I tried Ketamine after a lot of urging by my T and pdoc. I was mainly reluctant because of the cost. However I was pleasantly surprised that after my deductible my insurance paid for it out of network. My ketamine dr says I am the only patient of his that insurance has paid for anything.

So it started with a round of 6 infusions. The dr said if I don’t feel better after 2 we would stop. I didn’t like the way I felt during or right after the first 2 infusions so we were going to stop but my T said I looked a lot better and the dr said there was a chance other would notice a change before me. So I decided to keep going with the treatments. I did all 6. I didn’t feel better right away like most people say but I stayed stable longer. Usual booster is 6-8 weeks later and I went 11 weeks. Next booster was only 6 weeks. I haven’t had one since then so almost 9 weeks. My T calls ketamine “the rescue”, she has a few clients doing it.

I did it as a last resort. I was never doing ECT again. TMS was not going to work and you have to go everyday. So even though it took a while to convince me I am glad I did it. It is just 45 minutes and then 15 minutes of recovery. Pretty unsteady walking to your car and you can’t drive for a day.