Did you quit all drugs?Not really.
It's a job.
I always think about that.
That was how I was when I was 12.
But I was getting high off sugar for sure.
So I've always used chemicals to change my state.
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Did you quit all drugs?Not really.
It's a job.
Ice baths.Stop taking the weight of the world on your shoulders.
Stay off Twitter/politics
Keep exercising.
Do something that helps others.
Meditation (but you actually have to do it, not just talk about doing it because it's the thing du jour). Easy to make time for it if you take one of those time-wasting or negativity filled things out of you life.
Don't. Now would not be the time to be playing with that unsupervised, you don't know what the outcome will be.
And stop smoking weed.
that sounds like a fantastic adventure^current mood^
I'm seriously planning to check out, buy a sailboat in the Med and bug out. At 57, the time is running out to do these sort of things.
I made sure to tell this to as many people as possible so I can't chicken out.
If I'm still here next year, you can all make fun of me.
Microdosing unsupervised? The whole point of microdosing is you dont feel it. Id say go for it, nothin g to lose - lots to gain.Don't. Now would not be the time to be playing with that unsupervised, you don't know what the outcome will be.
The point of microdosing is you do feel it, not just in a visual/auditory way and not as strong as a trip.Microdosing unsupervised? The whole point of microdosing is you dont feel it. Id say go for it, nothin g to lose - lots to gain.
seems to me like he already does alot of positive stuff that should benefit his mental health. diet, exercise etc. so this could be another viable option in addition to what hes already doing and are surely safer than the benzos he has script for.I would say that it's not a wise idea for a guy experiencing poor mental health to start tinkering with a black market product with hallucinogenic properties that binds to serotonin receptors...
Maybe seek other routes to better mental health rather than those derived from recreational drugs.
i agree with this, and microdosing didnt work for me per say but I have many people in my life that appear to be benefitting from it.Microdosing doesn't make sense to me. Have you ever tried a hallucinogen the day after you just did the same one?
1/8 of shrooms Friday needs 1/4 Saturday, and you still don't get to the same place. You can't even really do them three days in a row. Nothing happens.
Unless the micro dose effects work differently, you'd be macro dosing in short order.
Same goes for LSD in my experience.
IMO microdosing cheapens what should be a sacred substance that is used for self reflection and improving your connectivity and appreciation with the world around you. Not something you take just to make your workday and basic existence more palatable. At that point it seems like more of a crutch.Microdosing doesn't make sense to me. Have you ever tried a hallucinogen the day after you just did the same one?
1/8 of shrooms Friday needs 1/4 Saturday, and you still don't get to the same place. You can't even really do them three days in a row. Nothing happens.
Unless the micro dose effects work differently, you'd be macro dosing in short order.
Same goes for LSD in my experience.
You can do plenty of positive stuff - there is more stuff he could probably be doing.seems to me like he already does alot of positive stuff that should benefit his mental health. diet, exercise etc. so this could be another viable option in addition to what hes already doing and are surely safer than the benzos he has script for.
I'm not talking about hallucinogenic effects.A microdose of mushrooms is not hallucinogenic at all. You have to eat well over a gram of mushrooms to even feel them in the slightest. a microdoes is supposed to be like 10 percent of a gram if that, one might even say and may not be wrong thats its all placebo because the dose is so insignificant.
Hey I can't argue with thatI'm talking about self-medicating by playing with drugs...
I don't need drugs to self reflect.IMO microdosing cheapens what should be a sacred substance that is used for self reflection
U r the "ogro whisperer" he us too grumpy to everyone elseI'm going down to crash on ogro's couch-hammock for 2 weeks
fk alllllll this noise
macrodosing > microdosing
blow out the pipes and reboot the machine
that sounds like a fantastic adventure
You have 56 days until the heckling starts
I've stopped my months-long (maybe a year) trial run with microdosing psilocybin. Frankly, i just don't know if it worked or not, and it's an expensive (not to mention illegal) regimen to maintain anyway. 2020 probably isn't a great "control" year to really identify sources of, and treatments for, anxiety, given how batchit nuts this whole year is anyway. But my overall takeaway was "meh, probably hippie hype." But i do agree that limiting THC use, or at least not just getting baked all day long, will perhaps ease some anxiety. I feel like getting baked just reflects or amplifies whatever it is that you're currently feeling anyway. So, if you're all wound up, stressed out, and depressed, then you do some high-% bong rips, you're just going to get more stressed out as you sit there all muddled in the brain. But sometimes, in a good mood, it can still be fun. that's also purely my own anecdotal, entirely unprofessional and non-medical experience. Because man late March and April were depressing AF, i was smoking/vaping a lot of THC, and it didn't' help. Now i'm down to just a little puff before bed, while IN bed, because i've learned now in the last several months that once ensconced in my cocoon upstairs, the worries and weights of the world fall away, and i enjoy feeling good and high, then I fall into a nice deep 7-8 hours of sleep. Only rarely now do i ingest any THC during the day anymoreYou can do plenty of positive stuff - there is more stuff he could probably be doing.
You can also do plenty of negative stuff at the same time that works against that positive stuff.
He is not in a last resort situation.
I think it is a foolish assertion to state black market street hallucinogens are safer than "the benzos he has a script for" (he does?).
This reminds me of the Baby Boomers who insist their naturopathic medicines must be safe cuz they're natural.
I'm not talking about hallucinogenic effects.
I'm talking about self-medicating by playing with drugs that bind to neurotransmitters in general while in a bad mental state. Even at small doses.
that is part of the retreatU r the "ogro whisperer" he us too grumpy to everyone else
U better hope there r wavesthat is part of the retreat
4 hours of surf in the morning
4 hours of lifestyle lectures in the afternoon