A lot has been reported lately about the potential for Psilocybin Mushrooms to help treat major depression. Multiple universities worldwide have been doing research studies into the effects of psilocybin on people with prolonged and profound depression. They have been discovering some amazing things about it.
In a controlled, clinical environment, under careful supervision, researchers have administered psilocybin to people with devere depression and have found that it not only increases the person’s sense of wellbeing, but it reduces depression and has long-lasting effects. They even see that it seems to “rewire the brain’s neurons.”
If this proves to be true, major depression may become much more treatable. Of course, in many countries, the use of psilocybin is still illegal, so for the present time, anyone wishing to try psilocybin for depression should contact a research study using it, or travel to a country/location where it is legal.
The research so far looks very exciting and it should be interesting to see how the study progresses and what it discovers. If you want to learn more about Psilocybin Mushrooms, check out the full page I have added to this site. (It also includes links to resources that provide instructions and warnings for people interested in trying them.) I am also offering you this extensive list of links to research studies and other relevant information:
Resource Links
Futurity: ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug May Repair Neural Links Depression Cuts
Yale University: Psychedelic spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression
Futurity: Stuff in ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Could Treat Major Depression
Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research
Johns Hopkins University: Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin Tamps Down Brain’s Ego Center
Johns Hopkins University: Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Shown to Relieve Major Depression
Johns Hopkins University: Researchers Urge Caution Around Psilocybin Use
Johns Hopkins University: Tapping into Psilocybin’s Potential
Wikipedia: Psilocybin mushroom
Johns Hopdins University: ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Help Longtime Smokers Quit
Johns Hopkins University: Single Dose of Hallucinogen May Create Lasting Personality Change
Newsweek: Magic Mushrooms Guide: Where Shrooms Are Legal and How To Take Psilocybin
The Guardian: ‘They broke my mental shackles’: could magic mushrooms be the answer to depression?
The Guardian: Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial
The Guardian: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study
