A survey about psilocybin and pain

We are planning a clinical trial on psilocybin and chronic pain and want to hear about experiences people have had. The survey below will be used to make sure we are capturing every important aspect of the experience. If you have an experience with a psychedelic changing your pain, please tell us more about it. Thanks! - Jarred Younger

[kevinwhite]

I'm currently micro dosing with psilocybin and lions mane for the last 3 weeks. I have cervical myleomalacia from a spinal tumor surgery 15 years ago. I use kratom amd cannabis along with psilocybin. My pain and fatigue has lessend. I have more energy and less depression. I am currently micro dosing 5 days on and 2 off. My dosages are between .25g and .35g with 5g of lions mane.

[jrdan]

Listen i have had bulging disc in my lower back since i was 15 (currently 24) and let me tell you psilocybin completely removed all my pain for about 8 hours and i took about 1.5g but thats not it because my pain has been little to none and its been 4 days since i took them mushrooms. I will be microdosing soon i am so excited

[korymichalicek]

Iv did a 1 month micro dose 4 days on 3 days off.
Multiple grames were ground mixed to give a more equal strength of dose that was weighed the same every day.
Back ground have two bulging discs
That damaged sciatica nerve basically lost muscles control your ankle from rolling.

After this one month trial run muscle function began to awaken tingling in toes stopped.
My mood was happy overall
My productivity with my career increased 20%, I know this just because of my normal average production increased, noticed different ways of things I wasn't aware of that was more efficient
My procrastination of different things diminished almost to none.
I became happy to socialize with unknown people in daily routine.
I now have a greater respect for all things and life in general
After the month was over I was not able to find any more mushrooms
And my progress has since regressed to prior state as far as my sciatica nerve problem.
I'm not telling anyone to try or don't try but as soon as I get my paws on more it will be a Stemets stack
Protocol with lions Maine and
niacin B3.

[LovelandHillFarms]

I have perthes disease. Developed at 7 years old. Now 45 and have terrible hip and back pain. Mushrooms have helped move through the pain and give me a different look at my condition.

[jeffhutjens]

I've done psilocybes about a half dozen times at doses between 1.5 and 6 grams. Vivid trips, out of your body for awhile, but no long term relief of Fibromyalgia in my case.

[KittenCasserole]

Wow, that would be such an interesting and promising clinical trial. I really hope that the clinical trial moves forward and we can get some clarity if this is a treatment for chronic pain

[jadenrhoden]

Personally, when low macro dose, during the experience I have little to no pain. I suffer from extreme pain. Even 75mg Oxy dailydoes not help even close as well as fungi. Now the real question is, what species is most beneficial? Between cubensis vs psilocybe cyanescens, the cyanescens worked much better. Now I have yet to experiment with a consistent low to medium dose to see if my changes long term. I have way more experience short term essentially getting rid of extreamly severe pain.

[hookedonherbs]

I just found this. Hoping you are doing the study since it is no longer taking input.

I have a rare horrible disease Porphyria and I have horrific pain. Unable to take normal meds.

I microdose which I feel helps the pain a little. But when I have a flare where the abdominal distention and pain are unbearable and I know from many experiences that drs can’t help me, their drugs cause worse reactions. 2-3 grams of mushrooms give me a few hours of complete pain relief and often they have some physical stabilizing effect to my system. They bring be back from the edge of hell to where it’s at least bearable even when it wears off.

[Anvanho]

Suffering greatly from Fibromyalgia. They had me on short spurts of Prednisone, but that was temporary. I head into a "Pain CLinic" next week, where I will meet an anesthesiologist. Doctors set that up, not sure what drug interventions they will prescribe. I've been microdosing for a couple of years, but only a micro amount once every 2 or 3 months. (for cluster headache) Hope to learn more here is a different dosage/frequency can assist with pain management.

[jasminemace]

I hope there is a study going on, now that I see this 2 years too late. I'm tortured by nerve pain. My doctor prescribed every head med because of the pain relieving effects. They worked for the pain, but I couldn't handle the "side effects". I've recently found that the mushrooms alleviate my pain.

[fibromyalgianational]

Very interesting!! Let us know how we can push this out more. Always happy to support the work.

[cynthiacoleman]

Does psilocybin inhibit TNF-a like LSD does? Could that have an impact on neuroinflammation and that affect pain?

[baileystruss]

So what were the general impressions from the survey?

[daveellery]

Hi are you in the uk 🇬🇧? I have had cfsme fibo pots ibs, for over 23 now . If you are looking for people to do research I am definitely willing to take part in any studies. Three of my children have cfsme and fibo as well, I am 59 years old . Thanks Dave

[RoeGabriel_i_EMPOWER]

I didn’t see this until too late. Where are you at in your research

[jocelinaugust]

Hi there, wondering how this is progressing? Thank you for your research

[WinChun]

Would be helpful if they could remove the hallucinatory part of the mushrooms and isolate the pain killing aspect, as a new chronic pain drug.

[elizabeth--thefibrochef]

I am very interested in this. I will be using psilocybin soon, and I will let you know how it goes.

[bbztqqr]

Would it be safe to take for chronic pancreatitis pain ..how can it effect the pancreas, liver, kidneys.would be grateful for any information

[kaylabryson]

Did you have any success w/ fibro pain using Dextromethorphan ?