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Just Chat! / Re: Anyone For Microdosing?
« on: 05/01/2024 20:16:09 »
I have heard of people microdosing LSD (ie not enough to produce an hallucinogenic effect), with the intent of helping them think "outside the box".
- I can imagine that chemicals like this activate neural pathways that are not usually active
- I heard a claim that in at least one case, this led to a breakthrough (as judged after the chemical had worn off)
But until there is some sort of double-blind study, no-one can say for sure
- At least with microdosing, a double-blind experiment is possible: the trial participants can't tell if they are getting the active substance or a placebo
- This is quite different from the proposed use of hallucinogens for treating PTSD, where it seems the hallucinogenic effect is important in obtaining the claimed neural rewiring; a placebo-controlled trial is not really possible.
PS: I am not recommending that anyone take illegal drugs outside an approved clinical trial.
- I can imagine that chemicals like this activate neural pathways that are not usually active
- I heard a claim that in at least one case, this led to a breakthrough (as judged after the chemical had worn off)
But until there is some sort of double-blind study, no-one can say for sure
- At least with microdosing, a double-blind experiment is possible: the trial participants can't tell if they are getting the active substance or a placebo
- This is quite different from the proposed use of hallucinogens for treating PTSD, where it seems the hallucinogenic effect is important in obtaining the claimed neural rewiring; a placebo-controlled trial is not really possible.
PS: I am not recommending that anyone take illegal drugs outside an approved clinical trial.
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