Hi @johnvibes, Interesting findings!
I'm no scientist (or psychiatrist), but I would think that LSD could probably help people with well functioning brain. People with mental illnesses, however, would be worse off.
I'm saying this because I've experienced it first hand with one of my best friends. He's bipolar, and he always reacted much more strongly to marijuana than the rest of us. One day he decided to try LSD (he probably took it a few times). Thereafter, his mental state rapidly declined. He became paranoid, and fell into a deep psychosis. He thought the government and military were spying on him, and that his house was bugged. He stopped showering, and became a total recluse, until his family finally got him sectioned. Now he has to take meds for life, and isn't his true self anymore. The docs blame it on the drug use, and say that it caused permanent damage...I'm therefore a bit weary about even trying it, as I have seen the damage it did to my friend and how it destroyed an entire family.
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yeah it is very interesting, since I am a retired rave promoter, I have had a ton of experience with this stuff, and I have seen quite a few situations like the ones you describe. One friend of mine went off the deep end and tried to fake his death, and still believes that there is some cult after him. And there were others I came across like him as well.
However, on the other side, I have seen people mend relationships, give up on addictions and radically improve their lives with the same drug, and some of these people were not exactly mentally stable. I can say for myself in my younger years it helped me with alcoholism, depression and other things.
I am not sure what the variable was, because in some cases people were taken in a bad direction, and other times a positive one.
It could be a brain chemistry thing, but I personally think it goes deeper than that.
These drugs will make you face your demons, and if you dont go into the experience prepared for that being a possibility, it could end up shaking your view of reality...sometimes this is a bad thing and sometimes this is a good thing
When things go bad though, it is usually due to the setting, or the state of mind that the person goes into the experience with
With all that being said, in a controled environment with a controlled dose, I do believe psychedlics can help people with mental illness, but it needs to go along with intense therapy, and handled by professionals who monitor the trip
I dont recomend that someone just go out to a concert or rave and try to work through their problems on drugs like this, that isnt the proper set and setting for true theraputic use
I am also in favor of recreational use, but I think that needs to be discussed seperately, and obviously it is not as safe as a theraputic setting
thanks for the comment :-)
The brain is such a mystery =). It's so hard to predict how it would be affected.
Wow you must have seen some crazy weird stuff as a rave promoter lol
It is wild story lol, I just finished writing a book about it actually. I am in the editing process now.
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