Updated 06/06/2025, reading time approx. 2 minutes
Psychedelics as medicine?
Psychedelics are often associated with recreational use, with "hallucinating" and "tripping. But what many people don't know is that they have a long history as a tool for personal growth and have been used for thousands of years within healing rituals, and in modern times in therapeutic settings in the treatment of trauma, depression and PTSD, among others.
Only limited research has been done on the possible medical and therapeutic qualities of psychedelics. But the research that has been done confirms the positive findings experienced by users.
The benefits of microdosing
We have listed for you below the most frequently mentioned benefits experienced by microdosers. We should emphasize here that microdosing is not a panacea that works for everyone.
Although the list of benefits has been compiled with the utmost care, the benefits mentioned by users are not a "claim" or guarantee and do not occur to everyone. Every person reacts differently to psychedelics!
- More physical energy, being able to keep going longer (without going over limits)
- More mental energy
- More productivity
- Improving memory
Learn more:
CEOs Reveal Microdosing LSD Increased Company's Revenue (New York Post)
3 Potential Health Benefits of Microdosing Psychedelics (Everyday Health)
The emerging science of microdosing: A systematic review of research on psychedelics (SienceDirect)
What users experience:
- More focus, more decisiveness, you get more done in less time
- Other (new) thinking patterns and perspectives
- More "out of the box" thinking
- Increased creative thinking skills
- Improving memory
- Increased problem-solving and logical thinking skills
- Better decision-making ability
Learn more:
Microdosing lsd seems to improve creativity (EenVandaag)
Effect of microdosing psychedelics on creativity in a natural setting (research)
How are microdosing and creativity connected? (Microdosing Institute)
Psychedelics may have effect on creativity (Leiden University)
What users experience:
- Improved concentration and focus -(according to users also with ADHD)
- Enhanced sensory perception
- Reduction of restless and agitated feelings
- Better able to live 'in the Now'
Learn more:
I tried microdoses of psychedelics for more focus (Womens Health magazine)
Microdosing in ADHD (Maastricht University research)
LSD Microdosing to Boost Attention: Too Soon to Tell? (Medscape)
- Better mood, being happier, feeling happier
- More positive mindset
- More balanced mood
- Less fretting
- Reduction of anxiety and depression
- Reduction of stress, less rushing
- Inner critic moves into the background
Learn more:
Study of psychedelics against depression completed (Unversity Medical Center UMC)
Microdosing: what is it and does it really work?
- You become more aware of yourself
- You can better observe your own behavior and thought patterns
- You become more aware of your life and the world around you
- More conscious health and lifestyle choices and insights
- Personal growth through greater awareness and insights
- An increased sense of wonder about-and connection to-nature and life
- An increased sense of connection to spirituality
- Living more from the heart
- More gratitude for life
Learn more:
Using psychedelics every day: is microdosing the key to personal growth? (KRO-NCRV)
Get more out of microdosing (Microdosing Institute)
Microdosing for personal growth, mental improvement, reducing depression (Transformation Podcast)
You really do achieve a higher state of consciousness through psychedelics (Vice)
- Less fretting, fewer negative thoughts
- Falling asleep more easily
- Sleeping better, sleeping through
- Fewer nightmares and bad dreams
- Waking up calmer and fitter
Learn more:
A New Frontier in Sleep Research: Microdosing's Unexpected Benefits (MindBio Therapeutics)
Can microdosing help to improve sleep? (Microdosing Institute)
LSD increases sleep duration the night after microdosing (MedRxiv)
- Supportive in quitting addictions (eating, drinking, smoking)
- Improved sensory perception (seeing, smelling, hearing, feeling, tasting)
- Reduction of premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Reduction of pain
- Reduction of cluster headaches
- Improvement in PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)
- Improvement in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Improvement in burnout
- Some people who suffer from stuttering report improvement
Learn more:
Psychedelics against chronic pain? 'Research still in its infancy, initial results hopeful (EenVandaag, 2023)
Microdosing to get rid of PMS symptoms: 'I wanted to get rid of that mental battle' (NPO, Spuiten en Slikken)
Is this the solution for people tormented by 'suicidal headaches'? (De Gelderlander)
What are the medicinal benefits of psychedelics? (Vice)
Microdosing Against Cluster Headaches (Microdosing Institute, a report)
Should I Microdose to Treat My PMDD (PreMenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)?
Psychedelics: entering a new age of addiction therapy (Pharmaceutical Journal)
Possible side effects
Of the nearly 2,000 user reports analyzed in a 2019 microdosing survey, 75 people said they had no positive experience with microdosing. That's less than 4%.
Of the users who did not have a pleasant experience with microdosing, these are the most frequently mentioned side effects:
- Fatigue (often this is disconnected fatigue)
- Dealing with changes in awareness and sensitivity can be challenging
- Mild nausea or stomach upset (with magic mushrooms and truffles)
- Slight headache (with shrooms and truffles)
- Tinnitus can get temporarily worse
- People with color blindness sometimes report seeing mild hallucinations and rays or "afterimages"
People diagnosed with bipolar disorder, reported that they did benefit from microdosing during their depressive phase, but would advise against it during a manic phase.
