Thread: Ketamine
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Old Dec 08, 2018, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
My psychiatrist gave me ketamine in my IV while having ECT to reduce the seizure threshold and said it may help my depression. It was hell. I was intensely confused for a week and slept for days. Psychologically I was way off, dissociating, disorientated and extremely emotional. I thought I was going mad. I had been relatively fine after non ketamine ECT but this was something else entirely. I am almost recovered ten days on but told my psychiatrist never again with ECT.
This thread has raised my awareness of the downside of taking Ketamine. The last thing I would want is to feel I was going mad. I am glad you are feeling better. That sounds like an absolutely dreadful experience.
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