Mental Health & The Election

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Sources can't be more dubious than they were in the early 70s Not just "Don't take the brown acid' at Woodstock but first hand experience speaking. There was once I got some acid so laced with strychnine that it almost bent me backwards. Took me 3 Valiums and a sixpack to crash out of it. One of two nights that I ever lost some memories from. Apparently, I didn't do anything too foolish but I had some weird dreams.
 
I want to try DMT, but I wouldn't even know where to find it. It's not like the local weed guy is flush with the spirit molecule.
 
I'm 53. At some point around 50, my body was like "nope" and any kind of cannabinoids just make me want to go to sleep. No euphoria/high, no nothing. Previously I loved doing it as an aid for anxiety/stress (or as a young person, just for expanding my mind or listening to The Doors or whatever). Sativa, indica - didn't seem to matter. All of the above makes me sleeeeeepppyyy now. Psilocybin too - what a gyp. Did acid once and although it was a fascinating and memorable experience, I didn't like the idea of not being in control and feared doing it again in case it ended up being a bad trip.
 
Heh, I took a week break from this board as a palate cleanser. Helps a lot.

The trick (for me at least) is be able to disengage from the media while not disengaging from the politics (i.e. continuing to do volunteer work to rally democrats).

They WANT you to disengage completely, that is the 100% the end game. They want and need you on the sidelines watching with apathy and disgust, feeling powerless.

But it's 1000% OK to pull the plug on the media (including this board) from time to time. Don't worry, you won't miss anything, the same basic threat to American democracy will be there, There's really nothing new in the latest Trump tweetstorm vileness that is going to change the fundamental underlying facts on the ground. We all know pretty much where we stand now. Media at this point is entirely optional.

With that being said, activism and volunteer work is not optional, It's your duty as a patriotic American. Many have been called and answered the call to sacrifice much more (i.e. their lives) for causes less important the the fight we are in now (e.g. GWB's Middle East Adventurism). We are fighting to save American democracy, no more, no less.

I don't know about you, but one single truly effective destressor and form of self care for me is to do the work. Volunteer. Control what I can control. Go into this knowing that when called, I actually did something. Not much, not as much as is needed, or as much as "humanly possible", but something dammit. Something more than bitch on a message board, something in the real world.

And, for me at least, it's that taking real world action that is the thing that unclentches the little ball of fear in my belly just a little bit. If you're struggling with anxiety about this election, my advice is unplug the media, and get out in the real world and take action. Action is medicine (in this case).
 
CFordUNC said:
Man, I’m starting to think I’ve missed out! I’m approaching mid 30s and to this day in my life I have never taken a single drug, not even marijuana or nicotine, not one time. Y’all are giving me some FOMO
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Same and I'm almost a decade older than you. Might need to get some recs on this thread 😂
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
I got a good laugh this morning out of the mental health thread morphing into a discussion about various drugs :ROFLMAO:
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There are more and more studies showing that the drugs help.

My daughter has done a couple of ketamine treatments and they were life changing and positive.

I've read of positive mdma treatments for ptsd also.

I've probably done acid, mdma, and psilocybin a few dozen times. All were positive. Compared to drinking which I had multiple stupid or bad experiences, I'll take the hallucinogens every time.
 
UNCatTech said:
There are more and more studies showing that the drugs help.

My daughter has done a couple of ketamine treatments and they were life changing and positive.

I've read of positive mdma treatments for ptsd also.

I've probably done acid, mdma, and psilocybin a few dozen times. All were positive. Compared to drinking which I had multiple stupid or bad experiences, I'll take the hallucinogens every time.
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Those ketamine treatments were life changing for Matthew Perry, too. User discretion advised.
 
i have a buddy who grows PE mushrooms. at request he will grind them up and put them in capsules so i can really control the dosage.

its the best thing ever.
 
4thgenheel said:
i have a buddy who grows PE mushrooms. at request he will grind them up and put them in capsules so i can really control the dosage.

its the best thing ever.
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Fantastic resource. I have one of those neighbors that knows everyone and everything about everyone. They always have "a friend". I don't exactly get the confidence of chain-of-custody knowledge, but it hasn't failed me yet.
 
CFordUNC said:
Man, I’m starting to think I’ve missed out! I’m approaching mid 30s and to this day in my life I have never taken a single drug, not even marijuana or nicotine, not one time. Y’all are giving me some FOMO
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You've taken alcohol, I'm guessing. Don't go anywhere near nicotine. It's not worth it. You get a buzz for a couple of minutes and then nothing.

I've always preferred cannabis to alcohol, ever since I was a teenager. And back then, we either didn't have sativa/indica or I didn't know about the difference. I think sativa is great because it is mentally stimulating, unlike booze which pretty much dulls you down. Now, mentally stimulating isn't exactly the same thing as mentally acute. I wouldn't want to take a calculus test with any amount of sativa, but since I've been writing fiction I've found that I'm at my creative best a bit buzzed on sativa.

The trick is finding it. With all the fentanyl and other ferociously powerful OD-engine opiates doing around, I would not want to take chances on illicit supply. My wife had a patient in Missouri a few years ago whose best friend died from a fentanyl overdose that he claimed was from tainted cannabis (this guy was an open heroin user seeing my wife for medication-assisted therapy, so he had no reason to hide what drugs he was really taking). I've since read that lacing cannabis isn't a thing, but I'm skeptical. It would be better to drop your kids with the inlaws or neighbors, drive to Missouri with the missus, get a room and a vape product, and have fun. Vacations don't get much cheaper.
 
Calheel said:
Those ketamine treatments were life changing for Matthew Perry, too. User discretion advised.
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I don't believe his were treatments.

What my daughter participated in was very controlled.

I've also spoken with and read about multiple others who have had successful treatments.
 
UNCatTech said:
I don't believe his were treatments.

What my daughter participated in was very controlled.

I've also spoken with and read about multiple others who have had successful treatments.
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He started out with controlled. But then he developed an addiction.
 
superrific said:
You've taken alcohol, I'm guessing. Don't go anywhere near nicotine. It's not worth it. You get a buzz for a couple of minutes and then nothing.

I've always preferred cannabis to alcohol, ever since I was a teenager. And back then, we either didn't have sativa/indica or I didn't know about the difference. I think sativa is great because it is mentally stimulating, unlike booze which pretty much dulls you down. Now, mentally stimulating isn't exactly the same thing as mentally acute. I wouldn't want to take a calculus test with any amount of sativa, but since I've been writing fiction I've found that I'm at my creative best a bit buzzed on sativa.

The trick is finding it. With all the fentanyl and other ferociously powerful OD-engine opiates doing around, I would not want to take chances on illicit supply. My wife had a patient in Missouri a few years ago whose best friend died from a fentanyl overdose that he claimed was from tainted cannabis (this guy was an open heroin user seeing my wife for medication-assisted therapy, so he had no reason to hide what drugs he was really taking). I've since read that lacing cannabis isn't a thing, but I'm skeptical. It would be better to drop your kids with the inlaws or neighbors, drive to Missouri with the missus, get a room and a vape product, and have fun. Vacations don't get much cheaper.
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yeah, i tell anyone and everyone who will listen that unless you personally know the grower/producer, only buy weed products from licensed dispensaries.

even if you get some sort of street product that isn't tainted with fentanyl or something really dangerous you are very likely just wasting your money on something bunk that contains little to no THC. so many of the black market pens and concentrates are vegetable glycerin or vitamin E acetate.

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