Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris: The Science of Psychedelics for Mental Health | Huberman Lab Podcast

[@hubermanlab]

Please put any comments or questions and suggestions for topics you would like me to cover on the podcast as well as guests you would like me to include, here in the comments section. Thank you for your interest in science!

[@Charlie-phlezk]

Thank you, this will help so many people.

[@mr_green33]

I would love to see an episode about boredom.

[@ginadellgrottaglia6897]

@@mr_green33 Yesss.

[@botanicalbecca8443]

Would love to see you interview: Micheal Pollan Dr. Shanna Swan Sajah Popham (evolutionary herbalist) Bret Weinstein Heather Heying Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

[@awakenyourmindbodyandspiri1011]

I bet one day in future you will be taking a deep-dive into microdosing😉

[@nybergjm]

Please have a discussion with Roland Griffiths, who was really the true pioneer of sparking research on psychedelics and mental health. He has terminal cancer and so there is a limited window to really talk with him and honor what he has done.

[@Beederda]

I second this! Roland will soon not be with us and I believe he needs to be talked to and recording as many conversations as possible he’s a brilliant beautiful human

[@soul_soother]

This would be a phenomenal tribute and capstone event for such an inspiring soul

[@mariaagnes4728]

Yes! He was a pioneer in getting clinical trials going again.

[@steveandsarah1996]

The moment I saw this comment, my first thought was complete agreement. An interview with Dr. Griffiths would indeed be a capstone conversation in this series of conversations around psychedelics. It sounds, however, as though he’s truly in the last months of his life and is likely happy to leave his work as it lays and let the rest of us continue the conversation that he started a long time ago. The New York Times profiled him in a pretty lengthy article in April that was an interesting read that that also, not too subtly, suggested that he was nearing the end of his life sooner than even recently expected. It sounds as though he’s at peace and finding joy at the end of his life. Sounds pretty damn perfect considering all of us have to go there eventually.

[@justmorenoise]

Agreed agreed

[@labsanta]

My Takeaways: *"Dr. Huberman, your immense inspiration, unwavering discipline, and excellence deeply impact and inspire me. Thank you!" Psilocybin can alleviate major depression in over 67% of people: - Psychedelics have the potential to treat psychiatric conditions more effectively than standard treatments. - Participate in well-designed clinical trials to evaluate psychedelic therapies. Ensure treatments are administered safely and ethically. 0:32 Higher psilocybin doses between 10-25 milligrams can induce hallucinations: - Higher doses are required to produce a full psychedelic experience. - Do not attempt to self-dose with psychedelics. Leave dosage calibration to trained professionals in clinical settings. 5:52 Studies show a relationship between psychedelic experiences and better outcomes: - The quality of the psychedelic experience correlates with therapeutic benefits. - Ensure set (mindset) and setting (environment) are optimized for a positive experience during psychedelic therapy sessions. 10:25 Increased brain connectivity has been observed after psychedelic sessions: -: Neuroplastic changes may underlie some long-term mental health improvements. -: Participate in research studies to better understand how psychedelics impact the brain. 23:40 'Integration work' after sessions helps consolidate benefits over time: -: Ongoing practices can support insights gained during psychedelic experiences. -: Engage in psychotherapy, journaling, and contemplative practices to integrate psychedelic insights into daily life. 34:50 Psilocybin therapy typically involves two sessions with doses between 10-25 milligrams: -: Repeated dosing spaced 1-3 weeks apart is commonly used in psychedelic therapy protocols. -: Participate in well-designed clinical trials using evidence-based psychedelic therapy protocols. 44:55 Ego dissolution refers to the temporary loss of one's sense of self during psychedelic experiences: -: Psychedelics can alter concepts of self and boundaries. -: Practice mindfulness and embrace ego-dissolution experiences with courage and openness. 49:55 Studies found increases in brain connectivity, white matter changes after one high dose session: -: Even a single psychedelic session can produce neuroplastic changes. -: Participate in rigorous clinical research studies. 1:10:09 DMT produces an extremely intense experience due to its high affinity for serotonin 2A receptors: -: DMT is a very potent psychedelic compound. -: Avoid unsupervised use of DMT and other potent psychedelics. 1:20:19 Microdosing psychedelics has not shown compelling benefits though larger studies are needed: Principle: Higher doses in controlled settings may be more promising than microdosing. Tactics: Evaluate evidence from unbiased sources before adopting microdosing practices. 1:22:48 Preliminary results for psilocybin therapy for conditions like anorexia and fibromyalgia are promising: -: Psychedelics show potential for treating a wide range of conditions. -: Participate in rigorous clinical trials to advance psychedelic research. 1:28:41 MDMA therapy for PTSD is furthest along in FDA approval process; psilocybin approval is years away: -: Psychedelic research progresses at different speeds for different conditions and compounds. -: Support scientific and legislative efforts to advance psychedelic medicine responsibly. 2:09:03 Pearls: Part 1 (00:00 - 1:00:03): An introduction to the discussion by Andrew Huberman. He introduces Dr. Carhart-Harris and his research on psychedelics. Dr. Carhart-Harris provides context on the history, meaning, and definition of the term 'psychedelics'. He discusses how they work by activating the serotonin 2A receptor and increasing connectivity between brain regions. They discuss studies showing that psilocybin can help treat depression, the dosages used, and what patients typically experience during psychedelic therapy sessions. The importance of factors like set, setting, and music is highlighted. Part 2 (1:00:03 - 2:34:47): They discuss ego dissolution and how psychedelics may reveal aspects of the unconscious mind. Dr. Carhart-Harris provides details on studies involving LSD, DMT, fibromyalgia, and first-time psychedelic users. They discuss microdosing vs. macrodosing psychedelics, combination psychedelic therapies, and the importance of integration work after psychedelic journeys. The current state of psychedelic research, FDA approvals, and emerging startups in the field are covered. MDMA therapy for PTSD is further along than psilocybin therapy for depression. Andrew thanks Dr. Carhart-Harris for his work and passion for advancing this field in a safe and ethical manner. Dr. Carhart-Harris is a pioneer in studying how psychedelics like psilocybin can be used to treat psychiatric conditions like depression. Psychedelics work by activating the serotonin 2A receptor in the brain, which increases communication between brain regions and alters neural activity. Studies show that psilocybin can help alleviate depression in over 60-70% of patients, far more effectively than standard antidepressants. Psychedelic therapies involve taking higher doses of psychedelics in controlled clinical settings with therapists and music. Self-administering psychedelics recreationally is risky. Psychedelic experiences can lead to ego dissolution, insights, and increased feelings of interconnectedness. However, the effects do not last after the drug wears off. Ongoing integration work is needed. Clinical trials are underway to explore using psychedelics to treat other conditions like anorexia, fibromyalgia, and trauma. Preliminary results are promising but more research is needed. MDMA-assisted therapy is further along in the FDA approval process and could be approved for treating PTSD as early as next year. Psilocybin approval for depression is still several years away. There are concerns about bad practices, scandals, and ensuring psychedelic therapies are conducted properly and safely as this field grows.

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*Mycopete.*

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Through 👌

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Thanks a bunch! 🤝🔥

[@christian.hayden]

AI resume?

[@Jennifer-bw7ku]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

[@elizabethwilliams6651]

Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@steceymorgan814]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Is he on instagram?

[@elizabethwilliams6651]

Yes he is. dr.sporessss

[@DesiredRealitySeeker]

A ton of Respect to Dr. Huberman and his team for presenting topics considered "controversial" such as Psychedelics to his rapidly-growing fanbase. This Channel will eventually be a database for all aspects of physical and Mental Health. Thank you Dr. Huberman, those cold showers will never be easy, but the effects throughout the day will Always be worth it.

