How have I not heard of this before! Mindbloom linked above isn’t available in my state, but it looks like there are a few clinics in my area.
Crazy but I’ve feel like I’ve had depression since middle school too, plus anxiety for as long as I can remember. I’ve kind of just learned to live with it. I’ve thought about meds and therapy but never actually took any steps forward with them.
Sorry to bring some bad news, but unfortunately ketamine does have some side effects. Link talks about one big one, being that long term usage can cause temporary and even permanent damage of your bladder and urethra (I believe all disassociatives cause this). There’s also the potentially bad mental side effects that are present in nearly any psychedelic, such as the potential to cause schizophrenia when the user is genetically predisposed (not really cause schizophrenia, they always kinda had it, but the psychedelic can intensify the latent mental effects).
But overall, if you research heavily beforehand and use cautiously, especially for your first time, you’ll probably be good. You’ll be even better if you use in a clinical setting alongside a specialist.
I also had really terrible nausea with it. During the session it was fine, but then coming down afterwards I would be too queasy to do anything for at least a few hours. The NP I was seeing had some anti-nausea meds, but it didn’t help much. It was getting progressively worse the more times I went, so I eventually stopped.
The positive mental effects were definitely as advertised though! I had crippling PTSD and it felt comparable to a paralyzed person suddenly standing up and walking away from their wheelchair.
How have I not heard of this before! Mindbloom linked above isn’t available in my state, but it looks like there are a few clinics in my area.
Crazy but I’ve feel like I’ve had depression since middle school too, plus anxiety for as long as I can remember. I’ve kind of just learned to live with it. I’ve thought about meds and therapy but never actually took any steps forward with them.
Thanks for the additional info and heads up!
Sorry to bring some bad news, but unfortunately ketamine does have some side effects. Link talks about one big one, being that long term usage can cause temporary and even permanent damage of your bladder and urethra (I believe all disassociatives cause this). There’s also the potentially bad mental side effects that are present in nearly any psychedelic, such as the potential to cause schizophrenia when the user is genetically predisposed (not really cause schizophrenia, they always kinda had it, but the psychedelic can intensify the latent mental effects).
But overall, if you research heavily beforehand and use cautiously, especially for your first time, you’ll probably be good. You’ll be even better if you use in a clinical setting alongside a specialist.
I also had really terrible nausea with it. During the session it was fine, but then coming down afterwards I would be too queasy to do anything for at least a few hours. The NP I was seeing had some anti-nausea meds, but it didn’t help much. It was getting progressively worse the more times I went, so I eventually stopped.
The positive mental effects were definitely as advertised though! I had crippling PTSD and it felt comparable to a paralyzed person suddenly standing up and walking away from their wheelchair.