News of the weird. A type of mushroom called 'Magic Mushroom' contains the psychedelic drug psilocybin which is meant to be eaten. Instead a man with bipolar disorder brewed mushroom tea and injects it into his bloodstream where the mushrooms grew causing his body to go into organ failure.
He's being treated with long-term use of antifunguals and antibiotics.
He researched how he could decrease his opioid use at home and read about the potential for psilocybin, the drug found in psychedelic mushrooms - also known as magic mushrooms - for treating symptoms of depression and anxiety.
jac_the_gripper
Yeah, I don't think it works like medicine.
Jan 13As I understand it the effects of psilocybin allow for alternative, stable neural pathways to be formed with increased rapidity as a result of talking therapies.
In other words it allows you to disconnect unhealthy bits of your brain and put them back together in a healthier way. Without the talking bit, or some other form of structured approach, it's taking bits of your brain apart and letting then reconnect where they land.
JimNastics
Apparently, he took the term 'magic" far too literal.
Jan 13Injecting a living fungus was a huge mistake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S9AyYFAAK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyAgx_tzh80
Bentlee
https://therapsil.ca/17-canadian-healthcare-professionals-approved-to-use-psilocybin-for-professional-training/
Jan 13https://shamanshaman.com/best-ayahuasca-retreats/usa/