Inside one woman’s psychedelic experiment to treat Lyme disease

Elizabeth Richwine undergoes a medical experiment involving psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, as a treatment for Lyme disease after years of headaches and brain fog. The treatment takes place in a Baltimore medical office, where a doctor gives her a capsule containing crystalline psilocybin powder in an ornate bronze chalice. Her case is presented as part of a broader psychedelic medicine boom that could transform medical care while also creating a major new industry. The supplied material does not provide clinical outcomes, study details, or evidence establishing whether the treatment was effective or safe.