First study of psilocybin in adults with autism opens
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2022
- Researchers from King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are leading the first ever study of psilocybin in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The study has been conceived and developed independently by the researchers and will take place at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London. It is funded by COMPASS Pathways and co-sponsored by King’s IoPPN and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
The aim of the research is to explore how specific brain pathways involving the chemical serotonin may work in adults with ASD. Serotonin is involved in many of the body’s functions including mood, sleeping patterns, appetite and socialization and previous research has shown a connection between this brain chemical and ASD.
Read about the launch of the study on the NIHR Maudsley BRC website: www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/po...
Find out more on the COMPASS Pathways website: compasspathways.com/compass-p...
Find out more about the Psychoactive Trials Group at the IoPPN: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/psycho...
In November 2023, The Centre for Mental Health Research and Innovation opened to accelerate research into psychedelics and develop new models of care for mental health. Read more about it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-psyche...
For information about taking part in the study, contact psilocybin@kcl.ac.uk
Fantastic. I'm autistic and as a late teen had a big dose of psilocybin. It made me feel connected, loving, compassionate and part of a bigger picture rather than separate and different from everyone else which I had done previously. And you never go back.... I wouldn't say the shrooms 'cured me' but they certainly helped me adapt and grow. I feel deep gratitude for that experience.
I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone , lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.
Psilocybin mushrooms saved my life honestly. They helped me see the pure beauty in life, and made me realize how dumb it would be to take myself out.
I would love to try this. I will correct family members who say “they have first hand experience with autism” NO, you DON’T. Someone with autism has first hand experience with autism. Family members just know someone with it. That’s not first hand experience. 🙄 you know of what they tell you (that’s second hand knowledge, not first hand experience)
Upon my first shroom trip, my depression disappeared overnight. It shifted my perspective on the way I viewed myself. It showed me that I was stuck in one way of thinking. This was unhealthy mentally and it was affecting me physically. Within 6 months of the trip, my chronic lower back pain disappeared, I'm sure it was due to tension and stress, and hasn't returned.
Hey, so if you’re a family member of an autistic person, you don’t have first hand experience. Please don’t say that, your lived experience is by proxy. Also “autistic” is not a dirty word, autism is not a disease. Many autistic people in this day and age prefer identity first over person first language.
Psychedelic mushrooms are very beneficial substances and can really help people with mental health issues like anxiety and depression. My journey has been a testimony.
Deeply interested in the findings of this study, but find myself feeling weary of people (especially professionals) saying they have first hand experience with autism when referring to their family members.
I’m autistic and bipolar 2. When I first started use the small amount of psilocybin on a regular basis I was hoping that it could help to treat my depression. And sure it’s really helped me a lot. But after month I started to realize that my autistic symptoms started to get better. I was able to meet new people and I wasn’t so exhausted after that meeting. I was able to try new things and I was able to work without burnout. Still my bipolar needs some medication, to cope with hypomania but after a year with psilocybin my life became more stable, happier than ever before.
I’m autistic and would like to eventually take part in a study like this.
Looking at the good effects of psilocybin mushrooms on depression I had a test, the effects of just one dose of psilocybin mushroom gave me an encouraging result.
Depression haunted my life from a very young age, and I was put on a bunch of SSRIs as a child in attempt to deal with it. None worked.Psychedelic mushrooms was brought to my attention. It was the first thing that actually had real effects. They should only be used with great care and respect.
It’s heavily suspected that I’m autistic and psilocybin was the single most effective mental health medication I’ve ever used. In desperation, I tried it last year after a period of extreme stress I couldn’t handle. It activated “admin mode” and corrected garbage data in my brain, and afterward…actual, real peace for the first time in my life. No ADHD or depression symptoms. No pain. No anxiety or self-doubt. Just chill and accepting of who I was as a person, flaws and all. No more trying to hide from yourself.
Psychedelic help a lot and they’re like a cheat sheet to life, but you could also experience the same things. Psychedelic amp tf out whilst being sober, meditation and astral projection are key.
Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Really interested in the potential that psilocybin has to help autistic people, but as an autistic person, I feel a disconnect from how autism is talked about in this video. I think psilocybin has amazing potential at helping autistic people to understand themselves, but ultimately this treatment is only going to be affective if more work is done to improve the societal conditions for the equality of autistic people.
I suffered a spinal cord injury while working rescue on a traffic accident. I covered the body of a 9 yr old girl thrown down an embankment. Then I fell. I was EMS heavy rescue for 26yrs. I was a strength athlete at 42 I just finished the World Masters Highland Games and National masters Strongman. My career my health all gone. I thankfully can get around i have lost my strength. My son has never spoke, he also has epilepsy. During the peak developmental years he was having 50 seizures a day. He never potty trained. He has to be cleaned and diapered many times a day. However he is the picture of health. 6’5” 250lbs. His sense of order is punishing. He only eats fast food for the most part. He only eats during his rides, he can’t bathe, never held a fork or spoon, hates clothes. He loves music and contemporary Christian is 90% of what he turns to. He can play music on phone and can look at pics on iPad. It’s at least $30 a day food gas before inflation. The irony is his brother is only 2 yrs older and maintains a lifetime 4.0 and still holds a 4.0 in medical school at 22. My wife still works ER 30Yrs as a Critical Care Nurse. My sons name is Peyton. He gets to attend school at special ED. They failed him it’s nothing more than babysitting. He sits in a rocking chair most time last few years. It gives us a break to get things done because he commands attention. He is so happy, never Sinned, hurt anyone, never felt hatred, jealousy, envy, money means nothing only Love. He gets up every day as it was the first day in a beautiful world he traveled a thousand years to reach.
I’ve recently been diagnosed with ADHD and autism in my 40’s.
Wow. Incredible! Well done everyone.