Does anyone know why you have to be commited to a psych hospital in order to receive a ketamine injection and why it seems so unavailable, expensive and not covered by insurance? I know that it is fairly new but there are proven results that it does work for the short-term in someone dealing with a major depression.

Also I was wondering since there is no way of "measuring" by a blood test the degree of someone's depression, why does someone have to be commited to a psych hospital in order to get this drug. For instance just because I have a job and can still function, why should I be denied this drug? Because someone deems me to be not depressed enough? I have an extremely difficult time functioning in my everyday life but do not have the option to not work. I have just been very depressed lately and my doctor tried me on abilify that had major side effects and did not work and I just feel my meds are not benefiting me and I want to try this ketamine because I am in such a bad way. I also have been trying to get into research studies, etc.

Thanks for reading, any advice would be great