I love this question! It's super important that you find this out for yourself.
#1 rule to dosing is always start low and slow. You need to find out how your mind and body are going to react. You can always add more later, but you can't take it away. Once you are on that mushroom journey, there is no going back!
One of my teachers in my psilocybin facilitator class brought this issue up to us. He told us of a story of him smoking outside. When he offered a cigarette to a friend, the friend said "No thanks. I've already had my dose."
My teacher was blown away! He had never realized what his "dose" was for nicotine from smoking, and challenged himself to figure that out.
What about caffeine? What about alcohol? What about psilocybin?
Do you know your dose? What dose is therapeutic with what your goals are?
First off... if you are taking a dose greater than 0.5 grams, especially the first time, you should have a sober friend with you. Mushrooms can do very strange things to your mind, and you can get very confused, very quickly.
Be safe!
Pride and Dosing
So I'm going to step onto my little soap box now, so bear with me as I try to explain something that is super annoying in the psilocybin mushroom space.
It's pride.
A weird pride in seeing how high of a dose people can go, and trying to look cool, strong, or courageous for doing it.
They want others to put them on a pedestal for taking a higher mushroom dose.
For instance, look at the highest dose of mushrooms that people consume. They like to call it "heroic" as a dose name.
SERIOUSLY!?!?
Why are you considered a hero for taking a huge dose of mushrooms?!?!
ummmmm... can you say PRIDE and NARCISISM!?!?
Are you saving someone's life? Are you being courageous in a way in which people call you a hero?
If so, why do you feel you have to up someone else, when talking about doses?
If so, why do you feel like you need to tell the universe what a crazy high dose you are able to do?
Just stop. It's pride.
Not everyone is like this, but there is definitely a weird culture that I have noticed in circles about this.
All that matters, is the dose that works for you.
All that matters, is the dose that is therapeutic for you.
We are all different. We all respond to mushrooms differently.
Some of us have had more psychedelic ceremonies/journey's than others. Some of us have been on psych meds for a long time. Some of us are very sensitive to medications and others not.
Everyone is different, and therefore their dose will be different than yours.
Please don't judge your dose to someone else's dose. It's just not helpful.
Just because you need a lower or higher dose does not make you a better or lesser person.
Dosing Chart for Psilocybin Mushrooms
All of these doses are for dried mushrooms, not fresh. Fresh mushrooms have a whole lot of water in them, and so they will weigh much more than dried mushrooms.
Also these doses are for psilocybin cubensis mushrooms. In general for every 1 gram of dried mushrooms, you will have 10mg of psilocybin.
🍄 MICRODOSING: 0.05 - 0.5 grams; This dose is low enough to not create a feeling of being "high" and is considered sub-hallucinogenic. It can create mood enhancement (less depression and anxiety), better concentration, increased energy, and increased mental stamina.
🍄 MINI-DOSE: 0.25 - 0.75 grams; This dose is just above microdosing, whatever that is for you. You will feel a little buzzed, maybe your limbs will be heavier. You will probably have mild euphoria, visual enhancements, short term memory problems, and altered sound and smell perception (it gets better!). If you are hoping to get more out of a talking therapy session, this might be a good starting dose for you.
🍄 LOW DOSE: 0.5 - 1.5 grams; I don't like to call this "museum dose" because I don't believe in using mushrooms for recreation. I think it's disrespecting the medicine, and you can invite dark energy or dark spirits to be with you if you are not careful.
This medicine is to be respected, and used as medicine.
At this dose you can have closed and open eye visuals. All your senses are more enhanced. You can have distracted thought patterns and enhanced creativity. You wills have greater feelings of euphoria at times.
At this dose your subconscious can be opened up and you start dealing with past traumas. You do NOT want this to happen when you are not in a safe space, with people that you know, like at a concert.
PLEASE DON'T USE MUSHROOMS RECREATIONALLY!!!!
Did you know that in Mexico, where we first learned of psilocybin mushrooms as a western society, they do not use mushrooms recreationally there? I didn't know that until I learned it in my class.
Mexicans understand that Psilocybin mushrooms are spirit medicine. It's a gift given to us by God and needs to be respected. It can hurt you if you use it in a wrong manner (recreationally).
If you are using mushrooms to better understand yourself, your goals in life, your spirituality... these are all good things to use this medicine for. It doesn't only need to be used for those that are mentally ill.
🍄 MODERATE DOSE: 2.0 - 3.5 grams; At this dose you can start having warped and kaleidoscope visuals. If you look at your hand, you might not recognize it as your hand. It feels like you are out of your body somewhat. Mild to moderate hallucinations or spiritual visions. At this dose you will have 3D closed eye visuals. You can also have minor synesthesia, which means that your senses can blur or blend. For instance, you might be able to visualize music as it's playing. You can "see" the music. It's very common at this dose to have a distorted sense of time. Usually that a short amount of time has passed but it feels incredibly long...a few hours can feel like days or even months.
At this dose, you will be faced with past traumas. It's incredibly important that you have had set intentions for the journey, and that you are in the right mindset, healthy, and in a good setting with people that you trust, and people that can hold you during a re-visit to a past trauma.
2.0-4.0 grams is a therapeutic level when you look at the studies out there. This dose level creates the most lasting change in people. The anti-depressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-addiction properties will last longer, and the spiritual/mystical experiences you have will help you to permanently make changes in your life for the better.
🍄 HIGH DOSE: 3.5 - 5.0 grams; At this dose you have heavy hallucinations. The likelihood of your ego dissolving is much higher. What this means is that for some time, you can lose the sense of who you are and where your body is. Ego dissolution can be an incredible experience. It can be like a re-birth.
The old self has died, and the new person that is formed is a better version of yourself. Someone that can now see that they are connected to every other creation on earth be that humans, animals, plants, fungi, rocks, soil, etc. All things have spirit, and you realize that you are part of that.
At this dose you can have a mild disconnect from reality. You can get very confused about what is really going on. You can have a complete loss of time. Synesthesia (blending senses) increases, and out of body experiences are increased.
🍄 MEGA DOSE: 5.0 grams +; At this dose you will have the complete altering of senses. You will have ego death. You will have complete disconnect from reality.
You cannot overdose on psychedelic mushrooms. But that doesn't mean that you need to keep pushing the dose because of some weird pride or competition you have with yourself or your friends.
How many times do you need an ego death in your life?
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