So a scientist takes a high dose of
psilocybin, and then he gets into an Mri
machine
to scan his own brain.
We're gonna talk about this on today's episode
of Micro dose U. I'm doctor. Dave. Welcome.
Mushrooms
Yes, this is gonna be a very special
episode. I came across this news reports, and
I'm gonna share everything with you. So you're
really up to date on,
psilocybin, magic mushrooms and some of the latest
of studies that are going on about how
it can change
your mental health
situation. We're gonna talk about that. Remember,
I've got a lot of stuff for you.
I put a brand new episode out every
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check the show notes of each episode, because
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My goal is to help you
reach the life and achieve the life that
you want to be at and feel. The
way you wanna feel every single day. I've
been micro dosing magic mushrooms for over 3
years now, and I will tell you.
They have changed my life. And you're gonna
find out in today's episode, that some of
the things I'll share with you in
from this article that just came out in
the news is these are things that I've
been talking about for over 3 years now.
And now maybe some of the mainstream it
is only slowly starting to discuss these things.
I mean, where have they been?
This is... Some of the stuff not new,
but let me share with you what's going
on in there. So I'm gonna be sharing
this article that I came across online.
I'll be reading a little bit of it
and and putting in my own thoughts and
let's let's have a pretty cool discussion about
this. And, by the way, I'm so glad
you're here with me today,
without you, this podcast would not be able
to to happen. So thanks so much for
being with me.
Nico Dos bak an associate professor of neurology.
At Washington University school of Medicine saint Louis.
Got to find a firsthand
what happens to the brain when it's on
psychedelics. So what do he did? He took
a high dose of psilocybin, How high I'll
talk to you about that in just a
second?
And as he started tripping,
he actually put himself into an Mri machine.
His brain felt as though it turned into
a computer.
He said I was the computer tablet
and my thoughts were like computer thoughts,
which of course makes no sense.
He told Cnn that.
I was aware that this was not normal,
but neither was it frightening.
So this was done as part of a
new study published in the journal nature, which
Dawson doc is a coa author to unlock
the psychedelic secrets behind the active compound in
magic mushrooms.
Scientists and dedicated tripp have long wonder?
How is it that psilocybin and drugs like
Lsd
can distort our perception of space, time, induced
ego death and also
perhaps be a promising
therapeutic toll.
According to what researchers found, the drug may
be disrupting a key network of areas in
our brain, namely the ones that are involved
in intros thinking like day dreaming and remembering.
And as the studies title puts it psilocybin,
d
the human brain.
Excuse me,
what have I've been telling you guys for
over 3 years now?
I mean,
doctor Dave has been telling you that
Psilocybin
rewire the brain. I guess that's the same
as d.
I mean, I've been I've been saying this
forever to you guys.
It rewire.
It's not like an Ss r where you,
you know, take it
and it she... It masks things
and just sends a little bit of more
serotonin into your brain, but then the minute
you stop taking the Ss, it you're... It
as doesn't it doesn't fix anything. Whereas
magic mushrooms and other psychedelics
actually re rewire.
The idea is that you're taking this system
that's fundamental to the brain's ability to think
about the self in relation to the world.
And you're totally des
it temporarily,
Josh Siegel an instructor in psychiatry at W
s said in a statement about the work.
And the lasting effects this has on our
brains appear to be positive
from a therapeutic point of view boosting what's
known as plastic.
Or our brain's ability to change and grow.
Hello again,
what is doctor Dave been telling you guys
same thing. I mean, are you gonna wait
till scientific studies come. I mean, you're gonna
wait years and years to
find out the research or are you gonna
believe what doctor Dave has been teaching for
over 3 years now. Well, it's up to
you. But I think since you're with me,
you're probably gonna, you know, be on board
with me.
In the short term, this creates a psychedelic
experience,
Seagull added, but the longer term consequences is
that it makes the brain more flexible
and potentially more able to come into a
healthier state.
The study was conducted with 7 adult participants
including Dawson.
They were given either a a high 25
milligram dose of psilocybin or a dose of
the mild stimulant rita and had their brain
scanned in an Mri machine around 18 times
before
during and 3 weeks after their trip.
Some of them also took another dose of
psilocybin between 6 and 12 months later.
6 and 12 months later, why why wait
so long?
This
seems weird to me. Like, 1 dose and
then you're gonna wait another 6 months or
12 months
we can we can fix you faster than
that. I promise that. And also, let me
talk to you about dosing because they mentioned
25 milligrams of psilocybin here. Now, It might
be confusing because they're talking about pure psilocybin
as opposed to when we talk about weight
of magic mushrooms.
Let's just say 1 gram.
So generally, 1 gram of matching mushrooms has
1 percent psilocybin.
So 1 gram is 1000 milligrams.
So that would mean
10,
milligrams of psilocybin. So what that means is
they were... He was actually taking 2.5
grams
if if I did the math rate, 2.5
grams
of the equivalent of matching mushrooms. And that's
that's a high dose, but it's not a
heroic dose. By any stretch of the imagination.
