Be careful using an MD calculator, personally I feel like they are waaaay off for microdosing. I used the link below someone posted and for me, weighing 185lb, it said a microdose would be 0.3g and that is way too much for a microdose for me personally.
I’ve been using mushrooms for about 15 years on and off and been microdosing the last year or so. After much trial and error I’ve found out that 0.07g is the sweet spot for me. My GFs is 0.05. So less than 1/10g, a very small amount. Anything more and I can somewhat feel it and in turn can actually make me feel anxious.
Generally there are two ways to benefit from mushroom use as I’m sure you know. Microdosing and then larger doses. Microdosing is indeed good for keeping depressive/anxious thoughts at bay, and also helps promote a positive attitude. While the larger doses can help one really confront the root of the problem by taking you on one hell of a ride.
It seems to me that the larger doses would be the way to go to provide her lasting relief from the stress and anxiety she is facing from the thoughts of death. Using a potent trip and then regular microdosing for maintenance would really be ideal, but that can take years of experience and the right person to be able to benefit from such use. As they say, it’s not for everybody.
I also understand that a he is an older woman who has no experience with drug use and also comes from a place where psychedelics aren’t widely used or discussed, so it might seem like a very far fetched idea to her. So I think you are right to start with microdosing, but just encourage y’all to start off very small as it would suck for her first dose to make her anxious and put a bad taste in her mouth towards the whole thing. If all goes well and she is accepting of the medicine, as time goes on then maybe a potent trip could be discussed.
Until then good luck to you and your grandmother my friend. Though it is inevitable for us all, death is grim. But some say there is beauty in it, and I hope the mushrooms can help her find it. Peace and love.