What are your thoughts on Ayahuasca? Do you believe its bad as many people label it or do you really have your own honest opinion about it? Apparently, it helps to alleviate depression and anxiety – illnesses that many take prescribed medications for.
Gary is a London-based ayahuasca user that used to suffer from anxiety as well as panic attacks. He now heavily believes that consuming ayahuasca can help with depression.
He mentioned:
“[Ayahuasca] is a very potent tool that shakes your psyche up and puts it back together again […] The first time I took it I felt like I was dying,” said Gary, who requested his surname remain anonymous. “It’s a radical means to fast-forward your self-development.”
Ayahuasca is essentially a brew created out of the vine Banisteriopsis caapi and DMT-containing leafs from the Psychotria Viridis bush, which makes it illegal in many countries. For a very long time, shamans located in South America have utilized it as a religious sacrament. Apparently, it is very known for being able to alter one’s state of mind, induce hallucinations, and at the time it can resurface traumatic experiences.
After finding out its benefits, many have publicised ayahuasca due to its ability to alleviate almost anything ranging from anxiety and depression to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
In March of 2015, Brazilian researchers published a study in which supports ayahuasca’s potential to cure and alleviate mental illnesses which include depression.
”Ayahuasca has been used therapeutically, in a broad sense, by the indigenous and mestizo populations of Northwestern Amazonia for centuries,” Rafael Guimarães dos Santos, a researcher from the study, told me in an email. “Moreover, people around the world are searching for ayahuasca rituals to improve their health.”
A study affirmed that researchers were able to test on 6 volunteers who suffered from depression and were not doing so well with prescribed medication.
“In this small group of patients, we observed fast-acting (starting in minutes/hours) and enduring (until 21 days later) antidepressant and anxiolytic [anxiety-inhibiting] effects associated with the administration of a single ayahuasca dose,” explained Guimarães dos Santos. “We were surprised to observe this rapid and possibly enduring anti-depressive response with a single dose, and that most volunteers did not experience intense psychedelic effects.”
Presently, Draulio de Araujo (a researcher from the Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande) is conducting a clinical study which includes the effects on depression utilizing ayahuasca on 17 people.
Even though many find it controversial, Gary has continued to experiment on his own since 1991 and he informs the public that ayahuasca is essentially safe and very beneficial for those who suffer from depression and anxiety.
“I don’t think everybody should be forcibly fed ayahuasca. You’ve got to be brave enough to do it, and therefore, you’ve got to need it badly enough,” said Gary, who experienced violent vomiting, and deeply introspective sessions on ayahuasca. “I would like to see it made available all over the world, but made available in the right contexts.”
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Sources: motherboard.vice.com
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