r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 09 '24
Neuroscience Giving psilocybin, the psychedelic in magic mushrooms, to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.
https://newatlas.com/medical/psilocybin-optimism-depression/
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u/Euphoric-Deer2363 Oct 09 '24
The problem with this, is that pharmaceutical companies need to charge you big bucks for a naturally occurring substance or they won't bother doing the legwork. They really don't want you to get better. Just keep taking those pills.