoughts from the deepest primordial state of consciousness within them. This has led to amazing experiences and great contributions to humanity but they are still a forgeign substance altering the body’s natural function.

I guess I’m just so wrapped up in work and school I fear tripping and realizing all that I’m involved in right now in my life really isn’t for me.  Because. Deep down. I think I know it isn’t.  But I don’t know what else I could possibly do with my life. Right now my job and school are all I have. And yet. They are the main causes of my depression and anxiety.  So beyond being a drug and altering my mind I really more so fear being forced onto a mysterious and uncertain path.    The main reason I quit doing drugs and went back to college was to make my parents happy. I was so deep in spiritual questioning and just constantly exploring ideas and they never understood that. I had moved away from friends who did and my only peer group, my parents, would look at me like a schizophrenic when talking about life and consciousness. So I decided to stop thinking about it completely. I would repeat to myself everyday ‘you are this body not this mind’ to make myself identify less with thoughts.  For a while it was a relief. I felt lighter and more open to new experiences. But now I feel empty. I find myself craving the connection I had to something spiritual. My mind has no direction now where as before even if I was aimlessly wandering through my own reality of information I was curious about, I had direction. Even if no one else could see where I was going or why I was going there I could. And now everyone can see where I’m going and I can state the superficial and generic reasons for why but deep down I don’t align with them. Deep down I don’t really see myself being happy at the destination. 

In other words. I’m stuck. And mushrooms might be a way out. But the way out might be hard, and it might not be better than where I’m stuck.

Lol. Sorry if that made no sense. I also acknowledge I could be overthinking this completely.  Seems to be something I do lately. It’s possible I could trip and everything would make sense and be fine.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26426437 - 01/10/20 12:39 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

Hey Nous333,

You’re definitely overthinking this. And mushrooms will definitely stop that (at least temporarily). Afterwards the hard work begins to retain that “lack of ruminating” style of negative behaviour and stopping beating yourself up. Mushrooms will let you see the situation from an objective as well as clean emotional perspective, rather than subjective.

Mush love,
DJ Ed


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“The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer.”
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: footpath]
    #26426441 - 01/10/20 12:41 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

Thank you footpath, appreciate that. I’m under the influence, but not in. A good way - poor genetics from my latest flush :-(

Take care,
DJ Ed


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26426458 - 01/10/20 12:47 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

Sure - don't mean to sound dismissive. I, too, see them as sacred medicines. But they are ultimately what we, as particularly technical creatures, would define as drugs.

Hope your experience gets better for you; not all of them can be great.
At least they all pass.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: footpath]
    #26426526 - 01/10/20 01:15 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

No worries man, no offence taken. I’m just consciousnim not “with it” so I’m not my usual self!
Yeah think I’ll wait a week then have some B+. Fortunately there’s loads of that left. Might order some Mazatapec....

Mush love,
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26426578 - 01/10/20 01:33 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

Mods? Ban? This guy is obnoxious as fuck.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: LSD-25]
    #26426589 - 01/10/20 01:41 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

He just needs to come down and have a sandwich.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: footpath] * 1
    #26427374 - 01/10/20 10:34 PM (4 years, 19 days ago)

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He just needs to come down and have a sandwich.



Get em some milk.

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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26428072 - 01/11/20 01:04 PM (4 years, 18 days ago)

Sorry if it off topic. I am totally a newbie on psychedelics looking to start for Depression, Insomnia, cognitive enhancement. I have tried everything under the sun (SSRI,Benzo,modifying diet, exercise, herbals) but not successful.Is there any recommendation where to start?
# Which psychedelic? LSD,DMT, Pcylosibin,MDMA, Ibogaine
# Is it necessary to have guided trips for first time user?
# Where to buy these products in Canada?
Any info will be treasured and appreciated.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Magicult] * 1
    #26428841 - 01/11/20 09:33 PM (4 years, 18 days ago)

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Sorry if it off topic. I am totally a newbie on psychedelics looking to start for Depression, Insomnia, cognitive enhancement. I have tried everything under the sun (SSRI,Benzo,modifying diet, exercise, herbals) but not successful.Is there any recommendation where to start?
# Which psychedelic? LSD,DMT, Pcylosibin,MDMA, Ibogaine
# Is it necessary to have guided trips for first time user?
# Where to buy these products in Canada?


