Wow.......ketamine? That's a drug often used in surgical procedures, or at least it was when I was a medical/surgical nurse a few years ago. It's a heavy-duty sedative, so the exact mechanism of how it would help lift the depression, I don't know. But can you imagine the drop in the suicide rate that might happen if this became common practice AND worked as well as they say it does?

The trouble with most psych meds is that they take so damnably long to work, and when you're in crisis, four to six weeks is an ETERNITY. Even I, who have rarely been actively suicidal, almost came off the spool in March and was seriously considering chowing down on a bottle of Ativan.......and I'd just been put on Lamictal not even a week before. It's taken almost three months to see the light at the end of the tunnel, which for some time I half-hoped was an oncoming train.

That's way too long when you're in that dark, cold place where you can't even see past the end of your nose (and are too afraid to try). I hope the ketamine infusions work out to be a viable option.