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Single psilocybin trip delivers two years of depression relief for cancer patients
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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Everyone is different?
Maybe occasionally open and rta:
Man, every time someone posts science some has to go "Nuh uh! I have data (n=1) that says otherwise!
True but this research itself also only has a 28 sample size, and respond rate is only about half too.
Psilocybin appears to rewire your brain. It has long been known that guided trips can have very long lasting benefits. This study includes therapy, which is critical for cementing the long term benefits of psilocybin treatment.
Yes, I only posted the summary, because I wondered how many critics would actually rta.
This is not the only study that points to lasting relief from depression. Your experience is valid, but also anecdotal and not necessarily representative at large.
It is "up to two years", naturally, as mentioned in the article. I do agree two years is a span that is most likely rarely achieved, but I also remember that a single dose can basically cure* people of PTSD, so I do believe some people might be free of depression for 24 months if they processed their trauma / issues in a significant manner.
Please remember, studies that use psychedelics don't simply hand psychoactive substances to people and send them away, they do receive assistance (e. g. therapy) to process whatever issue they might have.
Gonna go out on a limb here and say you seem like you deal with pretty severe depression yourself, seeing as how you come off as a miserable prick. You might benefit from a good heroic dose of mushrooms.
I think it's more an example that we're all still different. I've taken a bunch of psychedelics, I got the messages about what I should do with my life, I havent been able to action those things which is frustrating. It leaves me in a spot where I'm not interested in psychedelics at the moment because at this point the messages are kind of spam.