[@MadameJoWellness]

Ditto. Especially about the cold showers. And then I remind myself that there’s a part of my brain that only grows when I do things I don’t wanna do and I turn the handle to cold. Lol I love it here.

[@MichealDavid-lj8od]

could remember several years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[@ParkBills]

they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus.

[@AsaTillby]

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Greece. Really need!

[@gefferystones2814]

Sure, very sure of Dr.Coxshroom. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today

[@umarmikailu-cj8qg]

they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus

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[@JesseScott-pc3kb]

Psilocybin saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not in a couple years the be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

[@HummersCatherina]

Yes , dr.johnsonshroom 0:14

[@AnitaPhilips]

​@@HummersCatherina Is he on insta? 0:07

[@marshalpeters]

​@@AnitaPhilips0:03 Yes he's. dr.johnsonshroom 0:03

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​@@marshalpeters Can dr.johnsonshroom send to me in Florida?

[@basscataz]

I've seen the same personally. I'm one of 2 people I know who have kicked both opiates and suboxone/buprenorphin. My doctor thinks it's due to my diligence in turning my life around and cutting out hanging with addicts. I never told him that I'm pretty sure it also had something to do with taking long walks in the woods at night with my dog on mushrooms/L 3 nights a week for a few years. As well as taking my life seriously and improving my career. Now I'm married and have a great relationship with my wife and a beautiful, healthy son.

[@TimTalley6388]

Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back. Totally got rid of depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction.

[@Judy0912]

That's great man, I'm Trying to dispose of depression. I’ve been searching, but I can’t find anywhere to source

[@Greg.Olson2299]

dr.perryshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience

[@SusanHoskins-df9kk]

YES,, dr.perryshroom. Psychedelics should only be used with great care and respect

[@AndrewBausher7054]

It would be great to hear in more detail about your mystical experiences during meditation.

[@JamesHinkle-lu9yy]

hm. Can dr.perryshroom dispatch to me in LA?

[@zarkos2313]

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.

[@Elizabeth-gu8hx]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again again but it’s just so hard to source out of there.

[@mirabelwatson7863]

Yes, bergwilly11_

[@JamesTaylor-ff4dp]

A lot of people have testified about this and I really want to give it a shot. I put so much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels

[@Armus187]

@@mirabelwatson7863Is he on instagram?

[@jorgparker2463]

I have been diagnosed with this and some social anxiety sprinkled on top. What a treat.

[@joeymcbain4537]

What Andrew is doing, giving free practical knowledge that can change one's life, perhaps save life, has made America great. Wish you all the best, sir

[@michaellawrence9358]

*Psychedelics have been life-changing for me, especially in dealing with PTSD, addiction, trauma, and depression. The experience brought me a sense of freedom I hadn’t felt before. I was able to source shrooms, DMT, edibles, LSD, etc., from a licensed mycologist who even provides guidance for beginners, which was super helpful.*

[@areeyapengwong5540]

I too love hearing about others that have made it back.I got addicted cause of a car accident in 2007 that I am still in pain from, that doctors say is only arthritis then they took my pain meds and put me suboxone since Sept 2nd 2021. Even if I take it or not I still have that pain, so afraid I'm gonna git sucked back in to the pain pills cause I can't even work but can't get disability either so idk what folks like me do but prayer is all I have done and still the pain so idk anymore sorry for rambling. I would really love to go with this treatment as well, please how can i reach you licensed mycologist .?

[@Gracebless-q5z]

i have been sufferings from addiction and i really need to start Psychedelics treatment for my addiction. how do it get ?

[@michaellawrence9358]

i am very sure and positive that mushroom and other Psychedelics from mycologist *mycotask* will help your treatment

[@Gracebless-q5z]

How do I reach out to him? He on Telgram??

[@TommyTarot]

So glad to see Dr Carhart-Harris. His work is so important and groundbreaking.

[@guadalupesepulveda]

Psychedelics are the next frontier for the world's PEACE, it is so important to educate about the positive effects of the dissolution of the ego - and talk about psychedelics! (they changed my life too - eternally grateful). Greetings from Chile and many, many thanks Andrew and Robin for this amazing episode.

[@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

I was on the brink of taking my own life twice in the past 8 years, and both times what saved me from the bottomless pit of anguish and despair I had found myself in was LSD. Psychedelics are the paradigm shift that can save humanity. The work of people like Dr. Carhart-Harris is probably some of the most important work that's being done in academia right now. Thank you so much for this phenomenal episode.

[@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

@Marcell Uche the fact that shameless, tactless and arrogant people like you somehow flourish in the psychedelic community saddens me greatly.

[@michaellawrence9358]

Psychedelics have been life-changing for me, especially in dealing with PTSD, addiction, trauma, and depression. The experience brought me a sense of freedom I hadn’t felt before. I was able to source shrooms, DMT, edibles, LSD, etc., from a licensed mycologist who even provides guidance for beginners, which was super helpful.

[@areeyapengwong5540]

i have been sufferings from addiction and i really need to start Psychedelics treatment for my addiction. how do it get ?

[@michaellawrence9358]

i am very sure and positive that mushroom and other Psychedelics from mycologist *mycotask* will help your treatment

[@Gracebless-q5z]

Yes he's mycotask. I know few friends who no longer suffer ptsd and anxiety with the help of shrooms. Never had to take shrooms after then.

[@MindNow]

YESSS! Finally! I was watching "how to change your mind" netflix documentation and when I saw the name Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris I was like "soon I will see him on Andrew Huberman's podcast" and here he is

[@alanelukman2516]

'@_mycorabbi_'

[@alanelukman2516]

'On -IG'

[@botanicalbecca8443]

Wow, I wasn't aware a documentary had been made. Such an excellent book! Love Michael Pollan. Thanks for sharing!

[@BeastGanon]

Please do an episode on development of babies and children. I would really like to hear more on how the brain and behavior develops and use these to raise my child in better ways. Thank you Andrew Huberman!

[@SupraSav]

couldn't help but notice the name..

[@JohnMoseley]

I'd like Andrew to interview Ross Green, author of The Explosive Child. It's supposed to be a book specifically for parenting children with issues such as autism, ADHD and even bipolar disorder, but as far as I can tell, its principles are brilliant advice for parenting in general. I recommend it.

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

​@@SupraSav true, and man-made and unoriginal Christianity skews Satan in the mythological Jewish belief system of my people. Deist, like Einstein, the Founding Fathers, etc.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Dig into Developmental Child Healthcare. Stages are important and can be monitored and tracked.

[@joshuac1364]

​@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunkedI'm confused. Isn't Ganon the main antagonist in Zelda?

[@mrSam3ooo]

I don't know if people realise it, but this is revolutionary stuff. One of my favourite conversations that you've had on the podcast thus far!

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[@sandrag8656]

yes!

[@reawilkinson9521]

I am literally crying watching this. I am 61 and have suffered major depression most of my life. I desperately need to find a study in Canada.

[@sazajac77z]

Don't find a study. Grow your own, learn a lot, and do intensve pre- and post-analysis on your own.

[@darrenmontana2254]

im 63, was going out to the garage to put the shotgun to good use. My grown son convinced me to take a good dose of MDMA. Suffered all my life with CPTSD, depression, suicide etc. Instant change in my brain. My long suffering wife says i am a different person. Im not. Im now the real me. Still some things to deal with but life is soo good now. At last I am free!!! Im not a drug user but MDMA saved my life.

[@markweaver889]

Go to Oregon

[@Grendel-td5nf]

Most of the “life-changing” comments are Bots. Notice the vague, short life saving comment and that they never, not once, reply to any commenters on their lifesaving treatment. Definitely give psychedelics a try-I’m doing ketamine micro dosing-but lower your expectations. Many do not see improvement. In fact, one above commenter included a stat that psilocybin is effective at all in 67%.

