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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment with Psychedelic Drugs

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment with Psychedelic Drugs

While therapy, antidepressants, and antipsychotics help many patients, these methods often fall short. Studies have suggested that antidepressants do not work well for people who have had multiple traumas over the course of years or chronic PTSD. A new study found that the antipsychotic risperidone worked no better than a placebo in alleviating typical PTSD symptoms in patients who had the disorder long-term or who continued to experience symptoms after being treated with antidepressants.

There is some evidence to show that psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” act by stimulating nerve cell regrowth in parts of the brain responsible for emotion and memory. A 2013 study from the University of South Florida. Opens in a new tab found that psilocybin stimulates neurogenesis — the growth and repair of brain cells in the hippocampus, which is the brain’s center for emotion and memory. In the study, patients that were given psilocybin overcame fear conditioning far better than those that were given a placebo. The study supported the that psilocybin can help break the traumatic cycle that occurs in patients with PTSD.Learn more about the different times of magic mushrooms and even order some if need be

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