psilocybin

11 statements across 5 episodes · 8 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2021 by Sean Weisbrot · across every show →

Everything said about psilocybin, oldest first

Nov 11, 2021 positive
Opinion
Weisbrot: Psilocybin and LSD Are Fastest Ways to Heal Brain Trauma
“I feel like marijuana is great if you have pain, physical pain, but I don't see there being much brain benefit where I see the research, the science showing that if you want to heal your brain, psilocybin and LSD are two of the fastest and best ways to do it”
Sean Weisbrot Nov 11, 2021 ▶ 20:52 He Called It a State of Flow Multiplied by 100
Feb 2, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot predicts US psilocybin access will be restricted to therapy sessions only
“I believe the difference between the two is that while marijuana has been legalized for recreational use, I believe psilocybin might be restricted to therapy-assisted sessions only.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 28:31 Psilocybin Made a Purely Logical Man Say I Love You to His Brother
Feb 2, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot: Taking psilocybin stabilized his chronic high blood pressure without medication
“And after I started taking the psilocybin within like a week or two, I got off of the high blood pressure pills. It's been several months now. My blood pressure is stabilized and I don't take the pills.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 28:59 Psilocybin Made a Purely Logical Man Say I Love You to His Brother
Apr 28, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Serious psilocybin side effects are linked to 5-HT receptor binding
“Now there is some side effects, serious side effects that have emerged with psilocybin due to its binding to the five HT The two B receptor. It's either the two A receptor, the two B receptor.”
Dr. Linda Strauss Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 23:15 Psilocybin Breaks Neural Connections - Then Therapy Rewires Them
Apr 28, 2022 positive
Insight
Psilocybin breaks neural connections so follow-on psychotherapy can rewire them
“So if you think about a psychedelic trip, you can imagine that the psilocybin breaks apart those neural connections and then follow on psychotherapy Will reconnect them in a, air quote, healthier way.”
Dr. Linda Strauss Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 20:35 Psilocybin Breaks Neural Connections - Then Therapy Rewires Them
Apr 23, 2023 positive
Opinion
Weisbrot: People with large egos benefit massively from psilocybin trips
“The people who have the largest egos tend to get a massive benefit from going on a hallucinogenic trip with psilocybin. Because it allows your brain to separate your ego from your consciousness in a way that allows you to understand the world from a different …”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 23, 2023 ▶ 35:09 He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
Jun 3, 2025 bullish
Insight
Adam Shell: Coached psilocybin macrodoses permanently rewire the brain's fear of darkness
“There's techniques and a good coach will coach you through that, you know, allow, allow, allow, surrender, surrender, teach me. And you'll have a compression and it'll be terrifying momentarily. And then you're going to burst through and there will be a sponta…”
Adam Shell Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 18:20 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
Jun 3, 2025
Assertion Supported
Adam Shell: Psilocybin microdosing typically ranges between 100 and 400 milligrams
“Historically, it happens at five grams or 5000 milligrams to down to 3.5 grams or 3500 milligrams. Microdosing happens at the sub 10% level of that. So you're on the lower side, but microdosing kind of breaks down between 100 to 400 milligrams.”
Adam Shell Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 14:53 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
Jun 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Adam Shell: Psilocybin benefits the brain even without active self-awareness
“Psilocybin at both the macro and micro dosing level moves the brain in a beneficial direction. Whether you're cognizant of it or not, but if you're cognizant of it will move the brain in a beneficial direction even more rapidly.”
Adam Shell Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 11:13 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
Jun 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Adam Shell: Macrodosing turns lights on while microdosing walks users toward them
“Used in conjunction is probably the most powerful, but that's kind of how you would delineate the two. One turns the lights on, the other just gently walks you towards the light every day.”
Adam Shell Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 16:43 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
Jun 3, 2025 positive
Opinion
Adam Shell: Microdosing yields a 5% to 20% improvement over standard supplements
“Essentially microdosing is a slightly expensive supplement that you should notice. You know, I take a lot of supplements. I'm very into health and fitness and all that stuff. And like, I've never taken a vitamin C or multivitamin or more like, oh my God, like …”
Adam Shell Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 10:00 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
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