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Is there not physical damage to doing it that often ? Ive done it twice in a row 3 years ago and it was fine but i was wondering that b.c. in the community i d
by mam4 5y ago
Is there not physical damage to doing it that often ?
Ive done it twice in a row 3 years ago and it was fine but i was wondering that b.c. in the community i did that they were literally giving it to children starting 3 y.o.
- temp0826 5y agoThe retreat I worked at drinks 4 times a week, every week all year. Often the shamans drink more. I don't believe it causes any damage (quite the opposite), however the diet that comes along with it (traditionally fish and plantains, and skipping dinner on ceremony nights) can be very depleting. Breaks with normal food (salt, oil, vitamins) are great especially for the long-term (e.g. apprentice) drinkers.
- Fnoord 5y agoYou need to be careful with Ayahuasca to not have MAOI in your diet or medicine. Things like fermented cheese, fish, wine for example can each be dangerous. Disclaimer: I used Ayahuasca once. If you must use psychedelics, stick to LSD or amanita muscaria / psilos, they are much safer. Its ridiculous Ayahuasca is legally obtainable in The Netherlands, while LSD and psilos are not with the former easy to standardize and the latter being banned for safety reasons (17 y.o. French student committed suicide in Amsterdam after usage).
- dr_dshiv 5y agoHave you tried Amanita muscaria? I'm terrified.
- Fnoord 5y agoTwice, legally bought standardized in powdered form from an online smartshop. I found it less severe than psilos, more mellow, not very visual (but I had difficulty with getting visual hallucinations anyway). At one point I fell asleep and it reached the level of a waking dream. Woke up all sweaty. Back when I did it (around 2005-7), the smartshop had an OK website, and there was Erowid.
- stelonix 5y agoI have been taking it for the past 7 years, sometimes a couple times a month, sometimes more, and have zero physical damage from it. It's pretty common in indigenous communities or other ayahuasca centers to give it to children, yeah. No records of anything bad happening to them. In the church I attend, there's people who have been taking it for the past 28 years with no issues at all.
- j4hdufd8 5y ago> I have been taking it for the past 7 years, sometimes a couple times a month, sometimes more, and have zero physical damage from it. > there's people who have been taking it for the past 28 years with no issues at all. What makes you say there is no damage in either of these cases?
- mam4 5y agoThats a dumb question. Why look for problem if there isnt. Plus its the basics of medicine: no symptoms, no disease.
- ___q 5y agoThis post should have an asterisk. It is not risk free, a primary concern being drug-to-drug interactions. That said, a lethal dose is 10-20x what is typically administered. > Adverse health effects may occur from casual use of ayahuasca, particularly when serotonergic substances are used in conjunction. [1] The heightened sense of internal reality for DMT users is mostly due to its interaction with the visual cortex. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810122337/https://www.iceers.org/docs/science/ayahuasca/ayahuasca-paper-addiction-ja07.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170810122337/https://www.iceer...