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Might depend on where you live, a place like Byron Bay may be more accepted than in sou west WA.

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"Nannup Police head out daily to search for people foraging for magic mushrooms in the surrounding forest"

"The daily routine at this time of year for Sergeant McNevin is searching for people picking psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms.
Each winter, free-spirited foragers journey to the lush forest of Nannup in West Australia's south-west region as they search for a fungi-fuelled high.
The first significant winter rain triggers the start of psilocybin mushroom season, and the ABC recently drove along the backroads of Nannup with the town's police officers.
Within minutes, Sergeant McNevin spotted someone wearing gloves, carrying a plastic bucket and paying close attention to the fertile forest floor."
 


this is the video from the abc article. the comments below the video are also interesting reading.



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I’ve been thinking a lot about my depression lately , while I feel I’m in an ok place at the moment I don’t feel completely mentally stable. There are a lot of triggers for me that send me spiraling and I need to learn how to deal with them. I find I’m extremely emotional, I tend to tear up very easily. Anyways recently at an Australia Day event I was at there was an indigenous dance group and the man leading had a few words to say and what he said has stuck with me and touched me. He mentioned that everyone has a spark in them, and when numerous sparks get together the flame grows and amazing things can be achieved. Sometimes the spark disappears or it’s never been lit and those people struggle until the spark comes back. When we lose our spark we need to surround ourselves with people who can help us find it and get it back. What he said hit me in the feels, 5-6 years ago my spark was bright I had hobbies I enjoyed and just felt good. Somehow I smothered myself and put it out with my thoughts and am struggling to find it again. I know my spark is there just struggling to get it lit .
 
MP_ said:
Is there a legal way of sourcing it in Australia. My bro in law did it in Amsterdam as part of some retreat. I really want to try it under a controlled situation.
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Both are prohibited substances so purchasing them legally is still a no go. You can pick magic mushrooms during growing season (here in Vic usually June-August). There's a few ways of verifying it yourself that the mushroom is psychedelic, but as a first time picker you'd want to be absolutely sure what you're ingesting so you'd need to obtain a positive ID from someone experienced before doing so.

Cuzz09 said:
What's a microdose? like a bite of a mushroom?

Never even seen one let alone done anything

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Microdosing is taking a small amount of LSD/Mushrooms at regular intervals on a day to day basis while still going about your life as you otherwise would. The idea is it reduces stress while promoting creativity and problem solving. Was a popular concept in Silicon Valley a few years ago.
 

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3rd week on Lexapro, and coming up 1 month of not taking any drugs on weekdays. Yippee
 
Engimal v3 said:
3rd week on Lexapro, and coming up 1 month of not taking any drugs on weekdays. Yippee
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Yippee !! sounds good,
can you explain why you aren't taking (other) jrugs on weekdays and why you were prior to the ssri,
also, did you take antidepressant meds before the lexapro ?
what has been the most beneficial thing for you resulting from these changes ?
 
metic said:
Yippee !! sounds good,
can you explain why you aren't taking (other) jrugs on weekdays and why you were prior to the ssri,
also, did you take antidepressant meds before the lexapro ?
what has been the most beneficial thing for you resulting from these changes ?
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Self medicating I guess lol. Worked for a while, ended up making things worse. Anxiety can go through the roof if you smoke yourself silly.
I wanted a lifestyle change as well. I have tried to reduce my intake many times before and failed, but I seem to be on the right track this time. At this point I don't even think about it until the weekend.

I had never taken any sort of antidepressant before. I feel better than before, but I think this is mostly due to starting to see a psychologist again and also smoking far less. Lexapro usually "kicks in" during week 2-6, so I'm probably only just starting to see the effects now.
 
metic said:


the answers to my questions are here in a podcast..
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I haven't heard of MDMA for depression before. I have yet to listen to that podcast but it sounds interesting.

Ketamine has been approved, under certain conditions. It is bloody expensive though. Something like $1000 a month and you have to go to a hospital/clinic to receive your dose. Probably cheaper to get it on the street and that is not the sort of thing the government should allow. Make it affordable for those that need it.

Also, as previously mentioned the active ingrediant in magic mushrooms is something I've been told is coming pretty soon.

