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I may or may not be qualified to say they're a nice experience, especially with a beer or two to smooth out the anxiety which hallucinogens can produce in anxious people.
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There is some research in this area, but typically it has been for patients that are terminally ill. Apparently some people find it quite a spiritual experience. But it can scare the CRAP out of you too, possibly. I will pass for now.
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There is some literature and lots of anecdote on therapy for grief and trauma too. Caution is always advised. I predict FDA approval of psilocybin and/or MDMA for limited indications within a few years.
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Thanks. I didn't realize it was coming this way.I'll have to do some checking around.
Edit: NOAA indicates there will be nothing. We are experiencing our normal easterly winds today.
But I will keep my ear to the ground.
Edit: NOAA indicates there will be nothing. We are experiencing our normal easterly winds today.
But I will keep my ear to the ground.
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I have taken up cannabis for the first time in 20+ years. I stopped because it made me catatonic for hours on end. Nowadays I fill a tiny pipe with a small bit of leaf and take one tiny toke.. It is quite conducive to bike wrenching, I have found. Or other activities that require a bit of focus and a bit of drive. Like the limes, it is home grown.
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It was such a comforting feeling having no anxieties that it scared the hell out of me. I could see how people find the oblivion of some drugs addictive.
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I know I'm late but the fastest I've seen on my speedo on a bike was 81. kmh. On a fully loaded recumbent touring bike. It was a nice hill with no sharp corners and I took the lane and let the bike roll. I kept my hands well away from the brake levers. At that speed grabbing a brake is only going to end badly.
I've gone faster on my old Mercian road bike but it didn't have a speedo on it at teh time. Similar road: steepish with a good runout. There were a group of us and we all bombed down the hill. The fastest person got to 89kmh and the slowest was doing 83kmh. I was in the middle so was going somewhere between the two.
I've gone faster on my old Mercian road bike but it didn't have a speedo on it at teh time. Similar road: steepish with a good runout. There were a group of us and we all bombed down the hill. The fastest person got to 89kmh and the slowest was doing 83kmh. I was in the middle so was going somewhere between the two.
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My sister gave me half a Xanax, to get through my dad's funeral. I was a bit too relaxed for the occasion, but I'm still glad I had it.
I had sworn off all funerals many years earlier. This one, of course, had to be attended.
I had sworn off all funerals many years earlier. This one, of course, had to be attended.
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Might have to get one of these!
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A fair number of people find that Benadryl is an effective mild anxiolytic. I myself have used it occasionally, and it seems to work like Baby Xanax - it turns off the squirrel running in the cage without stopping thinking altogether, whereas Xanax felt more like shutting everything down. I remember once, I caught a hint of a coming BIG reversal at a previous company, and I was working myself up to a panic attack, and took a Xanax, then went out with Mrs. GJ for a walk around the block. At first I was so wired that I had to keep stopping for her to catch up. Then it was like someone threw a blanket over my mind, and the anxieties and unhappy thoughts winked out one by one. By the end of the walk, Mrs. GJ had to keep stopping for me to catch up.
It was such a comforting feeling having no anxieties that it scared the hell out of me. I could see how people find the oblivion of some drugs addictive.
It was such a comforting feeling having no anxieties that it scared the hell out of me. I could see how people find the oblivion of some drugs addictive.
Years ago, I encountered a chronically ill patient who had become intensely dependent on diphenhydramine (Benadryl) after receiving with many infusions of some blood product. She became quite obstreperous when it was withheld, but I couldn't see the harm in it given what her life was like. Her doctors and the consulting shrink disagreed.
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I dislike both classes of drug, personally. I use scopolamine patches when I'm out on the ocean and I'm not fond of that stuff either.
Years ago, I encountered a chronically ill patient who had become intensely dependent on diphenhydramine (Benadryl) after receiving with many infusions of some blood product. She became quite obstreperous when it was withheld, but I couldn't see the harm in it given what her life was like. Her doctors and the consulting shrink disagreed.
Years ago, I encountered a chronically ill patient who had become intensely dependent on diphenhydramine (Benadryl) after receiving with many infusions of some blood product. She became quite obstreperous when it was withheld, but I couldn't see the harm in it given what her life was like. Her doctors and the consulting shrink disagreed.
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I dislike both classes of drug, personally. I use scopolamine patches when I'm out on the ocean and I'm not fond of that stuff either.
Years ago, I encountered a chronically ill patient who had become intensely dependent on diphenhydramine (Benadryl) after receiving with many infusions of some blood product. She became quite obstreperous when it was withheld, but I couldn't see the harm in it given what her life was like. Her doctors and the consulting shrink disagreed.
Years ago, I encountered a chronically ill patient who had become intensely dependent on diphenhydramine (Benadryl) after receiving with many infusions of some blood product. She became quite obstreperous when it was withheld, but I couldn't see the harm in it given what her life was like. Her doctors and the consulting shrink disagreed.
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Psychiatrist mellowed her out with a homeopathic dose of some antipsychotic. She seemed to like it, so what do I know?
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Like once every few years type...
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It's a bit sedating so might not be good to use daily. Especially for the elderly. That said, I have some patients with insomnia who take this every night to sleep. I tell them it's not good for them, but probably only a little bad.
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Mrs. rjones28 has been using a Dutch oven in the stove, for baking her sourdough loaves.
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Fixed.
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