Ketamine For Depression? (Page 21)

It was recommended by the members of a separate thread that one be started that directly relates to ketamine and it's use to treat depression.

If anyone besides myself would like to discuss it's use as a treatment for depression, feel free to post your questions, answers and experiences here.

This thread is an offshoot of a related one that discussed a treatment of Scopolamine for depression.

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I know I have the same Dr I have had 4usions this month to the same experience didn't bring the music with me but was just trying to get a general idea if anybody else was having the same experience because it just kinda seems like a bad trip being in a room all aloneI am still not feeling well which is disturbing because that's $2000 to spend andand don't know what else to do how many a few shins did you have

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well thanks for a much for getting back to me with that information I will google it as I said is it be 10 minutes to read somewhere around New York City of Refuge instead at New York ketamine with Dr Brooks it sounds like this is something that you're doing on your road

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pi city girl again dad just did some research on the infusion said you were talking about sounds very interesting but was interested to see if you and had them done in New York sorry just getting used to this particular site since I'm new to the site n that you responded. My emal listed below

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Glyx-13 is in clinical trials . Dr. Lebowitz in NYC is participating. The next phase of the study will be "open label" and expected to begin in April. Worth a try for anyone interested in ketamine. In the open label study, you will know you are getting the medication and the study is supposed to continue until fda approval. Free and legal!

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01684163?term=glyx-13&rank=1

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John, I actually had 4 infusions of ketamine with Dr Brooks (earlier I said 3). But ketamine didn't work for me, so I'm back to just regular meds, waiting for the next thing to try.

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Hi Brian , The ketamine infussions take about 40 minutes , where are you getting the Nasal med from , is this something that is done through prescription

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HI LM, I am bnot sure if it is you but , someone on this discussion group was SAYING THYAT THEY HAVE BOUGHT kETAMINE ONLINE AND HAVE DONE THE IV's THEMSELVES, I have tried that and got burned. Does anyone know where to get it at a fare price

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I have run into the same problem with some bums in Texas with the Western Union scam , lost $300 . I see that there are other sellers in the market but don't want to try again ..... Atre you saying that your doctor is writing you a script for the Ketamine .......... if so I would like to meet with him since I am in the market for a new doctor and the oones that I have gone to are to naive about the this , any inmfo would be helpful

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Hi Cristobal , There are a few doctors here in NYC that are doing injections , ..... Now I have tried to get ketamine online or black market, and got burned. Could you give me an idea of where you are getting the ketamine. I am familar with the intermusclar IV's which I would try myself. to save money and have it more availabill, my email {edited for privacy}, Thanks

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not well at the moment , I am looking for a liferaft since I have had ECT and the ketamine within the last 2months and not working

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Well have just found out about Scoplamine, and DR Brooks in NYC , is willing to due the infussions , So I will talk about this in some kind of form , Have you had any experiences with this drug . no one I have talked to has had it , Th

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Hi 888 , was his done through an infussion or injection ?

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Trying to reply to John. Sir, the intranasal spray was prescribed by my neurologists and it is a prescription you have to take to a pharmacy that does prescription compounds. Once the prescription is compounded into a nasal spray by the pharmacy I use it for relief of terrifying pain and also and unbelievably realized it helped an ongoing 40 year depression of mine. I don't know how to explain the miracles associated with this compound. IT stops my pain dead in it s tracks and as a bonus I feel it has ended 40 years of sadness in my life that has held me back from everything. This compound is the most worthwhile thing I have ever heard of in the depression/pain related fields in years. The opportunity to have a new life is worth it all to me. I almost could not take the pain and the crap that comes along with until this was prescribed to me. I know nothing about the IV's but the nasal spray has been nothing short of a miracle for me. Hope that is of some help to you sir.
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so you are talking about the nasal ketamine another is the study going on at Mount Sinai here in New York City regarding thatbut was unaware that it was available through any prescription I do have a neurologist that I can see I will have to speak to them about it but it is very helpful thank you very much

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@LM - How often to you use the nasal spray? How many sprays each time you use it?

