My insurance approved me for Spravato (esketamine)!!! I start tomorrow!!!
It's inhaled (a spray) and then you hang out in a room for 2 hours. They said not to listen to music with words & that it peaks at about 40 mins. You aren't allowed to drive until the next day.
I've failed maybe 8 SSRI/SNRIs in my life and I'm currently on an off label (ie really fricking high) dosage of Prozac but still having acute suicidal ideation (SI).
Ketamine is an NMDA antagonist and works differently than SSRIs. A lot of people get relief from SI immediately after the first session but sometimes it takes a couple.
I'm so happy I finally might get some relief from my despair and suffering. I am really reaching “last resort” in terms of what's available to me. I have electro shock therapy left and that's about it. Hoping this works.
Has anyone else here done it?
Edit: I'm out of benefactor awards just fyi
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I've done it a few times recreationally... It's very dissociative. I remember playing a board game and I could feel the ebb an flow of the game (like, I was connected to the game... It was fun).
Go in there with something that you want to work on and you might be able to see it from a completely different light and contextualize what you're going through.
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Thank you!!! I've done psychedelics, just a little scared for this!!
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It's different but not more intense than tripping. The worst thing I've found about k is that is comes from a shady dealer...
In a controlled setting, with a controlled dosage (I could totally do another bump, lol); You should be golden.
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the dose matters a lot, most people who have weird dissociative stuff (k-holing) take very large doses, at milder doses its just a fun high with minor 2nd guessing some stuff you percieve
if youre in a room with nothing interesting nothing will really happen
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