[@UniMatrix_1]

Find someone reputable online and have it sent

[@MsJVM]

I honestly didn't expect this episode to be that interesting, but Dr. Huberman and his guest don't disappoint. Thank you!

[@billmiller9145]

Fascinating conversation! As a CPTSD survivor it's so encouraging that alternate non-traditional methods are being employed, finally.

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[@kirstinstrand6292]

Agree. Childhood memories are essential for self understanding. Childhood trauma definitely wrecks lives! The Mental Health field in USA is designed by Elites to be a disaster. Let's hope that they are not able to block or ban, again, psycotropics!

[@AvarusVentus]

Thank You, greetings from Slovakia. I am on the second "round" of microdosing, such a relief after years of struggling with anxiety, depression, sleepless nights (i didnt know i was not sleeping well for over a five years) due to a thyroid issues (graves)...my life is changed for better. It is important for people to know.

[@scoutwithoutclout]

It changed my life so dramatically, so deeply, so quickly that it's hard to comprehend. I'm so thankful for psilocybin. It freed me from years of addiction, depression. I feel so blessed and thankful and lucky to have discovered it. Thank you for promoting this wonderful magical tool. It's as effective as your wildest imagination can allow.

[@sabateez]

How did it help you with addiction?😢

[@scoutwithoutclout]

@@sabateez I battled for 17 years with 100s of 'quit than relapse.' I'd heard about a mycologist who overcame a speech impediment/stutter in one experience (which I'd previously understood to be genetic). So, I intended to try them in order to overcome my issues. 4 to 5 hours later, I quit: -adhd meds -opiates/opiate blockers -tobacco -medical marijuana -sugar -depression -anxiety Since, I've lost 40 pounds, workout everyday, my diet is pristine, my work & family life are better, & I'm just genuinely healed. They saved my life.

[@alancohen810]

​@@scoutwithoutclout hey there, what dosing regime are you on right now? Do you microdose or did you just take a few macro doses and found relief that lasted to this day? Thanks. I'm exploring using psylocibin to overcome addiction and alcohol cravings

[@scoutwithoutclout]

@@alancohen810 One slightly larger dose shifted my mindset forever. Huberman talks about "letting go" but that was absolutely not my experience. The trip was me in a bed for 4 hours regaining my resolve. I'd already let myself go & lost all control, so this trip was about regaining power over my mind. The secret I learned was it was a negative thought pattern. Every time a negative thought tried to enter my mind, I replaced it with one of empowerment. There are so many thoughts during that 5 hour trip that at some point the negative thought patterns just gave up. I consciously overcame them. In my heart I let my loved ones back in; I let go of grief & regret; I got excited for my future. You'll find that sobriety is way better than addiction. Give yourself one clean week to beat the withdrawals & you'll earn yourself a new life. Each month will get better than the last. Your future is as bright as you can imagine. Good luck.

[@Ryan88881]

@@sabateez Because psychedelics make you realize and literally *see* how much of a piece of s*** you are and how disgusting and destructive your cyclic habits and negative patterns of behavior are and how they're just ruining your life and general happiness. Basically it makes you so acutely aware of your negative patterns that you feel overwhelmingly obligated to correct them and stop all the chaos and BS. They hold you accountable. Psychedelics make pretty much everyone want to be sober and healthy, addict or not.

[@AJHillhiker]

Please interview Paul Stamets on his findings on the effect of psilocybin on tinnitus. Thank you for offering so much rich and detailed teaching for free.

[@InnerLightShinesForth]

@hubermanlab Andrew it is truly wonderful to see how much your podcast has grown since your entry into the modality a few years ago. I am grateful for you, for your due diligence, your open mind, the vast array of topics you cover. This is my favorite podcast of yours thus far. Monumental in its implications. May you thrive, contributing to the human race in such a way as to bring you immense joy as you have always done. I love you brotha 💚🪬

[@lindaohanraha-hanrahan2817]

I’m so excited for this one! I love Dr. Robin. I’ve been following his work for a few years. Very exciting stuff. Thanks Dr. Andrew!

[@giantcarlo1785]

I would LOVE an episode on skin and sun exposure: How much is too much? What is a sunburn? Best practices for sun protection? Great content, keep it up!

[@misslayer999]

Well he's not a dermatologist but there are plenty out there that could give you this answer lol

[@JohnMoseley]

Plant Chompers, one of the best channels on KZbin, has a video on this.

[@MarishaChilcott]

In such a discussion, please consider addressing the distinction between types of skin cancers, their lethalities and the relationships and non-relationships with sun exposure, including the weakness/strength of the evidence that melanoma is caused by such.

[@Ryan88881]

There's already a plethora of data and research on this already, just use the search engine, don't rely on Huberman who cherry-picks on half the topics he discusses anyways.

[@itsmebutwhoami8177]

bruh wtf i mean yeah but just search for that instead lol

[@AlexSomething-l9p]

I believe that a therapeutic usage of psychedelics can be not only with your eyes closed in a dark, safe, warm room, but also when it's taken somewhere in the nature, like in the mountains, or in the forest, assuming that those places are safe enough. I tried 3 of aforementioned places while listening to ambient (Brian Eno, Robert Rich, Harold Budd), each of these places had a certain benefit in healing my depression, anxiety. Psychedelics are a very powerful, and reliable tool for mental health improvement, considering that it is taken properly(set/setting, goals for the trip, water, information like this podcast, and courage). It works!

[@Stannis_bodybuilding]

I can't resist not clicking any new episodes where huberman is specifically talking about usage of psychedelic! I've done 2 gm mushrooms tea, the love I felt was what I needed because I didn't receive that love when I was growing up If you die without being able to experience that love that I felt during the duration of psychedelic mushrooms, probably your life is a waste. Let that sink in for a moment

[@Vaneheath]

I am so grateful for you Mr Huberman, for your time and effort into making this enlightening content. 🙏

[@JosephEhrenpreis]

Fascinating episode so far. Dr. C-H is incredibly well spoken

[@jochemcruijff]

I would really love to see you on a conversation with Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist and expert on the field of trauma and ptsd. Cheers from the Netherlands!

[@bsoular11]

“The body keeps the score” was a revelation.

[@upliftingdepression655]

As someone with a mental health disorder, who is also a peer advocate. The psychedelics changed my life. The pills destroyed it. ❤

[@alanelukman2516]

'On -IG'

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For the best psych products..

[@KeishaKiger]

Can we take it if we are SSRI?

[@Mannykilla]

Shrooms 🍄 have really changed my life! I was very depressed and my mental health was at a all time low. Almost took my life in January feeling sad and hopeless all the time. Then as I started doing shrooms doing about 4-8 grams each trip. I can say as of June 23 2023 I’m am feeling happy and my depression is gone and my mental health is a lot better! I tried to get physical therapy and never got it. They (shrooms) saved me in a way unlike any other. It did something a human didn’t do. I played ambient music and only positive things playing or watching. Put yourself in good energy areas and people if with others. I seen spiritual things and had spiritual experiences that’s has come with growth. I have seen and felt the energy of others and it made me cry but took all the pain away. I have seen what the mind won’t let u see and the connection to the universe. Look at the stars on it! U will be blown away! I’m able to think on a higher level and have moments off shrooms and still see or feel things. Also my crystal’s definitely shown me the energy they hold and the effect on me and protection. In 6 months I have done 40 trips. It’s not for everyone. but I have already changed lives by introducing this to others and guiding them through the 6-8 hour trip. Just amazing with no bad trips. Speak positively before each trip and ask for what you want to learn and see! It will listen to u as your mind will bring it to life and will open u to your ego and show you your real self! Be open and before u know it u landed feeling different and better! AMAZING ❤😅😊😮

[@Mannykilla]

I really want to take this to the next step and help others who are willing to seek out change! 🙏🏽💯

[@mlucyk]

Happy for you buddy

[@aliciajohnson897]

@Smithjones1338 what’s the channel

[@janetjacks3406]

They are very high dose journeys you are going on and you are lucky not to have got into any trouble with this level. Think for most people start off real small so get a sense if comfortable with that state as one can get real insight and help with quite small doses like one gram or so.

