
PTSF59 – Psychedelics and Bipolar, with Benjamin Mudge
Psychedelics Today
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The Importance of Doing Nothing
DMT molecule plugs into the 5HT2A receptor for a much shorter duration time, approximately 15 minutes, compared to LSD, which is about 10 hours. So that does not logically imply that it's impossible to make an I wasca ceremony that would work for bipolar people. The idea of contraindication is based in the Hippocratic oath of like, do no harm. They're all doctors and scientists are bound to dono harm. But what I'm saying is that doing nothing - i.e. just saying you cannot join our study or have therapy - is doing nothing. That's kind of our hands off avoiding responsibility.
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