Posted on 05/17/2016 1:03:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
Psilocybin, which is found in magic mushrooms, was administered to depression patients in a pill Credit: TELEGRAPH
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A hallucinogenic chemical found in magic mushrooms has successfully lifted severe depression in previously untreatable patients.
Scientists at Imperial College London induced intense psychedelic trips in 12 people using high doses of the banned substance psilocybin.
A week after the experience all the volunteers were depression-free, and three months later five still had no symptoms of the condition.
Published in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal, the study welcomes the results as “promising, but not completely compelling".
Its authors are now seeking further funding from the Medical Research Council and other bodies to carry out fuller trials.
They conceded, however, that the use of a placebo control, a crucial component of thorough clinical trials, would be difficult as it would be obvious who was having a hallucinogenic experience and who was not.
The psilocybin is believed to cause relief from depression by targeting receptors in the brain and disrupting the Default Mode Network, which is responsible for sense of self and is overactive in depressed people.
However, the scientists did not rule out that the psychedelic trip could have caused an “awakening”, of the kind achieved by spiritual teaching, which also helped lift the depression.
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Considering you find them in dried cow pies, I'm sure they won't be doing it a lot............
Prob’ly keep us both alive.
Those are the best ones!
Unfortunately the side effects are hallucinations, and you will find yourself believing Bernie Sanders’ promises of a better future.
Chemical Shock Treatment
A friend went nuts and later died from psilocybin
Those mushrooms grow in Ireland. They have been linked to leprechaun sightings.
Those things will make you trip balls to the wall, and are WAY more potent than the little sissy shrooms pictured above.
Don’t ask me how I know this.
Woooooooooow, Thaaaaat’s cooooooool maaaaaan.
They’ve reported similar results with LSD and terminally ill cancer patients which makes me think there’s something to this research.
Sorry, man. Dave's not here.
Okaaaaaaayyyyyy.........................
...depends on how many mushrooms your wife put in the gravy before she suggested you go pick more mushrooms
Oh the Bad Old Days.
I mean Good.
I think.
Wait...
Don’t ask how I know but your right. I guess it fights depression as you do have uncontrollable laughter for about 5 hours. :-)
Drug companies can’t make billions if you pick them yourselves.
Shrooooooooooooms !
We actually had mushroom soup last night!................................
Chemical imbalance in the brain may be stimulated to make it better with the hallucinogenic compounds?...................
But DAIRIES WILL!...................
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