[@mr_green33]

I would love to see an episode about boredom. Why we get bored, as well as what’s happening in the brain and body while we are bored.

[@zipperpillow]

That sounds boring to me.

[@JohnMoseley]

Isn't the idea of the dopamine fast, which has been covered here, very much related to this?

[@mr_green33]

@@JohnMoseley yeah but there was never a physiological breakdown of the mechanisms at play.

[@jonanderson6882]

It's not that you are bored, it's more that you are a boring person.

[@mr_green33]

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[@tractorpoodle]

This is great work. The problem with the legal restrictions - which are barbaric, cruel and destructive - is that psychedelics will likely be accessible only to wealthy and a very limited number of people for a long time. The drug war was and is a disaster of epic proportions. So practically the people without financial means will often take legal risks to mitigate there chronic severe pain, suicidal depression, and debilitating trauma. Perhaps I could fly to Amsterdam for treatment, but many others will simply kill themselves because these drugs are kept from them and out of financial reach.

[@leonhardeuler4292]

Dawg just go to Oakland

[@joshuac1364]

​@leonhardeuler4292 they're legal in Oregon too

[@sazajac77z]

Nope. Grow your own.

[@tractorpoodle]

@@leonhardeuler4292 Not close if you are in SE Asia

[@persianskeptic4814]

Psychedelics are pretty cheap tho... You can grow your own mushrooms with a $50 budget. In my country you can get 5 grams for 6 bucks.

[@aylinseratv]

best podcast out there! you really listen to our requests and put in so much sweat and time to push the envelope and put light on topics which are not so mainstream but of top interest in our current times!

[@staudingerk]

Another great episode! I have extensive experience with psychedelics, and the research results and opinions of Dr. Carhart-Harris seem spot-on. What's more, I even learned new things from this conversation. Thank you!

[@shark615]

Great program. I am glad the discussion wasn't rushed. So much info packed into the program and I'm glad. Very interested in this but while under proper care.

[@obiseankenobi2056]

your videos are always a pleasure to watch - listening to engaging conversations like this can be difficult to find at times. also I appreciate when you make a point of explaining big words usually reserved for small circles !

[@partmusic9767]

Thanks!

[@adiradoi]

Promoting such a "sensitive" topic to mainstream science is proof to the incredible capacity humans have to evolve in alignment with environmental pressures, on a completely different time scale comparing to "ordinary" species. This is the proof of the special gift we've been granted, that is to posses such a powerful and adaptable brain. Let's all join efforts in building the momentum to positive change.

[@TheDavveponken]

Lol

[@hassandegrazl]

Dr. Carhart-Harris takes his part in the history of western psychedelic medicine. ❤ Great research.

[@sandrag8656]

I went on trips with eyes open, eyes closed, with music (different kinds) and in stillness. Different trips, but each healing and helpful. Musik can be a distraction, but also be a guide and enhence emotions. With or without... both has it's pro's and con's to it. Trust and letting go really is the key. ❤

[@Raye-ml1hx]

I will refer you to online store I got mine stuff

[@Ryan88881]

Well I've researched this exact thing actually and the music thing honestly depends on the substance. For LSD and Ayahuasca music can be very helpful and fitting, etc. For psilocybin though, it's not really "meant" for music in that way or context as far as I can discern. Hard to explain, and I have had great moments with combining music and psilocybin don't get me wrong but generally speaking, I think psilocybin is best, or more productive without it. With LSD or ayahuasca however I would maintain that it's pretty much the other way around.

[@Raye-ml1hx]

@@Ryan88881 @Pham_smart11

[@sandrag8656]

Love these kind of comversations! Microdosing works. Mood enhancement, less anxiety, more drive and clarity for shure. But a cup of coffee does the same job. You can notice those little changes in feeling and behaviour if your awareness is high enough, to recognise them. And only then you can work with and learn from it. Simply taking a micro-psilo-pill regularily in order to feel and perform better... well... better than taking classic antidepressants, but goal should be to heal trauma and learn from your experience in order not to be dependent on any drug on long run.

[@Tcat5310]

Dr. Huberman, I cannot begin to thank you enough for your insight and incredible depth of knowledge on the subject of entheogens. I'm in Oregon becoming a psilocybin facilitator (we graduate in two weeks) and not only has your podcast been helpful for my personal growth, it has been incredibly helpful for giving insight and clinical research into psilocybin. I have recommended to your podcast to every single one of my classmates and will continue to do so for future cohorts. I am 19 months sober thanks in part to psilocybin and microdosing, and your videos have finally persuaded my father to consider looking into services in the near future. Im gonna get some Athletic Greens just to support you guys💚 Thank you, truly, for all that you do🙏

[@shannonnolan7002]

Congrats to you in becoming certified.

[@joshuac1364]

That's awesome!

[@guadalupesepulveda]

Hi! I'm a Chilean journalist and right now I'm dedicating my life to healing. I will love to be a psilocybin facilitator, do you think I could do the training in the US? Can you give me more info? Many thanks! Lupe

[@Ryan88881]

@@guadalupesepulveda Well as an American myself, I can confidently state that the Western world barley even understands what they're doing with this stuff (psychedelic tryptamines) yet. Psychology in general is honestly in its infancy and psychedelic psychotherapy... ha, well let's just say it's basically still in the womb. Now I did see a video in the recommended by a female that was titled "How To Become a Psychedelic Psychotherapist" so you can do some searching around here or check out that specific video but I would probably somewhat manage your exceptions. Because there's still some very basic/rudimentary aspects of psychedelia that, at least my culture hasn't even gotten a grasp on yet. For example, how music in such contexts (psychotherapy) should really only be utilized with certain psychedelics like LSD and Ayahuasca, but not necessarily with psilocybin. Or how the New-Agey, idealist, or even naturalistic treatment of such experiences is just recycled sociocultural detritus leftover from past eras overemphasizing the tenets of LSD in the late 60s and early 70s. Just little (but also pretty basic) things like that you know. I'm not against psychedelic therapy at all, I'm all for it but just keep in mind that many of the theorized "models" in contemporary psychology... well, let's just say they got some more work to do. But be careful of the dogmas within the field. That said, we could probably use more females in these fields and practices anyways, especially from non-western countries and cultures like Chile so, at least people like myself would gladly welcome someone such as yourself with open arms to these fields and so would "they" I'd imagine. The only advice or suggestion I'd posit here is to just understand the topic well enough overall and understand what you're talking about/working with. And that means to try psilocybin yourself, multiple times, alone and in sufficient doses (3 - 5 dried grams of cubensis is the magic number) and to pay close attention to the experience as it unfolds. And if you come away with a secular or naturalistic perspective, that's a sign you need to do it again and pay closer attention or fix your dosage. Not saying you should push esotericism or mysticism on your future hypothetical patients, but you shouldn't approach this stuff with a secular reductionist or Cartesian attitude. Plant shamanism and mystical esotericism will dominate and dramatically prevail over psychedelic psychotherapy if we continue to secularize these experiences or try to 'take the magic out of' psychedelic journeys. They're not just therapeutic, they're also epistemic and theological and everything in between. I would listen to the lectures of someone like Terence McKenna. Also, if you have a chance to choose where in the U.S. to come and undertake this stuff, probably Colorado or California would be best. Maybe Oregon or Washington, or even New England but I'd be weary about trying this out anywhere besides those handful of states at this current time. I wish you luck though. I actually believe in you. Peace

[@helvetiaresearch9973]

This is the most important video I have viewed for years. Many thanks,

[@scarnio1]

Can you look into the benefits of owning a dog or any pet really. How it helps with mood and what it provides for kids in regard to their socio emotional development and empathy. You’re amazing and I tell everyone to watch you as there really is something for everyone, your topics are wide ranging and comprehensive. Thank you!