It's somewhere between, you know, a a decent
dose and a heroic dose, but it's not
it's not what you call like, a really,
really high dose, but it's it's high enough,
I would say. But I hope you understand
the dosing there. You don't have to really
understand it, but let's just say what he
took 25 milligrams of psilocybin with is the
equivalent.
Of 2.5
grams of dried magic mushrooms.
The scans showed the biggest disruption place the
brain's default mode, a network of regions responsible
for our sense of self,
space and time.
This can be a good thing. It's essentially
making the connectivity of our brain functions more
flexible.
From a psycho
standpoint, this could also help us break out
of our brains, bad habits,
guiding us out of our Du fault patterns
into greener pastures.
A key point is that this is best
pursued with a professional
self medic isn't recommended the researcher said, well,
I think they're trying to cover themselves because
I've been doing this by myself on my
own for over 3 years especially micro dosing.
You don't need to be doing micro dosing
along with a professional again. This is not
medical advice for you. This is from doctor
Dave, but this is from Mike's experience and
from many other people's experiences over the past
with 3 plus years.
To micro dose as long as you understand
it, and again, that's why we offer 1
on 1 coaching with this.
I'm as long as you understand it, you
don't really have to be doing this along
with somebody that's a professional that's guiding you
every step of the way that's not really
necessary.
Even better the brain scan showed that these
benefits in brain connectivity suddenly
persist weeks
after the psychedelic experience.
I I think it's longer than weeks, but
not only that that's another reason why I'm
such a big proponent of micro dosing because
in micro dosing,
you're you're
constantly
giving the brain
a dose of this, a very small dose
of psilocybin. So it's always
working always,
you know, causing the
neuro,
and re wiring it's always happening as opposed
to,
just taking a large dose 1 time, and
it might last for a little while, but
then it eventually doesn't last. So that's why
I'm, again, I'm a tremendous proponent of micro
dosing.
There's a massive effect initially and when it's
gone,
pinpoint effect remains Dawson Bach said in the
statement. That's exactly what you'd want to see
for a potential medicine.
You wouldn't want people's brain networks to be
obliterated for days, but then you also wouldn't
want everything to snap back the way it
was immediately.
You want an effect it lasts long enough
to make a difference. Well, in my mind,
long enough to make a difference is forever.
I mean, you don't want it to go
back to the way it was after 6
months.
You wanna keep it
changed in it's, in know, neuro plastic, and
you want... You want it to be permanently
rewire.
And again, that's why that's why I'm such
a big proponent of micro dosing because it
keeps you in that rewire state, it does
not allow your brain to go back. It
doesn't allow us to snap back the way
it was. You don't want that.
All told the study has given us a
hopeful glimpse at what's behind the magic of
magic mushrooms and exe identifies what the revived
interest in the field of psychedelic medicine
can do end of article, it... It's a
it's an interesting article. However,
I don't think there's really anything new.
They're they're kind of
claiming that. They... They... This is, like, some
revel
revelation, but
again,
we've been talking about this forever.
And even before my podcast started, even over
3 years ago, people have been talking about
this. Again, you know, you can wait if
you want a wait till mainstream
okay this,
but those of us that are not waiting
and want to change and want to feel
better every single day, Like, right now,
we're going with a micro dosing protocol, which
I teach.
And I'm a firm believer
that this works. And, again, why
why wait around for these very slow
studies to trickle in that are already gonna
tell us what what we know.
So I hope this helped you
Again, I... This is what I teach, it's
changed my life. It's changed the lives of
so many people that I know and work
closely with.
So again, I hope if you're experiencing
depression or anxiety or,
you know, various types of medical... Mental health
mental health issues I should say. Are you
just sort become
more spiritual, more focused, better business, better at
sports. There so many
So many benefits of micro that this article
didn't even touch on.
Didn't even come close. This is like a
real overview article didn't even come close to
touching on what I've been
preaching to you for the past several years.
That this not only helps mental health issues,
but it it will
change your life in ways that you just
would never believe.
I told you 1 of the things I'm
doing is I'm I'm learning Japanese now. With
my my 69 year old brain learning Japanese
and they say Japanese is 1 of the
most difficult languages in the world to to
to to learn as as a as a
second language.
Especially if English is your first language is
it's not easy.
But I do believe
be re wiring of my brain and this
neuro
with the micro dosing has truly
helped me get to wear.
I want to be. I'm not... I'm not
fluent yet. I'm not even close. I'm not
conversational, but I'm just quite. 1 little step
at a time. I'm getting there. If I
hadn't done any of this,
I wouldn't be anywhere. So same with you.
I just really wish you a lot of
luck on your journey. Let me know what
I can do for you. Bring a new
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Till next time,
I'm doctor Dave.
Thanks so much for being here Love you.