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#458: The Psychedelic News Hour: New Breakthroughs, Compound Comparisons and Warnings (Psilocybin/LSD/Ayahuasca/N,N-DMT/5-MeO-DMT), Treatment of Trauma, Scalable vs. Unscalable Approaches, Making Sense of “Bad” Trips, and Much More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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MDMA Is the Worst Medicine to Micro Dose for Treatment Resistant PTSD

MDMA is ineffective for micro-dosing in treating treatment-resistant PTSD due to its requirement for a sufficient dosage to achieve therapeutic effects. Studies indicate that while a combination of intensive psychotherapy and MDMA resulted in significant improvement, with 53% of individuals becoming symptom-free two months post-treatment, those who only received sub-therapeutic doses of MDMA and psychotherapy showed much lower improvement at 25-27%. However, five-year follow-up data revealed that those who had not received MDMA were likely to relapse, as their symptoms returned over time, while MDMA recipients maintained or improved their symptom-free status. This suggests that combining the therapeutic use of MDMA with intensive therapy facilitates a transformative healing experience, emphasizing the importance of integrating medicine with therapy in mental health treatment to achieve lasting results.

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