I'd like to point you and your friend toward AmanitaDreamer - she has really connected with the Amanita mushroom as a medicine and specifically talks about coming off Benzodiazepines (and other pharmaceuticals) to transition to modest Amanita doses. To paraphrase her own experience, Amanita can clear the way from drugs like Benzodiazepines to open up beneficial access to other natural medicines such as psychedelics.

https://www.youtube.com/...UCVDN2oZZ3mgaIEVuEUm3YPw

Re: DMT for your friend, my own advice would be that she really needs to regulate and get her pharma medicine under control before even considering a very modest dose of DMT. She needs to be really patient with herself.

Latest video from the above channel. https://youtu.be/X9EfGhCAqvc What Amanita Trips Do For Us

Thank you for this. IDK how dependant she is on benzos, but I do know too many people that are. I struggled with an addiction to them as well, and I think they are the invisible quotient in the opiate crisis that isn't getting the attention it deserves. Those drugs are, in my opinion, the most insidious ones out there and are notoriously difficult and dangerous to taper off due to serious withdrawal dangers. It would be wonderful if there was a viable way to assist folks out of dependancy with a non-addictive substance, if that's the case. I'll look into those vids.

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EDIT: I'm pretty trepidatious towards YouTube psychedelic enthusiasts, but I'm about ten minutes into the most recent one you posted, and i like what she is saying. Also really like her accent, ha!

Welcome in!