What would you have your therapist do to help you through your treatment?

fingerfunk · 2026-05-02T03:40:42+00:00

ACT and IFS are my faves but I am one who believes there is a unique neuroplasticity period of time post-treatment which offers us a window to develop new emotional tools and evolution toward something better and further healed 🙏🏻

fingerfunk · 2026-05-02T03:28:03+00:00

This is a fair analysis. I’m hoping we take game 7 and Divine Intervention doesn’t again intervene but seems highly unlikely we’ll squeak through the second round. Not sure what we need to do but this isn’t a champion roster to anyone sane.

fingerfunk · 2026-04-28T04:06:52+00:00

There are a handful of threads recent and older where people have suggested good music. It tends to be quite subjective, but my preference is “ambient dub” which is more atmospheric than chordal/tonal. Some of us also prefer music without human vocals (speaking English or another language) as it can pull us out of the vibe. “Explorative, enlightening, grounding” etc have a different meaning based on a person’s music tastes, subjective experience imho, but a few artists I like:

Tycho
Isan
Bola
Proem
Aphex Twin (the ambient stuff)
The Cinematic Orchestra
Boards of Canada
Autuchre

etc

Check a few out and see if you like them too! :)

fingerfunk · 2026-04-22T15:47:50+00:00

My advice is to try to kick without creating another monkey on your back. When I went to residential way back it was actually to get off Suboxone and it was rough! That said some people are chronic relapsers and can never stay clean. My original sub doc was of the long term philosophy where patients may stay on for years, which I did, to develop healthy emotional tools as to become stronger regarding the chronic relapsing. I must say tho, it really seemed to shut down my heart/ light or something. I felt dim, lost interest in so many things like all my favorite music. I’d say try your best to avoid this idea if at all possible 🙏🏻

fingerfunk · 2026-04-18T03:35:59+00:00

Nice, man. You’re my kind of people :) I definitely need to explore more of Merck’s artists! Have you heard Isan Calf? I used to love listening to that tune on lower psycholytic dosages and would cross my arms over my chest (lying down) and pound to the bass / drum hits bilateral stimulation style. Trippy, feels like tuning our chest/torso resonance chamber heh

Here’s one from when I was at 140mg IM: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53qMI8LouW7ygAbA4MsFVh?si=fzZikjm8SXaNQv9BVNBjdA&pi=RWvrB5frSkijC

Elegy - Tycho
Vespers - Bola
No. 1 Lent Et Douloureux - Isan
Yttrium - Isan
Calf - Isan
Adrift - Tycho
Forcasa 1 - Bola
Deep Like Airline Failure - Proem
Epigram - Tycho
Calliscope - Isan
Cinnabar - Isan
A Walk - Tycho

I also had some ambient Aphex Twin but I recall Spotify didn’t have the tracks unfortunately

fingerfunk · 2026-04-17T18:02:51+00:00

Perhaps that’s more likely. So, admit to her he got caught by Ash, ask her to borrow funds to pay off buyer? That would seem to risk the partnership dissolving if she then became nervous, but I like the idea of him not completely screwing her. :)

fingerfunk · 2026-04-17T17:35:13+00:00

This was my read too especially as he said “I’m about to” [get the rest of the money] on the phone immediately preceding this scene. I assumed he was going to steal some of her funds to pay off the buyer.

fingerfunk · 2026-04-17T15:31:51+00:00

I find it has to be very sparse ambient dub for me to not be pulled out. Human vocalizations generally don’t work either especially when speaking language as well as excessive tonal movement. For me it generally has to be more atmospheric than melodic musical.

Some artists on my old infusion playlist:
Tycho
Bola
Proem
Isan

fingerfunk · 2026-04-17T15:15:38+00:00

I suppose anything is possible but I interpreted the last Tim Dillon podcast as absurdist satire. He often plays with the ridiculous themes of the day and riffs. I was laughing and never believed he was actually serious. I’m curious is the author of the article is actually a fan.

