Posted by chumbawumba on July 21, 2013, at 17:14:55
So I had a ketamine treatment yesterday. 40 mg, intramuscular. It was a little mind-bending, felt very stoned for about half an hour. It was kind of like smoking pot or taking mushrooms but with a shorter duration. Felt fairly sober an hour later although a little wobbly. Mild nausea for the rest of the day. No immediate relief from depression.
Felt pretty restless last night and couldn't get to sleep which is unusual for me. Ended up taking doxylamine to get to sleep. Woke up today feeling fairly decent which is also unusual for me. Usually I wake up with crushing dread and depression. My sleep was uneventful which was a nice change. No early morning wakening or the excessive dreaming which I usually suffer from.
All in all, so far I am not impressed. It gave me some relief though. Will update in another 24 hours. Pdoc said that some people take 48 hours to respond.
I'm not really too keen on having a psychedelic experience every time I get treated. If I were to continue this course of treatment I'd probably request a compounded nasal spray so I could take a much lower dose and use it daily. I'm not sure anyone knows the safety of using even low dose ketamine regularly though so I'll be giving that some hard thought.
Taking Synthroid but no other psych meds on board.
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