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MENTAL WELLNESS

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Mushroom Coffee for Anxiety

RESEARCH

  • Psilocybin shows promise for anxiety in controlled settings, but non-psychoactive mushroom blends lack human clinical evidence.

COMMUNITY

  • Users report improved mental clarity and focus, but taste is poor and doses in commercial products may be too low to work.

SAFETYPsilocybin is Schedule I; check interactions with SSRIs/MAOIs before using any medicinal mushroom supplements.

WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS

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Psilocybin reduced symptoms in 12 treatment-resistant depression patients over 2 supervised doses with psychological support.

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02

Medicinal mushroom blend (Restake) significantly reduced anxiety (STAI-S, HAM-A) and stress (PSS) at 12 weeks vs placebo.

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03

Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) contains erinacines with neural-stimulating and neuroprotective properties in preclinical studies.

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04

Psilocybe mushrooms produce psilocybin/psilocin alkaloids with documented antidepressant and anxiolytic potential in literature review.

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COMMUNITY SENTIMENT

42% positive

Specifically that mushroom coffee that contains Cordyceps Sinesis, Lion's Mane, and Chaga Mushroom? I avoided the coffee and bought bulk mushroom powders for each, that I add to my own coffee every morning. I have been doing for this for 5 weeks now, and dude, I have never have had my mind be this clear-headed. I didn't know that I have had brain fog for the last 5 years but apparently that was so. I feel like a new person taking 1.5 grams of cordyceps sinesis (the parasitic one, not the fake one), 1.5 grams of lion's mane, and 1.5 grams of chaga added to my coffee each morning. The...

U/TECHD-IT

Ryze does not contain enough of the mushrooms to have any benefit. My wife and I were interested so I looked into it and decided it wasn’t worth it.

U/LINCOLNHAMLINCOLN

In my new office one of the girls brought some in. Now, I enjoy the coffee flavor... That stuff... Is not coffee. So if you're looking for coffee flavor, you're going to be disappointed. Not really sure how to describe it.. Burnt dirt with a touch of moldy coffee grounds? Somehow I struggled through half a cup. Still felt laggy as hell. Worse was that it skunked the coffee machine so when she'd make some for herself, we'd have to thoroughly clean the machine. We ended up banning it from the shared coffee machine. I think she pretty much didn't want to admit how she'd wasted her money.

U/MICHIGACUR

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