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by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1125 days ago
The anecdotes you give don't necessarily suggest this is person-specific. They don't refute that, in the general case, there might a good chance for a person who is depressed to have their symptoms alleviated by an LSD trip. Were you depressed (in the DSM-5 sense) any of the times you took LSD and had "a really really fun time"? A person who is not depressed obviously won't notice the mindset shift which alleviates their depression.
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I've been "depressed" if you want to call it that based on the DSM-5 definition both before and after the LSD trips. And no not during - that's one of the benefits of fun events - you forget about depression because you're too busy with other things, at least I do anyway