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Curing the worst pain known to humans

Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms

For years, Brad Badelt suffered from debilitating cluster headaches (which are often called “suicide headaches” and described as the worst pain known to humans).

After seeing countless neurologists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and naturopaths, he would still experience the horrible headaches several times a day for weeks on end.

After taking one dose of shrooms, things finally changed. 

“When I woke the next morning, I felt different: the mental fog brought on by my cluster headaches was gone. For the next twelve months, I remained headache free. Every year since, I’ve downed a dose of shrooms, and every year my cluster headaches have remained in remission.”

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Psychedelics → spirituality → emotional regulation → happiness

Study suggests psychedelics promote positive mental health through increased spirituality and emotion regulation

A recent survey shows that spirituality increases with psychedelic use, and that increased spirituality is linked to improved emotional regulation. The findings suggest that better emotional regulation is associated with decreased scores for depression, anxiety, and disordered eating.

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More positive findings from biggest psilocybin trial

COMPASS Pathways announces further positive results from groundbreaking phase IIb trial of investigational COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression

COMPASS Pathways (CMPS) announced additional findings from the world’s largest psilocybin trial for depression. 

In addition to reduced depression scores, patients showed improvements in anxiety, daily functioning, cognition, and quality of life. Just one day after the treatment, patients had increased positive feelings such as “interested, excited, strong” and decreased negative feelings like “distressed, upset, afraid.” 

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Antidepressants + psilocybin

MindMed and Liechti Lab publish first human data on the interacting effects of an SSRI and psilocybin

Do patients need to come off of antidepressants before trying psilocybin therapy?

New research from MindMed (MNMD) and Liechti Labs suggests that it’s not necessary – and there are actually benefits of combining the two.

Escitalopram (aka Lexapro) did not affect the way psilocybin was processed and helped reduce negative side effects like anxiety and high blood pressure.

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Reducing alcohol cravings

Psilocybin Can Reduce Cravings In Alcohol Dependent Rats, And Now We Know Why

A study discovered that psilocybin can reduce the odds of alcohol relapse! 

How does it work? Alcohol reduces a protein in the brain called mGluR2. In a rat model, researchers found that the more protein lost, the more alcohol the rats craved, creating an addictive cycle.

Psilocybin was able to restore protein levels, thus decreasing relapses.

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