Psychedelics for healing depression

[Sammy123]

For depression specifically, is there a plant medicine that is effective at treating depression. I tried 5 meo today, bad trip, so i'd like to focus on gentler forms of healing. What would be the dose of that medicine too, a breakthrough approach or daily dosing? 

Edited Friday at 12:54 PM by Sammy123

[Judy2]

Since when have you been dealing with depression?

What are the approaches that you have taken to cure yourself while sober?

Have you understood the root causes of your depression?

Psychedelics may help answer the third question, but remember that trips tend to have a harsh temporal limit. Meaningful shifts can happen during those hours, but then you will be back to dealing with the structures that exist in your daily life. So the impact of looking at what your everyday life consists in may be just as meaningful...think exercise, social life/friendships/relationships, meaningful pursuits in the workplace, and so on.

For example, you cannot fix loneliness by sitting alone in your room with a bunch of LSD. Maybe the LSD will eventually tell you: "okay, we are done here, take your time to come down, and then go out and change something about how you live your life every day while sober."

And that is not to say I am anti-psychedelics....but some specific issues need other solutions and tripping can be an escape from doing what really needs to be done.

Your situation might be different, or it might be similar to what i describe here:) 

[Joseph Maynor]

We should first get at what are the causes of being depressed.