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u/electric_body_song · 5 pointsr/LSD
u/seeking-soma · 5 pointsr/mdmatherapy

Your protocol is quite different than what I've seen in the past. Normally I've seen that the MDMA session is supported by therapy for a while beforehand to allow the person's issues to be front and center, and then a handful of sessions to work through the issues, normally three or four in the matter of a month or so. The therapy is there to get the ball rolling for the patient on their way to healing and to remind them how much in control they are over their own actions, beliefs, perceptions, and reactions, and so on.

The sessions are done for one person at a time, blindfolded, where the therapist is more of a sitter than a guide. The idea here is to let the MDMA do most of the work, not to treat it as a therapy session. The patient (one patient at a time) takes the MDMA puts on blindfolds, and sits in silence until they are ready to talk. The patient will inevitably bring up issues of their own, and often go through a psychedelic style internal journey as they work through their issues. The sitter is there to reassure the patient that they are safe and loved and to keep the patient on track if they get off course. The sitter also is responsible for the music because the music helps set the tempo, feel and can guide the patient deeper as needed. Music tends to be music without lyrics so as to let the patient go where they need to go on their own, without the external influence of ideas and notions. Music also tends to not be very popular or recognizable so the patient doesn't have preconceived notions and attachments. This is all to eliminate any outside stimulus and really be able to go into themselves smoothly.

The MDMA environment/setting is far more forgiving than other psychedelics. A comfortable place that feels safe, is clean and free of negativity in whatever form might upset the patient. Most of the sessions I've seen have been on a that curvy psychiatrist's chair or a couch.

After the sessions, the therapy is resumed to work through what came up during the session. The work needs to continue. The MDMA is not a magic bullet that will cure you. It's a tool to get you places so you can heal more directly.

It's not to say your protocol wont work, but I've just never seen it before. There is merit to taking it with that person and just talking. If you're not in a party setting you'll likely have a very good heart to heart. Through this method I was able to identify a deep loneliness I was experiencing and began a path to healing it. It's definitely healing, but a different beast than the prior described method, and far more gentle, but perhaps not as effective for really getting in there and pulling things up. The healing process of that particular wound took at least a year afterward and involved several sessions of different substances without a particular protocol. Here is the gist of my story specifically from the drug angle.

You can get really good examples of therapy sessions in TIKHAL chapter 14 - "The Intensive" where Ann Shulgin goes over her protocols for MDMA therapy, and in Acid Test which is a history of psychedelic therapy in the US and the story of MAPS. In the later chapters, I think around chapter 43, there is a really good narrative of a session, but I recommend the whole book since it all supports how the patient and therapist got to actually running the session and the reasoning behind it. You can read all of Tikhal/Pikhal, but there are only a few chapters that deal with therapy directly.

Also consider a psilocybin session, it can work very similarly. If nothing else research their protocols, which are again very similar, to understand what they are doing.

Some authors/notables to look up are Roland Griffiths and Stanislav Grof. Griffiths is currently conducting research at John Hopkins in MD with psilocybin, and Grof is a transpersonal psychologist who's done a lot of work in non-ordinary states and their healing potential.

u/ouyawei · 2 pointsr/FragReddit

Also es gibt durchaus Ärzte, die Cannabis bei PTBS verschreiben.
Gerade bei Kriegsveteranen in den USA scheint das wohl nicht mal so ungewöhnlich zu sein, auch wenn manche argumentieren es lindert nur die Symptome und hilft nicht, die Ursache des Problems zu beseitigen.

(Ich kenne selbst eine PTBS Patientin in meinem Bekanntenkreis die deswegen auch Cannabis verschrieben bekommt. Von dem was ich höre hat es ihr sehr geholfen.)

u/PM_ME_DEEPTHOUGHTS- · 2 pointsr/todayilearned

Don't take this as me advocating the use of drugs, but you and your cousin should look into the MDMA therapy to treat PTSD. I'm not a doctor, nor can I speak for them, but the past trials have had success.

Look into the book ["Acid Test"] (https://www.amazon.com/Acid-Test-Ecstasy-Power-Heal/dp/0147516374) for more info on that. There's a story (one of many) about an Iraqi veteran affected by PTSD, although was not 100% cures, was better able to live life with reduced symptoms.

If enough veterans confirm that MDMA is helping them cope better, compared to already available drugs, the Department of Defence and the Veterans Affairs might consider funding. A solution would be much cheaper than what they're dealing with now.

u/alienlanes7 · 1 pointr/JoeRogan

Tom Shroder Wrote about a book about healing power of LSD.
http://www.amazon.com/Acid-Test-Ecstasy-Power-Heal/dp/0147516374/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452616841&sr=1-1&keywords=acid+test

edit: that sounded fruity here:
Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
Despite their illegality, many Americans are already familiar with the effects of psychedelic drugs. Yet while LSD and MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) have proven extraordinarily effective in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD, they remain off-limits to the millions who might benefit from them. Through the stories of three very different men, awardwinning journalist Tom Shroder covers the drugs’ roller-coaster history from their initial reception in the 1950s to the negative stereotypes that persist today. At a moment when popular opinion is rethinking the potential benefits of some illegal drugs, Acid Test is a fascinating and informative must-read.