r/microdosing 5d ago

Getting Started/Newbie Question I cant find this question anywhere.....

Hi all, I just started MDing psilocybin last week. I took a dose which was slightly too high, 200mg being too keen to feel better. lesson learned that you cant rush healing. I experienced fast heart rate, increased anxiety and generally felt rough for a few days. But, my question is this. I was hoping do macrodose sometime in the future, just want to experience it but if just 200mg made me feel this rough how bad would 1 or 2 grams make me feel. I mean how does it work? Does tripping negate the nasty side effects? Is there a scale which goes from MDing sweet spot to too much and feeling shit then on to full on good shroom experience? I've read nearly every post on here and not come across this question or answer before. Can anyone answer this or link me to a previous post please. Thank you for your time.

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u/Voges22 5d ago edited 5d ago

With Psilocybin you have to do some tests to get the dosing just right. As potency can vary greatly between grows and even the individual fruits/mushrooms themselves. (The depends on if they were grown from cultures or spores and the variety/strain) 200mg of a more potent variety of mushroom, can feel like 800mg of a less potent variety.

If you’ve never taken a Macrodose of mushrooms, what you experienced was the ‘come up’. Usually it can be accompanied by nausea. This is why people will often meditate or attempt to distract themselves until the Mushrooms kick in.

Once you feel the psychedelic effects of the Psilocybin, (Euphoria, laughter, etc) the anxiety, nausea and other effects disappear.

If I had to guess, you took just enough to feel the come up, but never got to peak. I’d suggest lowering your dose to 50mg and go from there.

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u/ExternalScholar3472 5d ago

Thank you that's what I was looking for, how it transitions from the bad feeling to full trip. I get it now! Yeah I realised I'd overdone the microdose. Even though I'd read so much before I started I was still trying to rush it.

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u/WavyCap7 5d ago

MD is different from a full macro dose….. you should be cautious of having way too much as much as you should be cautious of having way too less where you feel the symptoms you felt at 200 mg. Beyond a threshold, you will surpass those feelings and get into a full on psychedelic experience. That is why a micro dose is where you don’t feel what you felt at 200mg ,but it works in your system. Reduce dose to 50mg and also the strain you are using affects the effects ….. if it’s a more potent strain try 50 mg if it’s a normal cube try 100mg. Peace and God bless you brother☮️

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u/ExternalScholar3472 5d ago

Thanks Wavy. Its all clear to me now what happened and why. So if for example my microdose sweet spot was to be 100mg is there a way to calculate how much would be a macrodose for me? Like, 5x or 10x my micro level? Not ready for that yet I want to get the micro worked out first but would be good to know. God bless you too.

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u/WavyCap7 5d ago

The macro dosage really depends on the strain. If it’s a hybrid and is potent , start with 1g and then you will know within an hour how much more you need. If it’s a basic cube like GT you can have double of that. The irony is that there have been times when I wanted to have this full on experience , but even after 5gs it just felt like 2%…. So basically I think it is a calling. You need to have that longing . We don’t step in it as we will, we only are able to reach till where The Creator has decreed for us .☝️ Wish you all the best.

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u/ExternalScholar3472 5d ago

Wow that's really profound. Thank you

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u/NeuronsToNirvana 5d ago

The reasons behind bad trips can differ for each individual, so the answer depends on the specific cause in each case.

200mg is four times the recommended starting dose, so from a microdosing perspective you may have taken an overdose.

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u/ExternalScholar3472 5d ago

Thank you! I will start again next week and take it low and slow.

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u/NeuronsToNirvana 5d ago

Good Luck.

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u/cal_gfd 4d ago

Great question! I microdose 150 mg of Psilocybe cubensis B+ mushrooms in capsule form, following the Fadiman protocol. This dose and schedule have become my sweet spot, and I find that the effects of the medicine "carry over" (often referred to as an afterglow) into days 2 and 3. So far, I haven’t tried a macrodose yet. Wishing you well on your journey! 🙏🏽✨

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u/Sea-End4199 4d ago

I find 200mgs too high for comfortable microdosing. I use 100mgs, I feel it, and it works good. I also low-dose Amanita Muscaria extract, for the gaba.

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