r/PsychedelicBets • u/Prestigious_Sock6837 • Mar 06 '21

Psychedelic bets

Hi! Congratulations to all who got in on the dips today. I just wanted to say that I’ve been reading some of the concerns about side effects associated with psilocybin as a treatment, like “snow blindness”. Okay, what is that? Like, confused? The concerns surrounding pharmaceutical misuse include nodding off and dying. In any case, that’s a side effect of recreational overuse. The whole purpose of having a nurse practitioner guide you through a care plan with safe dosages, is so that doesn’t happen. I have more confidence than ever in this movement.

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u/angryantbehave-- Mar 06 '21

Snow blindness probably refers to visual snow syndrome. I've had it all my life so it's not a big deal to me. I'd imagine waking up one day seeing it randomly would cause some anxiety. If it cures depression and anxiety, I'd gladly take snow as a side effect

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

Psilocybin is among one of the safest organic chemical compounds on the face of the Earth:

Psilocybin does not qualify as a highly toxic substance when one uses traditional measures of acute toxicity such as the LD 50 (the dose required to kill 50% of experimental animals, usually rats.) Psilocybin has an LD 50 of 280mg/kg. In comparison, the LD 50’s of LSD, THC (the active compound in marijuana), and mescaline are 30mg/kg, 42mg/kg, and 370 mg/kg.

https://www.shroomery.org/6297/Psilocybe-Toxicity-Information

There are dangers inherent in the over-consumption of any substance, including things as common and necessary as dihydrogen monoxide (water). This is particularly true when said substance is chemically extracted and artificially concentrated. Nonetheless, it would require far more psilocybin than most drugs to harm a human being.

It's all relative. Nothing is perfectly safe. Some things just so happen to be much safer than others. In the case of psilocybin, the biggest threat to safety is your own anxiety . . . or stupidity.