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Posted by Questionmark on September 24, 2006, at 18:31:45
(Note this is not about ketamine as a drug of abuse so is not as relevant in the "PBabble Substance Use.")
This is amazing.www.webmd.com/content/Article/126/116219.htm
Posted by JOP on September 24, 2006, at 18:53:31
In reply to Ketamine Depression Relief: Article, posted by Questionmark on September 24, 2006, at 18:31:45
> (Note this is not about ketamine as a drug of abuse so is not as relevant in the "PBabble Substance Use.")
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> This is amazing.
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> www.webmd.com/content/Article/126/116219.htmYou know, I saw this a couple of weeks ago and it made me reevaluate my experiences with anesthetics. The times where I’ve had oral surgery and had twilight anesthesia, the lifting of mood was very brief – maybe 3-4 days. Major surgery is a completely different story. I snap awake in recovery and, while completely stoned out of my mind, can actually focus, socialize, and enjoy myself. After my last surgery, I had absolutely no depression for at least 4 weeks despite being in pain. And no, the mood lift wasn’t from pain meds as I refused them because I didn’t want to mess with the excellent feeling I had – i.e. no negative thinking and self-destructive thoughts. And man did I have ENERGY!
I know the doses of anesthetic I’ve received are probably much higher than what they are testing; it just makes me wonder if there might be a connection. I remember the Dr.s & nurses in the hospital being totally fascinated with my response. While everyone else in the recovery room is throwing up, groggy, and moaning, I sit up and joke with the nurses that it feels so good we should all get together next week to do it again. Maybe my brain is totally backwards . . . . .
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
Posted by Iansf on September 25, 2006, at 1:03:27
In reply to Re: Ketamine Depression Relief: Article » Questionmark, posted by JOP on September 24, 2006, at 18:53:31
I don't know about general anasthesia, but I do find I get a mood boost from novocaine when I have dental work. It lasts only a few hours, but it's quite noticeable.
> You know, I saw this a couple of weeks ago and it made me reevaluate my experiences with anesthetics. The times where I’ve had oral surgery and had twilight anesthesia, the lifting of mood was very brief – maybe 3-4 days. Major surgery is a completely different story. I snap awake in recovery and, while completely stoned out of my mind, can actually focus, socialize, and enjoy myself. After my last surgery, I had absolutely no depression for at least 4 weeks despite being in pain. And no, the mood lift wasn’t from pain meds as I refused them because I didn’t want to mess with the excellent feeling I had – i.e. no negative thinking and self-destructive thoughts. And man did I have ENERGY!
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> I know the doses of anesthetic I’ve received are probably much higher than what they are testing; it just makes me wonder if there might be a connection. I remember the Dr.s & nurses in the hospital being totally fascinated with my response. While everyone else in the recovery room is throwing up, groggy, and moaning, I sit up and joke with the nurses that it feels so good we should all get together next week to do it again. Maybe my brain is totally backwards . . . . .
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> Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
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Posted by JahL on September 25, 2006, at 12:42:37
In reply to Ketamine Depression Relief: Article, posted by Questionmark on September 24, 2006, at 18:31:45
Hi.
SLS & I posted on this a while ago.
My younger brother (Bipolar NOS) uses Ketamine to reasonably good effect.
Dissociation is a major issue with Ket. However if you do a Ket + Lamotrigine search you should find that the latter is thought to ameliorate this problem somewhat.
Certainly, since instituting Lamotrigine, neither my brother nor I experience Ket-induced hallucinations, whereas previously we did (BOY, did we!).
Unfortunately Ket does little for my depression, but I do have considerable experience of it. I am familiar with the various side-effects one might expect to come across.
Feel free to pick my brains.
Jah.
> (Note this is not about ketamine as a drug of abuse so is not as relevant in the "PBabble Substance Use.")
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> This is amazing.
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> www.webmd.com/content/Article/126/116219.htm
Posted by Phillipa on September 25, 2006, at 19:37:04
In reply to Re: Ketamine Depression Relief: Article » Questionmark, posted by JahL on September 25, 2006, at 12:42:37
I noticed that meds like percocet and vicoden boost my mood. My doc said they're addictive. But aren't they all? Love Phillipa
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