I have suffered from acute depression pretty much since I was a teenager. I did not start treatment until I was 27 years of age. Regular medication was working fine with me until an event that changed my life. I almost died due to the medical negligence and carelessness of the nursing staff at an ER. The event sunk me into such a deep state of depression that my psychiatrist diagnosed me with PTSD. I continue traditional medical treatment adjusting and changing some of the drugs I was originally taking. I am also an HIV survivor and have been positive for 37 years. I never developed conditions that would diagnose me with AIDS until October 2022. My physician wanted to change my HIV treatment to some experimental new treatments. I refused, I have done all the experimental treatment in the late 80s when my friend was dying, but now it was not the time, as a 61-year-old man, I thought I would let things take their course. My mental state deteriorated quite fast to the point I had to take a leave from work after being diagnosed with Bipolarity. In early November 2022, a friend of mine who had suffered post-partum-depression told me about micro-dosing using Psychedelic mushrooms, it took me some time to the idea of taking what I considered to be recreational drugs, however, I was desperate. In late November 2022, I took my first dose of Psilocybin mushroom. I took a little piece of a mushroom and lay in my bed after a few minutes I fell asleep. The next day after the most restful sleep I had in months, I woke up and went to walk my dog. I was not even aware of myself, then I started noticing that I felt a sense of calm and solace. It was a very familiar feeling. As cliché as this might sound, I felt like I was floating, I felt the cool breeze on my skin that early late November morning, the sun seem brighter, the sounds clearer and I had this feeling of well-being I had not since… when… then I realized, I had felt this same feeling another late November morning 40 years before, it was about 2 weeks after I started my first treatment with Prozac. I was the EXACT SAME FEELING! I continue to micro-dose and still do every Saturday night. My mind began to adjust to a very calming, balanced, pure feeling of well-being. This continued for months. In late February, I went back to my HIV doctor to take the blood work to determine how I was doing with the HIV medication I was refusing to change. In early March I received a call from my doctor asking me to come to the office, which seemed strange since before, he would read me the results over the phone. When I saw him, he told me that my T-Cell count was over 1200, I have never reached that level, always hovering in the low 800s, and my viral load was a mere 15 way below the 50 readings I had had for the last 20 or so years of being undetectable. He told me that he ran the test twice to be sure there was not a mistake in the readings. He was happy and told me that the medications were back “on track”. When I told him that was not “on track” it was the best results I have had in 40 years of HIV infection, he just kind of looked at me like… oh well just be happy. I was, I told him about my experimentation with Psilocybin, and he did not flat-out dismiss that as anecdotal evidence, but certainly played it down. I left that office that day, feeling the best I have felt in decades and knowing that I would continue to use Psilocybin. Today, I take the SoulCybin products, mainly the adaptogen blend with the enhancer. That in addition to my Saturday Psilocybin mushroom micro-dose has given me a new lease in life, not just my mental but my physical life. I wish all of you out there who might be reading my experience be inspired to give these products a chance. They might be the one thing that might change your life forever toward a longer, happier, and more productive one.
