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Depression: Will Ketamine make me dumb(er)?

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 18:21:56 2021 No.13962883 View Reply Original Report

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I get depressed for a couple weeks a year (no matter what I do). It's destructive enough to interfere with work. I also feel like my IQ drops.

Will taking Ketamine help?

What are the actual negative side effects beyond some uterine discomfort if I take a few decagrams?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 20:31:10 No.13963385 Report

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Therapeutic doses of ketamine definitely won't make you any dumber than depression will.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 20:32:04 No.13963389 Report

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Take caffeine tablets instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 20:33:19 No.13963395 Report

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>>13962883
It can be pretty toxic for the brain, kidneys and bladder. That's with frequent recreational use though, a few doses for depression shouldn't have a significant effect.
I assume you've exhausted the other options like SSRIs and bupropion?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 20:49:07 No.13963448 Report

Quoted By: >>13963481 >>13963487 >>13963988

>>13963395

My depression is too seasonal and fleeting for SSRI. 9 months out of the year I'm fine. 3 months a year isn't long enough to start taking SSRIs.

Also SSRIs mess with your drive.

Would there be any harm in trying? I'm not an additive personality. But I don't want to feel like I've fucked my brain up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 21:05:28 No.13963481 Report

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>>13963448
I doubt there would be much harm from doing the depression ketamine protocol once. Your psychiatrist may think that it's a pretty weird idea though—AFAIK, ketamine is an experimental treatment that's intended to be used after conventional treatments like SSRIs and bupropion have failed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 21:06:40 No.13963487 Report

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>>13963448
P.S. >>13963481
Is your depression actually Seasonal Affective Disorder perhaps?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Dec 2021 23:12:29 No.13963988 Report

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>>13963448
You can try St John's Wort if those 3 months are in the winter. It makes your skin and eyes very sensitive to light. It's not good if you want to be outdoors a lot in summer. It's very effective for depression for some people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Dec 2021 02:05:38 No.13964596 Report

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There is a LOT of data that shows ketamine is very promising. The hard part is finding a doctor that will administer. The dosage is in milligrams NOT decagrams and data seems to show that the longer it is administered (ie by IV drip) the longer the antidepressant effects last.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Dec 2021 07:14:07 No.13965350 Report

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>>13963988
St John's Wort is basically a herbal SSRI with more side effect so if he's willing to try that he may as well try escitalopram/sertraline/etc.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Dec 2021 07:23:25 No.13965368 Report

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There's a nice song named after everyone's favourite horse tranquiliser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0grJ6cSTOM

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