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Old Jun 26, 2019, 02:53 AM
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Crooks... Were the ketamine infusions successful? Please rate from 1 to 10 for effectiveness. Or, like quite a few others are you unsure if you really benefitted? There seem to be a lot of people who are confused about how much of a diff ketamine actually made for them. Are you now continuing w/ ketamine boosters? Do you now feel more motivation and have more drive than before the infusions? Do you think ketamine is primarily more helpful for bi-polar folks? Seems like Uni-polar people are getting even more desperate due to speculation ketamine is not as helpful for us I know I am..


I tried KETAMINE INFUSIONS 5+ years ago before the protocol was set. My treatments were awful. The dr was clueless. (I was one of his very first pts. He didn't even have an office).

...I'm too depressed now to post more about the very expensive poorly regulated treatments I received. maybe Later.


Anyway; I was left very devastated & sadly thinking that I was a non-responder for all these many years... Since then I've discovered that my treatments were either not full dose or not given correctly...OR whatever???....... Soooo now almost 6 yrs later I am reluctantly considering trying ketamine once again. UGH!!!...(with a DIFFERENT DOCTOR!) IDK....It is .another huge expense & I'm even more doubtful NOW after the failure almost 6 years ago


PLEASE...Anyone w/ knowledge or experience I need your help. Your advice &/or suggestions will be so very appreciated.


BTW...I felt horrible during the infusions & for weeks afterwards last time, maybe b/c I had no aftercare (or during care really), ...perhaps that would make a diff. this time; IDK? Anyone else feel terrible?


Thank You in advance for any guidance you can offer ! Sincerely; maydaymayday.


I didn’t think it was working at first. The first round was 6 infusions. The dr said if I didn’t notice a change after 2 we would stop. I was having a lot of external stress from work at the time so I didn’t feel like it was working but my T said my affect looked lifted. So I decided to continue. I didn’t like how the infusions made me feel but eventually got used to it. I did all 6 infusions and about 2 weeks later when the work stuff was calming down I started feeling better. I pretty much have no suicidal thoughts anymore just the occasional one here and there. Not constant like before. I got a little hypomanic which I don’t mind. I just got a booster. I went 11.5 weeks before the booster and the dr said that is the longest he has seen. People average 6-8 weeks before a booster. I really wasn’t going stick with it but others were telling me I looked and sounded better so I kept going. I would rate it an 8.