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@berard10

Thank you so much for sharing your story I’m so sorry you weren’t able to finish treatments with those terrible side effects
There is another treatment to try which another reader has done with good results it is ketamine therapy

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@berard10
Hello, and thank you so much for suggesting Ketamine.
I have heard of it, and it's nice and helpful to know that others here have tried it and that it worked well for them. I checked (when I was taking TMS). They did offer ketamine infusions there as well. (But it was 300 dollars for each infusion and my insurance did not cover one single cent of it. ;<( I struggle with a terrible depression caused by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia .... Of these diseases, the one I can cope the least well with, and that strips me completely of a normal life, is CFS. Each of these problems, alone, can contribute to developing depression. Combined, they make you sick with terrible depression. Since Monday evening I finally have been feeling better, after having been very sick since the beginning of May - every single day for nearly 8 months. I am now able to write these few lines - something I could not have done up to last Sunday (because even something as simple as washing my hair, would have required energy that I did not have and would have made me feel like I was climbing Mount Everest.) When I am better, like right now, my depression becomes more tolerable because I can do ordinary things like watching tv, reading a book, cleaning the house a little, turning on the computer, listening to music, taking a good shower, washing my hair - taking necessary phone calls - in other words doing things that others might take for granted but that for me constitute a huge obstacle when I am so sick. (So, all of this to say that yes, I might consider ketamine next time around, but I sure hope it does not come so soon. I hope to stay a little healthy for a little while 😊).