Psychedelics as a Possible Cure for Color Blindness


Psilocybin may have temporarily modified the way color-blind patients perceive color. The data comes from a case report and the 2017 Global Drug Survey, although both studies have their flaws.

This phenomenon needs further investigation to determine its potential.

The subject had taken the Ishihara test, which consists of 21 plates with colored dots arranged in patterns to form numbers, before taking his initial dose. He scored 14 out of 21, indicating mild color blindness. He proceeded to retest himself 12 and 14 hours after consuming 5 grams of mushrooms  scoring 15 the first time and 18 the second time.

A score above 17 indicates normal vision, suggesting that he recovered his ability to distinguish colors. 

He retested himself eight days after his trip, scoring 19, and four months later, bumping down to 18 again.
 

https://psychedelicspotlight.com/why-do-we-feel-like-we-can-score-40-20-in-visual-acuity-on-low-doses-of-psychedelics/

Breaking: Ukraine legalized medical Cannabis

I believe MDMA will be the next step very soon


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/ukraine-moves-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-to-treat-veterans

New Psychedelic Chatbot

Woooot, one more Chatbot for Psychonauts just released by Josie Kins. Great move towards harm reduction.

It can help to get proper information on substance usage. Examples in the comments, please share yours.

https://www.psyai.chat/

Maybe Stop milking toads ?

We have a synthetic version of 5 MEO-DMT. Why are we still torturing those beautiful spicies? 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkawev/mexican-cartels-dmt-psychedelic-bufo-alvarius-toad-hunters

Guess country 😁?

Happy new year 😊

"Using MDMA therapy, she broke through the feeling that she needed to be perfect to deserve to exist. "

We all deserve it without struggle 🥰

https://www.businessinsider.com/mdma-therapy-helped-oil-heir-koch-overcome-buried-pain-2023-11

Responsible Kratom usage 101


Why Kratom?

I'm constantly looking for substances that can be used instead of alcohol that can bring more energy and make social interactions easier and Kratom looks promising and getting quite popular in the US.


What is Kratom?

Yet another leaves from Coffe family, popular in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand.

Subjective effects include sedation, stimulation, pain relief, anxiety suppression, muscle relaxation, and euphoria.

Kratom have a lot of strains that either can be more energetic or more relaxing. Usually lover doses work like caffeine-like stimulant , higher dosed more like opioid pain relief and euphoria. 

Particular strains:

Red Vein:  sedating and relaxing, better suited for managing insomnia or pain.
Gold/Yellow Vein: have a variety of effects depending on the vendor
Green Vein: Green vein effects are a mix between white and red.
White Vein: Leaves with a white vein are reported to be energetic and stimulating, promoting alertness, motivation, and wakefulness in low to moderate doses


How does it work?

In more details it works in at least 3 directions: 

1. Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine bind as partial agonists to the μ-opioid receptors and antagonistic to the κ- and δ-opioid receptors. 

2.  Agonist to norepinephrine and serotonin receptor systems where it functions as an agonist.

3.Kratom contains the alkaloid rhynchophylline, which functions as an NMDA receptor antagonist.This may be responsible for the mild dissociating effects which occur at heavy doses.

So, how much is not too much?

Well it depends 😅

Usually it looks like this:

Pain Relief -  starting with  2-4 grams and up to  5 grams or more produce the most effective relief.
Energy & Focus - Most people don't need more than 2-4 grams.
Opiate Withdrawal - most people require a higher-than-average dose—5 grams or more
Anxiety - When treating anxiety, higher doses are typically preferred 3-4 grams
Depression - The most typical dose for mild depression is 1-2 grams.

But who da hell knows how much is in your drink😅

There is a hipster version in some weed shops in Thailand with 3 types of bottles, strong, medium, light. If you take one of them, even strong it's totally ok for energy/focus

If you can only find some local mix usually sold in 1.5l bottle, it's ok to take not more than 500ml(man) 300-400ml(woman). 

More on dosage:
https://kratom.org/guides/dosage/


Kratom Mixing

Unfortunately most of the drug mixing tables don't have Kratom so here is my personal take:

You can mix it with alcohol,  just like a a red bull. But only with a small dosage of Kratom
 
If you mix it with weed the effects can be quite nice, however Avoid mixing with Weed in high doses!

More on mixing: 

https://www.apotheca.org/blog/mixing-kratom-and-marijuana


Kratom side effects !!!

