Has anyone tried Ketamine for depression?

Posted by kelster69 @kelster69, Aug 8, 2020

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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francesmharris123 | @francesmharris123 | Jul 21, 2022

In reply to @shirleynz "I hope ketamine is script only from doctor, it works well to knock us and large..." + (show)

I used a nasal spray for pain and my head was knocked out. I could not drive while using it. It didn’t work for pain so I stopped using it.

shirleynz | @shirleynz | Jul 21, 2022

In reply to @francesmharris123 "I used a nasal spray for pain and my head was knocked out. I could not..." + (show)

Prob the best thing to stop using it. It's totally controlled here and you don't get it given to you unless you have a broken none to align or something else intensely painful