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/Heizenbrg Oct 09 '24

Happy for you, it has worked with me at high doses with IV infusion but expensive. The troches don’t hit the same

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u/chantillylace9 Oct 09 '24

Have you tried Spravato nasal spray?

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u/Heizenbrg Oct 11 '24

No I haven’t why?

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u/chantillylace9 Oct 11 '24

Because it’s covered by insurance!