[@adrianagNeuroFit]

Love it ..Keeping the CONVERSATION and TEACHINGS going on this subject💪🏽🧠💜. Appreciation André Huberman is all I go to say🙌🏽

[@lorettacwalinski3431]

Such a great interview! Thank you Dr. Huberman, - you asked the best questions to have such an informative and deep conversation. Thank you for your continued work Dr. Carhart-Harris!

[@sebastiengagne9251]

Thank you sooooooo much for all the incredible content. Really nice to receive this quality content for free! 🤘

[@infinitedurr]

@43:28 Re: Negative reaction to sensations vs. memories, Huberman's presupposition that sensations and memories are two separate things really distorts understanding what is happening in healing. Often (but not always) Memories arise first AS sensations. Or conversely, the reason a sensation is alarming is BECUASE of it's connotation to a memory. This is one of the secrets of somatic therapy and one of the major keys of healing with psychedelics.

[@fantgaming2832]

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[@alex.ambrose]

Love this podcast. Longtime listener; first-time commenter. I would love to bring to bear your expertise and intellectual curiosity and rigor to dysautonomia. My wife suffers from this, and because it is so poorly understood and can have so many diverse symptoms, she has been shuffled around from cardiologists, endocrinologists, and neurologists with some literally saying it's "all in her head" (and I appreciated and resonated with your critique of this as a diagnosis on this episode). Some helpful avenues have included increased salt intake and physical exercise being disproportionately more important for those affected, but there is still so much to be understood and explored as possible, sustainable treatments. While I know you would always caution to seek the opinions of qualified medical practitioners, it would also be great to know what current research is saying and to hear the perspective of an elite doctor in the field who does treat this seriously.

[@Ryan88881]

Just try magnesium glycinate and non-THC type cannabinoids. Maybe taurine supplementing as well.

[@klausweber3106]

Danke!

[@botanicalbecca8443]

I was just packing my husband's lunch, and including his Ashwagandha for this afternoon, thinking of you, Doc! Happy Monday! 💖🌿🍄

[@StoicAurelius1]

Good morning class, good Monday

[@sportyencouragement1659]

I don't know why but insightful content like this inspires me to get up and do something productive

[@schumannbeing]

To offer some anecdotal information, I have experimented both with macro dosing and microdosing and what I found is that the "inperceivable dose" seemed to produce more of a placebo effect whereas taking a slightly larger dose enough to make the effects perceivable but not overwhelming allowed me to go about doing most normal *safe* tasks but it's also nice for meditation or contemplation and reflection in nature because you're still able journal or record your thoughts more comfortably walk around. Seems like a lot of the focus these days is on all or nothing and there's not a lot of discussion around the moderate dose range, of which I would consider 0.25-1g depending on strain.

[@judithrichardson7657]

Have been micro and macro-dosing psilocybin for two years. I've seen massive improvements in my depression and anxiety as well as my fibromyalgia symptoms.

[@LouisOfficial22]

@👉Luna tripstores That's the mycologist's page name.

[@LouisOfficial22]

I'll recommend you also look up the professional mycologist name above for quality supplies at a good rate and guide on how to microdose best.

[@LouisOfficial22]

His on tele gram

[@AlsoChrisCastillo]

Dr. A.H. I don’t hear much about preparing mushrooms especially in terms of how best to eat or drink them without gastrointestinal issues. In the conversion of psilocybin to psilocin it seems to upset the stomach, what’s going on with digestion? Thanks

[@pcaul8156]

Look elsewhere to those more knowledgable on the subject than dry scientists. Grind or finely chop the dried shrooms and soak them on lemon juice for 10 minutes to activate psilocin then strain it and drink in a tea. No Fingal matter to digest and no upset stomach. Use ginger or peppermint tea

[@WhiteWolfeHU]

No idea what’s going on with digestion but it’s most likely not the conversion of the molecule that gives you indigestion. It’s a dry mushroom, usually mushrooms are thoroughly cooked for eating. Ofc you can’t cook shrooms it could destroy the active ingredient. Lemon juice is the best way to take it, the acidic juice breaks down the mushroom cells and lowers the pH to close to that of your stomach. Add orange juice before drinking but soak in lemon juice for 15 minutes. No guarantee you won’t get indigestion, that’s usually just a minor price to pay.

[@RancidRobott]

Mr. Huberman.. just thought you should know, We all Love you 😊

[@L.I.T.H.I.U.M]

I'd really like if you could talk to a speech therapist, telling us everything about our speaking voices, from how to speak louder to why some people speak fast. I've really been struggling with speech since my childhood. Now I'm fine, but I'd like to improve more.

[@andycwyeung4560]

Thankyou so much Dr Huberman and Dr. Carhart-Harris, all the info and data gave me hope not just at a personal level, and also thank you for speaking of legacy paradigm of our human mental healthcare, of course currently specifically on depression, ptsd etc. And we certainly need more options, mental health was almost always on the sidelines and were eventually considered as tragic, and certain society are pretty much penalising sufferer with their temporary inability to contribute thier part of the community. You both are the scicentists we needed moving forward as a human race. Love from Hong Kong.

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[@inreupptacktsresan]

Great episode, as always. One thing I've wondered a lot about, relating to mental health, is that we learn all these great techniques for balance (like meditation), but when we feel at our worst it seems like our ability to engage in those activities just goes out the window. I would love for you to discuss this phenomenon from a neurological point of view.

[@joshuac1364]

That's a great question

[@tedpreston4155]

You're right David. When depression hits hardest, finding a gym or a meditation cushion just feels impossible, even when the cushion is right there within arms reach. And yet, after a single smallish dose of a psychedelic, I'm right back on the cushion and at the gym. I feel privileged to live in a state that recently decriminalized psychedelics, so at least I only need to worry about federal agencies hassling me. (OH, and I need to worry about how to find or make the stuff, when there's still no legal source.)

[@Ryan88881]

Maybe I'm not understanding you correctly or something but isn't this kind of just self-explanatory? If your feelings and general mental health are going down the tubes and you're more neurotic then obviously your concentration and mindfulness capabilities and skills in psychological balancing techniques/meditation are going to be compromised. What exactly is there to discuss? Am I missing something here

[@Ryan88881]

@@tedpreston4155 Federal agents can't harass individual people. Yes, on the books it outlines how "federal law overrides state law" but by no means does it manifest in that kind of fashion. You would literally have to not even just work at but probably actually *own* a psychedelic business yourself in such a state for this kind of thing to even be a small risk. But no federally-empowered presidential administration for instance would even dare do something like that at this point in time. That would be total political suicide.

[@EmiliaBieganowska]

Thank you Professor, I am extremely grateful for your work! I was wondering if there is an episode on ketamine coming up that could explain exact mechanism of action in the brain and possible side effects. I noticed it is gaining much popularity as a tool in mental health disruptions since it is leagal. Thank you for making science approachable :)

[@AAAP-w4b]

I just started Microdosing LSD and it has been life-changing. 100 %

[@LouisOfficial22]

Have you tried DMT ?

