This article will for sure leave some cancer patients feeling disappointed after tripping. I tried acid when I was 19 - everything I read told me it was going to be a life changing, eye opening, personality upgrading experience. Turns out it wasn't, and I definitely felt a bit let down. Personally, I don't think telling cancer patients shrooms will cure their depression is at all wise.

[–] kindernacht@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Your experience with psychedelics at the age of 19, while your brain was still developing, has no relevance to adults suffering from life-long ptsd and terminal cancer getting positive side effects from the drugs.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh good point, in that case I'm sure their depression will be cured......

[–] kindernacht@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That may or may not happen. There's no need to be a dick and take away what small bit of hope these results might offer people.

Eta: I would feel the same way you do if this was some snake oil grift touting a one shot cure for cancer or something. This, however, is just offering a slight mitigation of depressive symptoms related to the actual disease.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like you went into it with expectations.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Sounds like someone who reads this article probably would too. Which is why it's a dumb article.

Is it possible to benefit? For sure.

Will YOU, the average cancer patient, benefit for 2 years? Probabaly not.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 6 days ago

I would imagine it's like any other treatment, in that it works for some, not for others.