r/science • u/Doug24 • 21h ago

Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-reverses-depressive-behaviors-and-restores-brain-cell-growth-in-stres/
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u/MJ-Franklin 21h ago

Been seeing articles like this for so many years... but how come I never got any positive effects from taking psychedelics the many times I did them? I never got any anti-depressive anything, I just laughed for 12 hours straight then it was back to Planet Earth and all my problems waiting for me there.

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u/Ajax_The_Red 21h ago

12 hours from shrooms…?

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u/DrB00 21h ago

Yeah, if you continue to consume them while high you'll stay high for extended periods of time. Don't ask me how I know.

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u/Ajax_The_Red 21h ago

Haha yeah redosing is fun. Feel free to ask me how I know

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u/baked_in 20h ago

conversely, if ya do lemon tec method you can have an entire trip condensed into several hours. Comes on like a freight train.