I didn't have depression, but I wanted to try the experience after hearing how much someone I knew enjoyed it. I had a terrible trip (in a safe space, with good intentions, an experienced user I trusted very deeply, etc. etc. etc.) and suddenly developed pretty gnarly depression and felt like an unnamed part of my brain was missing/out of reach for over 2 years... I'm only one data point and my experience seems uncommon, but I definitely won't be touching shrooms ever again. It's only in the last 6 or so months that I've felt more "myself" and have been making progress out of the hole I was dropped into.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

Entirely believable, literally nothing is 100% the same for every individual person

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t know what alprozolam is but a bad trip sounds way better than that

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Alprozolam is generic for Xanax. Which is a severe anti anxiety drug and heavily abused on the street.

[–] CatladyX@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

yup, but in this specific context I actually had a prescription from my psychiatrist, who gave it to me to use to kill a bad trip (he is aware me and my bf use magic mushrooms sometimes)

I ended up messaging my doctor, but when he answered my bf was already getting better, so I just took care of him and gave him a half tablet of Seroquel (quetiapine) to sleep, and now he's good again (that's what my doctor told me to do)