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> is it unreasonable for me to think there's no good medicinal depression cure There can be, but only for some people and not others. I've seen esketamine mak
by Natsu 6y ago
> is it unreasonable for me to think there's no good medicinal depression cure
There can be, but only for some people and not others. I've seen esketamine make a night & day difference. Sadly, it has horrible side-effects as well, as in someone nearly died from that and had to discontinue the trial.
There's some hope that a particular metabolite of ketamine that works on AMPA may offer relief without the side-effects, but I haven't seen it actually in a medical trial yet and even if it was, I don't know if our doctor would go for it or not, though it allegedly does avoid the psychosis.
- jonfromsf 6y agoI use ketamine for depression. I get it by IV every 2-3 months at a clinic, and the effect seems to last about that long. Haven't had any bad side effects so far.
- Natsu 6y agoYou're lucky. In someone prone to psycosis, it can do terrible things. Imagine feeling compelled to murder/suicide or it creating lots of new phobias. You're right that it can basically turn off depression, though. I just want a version with that and not the rest.