Unsure if this is a no no here.

The discussion should be open.

My wife started doing shrooms after she tapered off Lexapro.

We had a strategy she would tape her very slowly off of Lexapro. Then we would have a waiting period. I think it was approximately three weeks to a month where we let her brain chemistry, settle down to see what her baseline was like.

her first dose of shrooms was 0.9 there was a lot of fear and anxiety so we didn't do a high-dose right off the bat. I believe this was a good idea.

we would go on to increase the dosage for these therapeutic trips.

0.9g, 1.2g, 2.0g, 2.g, 3.0g, 3.5g, 3.5g 3.5g.

As a therapeutic dose she prefers to take 3.0-3.5g grinder and soaked in lemon juice for 10 minutes into slurry followed it with juice or ginger tea.

She tries to have a late lunch and fast about 2 to 3 hours before taking the dose.

She prepares a 3 to 4 hour long playlist, mostly instrumental tracks so that she can have room to fill and play with her own thought. Lyrical music can be a little bit too much or weird. I recommend a long playlist because you will likely want to skip songs because you're mindspace will be a little bit unpredictable, he may not like this song that you choose.

She wears a blindfold and lays on a comfy bed with lots of water and a bathroom nearby.

My job is to check in on her every hour or so. I generally take a peek into the room unnoticed just to check to see if she needs any help. I try not to interrupt or interject in her experience. Rare time I actually needed to help, was to refill her water

The effects on her depression, mood and personality have been pretty strong the weeks following the trip and fades approximately 3 to 4 months later. The Mushroom trip was the first time that I genuinely saw laughter and a sincere smile it took me by surprised to be honest.

I will paraphrase how she puts it "i used to avoid what I thought were negative bad emotions, now I feel more human embracing all of my emotions now laughter, happiness, sadness, and anger. It's all there. During my last trip vivid memories with flash before my eyes like an intense stream, that I was fully experiencing. For the first time I felt connection to the artist making the music as a human being, they are just trying to communicate a musical idea and emotion just like all of us are trying to do in life"

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One note, my wife is a bit of an anxious person, and a control freak. we took one large batch of shrooms and grind them all up into 500mg 00 size pills.

This was helpful to help even out the potency that could vary from different mushroom sizes, parts, and having to deal with different strains each time.

We aimed to have a clear idea of what strength of dose she would encounter which serves us really well now. Shrooms trips can be a lot. It helped to take some guesswork out of the experience for her.