microdose

plural microdoses · alternative micro-dose

1. A very low dose of a substance.

   So many of the scientists who pioneered research into full doses of psychedelics have started studying whether a microdose might also be beneficial. […] Lab studies of psilocybin and LSD microdoses tend to support these claims, showing improvements in mood, attention and creativity.

   2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2022

   Antonyms: macrodose

present singular third person microdoses · participle present microdosing · participle past microdosed · past microdosed · alternative micro-dose

1. transitiveTo administer a very low dose to.
2. transitiveTo prepare (medicines, etc.) at very low dosages.
3. intransitivetransitiveTo recreationally take small amounts of psychedelic drugs in the belief that it will aid productivity.

   microdose on LSD

   5 more examples

   What I feel that micro-dosing does is to slightly rearrange my neural furniture so that glimmers of full-on psychedelic states are constantly pouring into my awareness.

   2011, James Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

   2017, Ayelet Waldman, A Really Good Day, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN, book subtitle

   It’s used to treat people who have ADD but is also abused by huge amounts of people who don’t have ADD and just want to focus. I tried microdosing it this week to see if it would help kick my brain into gear.

   2019 August 5, Arwa Mahdawi, “Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019

   Microdosing is typically defined by experts as taking 5 percent to 10 percent of a full dose of a psychedelic, usually LSD or psilocybin, as a way to get the supposed mental health benefits of the drug without the hallucinogenic high. […] “It’s akin to walking outside and the sun is suddenly out,” said Erin Royal, 30, a bartender in Seattle who microdoses one or two times a week with mushrooms she forages from nearby forests. […] In practice, only about a third of people who microdose carefully measure the amount of the psychedelic they are taking; most take just enough to begin feeling some effects, which usually start after an hour and last four to six hours.

   2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2022

   You microdose while you wifing hoes / I macrodose while I'm mackin' hoes

   2022, “Estaciones”, performed by Action Bronson ft. Hologram