[@DanielDean9433]

If you want to continue discussing drugs, please interview Hamilton Morris. He has a fascinating perspective on the use of psychoactive substances and is a wealth of knowledge on the subject, both technical and historical. His show Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is a must watch.

[@Ryan88881]

He's decent, he does have some blindspots though. Dennis McKenna would be better.

[@NoahB.-]

@@Ryan88881 Can you explain what you are referring to with “blindspots”?

[@Ryan88881]

​@@NoahB.- Blindspots "ontologically-wise" is what I mean. As in, his worldview still has more work and/or development to undergo. Not that I have much faith that it even will though. Because it foreseeably wont, knowing him. But so the issue being that Hamilton still upholds the physicalist/reductionist viewpoint which should be liberally smeared away and extirpated actually.. fairly early-on in one's psychedelic exploration if I'm being completely honest, yet Morris who has undergone seemingly quite extensive self-experimentation still has yet to concede to what these substances and experiences consistently axiomatize on quite unambiguous terms. That's the other problem with this whole 'materialist versus magic' debate scheme.. The fact that the message(s) echoed from these plants/fungi-mediated experiences (with the exception of LSD which is still fungal-derived) very clearly and perspicuously ascertain and discern and really; descries that this whole thing (life and death and the current human experience) is 'pure' magic from top to bottom, inside and out. It (or rather they) *insist* on concerning themselves with a magical-worldview and the general phenomenological exegesis of such (magical) worldviews to begin with. It's not like this is just 'my trips' either. Everyone opens themselves up to the same modalities and thematic schemas inherent in certain compounds or plants/fungi/lichen/toad secretions whenever they physically administer them and experience them firsthand. Everyone basically gets the same or incredibly similar messages and thesis statements and/or overall motifs as well as general agenda-based "raps" from these things. With the most salient sentiments coming off quite clear and unreserved, at least at some point in the user's experimentation where the 'final' blinders get blown off the perceptions. I find it more than a little conspicuous that these plants and fungi and other numinous or chthonic expeirence-based substances are soo unpromptedly intent, ardently committed and *avid* really, about ideologically getting across this general, not overly-specific if need be but still stratified-enough; magical worldview and highly permissive acceptance of the epistemic humility implicit in conceding to the mystery of the void and alethic finiteness of sapiens. These things promote acknowledgment of/within the department of self-understood ontological cluelessness as well as a justified-through-observed-veracity level of fairydust-like magic and miraculous wonders pervasive in the physical/objective realm of reality. Now, one can choose to ignore or embarrassingly even try to 'reduct' these generalizable "magic is real and elaborately involved and/or intermingling with essentially everything you've ever known" type sentiments, or maybe they'll miss them entirely in their less-than-thorough "analyses". But in situations of proper and attentive analyses, with genuine perceived encounters of this exact entheogenic dictum, it would and does require an active 'pushing down' and psycho-logical 'waging' against what is presented to it. I just want to emphasize that. It requires an active and effortful noetic *resistance* and overly ego-defined mental opposition to the proposition, where it essentially demands a counter-case or counterargument that is able to replace it. People will then be exceedingly passive during this point in the trip if they do come across it and wont compel themselves to logically satisfy the constraints and axioms that logically follow with it. You're only going to come out of psychedelia with a secular or naturalist/atheistic mentality still thereafter if you're limited in dosage and/or actual countable experiences, or you just base your whole persona and 'tripper image' around this active psycho-ideaological resistance to what these experiences practically sermonize over and over again. If magic and the mysteries of the esoteric or nearby invisible worlds and all that is really all just some bust or cap, then why even imbibe in and submerge oneself in such seemingly illusory, deceptive and faulty states of consciousness to begin with? Is their/his argument that these plants and fungi *don't* put forth and/or axiomatize such tenets and that it's the user self-generating this? Well I've been researching this for awhile (quite a few years) and I can emphatically state, that that's not how it works and these overarching 'sentiments' are even more generalizable and easy to affirm than the already more specific but still generalizable elements, such as those specific to each hallucinogen. So like going around in a circle, I am yet again only left to question Hamilton's genuine analytical capabilities and/or degree of intellectual honesty if he actually thinks these magical existential and metaphysical (albeit still tentative) ontological conclusions are somehow user-generated and not a clear and direct thesis-like assertion communicated by the plant/fungus/chemical itself within the trip, which it quite unambiguously is so... I can't respect his sense of judgment or trust his discretion if he administered psychedelics such a number of times and wasn't able to pick up on the basics, or if he did, then why did he actively reject them and feel the need to swat them down? I just can't see how the word/message/signification imparted directly from nature itself can be taken so casually or faced with some kind of overplayed, postmodern, reductive, positivist-type rejection or even a moderate sense of metaphysical ambivalence. I want to see and understand why Descartes (some former French simian meatsuit of nothingness) can have his epistemological assumptions taken at face-value and uncritically accepted by the rest of "the tribe" but some anthropospherically-incongruent mushroom with a cogent feeling of animateness, intelligence, preeminence and off-world, primordial-galactic wisdom that wants to take things back a few thousand or so years and exhume the pieces of cerebral detritus which can collect and clog-up the inner ideologue chambers to the point of abject secularity and physicalism.

[@Ryan88881]

@@NoahB.- Blindspots "ontologically-wise" is what I mean. As in, his worldview still has more work and/or development to undergo. Not that I have much faith that it even will though. Because it foreseeably wont, knowing him. But so the issue being that Hamilton still upholds the physicalist/reductionist viewpoint which should be liberally smeared away and extirpated actually.. fairly early-on in one's psychedelic exploration if I'm being completely honest, yet Morris who has undergone seemingly quite extensive self-experimentation still has yet to concede to what these substances and experiences consistently axiomatize on quite unambiguous terms. That's the other problem with this whole 'materialist versus magic' debate scheme.. The fact that the message(s) echoed from these plants/fungi-mediated experiences (with the exception of LSD which is still fungal-derived) very clearly and perspicuously ascertain and discern and really; descries that this whole thing (life and death and the current human experience) is 'pure' magic from top to bottom, inside and out. It (or rather they) *insist* on concerning themselves with a magical-worldview and the general phenomenological exegesis of such (magical) worldviews to begin with. It's not like this is just 'my trips' either. Everyone opens themselves up to the same modalities and thematic schemas inherent in certain compounds or plants/fungi/lichen/toad secretions whenever they physically administer them and experience them firsthand. Everyone basically gets the same or incredibly similar messages and thesis statements and/or overall motifs as well as general agenda-based "raps" from these things. With the most salient sentiments coming off quite clear and unreserved, at least at some point in the user's experimentation where the 'final' blinders get blown off the perceptions. I find it more than a little conspicuous that these plants and fungi and other numinous or chthonic expeirence-based substances are soo unpromptedly intent, ardently committed and *avid* really, about ideologically getting across this general, not overly-specific if need be but still stratified-enough; magical worldview and highly permissive acceptance of the epistemic humility implicit in conceding to the mystery of the void and alethic finiteness of sapiens. These things promote acknowledgment of/within the department of self-understood ontological cluelessness as well as a justified-through-observed-veracity level of fairydust-like magic and miraculous wonders pervasive in the physical/objective realm of reality. Now, one can choose to ignore or embarrassingly even try to 'reduct' these generalizable "magic is real and elaborately involved and/or intermingling with essentially everything you've ever known" type sentiments, or maybe they'll miss them entirely in their less-than-thorough "analyses". But in situations of proper and attentive analyses, with genuine perceived encounters of this exact entheogenic dictum, it would and does require an active 'pushing down' and psycho-logical 'waging' against what is presented to it. I just want to emphasize that. It requires an active and effortful noetic *resistance* and overly ego-defined mental opposition to the proposition, where it essentially demands a counter-case or counterargument that is able to replace it. People will then be exceedingly passive during this point in the trip if they do come across it and wont compel themselves to logically satisfy the constraints and axioms that logically follow with it. You're only going to come out of psychedelia with a secular or naturalist/atheistic mentality still thereafter if you're limited in dosage and/or actual countable experiences, or you just base your whole persona and 'tripper image' around this active psycho-ideaological resistance to what these experiences practically sermonize over and over again. If magic and the mysteries of the esoteric or nearby invisible worlds and all that is really all just some bust or cap, then why even imbibe in and submerge oneself in such seemingly illusory, deceptive and faulty states of consciousness to begin with? Is their/his argument that these plants and fungi *don't* put forth and/or axiomatize such tenets and that it's the user self-generating this? Well I've been researching this for awhile (quite a few years) and I can emphatically state, that that's not how it works and these overarching 'sentiments' are even more generalizable and easy to affirm than the already more specific but still generalizable elements, such as those specific to each hallucinogen. So like going around in a circle, I am yet again only left to question Hamilton's genuine analytical capabilities and/or degree of intellectual honesty if he actually thinks these magical existential and metaphysical (albeit still tentative) ontological conclusions are somehow user-generated and not a clear and direct thesis-like assertion communicated by the plant/fungus/chemical itself within the trip, which it quite unambiguously is so... I can't respect his sense of judgment or trust his discretion if he administered psychedelics such a number of times and wasn't able to pick up on the basics, or if he did, then why did he actively reject them and feel the need to swat them down? I just can't see how the word/message/signification imparted directly from nature itself can be taken so casually or faced with some kind of overplayed, postmodern, reductive, positivist-type rejection or even a moderate sense of metaphysical ambivalence. I want to see and understand why Descartes (some former French, simian 'historical figure' of nothingness) can have his epistemological assumptions taken at face-value and uncritically accepted by the rest of "the tribe" but some anthropospherically-incongruent mushroom with a cogent feeling of animateness, intelligence, preeminence and off-world, primordial-galactic wisdom that wants to take things back a few thousand or so years and exhume the pieces of cerebral detritus which can collect and clog-up the inner ideologue chambers to the point of abject secularity and physicalism.

