Psychedelics could be the new class of antidepressant

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/psychedelic-drugs-new-class-antidepressant-albert-hofmann-lsd-a8437201.html

by pmoriarty • 8 years ago

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some_account• 8 years ago

Personally I think it is in everyone's interest to try it at least once.

Of course people are depressed. Most people's lives are about work that is not enjoyable, in order to get money to live somewhere.

I think it would be super weird if most people were happy. I don't mean us, the IT crowd, with tons of money and a job we mostly enjoy. We are living luxary lives, most of us.

But the others, with low paying jobs, they have no interest in? Of course a lot of them are depressed. It's a consequence of our societies and how we live.

bfuller• 8 years ago

LSD saved my life. Brought me out of a horrible depression that lasted from my teen years through my twenties, and I will always be thankful for that.

However, I disagree that everyone should try it. I've personally seen people who were predisposed to psychosis get really messed up from taking psychedelics. These things are extremely useful and powerful tools, but they should be used as a last resort.

Maybe it is in MOST peoples interest, possibly. But certainly not everyone's interest, because there are very real consequences to taking these drugs.

onemoresoop• 8 years ago

I did it once about 12-13 years ago when I was younger and had a few fabulous visions that changed not my life but who I am. After all this time I am still drawing from that one experience and wouldn't need to do it again for a long time or ever.. If somebody had told me that psychedelics would have change me fundamentally I probably wouldn't have wanted to preserve who I was at the time and would have kept it at an arm's length. On the other hand my wife is a very down to earth person and quite conservative by my standards and when told about my experience with psychedelics, she is not interested in the subject. I think some people are more open new experiences than others and that's that.

robertpelloni• 8 years ago

What happened to Shulgin's new class of antidepressants he was working on?

baccheion• 8 years ago

First, they should try vitamin D and magnesium.

Psychedelics could be the new class of antidepressant

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