Table 3.

Mixed Experiences (n = 53)

Themes	Age, Gender, Country
Unspecified mixed experiences (n = 25)
Necessary, but not without heavy price	33, F, United States
Beneficial but problematic	45, F, United Kingdom
Is a necessary evil	31, M, United Kingdom
Short-term good, long-term bad (n = 28)
Useful in the short term, a curse in long term use	49, M, New Zealand
Maybe helpful for a short time, but likely not worth it in the end they clouded my perceptions and sense of self very badly	34, M, ?
Good short (very short term) but hurting my feeling competent person if insisted to use life-long	61, F, Lithuania
There are times they are necessary in certain doses and temporarily, but it is not the solution to the problem long term	39, F, Spain
Helpful until they were harmful. At this point it’s hard to know what’s caused by the drug or helped by it!	24, F, United States