[@itayhirsch9821]

simply and literally - MIND BLOWING

[@christianfrandsen1082]

Loved this! What a great guest. I would have loved to hear more about DMT and ibogaine. I also was hoping to hear more about ketamine (even tho i know it's not a classic psychedelic) and it's therapeutic usage. Perhaps subjects for future episodes?

[@Ryan88881]

Trust me, ketamine is disgustingly overrated. It just feels like PCP without the stimulation and mania. It actually feels really fucked up and 'druggy'. It's just one of those "ya...I'd definitely rather be sober right now" type of drugs. The only positive aspects about it are enhanced music appreciation on it, and it is introspective but it doesn't really matter because you forget it all afterwards anyways. Even DXM felt less fucked up than ketamine somehow. As for DMT and ibogaine, definitely some superbly interesting stuff there but Carhart-Harris is not the guy you want to really hear from on those. His reductionism in regards to psilocybin is already hard enough to tolerate and he's not exactly known for his sense of nuance.

[@noustronaut4830]

We need a podcast on high-functioning autism! 🙏🏻

[@TheDavveponken]

On how it's a sham? Speaking as a supposed "aspie" myself.

[@noustronaut4830]

@@TheDavveponken how is it a sham?

[@TheDavveponken]

@@noustronaut4830 It seems to me that what a lot of people nowadays consider high functioning autism is merely, harshly put, bad parenting resulting in trauma (which then in secondary socialisation with peers result in even further trauma) thus, quite logically, makes the child shy away from social stimuli or society in a broader sense - due to anxiety. This causes the child to develop special interests and special quirks as to form an identity determined by something other than "society", insofar that is possible - there will naturally be a discrepancy as no one is entirely cut off from other people. Rather anecdotal - I was that child, although my special interest kind of became people (why would they do that/how could they and so on; if nothing else for survival's sake). But I think it holds up. The screening process is all but scientific in my view. If you are a bit odd/free thinking or have bad relationships in your life, you get screened. And who wouldn't be defiant with tyrannical parents? All the best.

[@truthpursuit8]

A few years ago I seen a documentary which included medical professionals including an Immunologist, he was talking about There Autism being a symptom of inflammation of cerebellum due to early childhood vaccinations. I can't find it anywhere it has been deleted. I'm on the spectrum and what he was talking about made perfect sense to me. I also know of children who regressed within days of vaccination. There are many many parents who will say the exact same thing...

[@georgemulford2910]

@@TheDavveponkenwell said. The same applies to ADHD and a lot of other ‘labels’.

[@BubonicPlague1347]

When I was experiencing fibromyalgia for the first time last year (22 yr old male) , my doctor told me to take deep breathes and calm down, and that it was all in my head. He said I should try doing art therapy to calm me down. It was one of the most frustrating things I’ve dealt with by myself (in terms of medical advice/etc.) as a young adult.

[@BubonicPlague1347]

@cythian Willison thank you I’ll look them up!👍🙏🏼

[@RickY2525000]

Have been struggling with OCD, anxiety, depression and trauma for 5 years, on and off. Since a couple months it's back and in a very high state. Got my psychedelic ceremony in 2 days. I'm scared, happy, emotional; I'm finally doing it. I have no idea what lies ahead of me. Wish me luck

[@thinkman5700]

How’d it go? And more importantly, how are you feeling now?

[@capgains]

Yes, how is goin?

[@RickY2525000]

For some reason my past responses weren't posted. But it was absolutely breathtaking. Most insane experience I've ever had. A lot of pain got taken away. There were moments of absolute beauty and terror. It's a start in my healing process. Got an MDMA session this Wednesday. I want to focus on building confidence, safety and positivity.

[@capgains]

@@RickY2525000thanks for sharing. In my opinion, what needs to be a supplement to this is for example, getting better at school. you may also want to be working on something that can be a compliment to what you’re doing in my opinion.

[@jeanettemorgan7779]

Please have a podcast touching on subjects like groupthink and confirmation bias... I'm interested in how these issues impact political views, social issues, religion, etc

[@dalekruniene8419]

Andrew, you are doing a great job. Thank you!

[@lorirodgers9474]

Really terrific information- thank you both for sharing this vital conversation.

[@theaverageguy3884]

Is it dangerous for a person that have been on antidepressants for 10 years + to stop taking them to try out Psilocybin to see if it helps? Now thinking about the suden stop of takeing the meds.

[@sleepstate1]

I did LSD once when I was about 21, I'm 59 now. I laughed all night, slept great and felt great for the next two weeks. Ever since I keep saying I need another brain reset. That's exactly what it felt like happened. I've asked around for the last 3 years here in Yuma and Tucson and nobody seems to know where to get it. You'd think it would be easy to find here. I won't send money over the internet. I have severe treatment resistant depression, severe anxiety and Narcolepsy. I pretty much have spent the last 25 years in bed, wasting everyday of my life. Why is it if a drug makes us feel good or better it's bad? Life is too short to go through it miserable especially when there is something that really helps

[@marzia.throughthelookingglass]

This man. I could listen to him for hours 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@donaldaustin7007]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

[@austinjoby8754]

I've been microdosing on the batch of mushrooms I got from one guy online for the last few months for depression and the results have been immeasurable. The world has beauty again whereas before it was grey and painful.

[@avabadra]

Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit

[@lucasmiller3015]

Tripping and microdosing are not really bad but find a good mycologist Who will teach you the right things you need to know

[@alexmccole6925]

Came across some comments about Myco_sporres I must recommend he is good at what he does.

