Doing another little #bioassay with a big baddie today. IMHO this infamously intimidating 🍄 strain is just misunderstood (and often misdosed), but with a light enough touch, even it can be wrangled into a workable #microdose. #MagicMushroomStrainSelection #PsychedelicResearch #WomenInPsychedelics #StrainSelection #ShroomChooser #WorkJournal #MicrodoseStrainSelection #StrainChoiceMatters #psilocybin #PsilocybeCubensis

My most recent work project is getting tester reports into #Obsidian so I can work with them in #Dataview. I've just finished getting my #Handlebar template set up, and - rather thrillingly - as I've been doing that, one of my testers has simultaneously been entering her reports to GoogleSheets, so I'm going to have the freshest baked inline queries possible for my first import of CSV data. #WorkJournal #PretendingToBeADataScientist #PsychedelicResearch #CitizenScience #MicrodoseStrainSelection

Recently discovered the incredible resource that is the #OpenScienceFramework, & when I emailed support to ask if it was only open to credentialed folks or if #CitizenScience could find a home there too, I got an immediate, welcoming "Yes" that filled me with nerdy glee. Whether or not I get a big juicy publishing deal for my #NonFictionBook on #MicrodoseStrainSelection, at least I know my work might inspire others if I share it via the #OSF. #WomenInPsychedelicResearch #WorkJournal #YayScience

Results are still trickling in for my ad hoc, self-funded #PsychedelicResearchStudy & I clap my gleeful little hands whenever I see my volunteers using the same adjectives to describe a #MagicMushroomStrain that I've already written in my private notes. I'm no scientist, but these moments of validation tell me 🍄
#StrainSelection does indeed matter at the #Microdose level, especially for #HarmReduction. #ShroomChooser #WorkJournal #WomenInPsychedelics #MushroomMonday #MicrodoseStrainSelection

Been steadily on the mend from that mercifully mild case of COVID I caught (#VaccinationsWork #ILoveScience) so today I began my first *full month* of a 🍄 #Microdosing protocol. Having tried the #Fadiman 0.4g dose suggestion, I opted for #Stamets "sub-sensorium" 0.1g dose, and the #PsilocybeCubensis I chose is #Mazatapec, an ancient strain known for multigenerational healing use in families who would often take it together. (Macrodosing it is nice, too.) #MicrodoseStrainSelection #ShroomChooser

Another self-administered #microdose test today, and I definitely picked the right one for staying cozy on a rainy day. This one gets descriptive notes from me like "snug hat" 🤠🍄 I gave in to the weighted blanket feelings it was giving me, so I heated up a buckwheat neck pillow in the microwave and enjoyed an hour of recumbent bliss, and even after I took off the pillow, I can still kind of feel it in the best of ways. #WorkJournal #Psilocybin #MicrodoseStrainSelection #PsychedelicResearchStudy

Enjoying this excellent #JapaneseFunk 🇯🇵 🕺 playlist as I alternate between writing and chores, while I wait for the 🍄 microdose strain I'm testing today to kick in. #WorkJournal #MicrodoseStrainSelection #PsychedelicResearch https://youtu.be/scQuAp2i1to

#MicrodoseStrainSelection is so important, because sometimes a subtle change in dosing can make a huge difference. Not long ago I tested this strain at 0.4g and found it barely perceptible, and now testing it at 0.7g, I am feeling the glow and it's #FungiFriday all over. #MentalWellnessToolkit #WorkJournal #ShroomChooser

Celebrating with a little #microdose strain testing of my own. 🔬 🍄 🍋 #LemonTek #ShroomChooser #PsychedelicResearch #MagicMushrooms #MicrodoseStrainSelection #TGIF #FungiFriday

#PsychedelicResearchStudy UPDATE: MORE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED! I HAVE MORE DATA! It is supportive of my initial findings & I'm encouraged to hear from this volunteer that there's still more reporting to come. Relieved to see that the non-clinical study I've set up for my #NonFictionBook on #MagicMushroom #MicrodoseStrainSelection is still on track... & now over half-finished! What a much-needed boost to my confidence & to the momentum of my #PsychedelicResearch project. #ShroomChooser 🍄 🔍

*Sensitive readers will no doubt note the asterisk highlighting my suspicion as to whether or not the sample size of this strain can indeed be considered a #microdose, part of my [non-clinical] research into the importance of #MicrodoseStrainSelection when assembling a #MentalWellnessToolkit that features #Psychedelics. #PsychedelicWellness #PsychedelicResearch #Psilocybin #MentalWellness #ShroomChooser