Do you know anybody who addressed (or attempted to address) chronic pain with the use of psychedelics? I have a friend looking into it and wants to talk to some ppl with direct experience. Comment here and he'll DM you!
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✋ psychedelics were part of my process of going from being essentially crippled by chronic pain to.. not that. (Most of my pain turned out to be psychomatic to some degree though)
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No but I addressed chronic pain by eating healthy and working out, i think drugs could provide some value if those aren’t options.
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Yes. I wouldn't recommend it as it "enhanced" the pain in an unpleasant way. It started out nice and easy, but seemed to focus (extremely gradually) on the focal points until I was overwhelmed. I ended up drinking myself into a stupor.
Everyone's experience is different, so..
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I suggested it to someone for cluster headaches after reading up on the ailment, years ago. At the time, it was a promising treatment for a miserable condition.
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Not with psychedelics, but depending on the type of pain, trigger point (self-)massage could work. I recommend The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook.
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I'm going to a talk tonight at Soho house in Miami about pretty much this exact thing
"Daniel Carcillo 2 time Stanley cup winner, psychedelic medical expert Dr. Michelle Weiner and investor Dustin Robinson"
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Yeah, me. I mean, I've never in my life had a reliable source of psychedelics so I've never been able to do consistent treatments, but I have lifelong chronic pain and psychedelics have been very helpful when available.
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I remember when I was a kid like 19/20 I noticed that lsd completely removed stuff like headaches or whatever, you went to another place where such things were irrelevant. This was a long time ago, I don't know if what you get is actually pure acid these days.
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