[@alexmccole6925]

He sells the best mushroom 🍄 ,DMT,LSD,chocolate bars 🍫, golden teachers,microdosing kits and all other good stuff

[@sandramirezm]

I love your content. I am very thankful for the time and commitment you put into it. If possible, please create an episode for teenagers that run, that want to become high performance athletes. Nutrition, hydration, rest, meditation, supplements, cold and heat, recovery, and anything related. Bone broth, meat, water with salt, vegetables, super foods, carbs, powder protein, etc. THANK YOU, thank you, thank you.

[@benjaminballard9789]

Any other musicians ever had long lasting postive experiences playing their instrument/ instruments on a psychedelic? I've noticed, like with breathing and progressive relaxation, I can precieve more when on a psychedelics and can think outside my normal patterns way easier. I've also noticed it has helps tremendously with learning Japanese, which to me is very similar to playing an instrument. Godspeed, you're a true G Dr. Huberman!

[@FoursWithin]

If you can get in the proper mental space then learning and or working through almost any type of challenge gets much easier. "Getting there" is too difficult for me to describe , but it sounds like you've figured it out or at least gotten enough taste of it to figure it out. 🤘✌️

[@johnvalencia9927]

I'm recording an album right now and about 50 per cent of it was composed on mushrooms. I've been working on it since Feb. I've been getting stuck on the mix, and last night I took a gram and decided to listen back to some of the recordings, and boom I was balancing all the instruments with absolute certainty. So it has inspired the actual composition and the audio engineering side. Generally if you're an artist of any kind these tools should inspire. This is why I think '60s music is the best usually, very much inspired by psychedelics.

[@fernandojimenez1927]

just started researching and I find this super interesting. So many chemicals affecting the human brain like simply modifying eating habits can influence thoughts and cure diseases. Psychedelics are a shortcut to achieving brain function. I’m in if It can demonstrate long term results. Till then I’ll stick on fasting. Thank you for your content.

[@rangikugimp6182]

Trippy Dr. Huberman! Sick episode

[@drpablovazquez]

Important question by Huberman and very simple and solid answer by Robin between connectivity vs anatomical brain image aquisition to explain the effect and impact of psychedelics. Thanks you both gigiants for the inspiration sharing together.

[@2100suprafreak]

I need to reach out to some of these researchers, I was in Michigan a few months back and did some mushies combined with another practice to induce certain types of entrainment that ended up amplifying a 20mg dosage easily by 500% and extended a normal 4 hour experience into a 12 hour experience. Whatever it did it removed a big chunk of neurological pains and it is still leaving a type of resonance feeling withing my body.

[@MalinaImport]

so, what was this other practice?

[@2100suprafreak]

@@MalinaImport high gauss electromagnetic fields to induce a resonance within the cell to give it free energy causing it to absorb and hold onto nutrients while expelling toxins. It stimulates the autonomic nervous system.

[@kneiger3967]

Taking LSD

[@G89211]

Thank you for informing people on these incredible substances and how they can truly help mankind. 🙏

[@jameskim3915]

I'll refer you to and online store where I got my own psychedelics and microdosing stuff very good reliable vendor

[@jameskim3915]

Mycopete..

[@lindaholliday8624]

I'm hoping to get a good return on the magic mushroom kit. Is there one mushroom that has more Psilocybin in it that you can refer me to. I suffer from PTSD. Traumatized events relating to homicide and amputation. I feel like the psychedelic treatment for me will be perfect due to the information you have provided. Thank you.

[@amirizadi7782]

Thank Dr Huberman for this invaluable podcast. Could you please do an episode on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the behavioral as well as the pharmaceutical treatments that are effective to help children that suffer from this?

[@JuanluGarcia]

I love psychedelics ❤

[@alanelukman2516]

"'@_mycorabbi_''

[@alanelukman2516]

On -IG

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For the best psych edelics products...

[@JuanluGarcia]

No, thanks

[@DATApush3r]

What an amazing conversation between two interesting people. Thank you for this work.

[@James_14_4]

It's been 3 years since I tried psychs can't find a plug anywhere in my area.

[@Lisa78843]

Psychedelics like the mushrooms have been proven to bring many positive effects and are very useful in managing mental health

[@Brodyalan562]

[tripy_marc] Ships psychedelics

[@James_14_4]

@@Brodyalan562 how can I reach out? On IG?

[@Brodyalan562]

@@James_14_4 Yeah, he has variety of stuffs like mushrooms, Isd, DMT even the chocolate bars

[@Barbarasmith63]

When you've experienced shrooms,the visions, the feeling that others feel, become really relatable

[@benbronson-oo1mx]

Another issue, different strains very much. Thank you again for your eloquent discussions Ben

[@nataliebutler]

Gosh, I learned the history of the word psychedic for the first time earlier today, and here I hear the same story again. And I've looked at lots of information about them before. Synchronicity?!

[@Brian-kf5tu]

I love Dr. Robin's shirt! The knowledge he shared is pretty sweet too! 😛

[@llkoolbean4935]

Yes, Paul Stamets please

[@moontiggsland]

The somatic releases I've had with 4 to 5gr of psilocybin have been similar to the ones with ayahuasca, which has helped tremendously with the pain and stiffness I had from years of suffering due to fibromyalgia.

[@moontiggsland]

@funkhouser1073 I'm not sure what you're asking.

[@jakwalker7948]

​@@moontiggslandit's a bot account

[@kathy-ht3fi]

Have you already done an Episode on SSRI WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME. I have been on Paxil 20-50mg over the past 25 years and have tried numerous times to slowly go off them. I tried stopping it all at once and it was a terrible experience. I want to somehow remove the SSRI from my body so I can try the Psilocybin low dose for depression. Hope someone has some suggestions. 🦋

[@jameskim3915]

I can recommend you to where I get my stuff from an online store his got his got Shrooms, psychedelics, alongside other products well Refined ships to anywhere discreetly.

[@jameskim3915]

He's on Instagrams also on Telegram with the below handle as...

[@jameskim3915]

Mycopete..

[@rightnow4450]

Thank you, Doctor Huberman for removing the stigma of psychedelics, and explaining in a cogent an intelligent way. How they are true medicine thank you

[@CamilleSwisher]

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[@CamilleSwisher]

on instagram …….?¿

[@nataliebutler]

I requested an application pack for the Imperial College psilocybin microdosing study two months ago. No response yet, apparently because they've been totally overwhelmed with applications.

[@murtazaahmad6517]

Hello, I learned that it has little effect with SSRI but I am consuming it since 4 years and I want to go for Psychedelics. But is your suggestion on it?

[@murtazaahmad6517]

@Scarlett_Ava Thank you. I received it already.

[@LouisOfficial22]

His on tele gram

[@pabloravizzoli345]

I love when science gives itself credit for discovering things that millions of people already know and practice.

[@bkbk1184]

not discovering. verifying. adding new insights. etc. For example, the realization that psilocybin treatment is more effective with eyes closed (wearing an eye mask) adds new context compared to how people have "tripped" in the past.

[@misslayer999]

​@@bkbk1184 exactly I was about to say the same thing

[@pabloravizzoli345]

@@bkbk1184 and no one knew this until a scientist had a brilliant breakthrough? 😄

[@bkbk1184]

@@pabloravizzoli345 You are operating off the false premise that scientists are pretending to have discovered psychedelics. No scientist is claiming that. What they are doing is explaining the mechanisms, and the effects -- which helps make psychedelics safe and repeatable, which can only be a good thing. Maybe there is a language barrier?

[@joaopedro28645]

​@@pabloravizzoli345 Why are you hearing things that haven't been said? Science isn't claiming the discover, but through science we can use psilocybin more efficiently and know the downsides. There's so much more to know.