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@clint. Hi, the nasal spray thing is relatively new, I recommend it! As for dose, they really don't seem to have a clue. My Dr prescribed, twic a week, then upped it to daily, then redoubled the dose! It doesn't seem to do much for my depression but I like the high when I take lots - makes the world a more interesting place. Though I get a hangover when I take too much.

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This is the way I was introduced to it. First and foremost I have the kindest, most compassionate, and most intelligent doctor I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. His first office visit wasn't cheap but he sat basically toe to toe with me for three hours and about 46 minutes. Taking the time to "understand" and actually "give a damn about what is up with me and my multi piece of crap body. Most doctors I have met are not geniuses at the medications that are out there and the only thing I can say to that is they should never allow their case loads above levels they did not have time to "KNOW" things like that. I think they should know a lot about "everything" that pen prescribes for that is what we are paying for right? Regardless, He has helped me in so many ways by giving a damn about assisting me in working my rear end off. I made my mind up that I would rather eat potted meat and be poor rather than eating a prime rib and be in submission to the Federal Government taking some check so he is assisting me to run my company hurting a helluva lot but getting it done. I must have taken what JFK said too seriously about what you can do for your country rather than the other way around. So you might say My Doctor has helped me to get my life back. That was what I wanted. I am on lots of stuff but tried this ketamine for extreme pain in a nasal compounded spray. 40 ml of it. After using it for terrifying pain that the other meds did not touch I noticed my depression I had all my life really was sort of "gone". My attitude changed from this. Every morning waking up hurting and depressed and HOPELESS to the point of a Colt 45 thought about every day to a productive member of society once again. This Ketamine spray worked unbelievably for me. Allowed me to see the difference I had been making all along it seems. I am sure most of you know that got knocked down in that bed all the time is not out to make things count like I am and that is fine, I just could not take it anymore and would rather hurt and work than lie around and be miserable. Turns out the work helps as I thought it would and the drugs assist me in maintaining that level of interaction. Without that contribution to others what does one really have in life and I mean really ? TV,,,,,no thanks. Good luck and hope that helped.

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You may want to ask your doctor about oral or liquid sublingual ketamine. I started it a few weeks ago. A month's supply cost $60, so far more manageable in the long run. We try it the first time at each new dosage in the waiting room at the doctor's office, but otherwise you take it at home. From what I understand, his patients normally keep taking the drug twice weekly in the long term as the results tend to only last a few days. I am writing from Canada, but any compoundng pharmacy should be able to make something similar (capsules, liquid). The drug itself is not expensive, it is used as a cat or horse tranquilizer.

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Dr. Schneiderman in Rhode Island is using ketamine for treating pain. The group is excellent. They have had a great success with treating pain. I talked to him about treating ketamine for depression and he was interested. The protocol is easier for treating depression than pain. I am going get mine there.

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Hello Mary G. and all
I read your post regarding Dr. Schneiderman, He must be a very intelligent doctor and willing to think outside the box if he is treating you with things like ketamine. My doctor prescribes me the nasal type that is compounded by my local pharmacy. The thing is, a prescription of 40 ml costs around 49.00 for a nasal sprayer type. When my pain gets to that point that I could just go nuts I do a spray in my nostril and in about 6 minutes it is gone. Bam. The bottle says I can use up to 4 sprays a day but that is too much for me. It has really "SAVED MY LIFE" as in when the nerve pain and damage that I live with gets overwhelming this gives me the opportunity to "think" when things get to throbbing to much. And then, as sort of an added bonus I have realized it "CURED" a forty year old serious depression. Cured! and to me that has given me an upstart to basically a new life. In the better part of 8 months I have went from being in the bed "all" the time, to getting to do what I wanted, TO WORK. So, my life got better all the way around and I owe a great deal to ketamine nasal spray. My wife is happier because I was too stubborn to accept disability when other people need it more than I and the burden was on her up until a month ago. Last 4 months I cleared around 61K and am the Exec VP of a Real Estate Acquisition firm from california. Happiest I have been in years. I think it is sad that ketamine is getting a bad rap from some, mainly the ones that never used it. I got my life back because of it and to honestly go from waking up considering a colt 45 every morning to actually almost being proud of myself is something I am very, very thankful for. Sounds like you have met the right doctor. I am thankful for mine. Good luck with things. Sound as if you are on a good track!!!!

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