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taking magic mushroomsLSD or other psychoactive compounds can improve your enjoyment of sex, feelings of arousal, and feelings of attraction toward your partner for up to six months after the psychedelic experience. A UK study found,
“On the surface, this type of research may seem ‘weird,'” study author Tommaso Barba said when the research was published. Journal Scientific Reports“But the psychological aspects of sexual functioning – including how we think about our bodies, our attraction to our partners, and our ability to connect intimately with people – are important for psychological well-being in all sexually active adults. “
Researchers at the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London asked 261 participants to fill out a questionnaire before their psychedelic experience and four weeks and six months after it.
Two types of volunteers took part in the research – people who took psychedelics recreationally or welfare reasons and people participating in a small clinical trial evaluating psilocybin (a compound found in magic mushrooms) for depression.
Participants who took psychedelics for fun had “significant” increases in their views of sex as a spiritual or sacred experience, satisfaction with their own appearance, pleasure in their partner, and “significant” increases in their experience of pleasure. Hui.
Meanwhile, about half of the participants who took psilocybin reported improvements in sexual arousal, interest, and satisfaction with sex.
people are taking antidepressant escitalopram (brand name Lexapro), on the other hand, experienced decreased sexual function.
“We believe this is the first scientific study to explore the effects of psychedelics on sexual functioning,” Barba said. “Our findings suggest the potential impact of conditions that negatively impact sexual health, including clinical depression and anxiety.
“This is particularly important given that sexual dysfunction, often induced by antidepressant medications“Often people stop these medications and then start taking them again later,” Barba said.
Barba’s team observed that neither study found any significant change in participants’ perceived importance of sex after the psychedelic experience.
However, limitations of the study included the data being based on survey responses and the participants being mostly white, well-educated, and straight.
About 28% of Americans have tried at least one of the seven psychedelic drugs, including LSD and psilocybin. ketamine And ecstasy, at some point in their lives, According to poll from 2022,
Colorado and Oregon have decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms, but Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot measure On Tuesday it would have legalized five mind-altering drugs, including psilocybin, for therapeutic use for adults 21 and older.
The ballot question failed 57% to 43%, with 96% of precincts reporting.
