Mindfulness Versus Microdosing: Get High on Being Present

Microdosing has become very popular, and many people believe it’s a life changer. It involves taking a small amount — a fraction of a dose — of a hallucinogenic drug to achieve psychological benefits while minimizing any undesirable side effects. Most microdosers ingest LSD (lysergic acid diethyl amide) or mushrooms (psilocybin), which are psychedelics that can create profoundly intensified sensory perception. These drugs became popular in the 1960s and ’70s, and for anyone who used them then, they too espoused the drugs’ mind-altering effects. The difference back then was that people weren’t microdosing, but experiencing full-blown hallucinogenic trips, which lasted anywhere from 6 to 15 hours. But now, most users take small amounts of the powerful drugs, like LSD, to minimize any undesirable mind-altering side effects. More people are turning on by taking microdoses and, reportedly, some Silicon Valley engineers are even microdosing LSD as an alternative to Adderall to increase focus and attention. Regardless of what your jam is for keeping yourself “turned on and tuned in,” as Harvard psychology professor and psychedelics pioneer Dr. Timothy Leary once said, psychedelic drugs have been found to treat mental illness by profoundly changing neurological pathways that keep people stuck in unhealthy thought patterns. Leary discovered these benefits more than 50 years ago, but the stigma associated with LSD and other hallucinogens led Harvard...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Addiction Medications Mindfulness Hallucinogens LSD lysergic acid microdose psilocybin Source Type: blogs