If autism--schizophrenia is a brain spectrum, and psychedelics push your brain in the schizophrenia direction, does that mean autists have a "better" or more normalizing effects from taking them?
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@AutismOnAcid has a book & podcasts about this, plus there's@AutisticPsyched -
oh this is perfect thank you
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Ive heard lsd can be quite helpful in some big medical probs. Dont know enough to say for sure though of course.
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I think it's probably more about having a robust scientific worldview and your expectations of the experience than anything else. My suspicion is that people who report the most outlandish effects of psychedelics (talking to God, being transported to another dimension, etc.)...
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...are people who already believe those things are possible. New age spiritual types who swear by healing crystals and homeopathy, who believe in the supernatural and paranormal, etc.
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There’s a lot to explore about why this may be so. You can join us on the 3rd of May when we talk to researcher Dr Katrin Preller about some of these ideas :) Catch up on our story so far here https://youtu.be/AKQlcHvB0wo And RSVP for our webinars here :) http://Www.autisticpsychedelic.com pic.twitter.com/cIHbAbumh2
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Never thought about this but it maps with my situation too
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that whole “going insane” thing was just propaganda. (also so was the strychnine thing)
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By "pushing brain into scitzophrenia spectrum" via *acute* 5ht2a agonism, the brain autocorrects by downregulating those receptors. THAT is the curative mechanism! Myself and my partner are highly functional autists and 5g of psilocybin gave a
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Chronic 5ht2a agonism upregulates the receptors, thereby *actually* shifting the brain into scitzophrenia soectrum, hence Why micro dosing = improved creativity and problem-solving outside the box
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