by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 14, 2018 | Anxiety
Sabrina Misra suffered from depression for most of her life, but last summer, it became almost too heavy to bear. Despite years of therapy and a trove of medications, Misra, 36, had become so despondent that she started planning her suicide. But before she acted, her...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 14, 2018 | Depression
Inspired by promising research into ketamine’s therapeutic effects, people are swapping strategies online on how to use the drug to ease their despair. Could ‘Special K’ be a panacea for depression? Wency Leung reports John woke up one morning...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 14, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression
If we’re going to use psychedelics for therapy, we’re going to have to figure out the proverbial bad trip. This story is part of When the Drugs Hit, a Motherboard journey into the science, politics, and culture of today’s psychedelic renaissance. Follow along...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 9, 2018 | Addiction, Depression
The next big depression treatment might be ketamine, but how best to use it remains unknown. MICHAEL WAS ON the 55th floor of a high rise in an Asian capital, in a conference room, when his world cracked open. His heart began to race and the building felt as if it...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 8, 2018 | Depression
Recent studies are finding that drugs such as LSD and psilocybin can help to alleviate depression, anxiety and addiction—and may have profound things to teach us about how the mind works To anyone who lived through the 1960s, the proposition that psychedelic drugs...
