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microdosing

27Feb

Tools for maximizing your trip/microdose/etc.

February 27, 2020 SUPERFUNGUY microdosing, mushrooms 101

If you’re trying to get the most out of your psychedelic experiences, or simply want to maximize the utility of a first or infrequent dose, there are tools that you can use. Different approaches—whether you’re microdosing, tripping, or preparing for either—have different methods to make your experience easy, insightful and enjoyable.

Physical tools for tripping and microdosing

These physical tools make up a part of your ‘setting’ or the environment where you use magic mushrooms.

Grinder

Grinding your mushrooms in bulk, before weighing doses, is the best way to increase consistency between experiences from the same batch. This eliminates the chance of getting a “strong shroom” surprise—the Russian roulette of group trips. The potency of individual mushrooms can vary by as much as ten-fold between mushrooms from different batches.

Journal

Tracking the aspects of your trip or microdose in a journal will help you find the factors that reliably provide you with positive outcomes. It helps you define your intention before you begin, track your insights during the session, and reflect on your experience after the fact. Many experienced psychonauts and therapist guides mention the possibility of “recapturing the magic” long after a trip ends—simply by reviewing the notes from your enlightened states.

Art supplies

Having a creative outlet during your heightened state is often a strong suggestion, especially alongside a journal. This can be something as simple as some pencils and paper, all the way to clay and paints. Even microdosing is associated with increased creativity and other measures of divergent thinking.

Prepared psilocybin products

One of the easiest ways to maximize your trip or microdosing is to buy prepared psilocybin products, skipping the hassle of grinding and dosing. Some examples include encapsulated microdoses with a dash of cacao; simple, pre-dosed, quarter-gram capsules; or more sophisticated blends that might include additions like CBD or ginseng. With some preparation and empty capsules, you can develop and create your own preferred blends alongside quality dried mushrooms.

Additions

Like the cacao, CBD and ginseng that are mentioned in the products above, there are some other well-known options that might make your experience different or more enjoyable.

Lemon

While it’s not totally clear, something in lemons accentuates the psilocybin trip. It often intensifies and shortens the experience, though it doesn’t do it reliably. Other acidic substances like citrus or tomato can also mimic this phenomenon.

Ginger

Ginger is known to treat indigestion, nausea, and vomiting. This is due to its ability to provoke gastric movement and emptying. If you’re prone to nausea after eating magic mushrooms, consider adding ginger in some way, or preparing a tea.

Cannabis

Many psychonauts are considering how they can introduce cannabis into their magic mushroom experiences, given expanding legalization. Combining the two can both intensify your trip, and potentially cloud the overall adventure. The possible effects will also depend on the potency of your cannabis, and whether it is THC- or CBD-rich.

Applying these tools have the power to maximize your trips and super-charge your microdoses.

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27Feb

Microdosing at work

February 27, 2020 SUPERFUNGUY microdosing, mushrooms 101

Unlike trip-inducing ‘macrodosing’, people are taking tiny amounts—or microdoses—of psychedelics for a competitive edge, from business to parenting. Like cannabis, the self-therapy is also being applied to a number of ailments, with anecdotes suggesting positive outcomes for pain, arthritis, and ADHD. The trend has been mentioned alongside Silicon Valley executives and moms alike, so let’s explore the idea of microdosing at work.

The demanding nature of work

Modern work is demanding, we all seek to limit the costs it has on our bodies and minds. For the lucky few that are invigorated by their professions, they too strive for burdenless efficiency. Across the spectrum of work, tools are employed to further these goals—caffeine, nicotine, legal amphetamines (e.g. Adderall), technology in all its forms—permissible enhancements to our working and personal lives.

While these chemical and digital boosts may be legal, they’re not without their downsides. Caffeine can leave you jittery, nicotine usually comes with a challenging addiction, pharmaceuticals each have their own laundry-list of side-effects, and technology has enabled individual workloads that would have been inconceivable only a few decades ago.

For the sake of this article, we’ll speak in hypothetical terms that assume the legal use of psilocybin at work. We do not condone activity that may jeopardize your security or employment.

Microdosing at work

Psilocybin shares a chemical structure that is very similar to the neurotransmitter serotonin, exciting the pathways related to happiness, well-being, cognition, and learning. At low doses, the effects are not readily noticeable but may contribute to improved creativity and mental flexibility. While the evidence is limited, these are all attributes that we seek to maximize while on the job.

Further, magic mushrooms are very safe among recreational drugs (cannabis, caffeine, and nicotine included) when taken responsibly and in moderation, with no known effects on the structure or health of the brain. According to Adam Winstock, founder of the Global Drug Survey and consultant addiction psychiatrist, “magic mushrooms are one of the safest drugs in the world.” However, long-term studies have not yet been undertaken.

With all this in mind, it seems like it might be easier to come up with an argument for why you shouldn’t microdose at work.

How to microdose magic mushrooms at work

If you’re interested in microdosing at work, there are a few things that will help you try the enhancement for yourself. Obviously, getting magic mushrooms is the first step; we make this as easy as ordering yourself a coffee—both prepared capsules, and dried mushrooms if you prefer a hands-on approach.

Like any new experience, it’s best to practice before “game day.” Consider trying your first microdose at home, so there are no unexpected surprises at the office. Even with very small doses, there are many different factors that might influence both the potency and the effect. Further, since the effects of microdosing can be subtle initially, you should track your days—and progress on the particular goals you’ve chosen—with a journal or digital tool.

With these tips, you should be able to maximize your experimentation with microdosing at work.

