Addictions and red fly agaric: how microdosing Amanita muscaria helps get rid of bad habits

To date, many studies have been conducted on the effects of a practice known as microdosing with fly agaric mushrooms in the treatment of addiction 🧪. Several scientific journals in Europe and America have published the results. All of them are impressive and give hope ✨. For example, taking fly agaric mushrooms for 4–8 weeks reduced the subjects' craving for alcohol by 25–40% 🍄. What types of addictions does fly agaric treat, and how is this effect achieved? Let's figure it out 🤔.

Muscimol is the active ingredient in red fly agaric mushrooms. During the drying process, the mushroom's content of this substance increases as ibotenic acid is converted into muscimol. This makes the "formula" of active ingredients safe and truly healing.

Muscimol does not affect dopamine receptors. Its target is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GABA is also a neurotransmitter. But it performs a more important function — it is responsible for transmitting signals between neurons in the parasympathetic nervous system and is the body's main brake. The parasympathetic nervous system controls the organs in a state of rest and relaxation 😌.

Ethanol also interacts with GABA receptors. When alcohol enters the body, it connects to mediators, which leads to addiction in the system. Both the mind and body cannot live without alcohol. They experience pleasure and inhibition of neural activity. This results in a sedative effect. Why would the body want to give this up? 🤷‍♂️

When microdosing fly agaric, it competes with ethanol. As they say, "First come, first served." Even if you drink after taking mushroom capsules, you will not get any pleasure. Ethanol simply won't have time to bind to the GABA receptors. Gradually, the desire to drink will disappear 🚫🍷.

What addictions does the red fly agaric treat? 🤔

Any addiction = increased dopamine. When a person smokes, the level of this neurotransmitter increases. Playing games, eating everything in the refrigerator after 6 p.m., drinking alcohol, using drugs — any type of addiction leads to dopamine stimulation.

So when muscimol, contained in capsules in a tiny and completely safe dose, begins to work, the brain stops fixating on harmful habits 🧘‍♂️. People will still get some of that from pleasant emotions from other factors that don't kill them. For example, meeting friends, watching a comedy, funny videos on Instagram or TikTok — all of this is also dopamine. But harmless dopamine 😊.

Therefore, microdosing fly agaric will help you cope with any type of addiction 🍄💪. At the same time, it does not cause addiction or side effects. Your brain will quickly return to normal consciousness, you will have more energy, and life will take on completely different colors 🌈

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