Psilocybin & Bipolar Disorder: Risks, Therapy & Microdosing

Psilocybin & Bipolar Disorder: Risks, Therapy & Microdosing | Dr. David Gard |

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Psychologist Dr. David Gard speaks on the use of psilocybin and magic mushrooms to treat bipolar disorder/depression, the potential benefits and risks, and breaks down the latest research on the role of psychedelics and psilocybin in supporting mental health. Hosted by Dr. Emma Morton.
00:00 Introduction
00:29 About Dr. Gard
01:29 History of Psilocybin Use for Mental Health
02:55 How Psilocybin Changes Your Brain
04:55 Why Researchers Have Avoided Studying Psilocybin
06:22 What Studies Have Found
10:37 The Optimal Dose for Psilocybin
12:04 Top 3 Risks of Psilocybin for Bipolar Disorder
14:21 Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
19:06 Microdosing Psychedelics
21:20 The Future of Psychedelics in Mental Health Treatment
Dr. David Gard is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Motivation and Emotion Research Lab, and the Coordinator of the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program at San Francisco State University. He received his Master’s degree in clinical psychology from San Francisco State University in 1996 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2005. He has been lecturing at San Francisco State University since 1997 and was hired full-time as an assistant professor at SFSU in the fall of 2005. His research interests are broadly in the area of emotion and motivation dysfunction in various mental health disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. He also researches novel treatments in severe mental illness.
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@JoeMushrumski Жыл бұрын

I have a Bipolar 2 diagnosis and Psilocybin makes me...me. It takes away the depression, anxiety and intrusive thoughts. Motivation goes up, mindfulness and kindness goes up. Self-awareness is enhanced. Psilocybin has also pulled me out of a suicidal pit of darkness. No session has cause hypomania. DMT has the same effects on me as Psilocybin. LSD doesn not. LSD = Technical. Psilocybin = Emotions, DMT = hypersonic head blast With Bipolar; do not do Psilocybin often. Do it once and then wait a month or two before doing it again.

@AcaoRestauracionista Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@camileytv Жыл бұрын

You mean microdoses or big dosage?

@cameron529 11 ай бұрын

How do I know how much or if you meds will interfear,?? I wanna try this

@JoeMushrumski 11 ай бұрын

@@cameron529 I'm in lamotrigine and abilify now. They blunt the effects a bit and take away most of the visuals but, not the reset.

@squiddwizzard8850 9 ай бұрын

Any opinion on mescaline?

@swankmank 4 ай бұрын

it's important to address that lithium and hallucinogens can have some serious interactions, and that in from hallucinogens triggering manic episodes the person will believe their depression has gone away

@taliakelly554 5 күн бұрын

Maybe if it was the first episode, but mania feels way different than being happy and stable, and most people with bipolar are able to tell the difference

@SidharthaMalone Жыл бұрын

She forgot to wear her startrek pin badge

@DoubleDouble85 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@AdamWieherdt Жыл бұрын

That's the first thing I thought 😂

@jj-nh8lz 4 ай бұрын

Greatly appreciate this interview and the opportunity to learn more about potentially effective treatments for BP2. It would be very helpful to have an update on progress on this study

@lilyjane1011 2 ай бұрын

My country doesn't to consider them as a form of treatment (France) 😔

@urluberlu2757 2 ай бұрын

La Belgique non plus 😪

@dejangaletic7884 27 күн бұрын

Because they are simply not a treatment

@user-sr2dp4lk4x Жыл бұрын

Oh, KZfaq has subtitles. thank you

@andrewmarias1719 Жыл бұрын

Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues.

@serena57.48 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where I can source them?

@casey6170 Жыл бұрын

@@serena57.48 Dr.Liam has been my supplier for over a year now. No problems.

@serena57.48 Жыл бұрын

@@casey6170 Oh really can he send to the UK?

@Sam-lr7ex Жыл бұрын

Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life, never had a bad trip

@casey6170 Жыл бұрын

@@serena57.48 Hey , Serena sure, he delivers anonymously too, if you're worried about that.

@ndpndntvar Жыл бұрын

In my experience the high and mania I felt from my psychotic break was the exact same feeling I have whenever I am taking shrooms. The "oneness" you feel on shrooms is the exact same as it was when I was psychotic. Everything feels different and heightened.

@camileytv Жыл бұрын

How do you handle it? I was thinking of taking microdoses

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

My psychosis was the beginning of my healing. Well, I went into psychosis trying to come off my meds, which was the beginning of my healing.

@camileytv Жыл бұрын

@@Lisa-xf5uf I already got intensely on psychosis too, today I cope better

@camileytv Жыл бұрын

@@Lisa-xf5uf isn't it possible that cutting meds makes it worse?

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

@@camileytv are you saying you are in psychosis right now? Are you coming off meds? Eat too many mushrooms?

@enseglare Жыл бұрын

I work with a somatic (physical/emotional/trauma release) integration approach and we have had 100% success rate in clients suffering from normal depression tendencies. The clients have to be "clean" to start the perocess. I have a client with Bipolar 1 that wants to get Psilocybin treatment. I am very reluctant to do so while the person is on medication which she has been for over 20 years to regulate hyper manic bouts. How is this study conducted? Are the subjects off medications before they start treatment? Any clarity on subject would be very helpful.

