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Sherman A1

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Sun Apr 17, 2022, 07:34 AM Apr 2022

'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Vets help sway conservatives

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control.

The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father’s wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working.

“I had a nice house, I had a great job, whatever, but I was unable to sleep, had frequent nightmares, crippling anxiety, avoiding crowds,” he said. “My life was a wreck.”

He eventually found psychedelic drugs, and he says they changed his life. “I was able to finally step way back and go, ‘Oh, I see what’s going on here. I get it now,’” said Butler, now 52. Today his run-ins with police have ended, he’s happily married and reconciled with his parents.

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/04/16/magic-mushrooms-for-therapy-vets-help-sway-conservatives/

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'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Vets help sway conservatives (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2022 OP
There's definitely something to psychedelics and treatment of PTSD Docreed2003 Apr 2022 #1

Docreed2003

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1. There's definitely something to psychedelics and treatment of PTSD
Sun Apr 17, 2022, 08:06 AM
Apr 2022

What few studies have been done, there seems to be a resetting of the neurotransmitters that occurs. It's pretty fascinating and there really needs to be more in depth study of psychedelics.

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