Posted by Meltingpot on August 26, 2015, at 8:10:43
Hi,
I get a lot of help from antidepressants, get some kind of quality of life which I wouldn't have without them. However, they have never worked as well as they did when I was in my 20s (when I only had to take a small dose and I felt cured).
I'm always hoping for a cure, so that I wouldn't feel like I'm having to take something just to be a nice (non irritable), non suicidal person.
I managed to get on a trial here in the UK for Psilocybin but about 5 weeks before going on the trial I tried coming off my Seroxat again (I didn't have to, just wanted to try), started feeling very depressed and anxious again, it makes me realise how lucky I am that it helps so much and I don't want to jeopardise that.
I then started googling "depression, anxiety and magic mushrooms" (bad idea I know) and read some horrible things about some people's experiences and also somebody said that they are not to be messed with if you do suffer with depression and anxiety.
I also read that psilocybin is a 5HT2 agonist and I've gained a lot of relief from Zyprexa and Trazodone which are both antagonists at the 5HT2 receptors. Maybe I am oversimplifying things but this fact made me wonder what a 5HT2 agonist would actually do to me.
Has anyone on this site had any experience of psilocybin and has it helped with your depression?
I hate to think I backed out of trying something which might have helped but I was just scared of making things worse.
Denise
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