Posted by Hugh on September 13, 2018, at 9:27:34
Erica Avey, 27, microdosed on LSD for eight months, using an analogue that was legal in Germany, where she was living. "I started microdosing essentially because I was in a really depressed stage of my life. It was for mental health reasons -- mood balancing, mood management. It was hard for me to leave my apartment and do normal things as a human being," she said.
Depression or sadness are very common reasons for starting; Avey was unusual only in that she could be open about it. Her workplace knew and thought it was fine. "As long as I wasn't out of control or permanently high at work they were quite OK."
She took about 15 micrograms (a whole tab is 100 micrograms). "That was a good amount for me. Some people take as little as six," she said. She adopted a popular protocol -- one day on, three days off.
It worked for her. "It definitely had the effect I wanted," she said. "It lifted me out of a pretty deep depression. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what it has done to me in the long-term. I think it has changed me." She had been "pretty negative," she said, mindlessly going through social media, plagued with obsessive thoughts.
"I'm able to be more mindful of my emotions. If I'm feeling sad, that's OK. I don't obsess anymore. I don't dwell on it. I don't get worked up about it."
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