A growing number of mothers are microdosing mushrooms  to help them cope with the demands of parenthood. They claim the capsules, which range from 0.1 milligram to 0.3 milligrams of psilocybin, give them more patience and ability to cope with the everyday drudgery of laundry, bath time, temper tantrums and other motherhood duties. In some cases, the women say microdosing has helped them stop taking antidepressants and anxiety medication.

Finding the Right Dosage: A Practical Approach to Microdosing Mushrooms

For those interested in trying psilocybin for microdosing, the first step is to identify the best strain of magic mushroom to use. Then, you need to grind up the mushrooms and measure out a dose. The amount of mushroom used in a microdose depends on how much of a psychoactive effect you are looking for and can vary from one person to the next. Some people like to add other substances to their psilocybin microdoses, known as’stacking’, to enhance the effects.

The best practice is to microdose on an empty stomach. Lastly, you can use a drug test kit from QTests to help ensure you are getting the right dosage every time. These kits will tell you exactly how much of the active ingredients (such as psilocybin, MDMA and LSD) are in the substance you’re using, which can be a game changer for harm reduction. They offer a psilocybin test kit, an MDMA test kit and an LSD test kit. All are available online and in stores around the country.