I recently finished one month of microdosing LSD (‘acid’) every 4th day, ie: dose on Monday, off Tuesday and Wednesday, dose on Thursday, off Friday and Saturday, and so on.
Each dose was approximately 12-15 micrograms (about 1/10th of a regular single ‘hit’). In this post I’d like to share my own experience, observations and suggestions. But before we get into that let’s look at what microdosing is all about and what some of the benefits are.
The Benefits of Microdosing
Although there hasn’t been a lot of research related to microdosing psychedelics, there is sufficient research on how larger doses affect the brain to make an argument for the potential benefits of sub-perceptual doses. There are also plenty of anecdotal accounts of the benefits of microdosing.
Both psilocybin (from ‘magic mushrooms’) and LSD share a very similar molecular structure to serotonin, which is one of the brain’s ‘feel good’ neurotransmitters / hormones. Continue reading “My Experience with Microdosing”