This stuff is for people who are very treatment resistant. Like a last resort.
 
Electronic_Renaissance said:
I haven't heard of MDMA for depression before. I have yet to listen to that podcast but it sounds interesting.

Ketamine has been approved, under certain conditions. It is bloody expensive though. Something like $1000 a month and you have to go to a hospital/clinic to receive your dose. Probably cheaper to get it on the street and that is not the sort of thing the government should allow. Make it affordable for those that need it.

Also, as previously mentioned the active ingrediant in magic mushrooms is something I've been told is coming pretty soon.

This stuff is for people who are very treatment resistant. Like a last resort.
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One my mates gets ketamine troches prescribed for nerve pain and they give him a whole packet to take whenever he wants. dont think it cost that much , I will find out , because he has never complained about the price [emoji6]
 
metic said:
One my mates gets ketamine troches prescribed for nerve pain and they give him a whole packet to take whenever he wants. dont think it cost that much , I will find out , because he has never complained about the price [emoji6]
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That is interesting.

I was just this week told as an anti-depressant/anxiety med it was available as either a nasal spray or an intravenous dose. Either option would require you to attend a clinic for your dose. As mentioned the cost is around $1000 a month. No PBS.

Perhaps a lower dose has been put on the PBS for pain?
 
Electronic_Renaissance said:
That is interesting.

I was just this week told as an anti-depressant/anxiety med it was available as either a nasal spray or an intravenous dose. Either option would require you to attend a clinic for your dose. As mentioned the cost is around $1000 a month. No PBS.

Perhaps a lower dose has been put on the PBS for pain?
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Agree it is probably the low dose rather than tranquiliser , not sure how current these prices are but show less than 100$

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metic said:
Agree it is probably the low dose rather than tranquiliser , not sure how current these prices are but show less than 100$

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Just had a quick look. It seems like this is a different (but same) thing.

It must be a pretty low dose. From what I was told you would have to go to a hospital to get it intravenously for mental health reasons.

I was also told whatever is in magic mushrooms is far cheaper and a lot closer to being approved by the PBS.
 
Some of us just want to feel wanted and needed when we’re here but the sad reality is we won’t get that until we’re gone
 

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I’m just existing, everyday blends into the next, I look forward to sleeping and dreaming of a world where I don’t exist, to see if anyone would notice. Passive suicidal ideation is my comfort at night, but I’m tired, 28 years of this on off roller coaster of mental health is draining. Wish I could find myself again.
 
MP_ said:
I’m just existing, everyday blends into the next, I look forward to sleeping and dreaming of a world where I don’t exist, to see if anyone would notice. Passive suicidal ideation is my comfort at night, but I’m tired, 28 years of this on off roller coaster of mental health is draining. Wish I could find myself again.
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I hear you - take care
 
MP_ said:
I’m just existing, everyday blends into the next, I look forward to sleeping and dreaming of a world where I don’t exist, to see if anyone would notice. Passive suicidal ideation is my comfort at night, but I’m tired, 28 years of this on off roller coaster of mental health is draining. Wish I could find myself again.
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That sucks mate. Hoping things turn around soon, always free for a chat if you want.
 
i sent swinburne a letter inquiring about their psilocybin trials. apparently kicking off round june.

hope i get in, being treatment resistant. just about to try get off duloxetine, it had a mild relief effect for about a month, starting 2months in, but now at the year mark can safely say its not doing much and add it to the list. the side effects are pretty shit, not worth it. for me of course.

i had my authority script for fortes refused last month, that has knocked me around as the dysphoria from pain doesn't help. i finally felt like the powers that be gave a **** when that script was approved but its caused a disconnection between me and my gp as no alternative was suggested, just go from 120 pills every 4 months to a script for fukn 10 pills. if my back goes down that will last one day how the **** can they just cut you off. if i was abusing them i would be trying to get 120 a month i ration the things for when i have a bedridden episode but noooo. campaigners.

anyway, whinge over. hope evryone finds a bit of peace and something beautiful breaks through the fog.
 
I don’t think I’ll ever move on from my SA that happened in 2020

When I’m feeling good it will remind me of it, everything else is so good in my life that’s helping me not spiral into what I was 3 years ago.

It’s hard
 

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