Going back to something that initiated my #CitizenScience #PsychedelicResearchStudy - specifically 28:37 in this video, where #PaulStamets talks about the different sizes of #MagicMushroomMicrodose he and #JamesFadiman were using in their protocols. Very excited to potentially be able to talk about this as it pertains to my #StrainSelection study w/ Paul himself at the #SpiritPlantMedicineConference at my alma mater UBC next week. #PsychedelicWellness #SPMC2023 🍄 🌱⚕️ 🔜 https://youtu.be/6EjM3_8AL4Y?si=dEWYGh0gbYMqt5U7&t=1717

I cannot tell you my joy at seeing language in one of my tester's reports that is an unmistakable expression of the same feeling I had about one of the strains in my own review. It might just be one person so far confirming my suppositions (and it could still prove to be entirely inconsistent with other testers' experiences), but I am vibrating with excitement.
#MagicMushroomStrainSelection #PsychedelicResearchStudy #PsychedelicWellnessToolkit #WomenInPsychedelics

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

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

Ohhh, that was nice. A perfect little nap-assistant. Some strains keep your mind involved & don't let you completely relax, but at the wee dose size I took (0.3g), this was way more effective than hot milk (lactose-free, too), & let me have a splendid little trip back to the land of nod for an hour w/o keeping me there. Insomniacs will agree: nap-friendly microdoses are a precious find for our #MentalWellnessToolkit & we must cherish them. #StrainSelection #Psilocybin #PsychedelicResearchStudy

#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 🍄 🔍

It's a testing day for me! I've sampled this strain before, but today I'll be taking it at the same [alleged*] #microdose size as some of my #PsychedelicResearchStudy volunteers & doing my best to keep track of sensations I perceive & my responses. I tend to eschew electronics when I've ingested #MagicMushrooms, so it'll be light posting until later & I'm forewarning my chat pals I may be MIA this AM. The plan is 🍄 after ☕ so the dose is done by the time the kids upstairs get home. #WorkJournal

Starting to see the things I'd hoped to see in the initial data coming from the first responses to my #PsychedelicResearchStudy. It might take a while to get there, but my project testing the potency & effects of a dozen different #MagicMushroom strains at #microdose level is going in the right direction, and already my main thesis - that not all #Microdoses are created equal, and that #StrainSelection matters! - has been abundantly proven. #PsychedelicWellness #ShroomChooser #WorkJournal