People with mental illness or some disorders and those predisposed to schizophrenia or psychosis, for example, should be extra careful when microdosing with psychedelics.
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Learn more about microdosing with LSD
Learn more about LSD and microdosing with LSD on the following pages.
What is Microdosing?
Is Microdosing Safe?
The Ultimate Guide to LSD (The Third Wave)
The Ultimate Guide to Microdosing LSD (The Third Wave)
What to know about microdosing LSD (Medical News Today)
Acute Mood-Elevating Properties of Microdosed LSD (research, Biological Psychiatry)
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can microdosing help fight pain?
Most research on psychedelics shows that they are effective for mental health symptoms. Only a few show how they help treat pain symptoms. Recent research suggests the potential of psychedelics in pain management.
Pain has cognitive and affective components, and therefore the findings suggest the usefulness of psychedelics in combating it. This is regardless of whether it is used alone or in combination with other treatment methods. Psychedelics can produce lasting and significant reductions in chronic pain.
Examples of cases of chronic pain include phantom pain, cluster headaches, tinnitus and complex regional pain disorder. All current research findings show that psychedelics are a revolutionary choice for the treatment of pain.
Whether the same is true for microdosing has not been studied.
Also read:
Microdosing psilocybin for chronic pain: a case series
Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain?
Could psychedelics simultaneously treat chronic pain and depression? -
Can microdosing help with premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
It is not exactly clear what causes PMS. Women with PMS may suffer from:
- Irritability, anger
- Crying
- Depression
- Mood swings
- Difficulty concentrating
- Fatigue, lack of energy
- Anxiety
- Changes in appetite (especially cravings for certain types of food, binge eating)
- Feeling that everything is too much
- Increased conflicts with family or co-workers
- Swollen breasts
- Headaches
- Joint pain
- Sleep problemsWhile this may not sound too serious to some people, PMS symptoms can be very unpleasant. When you have PMS, you feel completely out of sorts, you don't feel like yourself, and the symptoms can interfere with your work and personal life. The gloom, irritability, mood swings and anxiety attacks can cause relationships to become strained.
Unfortunately, PMS cannot yet be properly treated. For severe forms, SSRIs (antidepressants) are still sometimes prescribed. But disadvantages of antidepressants is that they can have quite a few side effects.
Microdosing can be a good alternative: it is a drug with few side effects that can bring much relief.
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Can microdosing help reduce stuttering?
No research has been done (to our knowledge) on the impact of microdosing on stuttering. Some people who stutter report a reduction in stuttering when they microdose.
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Can microdosing help with sleep problems?
Microdosing offers a solution to sleep problems for some people. The effect in sleep problems is multifaceted. Microdosing can help calm you down so you feel less anxiety. It often reduces fretting and negative thoughts.What users experience:- Less fretting, fewer negative thoughts
- Falling asleep more easily
- Sleeping better, sleeping through
- Less nightmares
- Waking up calmer and fitter
Learn more:
A New Frontier in Sleep Research: Microdosing's Unexpected Benefits (MindBio Therapeutics)
Can microdosing help to improve sleep? (Microdosing Institute)
LSD increases sleep duration the night after microdosing (MedRxiv) -
Can microdosing help with addictions (e.g., drugs, smoking, eating, drinking)?
Not many studies have been done on the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating addictions (smoking, gambling, drinking, eating, drugs and so on). Studies that have been done all show beneficial effects of virtually all classic psychedelics (including LSD and Psilocybin) on various addictions. There is improvement in motivation, reduction in craving and use, which often seems to last for a long time (3-24 months) even after a one-time psychedelic experience.
Psychedelics could help treat people with addiction in the future, but larger and better studies are needed first.
Read also:
Substance abuse rehabilitation: treatments with LSD, Peyote, Ibogaine and Ayahuasca (New York Times)
The Next Big Addiction Treatment, LSD and Psilocybin (New York Times)
Psychedelictherapy in the treatment of addiction: the past, present and future -
Can microdosing help depression, overworkedness or burnout?
Not many studies have yet been done on the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating depression, overwork, burnout or other psychological complaints. The studies that have been done all show beneficial effects of virtually all classic psychedelics (including LSD and Psilocybin) on various psychological complaints. People report the following benefits, among others, that they experience with microdosing, which can potentially help reduce psychological symptoms, depression, overwork and burnout: - More energy; feeling better physically - Better mood, being more cheerful, feeling happier - Improved emotional well-being - More positive mindset - More balanced mood - Less fretting - Reduction of anxiety and depression - Reduction of stress, less rushing - Inner critic goes into the background Also read: Study of psychedelics against depression completed (Unversity Medical Center UMC)
Microdosing: what is it and does it really work ?