Ketamine therapy treating depression and other mental health issues
The pandemic created an epidemic of depression. But psychiatrists say ketamine is helping people much more than anti-depressants.
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How long does the positive effect last?
Everytime I feel low and depressed I do a line of K , problem solved 🙃
I never had depression-but in my late 40’s my adult children were going through some horrible things I had no control over-my youngest was suicidal-my middle was in and out of rehab for opioids-I lost control over trying to help them-then my youngest committed suicide-my brain just broke down. Something in my brain just “broke” when you go through emotional trama (whether it’s immediate or over time-your brain gets “injured” and it’s very hard to get to a place that feels normal again-In fact sometimes it never goes back) PTSD
I was always a very strong woman mentally-over the past 3 yrs of my son commiting suicide-I just could not get away from this horrible gross heaviness of depression-I tried Therapy, meds, going to the gym, praying like crazy, being involved in Christian life groups, getting very close to Jesus-hosting grief share in my home (very helpful) honestly-I worked so hard to get through grief and depression- I knew the difference between grief and depression-depression was ruling my brain-I realized that PTSD of everything I went through was taking hold-my late last ditch effort was Ketamine treatments-expensive? Yes-but $3000 later this gross heaviness is finally gone-Ketamine actually fixes your brain-there is a real physical change that happens. Too much to actually explain-but if u suffer from debilitating depression-this treatment is life changing-worth every penny. Look it up-the physical changes are real. There is science to back it up. The clinic I went to was amazing with very kind and caring people.
Complete Ketamine in Monroe Michigan-these clinics are popping up everywhere-just make sure that the clinicians giving you care are actually certified registered nurse anesthetist. The place I went to was designed to make sure you got the most out of the experience. They were there 100 % and took very good care of me. Ketamine therapy can be very scary-when you are experiencing it-your mind is going through so much-
You really can’t just go anywhere for Ketamine treatment-you have to go to a place that really fosters you to get the best experience-I found that my first 2 treatments were terrifying-but I learned to guide my brain into a safe space (because I really trusted my providers-I talked to the owner of the clinic at length) truly-it was a safe place to experience my therapy.
Do not just sign up for Ketamine treatments at a clinic-it’s important to find a place that is actually concerned about you. It’s expensive-I was lucky to find this place and it was an amazing experience-so if you are considering treatment-be diligent-wherever you are considering treatment-make sure you feel confident about your provider and the space-calm, quiet, peaceful.
Just take the right dosage.
Doesn’t ketamine kill brain cells shrinking brain matter? That might increase chance of Alzheimer’s
They should do sit-ups where the upper part of the abdomen is worked, with the legs raised and trying to touch the feet with the hands and its variants that work the upper part of the abdomen, they will see improvements quickly. That upper abdominal exercise will take away your depression and anxiety, it will also heal your mind….
This seems like it’s already going to amplify the drug abuse issue in our country people who are given a certain amount of opioids even just for pain after surgery one in four become addicted. And they were given the correct dose and everything else in a clinical setting. It’s incredibly worrying and seems just like a cash grab from pharmaceutical companies. I’ve also heard they’re trying to put ecstasy out as a cure for depression… this just seems like the path to drug addiction.
Why is it sooo expensive?? $500/ each
Looks like Illegal legalized street drugs😂
🤣🤣🤣the government makes drugs 50x+ stronger than heroin like ketamine and fentanyl AKA… a gram can kill you lol 🤣. This exactly how meth and fentanyl started… In a lab by the government 👀
Does this really work or is this pretty much the same thing as "methadone/suboxone clinics" where they get you addicted to something less hard-core and then just maintain the drug? Is this addictive like that
Thanks
So I don't understand. She mentioned because it is "psyechdelic-like" that it allows them to look deep into themselves. So why not… allow.. ACTUAL PSYCHEDELICS that are natural and not 400-800 dollars a treatment??
If you have something that you really want in your life, spend lots of time doing ketamine about it. The more you ketamine the more ideas will pop up the more creative your gonna start to get. Your subketaminescious mind doesn't care if your vision is crazy. It doesnt care if you dont know how to do it.
When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "ketamine mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by ketscious effort or ketpower.
A different psychedelic from a different planet every nanosecond.
All sorts of dreams are possible.
The human nervous system cannot tell the difference between an "actual" ketxperience and an ketxperience imagined vividly and in detail.
Synthesize "experience," to literally create experience, and control it, in the laboratory of our minds.
A vision is a very emotional image, the most powerful image that you can come up with for yourself at this time. This vision will become like a hallucination in other peoples mind and this could be the cause of them creating extraordinary things.
