Dr. Dan Stickler

And so, you know, if I'm doing this on a daily basis, it becomes a routine. I don't have to think about doing it anymore. you have patterns of like depression and anxiety that can become a pattern in the default mode network as well.

And so, you know, if I'm doing this on a daily basis, it becomes a routine. I don't have to think about doing it anymore. you have patterns of like depression and anxiety that can become a pattern in the default mode network as well.

And it gets locked in there. That's why the medications aren't that effective with it. But what happens is when we take like a tryptamine, like psychedelics, or even MDMA will slightly disrupt this.

And it gets locked in there. That's why the medications aren't that effective with it. But what happens is when we take like a tryptamine, like psychedelics, or even MDMA will slightly disrupt this.

And it gets locked in there. That's why the medications aren't that effective with it. But what happens is when we take like a tryptamine, like psychedelics, or even MDMA will slightly disrupt this.

Ketamine does a really good job of it, but it will temporarily shake up that riverbed and the rocks get dislodged and they're trying to fall back in place, but the brain all of a sudden has this option to look at alternatives. to that pattern. Is this the best pattern? Is this working for me? And those rocks settle back in.

Ketamine does a really good job of it, but it will temporarily shake up that riverbed and the rocks get dislodged and they're trying to fall back in place, but the brain all of a sudden has this option to look at alternatives. to that pattern. Is this the best pattern? Is this working for me? And those rocks settle back in.

Ketamine does a really good job of it, but it will temporarily shake up that riverbed and the rocks get dislodged and they're trying to fall back in place, but the brain all of a sudden has this option to look at alternatives. to that pattern. Is this the best pattern? Is this working for me? And those rocks settle back in.

Some of them are going to go back into their same positions, but others are going to say, wait a second. Maybe this is a better way to look at things. And this is what we see. I mean, these default mode patterns that people have, they suddenly change after a psychedelic experience.

Some of them are going to go back into their same positions, but others are going to say, wait a second. Maybe this is a better way to look at things. And this is what we see. I mean, these default mode patterns that people have, they suddenly change after a psychedelic experience.

Some of them are going to go back into their same positions, but others are going to say, wait a second. Maybe this is a better way to look at things. And this is what we see. I mean, these default mode patterns that people have, they suddenly change after a psychedelic experience.

Yeah, and Nicole Dolan did a lot of work with MDMA on this where she found – so we have this social reward window development. And this comes online I think around age nine and then kind of shuts down in the late teens, early 20s. So we're basically learning our social – that are going to kind of lock in on us. And that window of plasticity closes down.

Yeah, and Nicole Dolan did a lot of work with MDMA on this where she found – so we have this social reward window development. And this comes online I think around age nine and then kind of shuts down in the late teens, early 20s. So we're basically learning our social – that are going to kind of lock in on us. And that window of plasticity closes down.

Yeah, and Nicole Dolan did a lot of work with MDMA on this where she found – so we have this social reward window development. And this comes online I think around age nine and then kind of shuts down in the late teens, early 20s. So we're basically learning our social – that are going to kind of lock in on us. And that window of plasticity closes down.

And what she was finding is that a single dose of MDMA reopens that social reward window for up to two weeks where you have the neuroplasticity reprogram that social reward system.

And what she was finding is that a single dose of MDMA reopens that social reward window for up to two weeks where you have the neuroplasticity reprogram that social reward system.

And what she was finding is that a single dose of MDMA reopens that social reward window for up to two weeks where you have the neuroplasticity reprogram that social reward system.

Yeah, we spend a lot of time in the follow-up sessions for integration. So we'll do the immediate integration work. We'll do... The day after and then generally a week after assess how they're progressing and decide whether any more sessions need to be done.

Yeah, we spend a lot of time in the follow-up sessions for integration. So we'll do the immediate integration work. We'll do... The day after and then generally a week after assess how they're progressing and decide whether any more sessions need to be done.

Yeah, we spend a lot of time in the follow-up sessions for integration. So we'll do the immediate integration work. We'll do... The day after and then generally a week after assess how they're progressing and decide whether any more sessions need to be done.