Posted by nolvas on January 9, 2007, at 15:22:24
In reply to Controversial treatment for depression/anxiety, posted by Jimmyboy on January 9, 2007, at 14:19:28
I would be extremely wary of using hallucinogens as a treatment for anxiety. A bad trip is especially bad for someone suffering an anxiety disorder. Imagine 12 or even 24 hours of pure hell and there's nothing you can do to stop it. In 1996 my friends and I picked over the course of a few months several thousand magic mushrooms (active component psilocybin). A few of us suffered some pretty intense and terrible bad trips, usually our own fault though. My friend took 300 mushrooms and had an amazing trip, then as soon as he came down he took approx another 300 and had to be hospitalised, he was shutting and opening his eyes and didn't know if they were closed or open, was just totally freaked out and petrified. It took him 3 months to recover.
I would advise extreme caution if anyone wants to experiment with mushrooms.
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