You can literally hallucinate objects and beings into existence because what's happening is you're tapping into that pure abstract creative potential of mind. That's exactly what you want. Of course it can be kind of freaky but Ketamine is that times a thousand.
And so many think because ketamine happened, now isn't. But didn't I mention? The ongoing ketamine is happening, right now! We are all co-authors of this dancing exuberance, where even our inabilities are having a roast. We are the authors of ourselves, co-authoring a gigantic Dostoevsky novel starring ketamine! This entire thing we're involved with, called the world, is an opportunity to exhibit how exciting ketamine can be. Ketamine is a matter of a miracle that is collected over time by moments flabbergasted to be in each others' presence.
It's not just that there's other drugs too like Ecstasy they've found can teach sociopaths how to learn empathy Using an ecstasy treatment Scientists have also found suicide and helps to treat PTSD when administered in a medical setting in small doses The Warren drugs with a failure All I did was put more bad drugs on the street and make it harder to use good drugs to help people Marijuana oils can help certain people stop having seizures do you know how people figured that out by experimenting on their own it wasn't done in a lab it wasn't done by the government it was done by a bunch of pot heads because the government refuses to give clearance to people To experiment with these things we could have learned all this s*** 50 years ago but they make it so d*** hard to even try an experiment with it They're basically putting up Blockades for scientists trying to cure people because of their preconceived notion That a drug is bad but here's the thing drugs are neither good nor bad they are Chemicals they don't have feelings or emotions There's only people who use them responsibly and irresponsibly But drugs aren't evil they aren't capable of evil they're not Sentient
It´s very rare that people will just stand up and say I'm using these things because that's my freedom. I don't need to justify it. I don't need to say that I have chronic back pain and it's treating it and I should be allowed to treat my pain. It doesn't matter, it's just my choice as an adult even if it's bad for me it's my choice as an adult.
No justification should be required and if you get to lost in the justification you might forget why your doing it in the first place.
This history of justification is ultimately something that we are doing because we are afraid. Afraid to acknowledge the fact that we should be free to do whatever we want regardless of whether or not it's good.
I can't find a source anywhere for any good psychedelics in my area. I suffer some pretty bad anxiety and i got a chance to try K and man it was a miracle substance, I felt free, the only high or euphoria was from the relief of my vices being released, that's exactly what it did
I'm not depressed but I've learned to hate depression because of how contagious it is.
Without a doubt. This saved my life.
How do you get the home treatment?
This just seems too good. The fact it’s a small dose of a knockout drug, what’s to control people from abusing?
I want to think this is great, my sceptaeism is winning out.
I’m afraid of the feeling of being high and floating. I have tried marijuana edibles twice and both times I got TERRIFIED and cried, threw up, and locked myself in a bathroom. I am so scared of trying this ketamine treatment for that reason. 😵💫
I’ve done TMS Therapy (the electro-zapping) years ago. It MASSIVELY improved my life for a year. It’s been 3 years since and I desperately need to do it again. I’d rather do this treatment that worked instead of trying the ketamine.
Got a question for people that tried this. How do you feel a year, or even a few months, afterwards? Does the “relief” remain, or does depression creep back in again?
That wall would give anyone a psychedelic experience
I was so dizzy 😵
Ketamine – like all psychiatric drugs – are dangerous, poisons to the brain, damaging delicate circuitry in the brain. This is the latest scam by psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry to boost profits. Do not believe their lies, this isn’t medicine, it’s quackery
I wish this was more widely available
The Hippies of the sixties were right .
Anyone know if Any of these facilities accept insurance yet ?
The latest money making racket in psychotherapy. It’s safe for the people working in the clinic because if you have a bad trip and freak out you can’t hurt anybody because you are paralyzed
Just use mushrooms
I'm all for it
I'm not a fan of drugs but this sounds wonderful
I just stopped my antidepressants because they were making it worse !
I may have to try this out.
My list includes : PTSD DEPRESSION AGORAPHOBIA & ANXIETY
So get people addicted to another drug!?
My child, who is 6, was hospitalized and given 65 mg of this drug in a shot it was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life.
Ibogaine > ketamine. Ive done both
And to enhance the treatment experience the wall next to you is lit up and changes colors. Freaky, all that's missing is the nurse walking through a beaded curtain holding the IV.
Best therapy for depression and most aflictions in life is to find Jesus in your heart. I went through the worst and tried all kinds of therapists and substances. NOTHING heals as God's love does
Can ketamine bring back my libido that I lost due to depression, can it cure my psychogenic impotence that I have due to damaged neurons from my depression, can it cure your psychogenic erectile dysfunction??