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: NOUS333]
    #26455077 - 01/27/20 12:29 PM (4 years, 2 days ago)

Thanks for sharing everyone.
Took a bit of a break due to some traveling but am back on the microdose wagon today. Making up for lost time with a .7 :mushroom2: Will probably have me buzzing pretty good knowing these cubes. Will be back on some sort of regular dosing regimen now. Good vibes.  :tongue2:


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Magicult]
    #26455091 - 01/27/20 12:36 PM (4 years, 2 days ago)

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# Where to buy these products in Canada?
Any info will be treasured and appreciated.



Actually, Dana Larson of Vancouver BC is openly selling shroom capsules via a website I don't think I am allowed to link. Google it.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26487012 - 02/15/20 12:21 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Wrapping up my microdose month with a 1 g dose taken with copious amounts of fresh lemon balm. Curious about their synergy and slight MAOI properties.

I'm impressed. Will be back for more microdosing one day. Am thinking Liberty caps in the fall. I'm pretty good at finding them and would take very few for a microdose. Love their vibe too.

Keep it shroomy.
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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: bobbysue]
    #26487086 - 02/15/20 01:23 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

I micro dose for school; or at least I did 2 days out of the week last semester. I felt like my creative writing exploded. I needed to write several 15 page essays on various topics and the cubes helped me stay interested in what I was researching. It feels like weed without the couch lock.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Mr. Material]
    #26487394 - 02/15/20 05:25 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Hello there, now to this site 👋 and about to be new to micro dosing.

I am attempting this Paul Stamets ice extraction method he explained in a YouTube lecture.

I’ve taken 54g of wet product chopped and mixed into a couple trays of ice cubes. It is currently thawing in the fridge for a few days “extracting”, and strain the blue juice of the product when it’s liquid and top off the solution to 54oz

My hopes are that I have a 1g product/1oz water extracted. And since it is wet weight not dry,
Do I have a ratio of
    0.1g “dry” product/1oz water    ??

I hope so, I will be using this to give myself 1oz shots every other day or so depending on how the day to day goes. I’m also going to freeze it in small 5/6oz containers s that I can thaw them as I need them every couple weeks, and don’t have to worry about it going bad or something?

Any suggestions??

I have just started listening to info on micro dosing, and have not dug too deep into it, I could of course make tea or whatever other method of eating, but I like the idea of taking it in shots straight. My only real goal is to see how it affects my work habits, enjoyment, and focus.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Captain_Cap]
    #26488294 - 02/16/20 12:02 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Newbie here. I have some more scientific questions regarding the wight of a micro-dose. No one seems to be talking about the relative potency of the mushroom they are micro-dosing. Golden Teacher vs Penis Envy etc. Also, is the wight dry weight or wet weight?

Perhaps it is because I don't know much about mushrooms and the community vernacular but I am interested in micro-dosing as well but would like to avoid tolerance and doing too much. I suppose it will take some experimenting on my part.

Any thoughts and reference to credible sources would be greatly appreciated.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: Sardo]
    #26488418 - 02/16/20 01:28 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

I always say 'non-PE varieties of P. cubensis' when referencing my microdosing.
Potency is relatively the same across the board except for Penis Envy (PE) varieties and largely depends on the specific isolate/monoculture - depending on the strains you make from any one variety, there may be a noticeable difference in potency.

Fresh vs dry is the difference of 10x: 1g dry = 10g fresh.

A good starting place is 150mg dry/1.5g wet every other day.
Encapsulating ground dried mushrooms is the most convenient way to go about it.


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Re: Doing some cube microdosing, what are your microdose experiences? [Re: footpath]
    #26489071 - 02/16/20 09:05 PM (3 years, 11 months ago)

Thank you footpath. Your approach makes sense. Much appreciated.

I still need to grow it but


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