Man injects himself with Magic Mushrooms...
News of the weird. A type of mushroom called 'Magic Mushroom' contains the psychedelic drug psilocybin which is meant to be eaten. Instead a man with bipolar disorder brewed mushroom tea and injects it into his bloodstream where the mushrooms grew causing his body to go into organ failure.He's being treated with long-term use of antifunguals and antibiotics.
He researched how he could decrease his opioid use at home and read about the potential for psilocybin, the drug found in psychedelic mushrooms - also known as magic mushrooms - for treating symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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As I understand it the effects of psilocybin allow for alternative, stable neural pathways to be formed with increased rapidity as a result of talking therapies.
In other words it allows you to disconnect unhealthy bits of your brain and put them back together in a healthier way. Without the talking bit, or some other form of structured approach, it's taking bits of your brain apart and letting then reconnect where they land.
Injecting a living fungus was a huge mistake