“Can I substitute SSRI’s for shrooms?” many are seeking the answer to this question. Mushrooms have been discovered to cause the same euphoric feeling found in the SSI anti-depressant.  Since SSRI’s are sort after for their euphoric effects, why not use mushrooms altogether and forget about the SSRI pills? Before we continue let’s get an understanding on how each of these two work. The SSRI effects come us a result of the SSRI action on the synaptic cells in the brain. The SSRI’s increase the production of serotonin in the brain and at the same time prevent the reuptake of the serotonin into the pre-synaptic cells. This causes a serotonin boost in the brain which brings the ecstatic SSRI effects felt on intake. Hallucinogenic Mushroom Information Mushrooms work differently to bring about the same high. Shrooms contain a substance called psilocybin. It gets absorbed in the stomach lining gets converted into psilocin which finds its way into the brain where it gets absorbed into the synapses like serotonin. This brings the same hallucinating effects as the serotonin substance. But can mushrooms serve as an anti-depressant like SSRI? To begin with, the mushroom content, psilocin, does not serve as a serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. Once it gets to the brain it gets absorbs directly into the synapses together with the serotonins. So it won’t contribute to the serotonin boost required to keep the serotonin levels optimum. SSRI Information Much as the substance psilocin is a hallucinogen it may not cure depression as ...

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