There is one thing very important to note. Dosage

More than 580 people in Florida have died from kratom-related overdoses during the past decade.

Kratom can come with very brutal side effects if:

1.High doses
2.Mixed with weed
3.You are a woman (sorry 😅)
4.Any combination of above

You can experience nausea and in worst case it can last for 2 days

If you have nausea, and you are in Thailand u can use "flying white rabbit" mix or any other medication.

In order to avoid side effects its better to prepare before:

https://www.zamnesia.com/blog-how-to-prevent-kratom-nausea-n1056

Summary:

I'm not promoting it, but if taken in low doses it might be quite fun and interesting, but in medium/high the side effects can be more than those from traditional stimulants and euphoretics but with less actual positive effects.

Read more about psychedelics: @unstoppable_technologies

Other sources

1. Kratom for pain https://www.novusfumus.nl/en/smartshop/herbs-and-supplements/kratom/karatom-nausea/

2. Kratom legislation
https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2023/12/30/5-ways-make-kratom-marketplace-safer/

3. Great podcast

https://www.plantmedicine.org/podcast/kratom-research-and-use-dr-oliver-grundmann

MAPS now Lykos Therapeutics

MAPS looking more and more like OpenAI with its nonprofit/for profit structure and now the recent 100m$ series A round😱

https://maps.org/2024/01/05/maps-welcomes-new-investors-name-change-for-maps-public-benefit-corporation/?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-bau&utm_content=Lykos%20announcement

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX - WSJ

Not surprised. But jokes aside, this can be a very important moment for psychedelics future depending on how the world ( shareholders mainly) will react on it.

https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1

Breathwork and Psychedelics

I've been exploring various breathwork techniques last week, actually just 4 of them but with great teachers and a top set /setting environment.

Details will be later but I've created this high-level comparison and psychedelic states that can be reached using such techniques.

Feel free to use/share and most importantly tell if there are any mistakes.

The table was made by ChatGPT ofcause 😁

Table in CSV attached in the comments.

Breath work really work 💪


https://nypost.com/2024/01/13/lifestyle/what-is-psychedelic-breathwork-learn-all-about-the-latest-hack-people-are-using-to-get-high-without-drugs/


“He [Wim Hof] guided me through a very simple breathing exercise; it was 15 minutes of deep continuous breathing followed by holding my breath, and in that moment I had the most profound experience, it’s like my spirit came back into my body,” Johannes said.

“I was living in a disassociated shell, moving through life like a video game, where I was the main character and it was first-person player mode."

Europe, get ready 🤩https://psychedelichealth.co.uk/2024/01/17/europe-establish-regulatory-guidance-psychedelics-2024/

First European psychedelic Grant 👌


Promise, there will be more research post's here, but this is a big step.


Marking a historic first for Europe, the European Union has funded research into psychedelic therapy as part of its Horizon Europe programme. 


https://psychedelichealth-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/psychedelichealth.co.uk/2024/01/24/psychedelic-research-first-ever-european-union-grant-e6-5-million/amp/

Behavioral Psychedelics - answer to all problems 

Want to stop smoking and drinking, change diet and start physical exercises? Just try psychedelics.

From my personal experience, I quit smoking after Ayahuasca

 I'm much less addicted to alcohol after other psychedelics. 

I've got insight from one of the Ketamine sessions that there is nothing more important than health 




https://youtu.be/tdHHSXn1lV8?si=2WvSaAD0YHvjQzJX

How many psychedelic therapy sessions were done ?


Just over 700 legally counted Psilocybin sessions in Oregon last year. I assumed it must be more.

So we are talking about probably thouthants per year worldwide taking into account they aterevare maybe 2 dozen places worldwide like Oregon. maybe low digest tens of thousands in total per year. The market looks like we are just in the very beginning 🤔

Anyone seen any stats ?

https://hightimes.com/news/over-700-people-legally-tripped-shrooms-in-oregon-this-year/

AI for depression assessment 🤗

I've been constantly arguing rot better depression diagnosis tools and here we are 😊

The newest tool accepted into ISTAND comes from Deliberate AI. The AI-generated Clinical Outcome Assessment—AI-COA for short—uses multimodal behavioral signal processing and machine learning technology to record mental health symptoms and assess the severity of cases of anxiety and depression.


https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-accepts-first-ai-algorithm-drug-development-tool-pilot-deliberate-ais-anxiety-and