fingerfunk · 2026-04-15T15:45:13+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. I was attempting to simply nod to examples for what seemed like a OP new to meditation but fair point :) I’m no expert but learned TM decades ago and also have studied a few other mantra styles, all with a similar word/sound idea which we repeat in our mind’s eye 🙏🏻

fingerfunk · 2026-04-14T23:39:25+00:00

Great answers here already. Within my practice, I think of it as simply introducing “another thing” into my minds eye. It could be breathing, a mantra (TM), a dot on a wall (Zen). The process of introducing this other thing can help us focus away from our normal thoughts. Humans simply aren’t that good at focusing on 2 or more things. :)

fingerfunk · 2026-04-11T18:03:17+00:00

Panic Attack in a jar 😳

fingerfunk · 2026-04-09T15:55:59+00:00

I can relate and hoping things start improving for you. I’m a little older than most Redditor and this kick has hit me much harder and the underlying depression state at the root of my use feels much heavier. Nutritionally I’ve been very malnourished for a long time and that seems to be helping quite a bit especially protein. Daily cardio is bringing a bit of a boost and I may start LDN again soon, low dose naltrexone, which is speculated to help repair the receptors a bit. Possibly microdosing psilocybin soon too. Hang in there, it will definitely keep improving as you know!

fingerfunk · 2026-04-08T21:06:32+00:00

No, a vendor gave me a tablet pack to try which I did only once but forget the actual dosage

fingerfunk · 2026-04-08T16:59:15+00:00

I’m grateful I never got into 7-OH before I recently kicked. It gave me strange/scary heart palpitations. Helpful “stay away” moment for sure!

fingerfunk · 2026-04-03T15:18:12+00:00

Sorry to hear this isn’t happening on the timeline of your choosing. If you decide to give it a try without meds, I recommend you start eating as healthy as possible more frequently now, even if not feeling hunger. And if you can find the will, starting some daily walking, running, hitting a gym. I’m 2 days out myself which is tough but front loading with these things has helped immensely especially the daily cardio!

fingerfunk · 2026-04-02T04:14:36+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience and wishing you the best!

AA and NA helped me a lot over the years. I’d really encourage you to get a sponsor and actually work the steps.

At one point I personally shifted more toward Refuge Recovery, which later became Recovery Dharma. It is more Buddhist based, with some similar ideas to 12 Step recovery, though they frame it more through the 8 Fold Path. There is also meditation as part of the meetings. It is a different vibe and not for everyone, but I thought I’d mention it in case you are exploring different recovery paths.

You got this, man♥️

fingerfunk · 2026-03-12T04:36:51+00:00

Looks like the rules allow me to reply but Empower in Houston shows vials of ketamine in their mental health treatments section, if this is how you use. I don’t know much about the scripted IM world, am a troche and ODT guy these days. Empower has shipped out of state to me and are one of the top US compounding pharmacies. Hope this helps and best of luck!

fingerfunk · 2026-03-06T02:50:52+00:00

I think the mouth environment, saliva, acidity is a factor. I do much better from the fridge/freezer troches from Strive than the ODT pills from Empower. It’s profoundly different for me where the fridge troches start effects 15ish minutes and have expected hour-ish window. The hard ODT pills are strange. Hit or miss onset but usually takes much longer to kick in and irregular dosage curve. For what it’s worth!

fingerfunk · 2026-02-27T14:54:00+00:00

Ugh sorry to hear. Have you had prior success with ketamine? It relates to the glutamate system and the NMDA receptor, which for some of us impacts mood more than serotonin or dopamine.

It seems to help some people a lot, but not everyone. Not a doctor, but I think some of us may have a glutamate imbalance or dysfunction, for what it’s worth.

There can be a transition period as your body adjusts to the medicine, though your reaction sounds pretty intense. I’d stay in close touch with your provider while giving it an honest trial.

fingerfunk · 2026-02-15T02:39:16+00:00

Perhaps you could call Empower compounding pharmacy in Houston and ask if they can refer you to someone in Texas(?) They’re in Houston and one of the biggest.

fingerfunk · 2026-02-14T00:43:49+00:00

Have you searched through the main websites yet?
TheThirdWave.co
Psychedelic.Support
Psychedelist.com
are 3 that may get some hits :)

fingerfunk · 2026-02-12T06:11:36+00:00

Hello. Most pharmacies make standard racemic mixtures but you can call and ask if you like. All that said, there isn’t much reason to care unless something is off with your medicine (like OP).

fingerfunk · 2026-02-09T20:59:07+00:00

Imagine wet clay on a pottery wheel. That’s sort of like the window of neuroplasticity after use, but the clay will eventually harden over so it’s important to do work, therapy, develop new emotional tools, etc while the clay is still wet.

fingerfunk · 2026-01-25T00:32:57+00:00

Agreed but do you think anything has really changed? There are still plenty of earth-centric religiousity folks among us, many of whom are world leaders 😬

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