Homegrown trips: desperate for PTSD Relief, veterans turn to each other for DIY psychedelic treatments
A deployment in Afghanistan left her with a traumatic brain injury, a shattered ankle, and a broken vertebra. Like many veterans, she obliged when VA doctors prescribed pain and sleep medication to help numb constant physical pain. But the antidepressants and sedatives she was also taking for PTSD, anxiety, and depression barely touched the gnawing anguish that would occasionally leave her unable to sleep, in a ball beneath her kitchen table.
The budding DIY psychedelics network is bypassing more traditional or trendy treatments, such as overseas organized retreats where psychedelics are legal but can cost thousands of dollars and, some said, can feel a little too cult-like. Veterans desperate to feel better are also not interested in waiting for laws to change. So they’re looking to the community they know has their back. “Veterans are attached to other veterans,” says Ramsay.
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Homegrown trips: desperate for PTSD Relief, veterans turn to each other for DIY psychedelic treatments
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