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Do you have experience with ketamine treatments?

Posted by deadpoets @deadpoets, Sep 21, 2016

Does anyone have any experience with ketamine treatments? Either as part of a clinical trial or otherwise?

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Shirley Hugh-Jesst | @audriana | Jul 3, 2022
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What is the medicine you are on? Ssri’s don’t work for me either

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I'm reluctant to disclose because what is effective for me may not be appropriate for you. As I said, I took the Genesite analysis. For ME...SSRIs are in the red zone. Some meds are yellow-caution and MAOIs are in the green. However because I have cardiac issues, the MAOI has to be closely monitored. I'm making a concession because my mental health has such as impact upon my quality of life.

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bcool123 | @bcool123 | Jul 3, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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Thank you all for sharing your experiences with Katamine. I have an appointment with a clinic in a couple of weeks to ask Questions.

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Shirley Hugh-Jesst | @audriana | Jul 4, 2022
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Thank you all for sharing your experiences with Katamine. I have an appointment with a clinic in a couple of weeks to ask Questions.

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@bcool123
Remember:
Ketamine infusions and Spravato Nasal Spray are 2 different medications
Google Spravato manufactured by Janssen. You can call them and ask to speak to a patient relations representative.
Spravato is monitored through strict protocals: REM...That's one question to ask. What is REM?

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ajw1 | @ajw1 | Jul 4, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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I’m so glad to find this group where others are discussing Ketamine. I’m in Laurel, MS which is a small town and so no doctors here are using it yet. I’m 53 and struggled with depression my whole life with it just getting worse and more resistant over last 6 years (AA series of traumatic events has complicated and intensified the depression)
I’ve been searching to find a dr not so far away that I can see to be treated and try ketamine. If anyone has leads in Hattiesburg, Ms or Jackson , MS or Birmingham, Al . I have Humana Ppo insurance

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bcool123 | @bcool123 | Jul 4, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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Shirley, for your information on the two different meds. I’ll check them out. Wishing you peace,

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wolfbauer | @wolfbauer | Jul 6, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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It was a life saver for me in the beginning, then the effect of IV and compounded (only 30% bioavailable oral) capsules wore off for depression and had to be really jacked up in dose to have effect. It seemed to help me when I was at, pardon the poor phrasing, at a place where I was at the end of my rope, so to speak... high suicidality (not personally suicidal... if suicidal, go to an ER Please! Dislclaimer!).

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csmiller | @csmiller | Jul 7, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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I really would like to take the treatment but so very expensive here. Any ways to reduce the expense?

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irr4et | @irr4et | Jul 9, 2022
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I’m so glad to find this group where others are discussing Ketamine. I’m in Laurel, MS which is a small town and so no doctors here are using it yet. I’m 53 and struggled with depression my whole life with it just getting worse and more resistant over last 6 years (AA series of traumatic events has complicated and intensified the depression)
I’ve been searching to find a dr not so far away that I can see to be treated and try ketamine. If anyone has leads in Hattiesburg, Ms or Jackson , MS or Birmingham, Al . I have Humana Ppo insurance

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Dr Ashraf Hanna is director of The Ketamine Clinic at the Fl Spine Institute in Clearwater, Fl. I had to get clearance letters from my other drs who’ve been treating me over the last 18 mos - my primary care dr had to do an EKG and liver study, and a psychiatrist had to state I did not have Schizophrenia. Seems like there was one other clearance letter but I can’t remember it Rt now. Lots of depressed ppl and ppl with PTSD and chronic pain have a lot of success with Ketamine iv’s. But I want to report that I did not bc I had a systemic allergic reaction to it. Horrible itching and headaches. I am having to stay on an antihistamine the rest of my life.

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beltonite410 | @beltonite410 | Jul 9, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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Who do you go to for the ketamine? Psychiatrist? I’d love to try it as antidepressants are of not use

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johneckenrode11 | @johneckenrode11 | Jul 10, 2022
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Hi. My depression is intolerable right now. I started ketamine infusion therapy last August. It helped initially, but it has not really worked for me in about 7 months. I still went to the same clinic for 11 months, which I'm learning is a ketamine mill. I spoke with another doctor/clinic who does intramuscular ketamine treatments and who monitors dosing and patients' reactions very carefully during the treatment (my former clinic did not at all). I swore I wouldn't try ketamine again, after this last run failed and seemed to make me even more depressed. But I have some hope with this new clinic who seems to know what they're doing. I am at the end of my rope here; very depressed. I'm wondering if anyone else on here has experience with this treatment?

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Psychiatrists, or some internal medicine doctors!

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