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27Feb

The difference in dosages and terminology: micro, average, hero

February 27, 2020 SUPERFUNGUY microdosing, mushrooms 101

Stepping into magic mushrooms, or psychedelics, for the first time is like entering into a whole new world, in more ways than one. Even before your first psychedelic experience, there is a universe of information and terminology that can feel daunting enough to ignore it entirely. If there’s one thing you really need to know before you dive in, it’s appropriate dosing for an enjoyable trip.

Trippy terms for dosing magic mushrooms

When it comes to magic mushrooms — the fungi that contain psilocybin — there are a few terms that are thrown around when talking about dosing. The most common are microdoses, average doses, and ‘heroic doses’. While these terms are somewhat open to interpretation, there is a range that’s generally agreed upon. It goes without saying — hopefully — that an average dose is recommended if you’re new to magic mushrooms.

The ‘average’ dose of magic mushrooms

An average dose of magic mushrooms is usually in the range of 1 to 2 grams. Since potency between mushrooms from different batches can vary by as much as ten-fold, it’s best to start on the low end if it’s your first experience with a particular batch. Unless you’ve gotten lucky (or unlucky?) with a super-strong mushroom, a dose of 1.5g should not be overwhelming for the vast majority of new users.

This assumes that your mushrooms are dried to the point that they snap like a cracker when bent. If your mushrooms bend and flex, it’s safe to assume that they’re carrying some water weight. However, do not attempt to increase the dose to compensate for added water; you can always re-dose after an hour if you prefer, but you can never un-dose if you’ve overdone it.

Microdosing magic mushrooms

Magic mushroom microdoses are usually suggested to be 1/10th of an average dose, putting them in the ballpark of 0.1 to 0.2 grams. However, the point of microdosing is that the direct outcomes are ‘sub-threshold’, or not readily detectable. Some sensitive individuals may find themselves having a ‘mini-trip’ with only 0.2g; self-experimentation is critical to finding the correct dose for you.

The Heroic Dose

A heroic dose of magic mushrooms is a concept coined by Terence McKenna, the “American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants” and fungi. He defines it as any dose that is over 5 grams of dried mushrooms. He added an extra stipulating, in which the dose is undertaken in the setting of “silent darkness.”

While the name may implicate the slaying of dragons, or subduing of villains, it’s not without reason. A heroic dose will be challenging, only advised for those with ample experience. Like the heroes of yore, this dose is reserved for those with ‘training’, experience, or sheer strength of will. The addition of silent darkness adds another layer of ‘difficulty’, by making your mind the only challenge to overcome. In this setting, with a heroic dose, only you can dictate the objective success of such a challenging experience.

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10Jan

What is microdosing?

January 10, 2020 SUPERFUNGUY microdosing, mushrooms 101

When you’re exploring magic mushrooms or psychedelics for the first time, you may eventually find yourself asking “What is microdosing?” The trend has been mentioned alongside Silicon Valley executives and moms alike. 

Unlike trip-inducing ‘macrodosing’, people are taking tiny amounts — or microdoses — of psychedelics for a competitive edge, from business to parenting. Like cannabis, the self-therapy is being applied to a number of ailments, with anecdotes suggesting positive outcomes for pain, arthritis, and ADHD.

What is microdosing?

The traditional format for microdosing psychedelics is to take only one-tenth of an ‘average’ recreational dose. At these quantities, the LSD or mushrooms are not intended to provoke noticeable effects, deemed “sub-threshold.” For microdosing any substance, a reliable scale — or some other method to be sure of dose — is required. Microdoses of mushrooms, for example, are often only a tenth of a gram.

Psilocybin shares a chemical structure that is very similar to the neurotransmitter serotonin. After eating magic mushrooms, the supplementation of serotonin-like molecules may assist the brain in exciting the pathways related to happiness, well-being, cognition, and learning. Effects are not readily noticeable but may contribute to improved creativity and mental flexibility.

How to microdose psilocybin

The most important aspect of microdosing, at least at the beginning, is to maintain a consistent schedule. Dr. James Fadiman, the father of microdosing, suggests a single dose only once every four days (1 day on, 3 days off). He stresses the importance of keeping a journal, to track the ‘dose days’ and any changes over time.

An alternative schedule, proposed by the ‘Monarch of Mushrooms’ Paul Stamets, increases the frequency dramatically to 5 days on, 2 days off. He also proposes a ‘nutrient stack’ alongside the psilocybin microdose, including niacin — Vitamin B3 — and another fungus known as Lion’s Mane. He claims the combination of the three promotes neuroregeneration, the growth of new cells in the brain.

Both Fadiman and Stamets place a strong significance in tracking your doses and the outcomes. Journaling alone has been demonstrated as a helpful therapy for the improvement of health wellness. Combining the two helps to solidify microdosing goals and to observe the results of modifications to dose or schedule.

The tools for microdosing psilocybin

There are only a few things that you need to microdose magic mushrooms:

  • Psilocybin: We’ve got you covered, no matter your preference. Mycro capsules contain 100mg of Ps. cubensis and a dash of premium cacao; perfect for easy dosing. If you prefer to make your own capsules of combinations, our small-batch dried mushrooms are ideal.
  • Journal: Physical or digital, you need to track your dose days and outcomes, for maximum benefit. Consider contributing to microdosing science by using the Stamets-approved microdosing app Microdose.me.
  • Scale: Precise doses are critical to avoid accidental trips or discomfort. Grinding batches of mushrooms into a powder is the best way to divide doses and to reduce any variability in potency between individual mushrooms.

With these tools in hand, you can confidently answer — with your own experience — when someone asks “What is microdosing?”

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