🔼: [[🛠 Psychedelics]] ##### Microdosing [[On Tools, Skills, and Practices...]] Use: [[💡 Anxiety]], [[💡 Depression]], [[🛡️ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)|OCD]], [[💡 ADHD]], [[💡 Chronic Pain]] A microdose is a sub-hallucinogenic dose of a [[🛠 Psychedelics|Psychedelic]] — typically [[🧪 LSD]] or [[🌿 Magic Mushrooms]]. Microdosing provides beneficial affects without impairing normal function or changing your sensory perceptions.[^1] A microdose is typically 1/10 to 1/20 of a macrodose. > [!warning] Warning >1. Not all [[🛠 Psychedelics]] are safe to microdose. >2. While promising and rapidly growing in popularity, microdosing has not been studied enough for there to be many credible, non-anecdotal sources. The subject is quite new and in constant developmental flux which means it goes beyond the scope of this guide. >3. [[🛠 Psychedelics]] are also highly illegal in many countries and are not safe for everyone. This note should not be taken as a recommendation or endorsement, but it is something I'm keenly interested in staying up-to-date on and may be of interest to others. It’s not yet clear why microdosing is helpful, but (at least for mental health) it seems to have to do with reducing [[💡 Default Mode Network]] activity. Some people have found that after a month, or three months, or a year they no longer need to microdose, suggesting that microdosing fosters permanent positive changes. - [[🔑 Small choices are big]], and that includes small changes we experience while microdosing. ###### Resources - https://reddit.com/r/microdosing To my knowledge the largest microdosing community on the internet. It features both experienced microdosers and a robust Wiki. Regardless of a person's experience level in microdosing, no one is perfect and some are bound to be biased or misinformed or both. Please do not start microdosing until after you've explored this community and done ample research. Have a plan. Highlights include: - [Everything You Always Wanted to Know About r/Microdosing* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)](https://www.reddit.com/r/microdosing/collection/628670f1-f2f8-48a1-809f-ea01522143a4/) - [Wiki Index](https://www.reddit.com/r/microdosing/wiki/index) - https://www.microdose.me/ - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14512-3 - [Microdosing Psychedelics](https://sites.google.com/view/microdosingpsychedelics/) [^1]: https://psych.global/an-analysis-of-microdosing-psychedelics/ [^2]: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Documents/Stability%20of%20Psilocybin%20and%20Analogs.pdf [^3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/microdosing/comments/fe1luu/if_you_start_to_feel_anxious_some_paranoia_panic/