My take on psilocybe mushrooms Long read

Warning, extremely long read.

I'd like to start off by saying I've read some threads on here over the years regarding this but never had an account. People ask what to do or how to do it and nobody really ever gives an answer. I've been a first responder for 26 years and from year 14 to 18 dealt with crippling PTSD to where I saw multiple therapists, drank a 1/5 of whiskey every night, and popped benzos like candy. Finding out about these mushrooms and microdosing for the last 8 years the only pills I take now are baby aspirin and prilosec. I drink maybe 1/5 of whiskey a year. I "trip" 2-3 times a year and microdose twice a week. I've learned to grow them on my own.

If in Louisiana, looking in cow pastures there's many measures to help if you do not know what you are looking for. First off, needs to be in cow poop, I've heard of people finding them in fields fertilized with chicken crap but I don't know. Mushrooms will be white or tan and have gills, they will bruise at the stem when pinched, kinda a blue color. If that happens I use Seen app and a mushroom id app, if that confirms it I go to the next step. Facebook or Reddit, mostly FB, there are magic mushroom ID groups and I post them there with location, pics of top, side, and bottom of shroom, usually people who know what they are talking about will let you know but I wait for plenty of answers first.

To the admins, you can legally buy spores, posting the website is not illegal. I'll just say to google mushroom grow bag for the bags. Myyco for the spores, Fungushead for another site to buy spores. Typically takes at least a month and they give you all the instructions on how to grow. To start, mushroom grow bag website has the easiest way in my opinion.

My wife (no pics) does the microdosing so I don't know a lot about how she does it but I believe it's 0.25g, maybe it's mg though. My moods are 10 times better, no anxiety, honestly, myself and she are way happier and feel very little stress, as do several of our friends now. We both take it with tea or sometimes I just eat them in a microdose, on Monday and Thursday mornings. Also, we dehydrate all our mushrooms.

As far as a true trip. Be in a good mood, drink plenty of water, if first time, have someone with you. I've never taken over 2grams, many people take much more. You remember everything from the trip and it's amazing how much "higher" your brain goes. We worked out many problems with our marriage on trips. It's being present times infinite. Every bird or tree, squirrel, etc is amazing. Every moment is it's own book. If listening to music you feel you are inside the song. Trips take about an hour after consumption to start, last 3-5 hours, and a couple hours of come down. Plan that to be only thing to do that day, that's why we only do it a couple times a year. It has completely changed our lives and it's appalling it's illegal in most states. Definitely don't drive on it. I've never had a bad trip, I've had bad moments in trips, but it's easy to get out of that moment and go to something else.

Never grab a mushroom you are unsure of and eat it Preferably, legally buy the spores and grow them. If you dehydrate them they last up to a year in your pantry, maybe put in a ziplock or something, keep in a dark area. There's definitely posters here who know way more than myself that will hopefully chime in on anything I said wrong or add to it. It may not be for you, check your laws also. I felt it helped me and so many others I personally know I wanted to share it. Helped me much better than benzos, alcohol, and even therapy. The effects from microdosing actually last several days as far as mood and being"present" Completely changed me as a person, dad, and husband. And I'm a conservative Christian guy, I'm also pretty open outside of work about it. As far as drug test, majority of drug tests do not check for psilocybe, there is a certain test they have to use and it's very expensive. Your 8-10 panel test isn't going to check for it.