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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • Their chromatophores will relax when they sleep, and adjust to the light when they wake up. We would let our chams free roam in my wife’s huge window garden during the day and you could see the split in their colors where one side would be dark from the sun and the other side was still light.

    Their primary “camouflage” in their leaf like movements.

    Veileds don’t need that high humidity, btw. They are from Yemen, after all.









  • I haven’t experienced the full ‘GO GO TAKE CARE OF NORMAL THINGS’

    That behavior is learned, for the most part. The meds just help you follow through and stay on track to actually complete “normal” things.

    Procrastination is normal. Starting to work on cleaning a room but somehow end up sorting screws in your neighbors garage is not normal.

    Meds have limits and they aren’t magic. They are fucking awesome, but still, not magic.

    There is a ton of stuff that you will need to sort out in your own brain over the next few months or years, TBH. Some ADHD’isms run deep. Some issues are correctable, some are not but that is for you to figure out on your own.








  • I followed the work of some A.M. groups for a bit and they have basically proven it can be eaten without dying. The question is, what benefits do the different A.M. compounds have? Unfortunately, everything I heard or read from those groups was anecdotal and not formalized. Admittedly, I am a year or so behind on my fungi studies so there may be new info out there.

    Speaking of anecdotal, my experience with psilocybin has been phenomenal. Granted, I don’t eat much anymore, but I don’t really need to. Studies do support its use for PTSD treatment for vets (me) and for recovering addicts and alcoholics (also me). I only mention this as there are likely thousands of undiscovered compounds in mushrooms that may be phenomenal for mental health The evidence (anecdotal or not) is looking good for A.M.

    Alas, there are risks.



  • The better advice is if you don’t know what something is, don’t put it in your mouth at all. If someone was to try this when they are desperate for food, usually if alone and lost, they could make a bad situation even worse.

    There are quite a few stories or people eating death caps (Amanita phalloides), especially after cooking and not being able to detect anything off until they need to go to the hospital.

    Aminita muscaria has been used medicinally for years and has some really good potential. If you really want to trip though, just stick with psilocybin. Ibotenic acid is a neurotoxin and there is not a reliable way to test dosages at home. The last dosage advice I read was just eat a half mouthfull and you should be good if your stomach doesn’t cramp up to all hell. (The companies that have been pumping out muscimol gummies recently are shady as fuck if you were wondering.)

    The aminita family is still super interesting though and deserves a ton more research.