Magic Mushrooms and Liver Transplant

Hi @kerryfitz707, this is a question that you should ask your transplant team. You may also wish to talk to your pharmacist to be sure that ingesting psilocybin won't react with any of the drugs you are currently taking for your transplant or any other conditions you may have.

Do you have access to your transplant team through a patient portal?

I do. I will reach out. Thank you.

I often eat mushrooms, but I don't know what Psilocybin mushrooms are. If you get the information from your transplant team, let us know it. Thank you very much.

Hi @kerryfitz707 did you find out any answers? I often took magic mushrooms as a youngsters and recently (3 months ago) had a liver transplant.

I dont drink or smoke and live a clean healthy life. I do know that magic mushrooms are great for dipression ect and after loosing my mom recently during my recovert, I did wonder that maybe shrooms would be a nice experience to help recover and grieve my mom. Maybe, maybe not? I'm open. But interested to know what your experience was? I dont want to disrespect my donor either and jeopardise the gift I've been given x

@linguini, Hi and Welcome to Mayo Connect. I want to offer my condolences on the loss of your mother during your recovery. That is not an easy thing to experience at any time in life, but must be especially difficult during the mental and physical turmoil of the transplant surgery and recovery.
@linguini, It is not unusual for a transplant recipient, even under the best of conditions, to be depressed or have strong emotional and mental struggles after surgery. It makes sense when one consider the strong medications that we need in the early weeks and months. Linguini, I commend you for seeking input regarding help in dealing with your grief. Have you discussed this with your transplant team? They need to be included in the conversation. They want to be certain that your medications are not adding to your depression. Maybe they can prescribe a short term medication, or arrange for some therapy during this difficult time. Does that make sense?
At 3 months, you are just getting started with adjusting to that new liver. You deserve support and encouragement from your team. When do you see them again?

Congrats Linguini. I understand that mental therapy is not easy to find the right person to help and if there even taking on new patients. There is definitely a gap for help in this area for TPLANT patients. Meds Meds Meds... You hopefully will be dropping off more meds soon in the 4-6 month marks. These meds are definitely effecting me mentally. I have never "meditated" before. Air pods with noise cancellation, soothing music on Spotify, and stretching out muscles (not my core) has helped me and relaxed me. Sometimes it is the best 30 minutes of my day. BTW-love your Mayo handle name. Best wishes.