Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit

One in five women taking an antidepressants to get through the day is caused by women over the age of 40.

Through platforms like Nue Life, or in one of the hundreds of ketamine therapy clinics across the US, patients can take a controlled amount of a psychoactive substance under the guidance of a trained clinician. Since receiving tons of airtime in recent years for its supposed ability to treat post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and substance abuse, ketamine is now being studied as an effective way to alleviate symptoms of postpartum depression.

According to a recent study in the Journal of Affective Disorders, a single dose of ketamine can be used to prevent depression in patients at high risk. Field Trip is about to start in-person, phase I clinical trials for FT-104, a psychedelic molecule that has a shorter trip time. According to Levy, Field Trip's existing studies show that breastfeeding can resume within 24 hours if FT- 104 leaves the body after 12 hours.

The former CEO of Mindcure, which was researching MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to help women with a lack of sexual desire until it shut down earlier this year for lack of funds, says the postpartum depression market is an appealing area for development because of the benefits. After having her first child, Ramsden had symptoms of her own that were alleviated by the use of cannabinoids. She said that the change in her lived experience resulted in recurring depression. When I became a mother in a society that expected me to be a certain way, it changed my experience.

According to Ramsden, the industry is still in its infancy. She can see a culture where women are allowed to use drugs. She believes that good news spreads quickly when it works for women.

According to Allison Feduccia, who has a PhD in neuroscience, anecdotal evidence is the best way to tell if a drug affects a woman. Preliminary research from the 1970s suggests that peyote increases milk production. For a long time, people have reported how the effects of psychedelics have changed their menstrual cycle, linking it to heavier periods or a more regular cycle. Estradiol increases the brain's dopamine reward pathway, so it's possible that a woman's reaction to a drug depends on her menstrual cycle.

According to Feduccia, the "rites of passage" that most women go through may be helped by the use of psychedelics. She says psychics could help when you get your first period, have your first child, and then go through menopause. I hope that women can benefit from the drug without having to spend a lot of money.

The approach is fraught with ethical concerns. There have been a lot of cases of abuse in the past few years. A patient in a MAPS clinical trial was sexually abused by an unlicensed therapist. There are allegations of sexual abuse against the leaders of a prominent group in the Bay Area.