Psilocybin is a highly potent natural hallucinogen.
The Psilocybin Mushrooms, also known as shrooms or magic mushrooms, represent a collection of informal polyphyletic mushrooms which contain psilocybin and psilocin. Some of the biological types of psilocybin mushrooms include Copelandia, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Panaeolus, Pholiotina, Pluteus, and Psilocybe. They can be featured in Stone Age rock art in Africa and Europe, although they are mostly found in pre-Columbian carvings and glyphs seen throughout North, Central and South America.
Effects of Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin has the potential to distort reality and affect mental health.
In general, psilocybin effects are similar to the effects of LSD.
It includes changes in time and space perception and profound changes in your mood and feelings.
Common potential effects of psilocybin are as follows:
Euphoria
Tranquillity
Strategic Awakening
Change emotions quickly
The unrealization or sense that your environment is not real.
Depersonalization, or a feeling of being disengaged from your environment.
Distorted thought
Distortion and visual alterations, such as light halos and bright colors
Dilated pupils
Vertigo
Sleepiness
Altered concentration
Muscle Failure
Lack of co-ordination
Abnormal body sensations
Nausea
Paranoia
Misunderstanding
Scary hallucinations
Each person's effects of psilocybin vary, based on differences in the user's mental health and personality and the immediate environment.
However, if the person using the hallucinogen has mental health problems or is anxious about using the hallucinogen, he or she is more likely to have a bad experience.
Mental distress is the leading adverse event reported after using psilocybin for recreation. Psychological distress can take the form of extreme anxiety or short-term psychosis.