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

Mam, I was full blown BIPOLAR rapid cycler very high highs horrible lows. I was on 7 psyche meds 8 months ago, . I started Prozac at 13. I tried to come off them to use psychedelic but went into psychosis and had horrifying akastisia. Had to reinstate. My body could no longer tolerate them due to akastisia, so I had to come off all of them because I was sliding into skitzophrenia. I found a girl on you tube that used a mushroom that contains muscimol. Pharmaceutical companies actually use muscimol from this mushroom to make benzos. I microdosed this and yes I almost died from withdrawal, but I'm 8 months our. I dealt with trauma with psylocibin and LSD and it no longer effects me because I look at it in a different way therefore how it effects me is different. I know this isn't possible but I am not bipolar!!!???!!! I still have trouble sleeping. I will occasionally feel the left side of my neck locking up. The vagus nerve locks up and gets stiff. Some mild jaw, throat lump, and swallowing problems. I can't tolerate hear. My body can't regulate my temperature properly. I had severe protracted akathisia with every symptom and I could not live through one more minute of akastisia. I learned akastisia was induced in people during times of war as a means of torture. I certainly believe it. From 13 to 49 I've experienced akastisia multiple times first starting at 13 with my Dr telling me to take it for two weeks and stop for two weeks. I did this for years. Yes, I was suicidal. I'm swimming in gratitude. I appreciate and enjoy being ok for the first time in my life.

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

Excuse me...I've been off meds for 8 minths

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

What's the concern of throwing us into mania? We've been there a million times. We live in utter hell. We will take a chance on being manic. It's bad to y'all, but it's our life as bipolar people. I wasn't aware that psyche meds cause mental illness!!!!

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

I was bipolar and I was a rapid cycler. I've been medicated since the age of thirteen and I will be 50 in 2 months. I was on seven different psych meds. I used mushrooms. I have about nine months medication-free under my belt and I am not bipolar. I'm not depressed I'm not anxious I sleep well I've never had this amount of peace and normalcy in my entire life.

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

@@InformativeMedia-YT ❤️❤️❤️ I'm so very happy for you I feel like I have won the lottery a thousand times over. I have a normal life now and I can function like other people. Good job sweetheart

@twantoinou97 Жыл бұрын

Hi ! Thanks to all CREST crew member for doing that ! I'm a French bipolar and don't understand English language very well, but i have a question ! One of my best friends take mushroom, he has no psychiatric issues and say to me, it was a very good experience for him. I see few of your video and with my friend's experience, I want to take mushroom. My question is about take mushroom with my medication. I have a neuroleptic treatment and don't want to stop it, so If I take psilocybin mushroom with my treatment, will there still be effects, and / or a trip ?? Thanks in advance for the answer, and for people who going to take time to read my commentary and why not help me with this question ! By the way, it's very cool to have people engaged to find alternative treatment for psychiatric disorder ! Thank you again

@CRESTBD Жыл бұрын

Hi Twan, thanks for watching our podcast! We have a video about: Is It Safe to Use Psychedelics With Medications? - Lithium, SSRIs, Lamotrigine (Dr. Josh Woolley) 💊🍄 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jaija8qTnKrQgYU.html

@twantoinou97 Жыл бұрын

@@CRESTBD Thank you for the answer, i will see it with great interest

@Lisa-xf5uf Жыл бұрын

I stayed on meds and took mushrooms. 7 of them( psyche meds) I would microdose, especially if you have never tripped on psychedelics. Start microdosing and you will know when it's time to take more. Oh and yes they will still work. I also highly recommend looking into amanita muscaria to heal you from and get you off of pharmaceuticals. A year ago , 5, 10, 15 , 20 years ago I was seriously mentally ill on disability. I couldn't even come off of one of my meds much less all of them and I'm ,11 months med free. People like me can never come off of meds. Bipolar can't be cured. YES MY FRIEND I CAN AND IT CAN.

@dez6278 10 ай бұрын

Turn on subtitles for this video in your language.

@hurarddanielle9106 6 ай бұрын

Bonjour, je ne parle pas l'anglais, je suis diagnostiquée bipolaire et j'ai essayé le microdosage avec beaucoup d'effets positif. NB : je prends de l'ESCITALOPRAM

@taliakelly554 5 күн бұрын

With the sleep disruption, what if i did it early in the morning?

@mattjanachek Жыл бұрын

I like the outfit looks like you're on a Star Trek away team :D

@user-sr2dp4lk4x Жыл бұрын

I'm Korean. My ability to listen to English conversations is not excellent. So if I can see this conversation as text, I think I can understand it through Google Translate. Can this conversation be provided via text?

@dez6278 10 ай бұрын

Turn on subtitles in your language.

@remingtonfrog3170 10 ай бұрын

Hi My niece is 18 ,she’s a pretty girl smart and struggling, recently diagnosed bi-polar. Her Mom told me she’s on seriqul (sorry for spelling) . Do you think this video is for older folks ? Or … Thank you .

@Chickenface12345 4 ай бұрын

The seroquel, being an antipsichotic, will probably blunt the effect of microdosing, but still worth trying if she doesn't have psychotic features to her illness. Best of luck.

@yamilethgiraldo6816 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I have severe anxiety, I take loraezapam, and when I take 0.1 gr of microdose of psilocybin I feel anxious and cold, nervous, how can I move forward, should I stop taking psychiatric medications? someone told me that micro do not work for bipolar? How can I leave the pills for anxiety if the fungus that generates anxiety?

@mrs_Mccoy Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@IamEmmett 9 ай бұрын

i’ve had this reaction with shrooms too. horrible horrible anxiety, chills, shakes and so forth. shrooms have never helped me once. i’ve responded positively to penis envy shrooms and horribly to golden teacher. GT seems to have the same horrible effect every time.

@joyfuljo1 6 ай бұрын

You didn’t take enough then. There’s a space before not enough that generates anxiety.

@zigzag5085 25 күн бұрын

This is disappointing shrooms had saved my life my wife has bipolar but I want her to try micro dosing but I don't want her to have a bad time and a .1 is a low low low dose I'm Surprised, do you feel it to the point where you have anxiety.