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My psychiatrist administers IV ketamine treatments for depression. (I don't use those; regular antidepressants work for me.) I'm not sure what dosage she uses,

My psychiatrist administers IV ketamine treatments for depression. (I don't use those; regular antidepressants work for me.) I'm not sure what dosage she uses, but from what she's told me, it's not a drug trip, and a lot of people don't feel any different during the treatment. [Edited to clarify.]

sandworm101 5y ago
You might be in her placebo group.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  I read it as their doctor receiving the treatment, not them.
  - sandworm101 5y ago
    "she uses" is an odd phrase for a patient. Patients normally "receive" or "are given". Drug addicts and doctors "use" a drug.
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    - swores 5y ago
      Mmh, not sure. I received a prescription for a drug from my doctor, now I use (or 'take') that drug/medicine once a day. It's common for those wordings to be used because often it literally is a handing over of drugs you're talking about - with sickness you're more likely to talk about the moment a medical person said to start using a drug than to tell people about the actual use because it's usually more interesting.
- AdamH12113 5y ago
  Sorry, poor wording. I meant that my psychiatrist runs a ketamine clinic and administers IV ketamine treatments to patients.
- TaylorAlexander 5y ago
  The person is saying their doctor administers this treatment to other people, but not to them. And that the doctor has said the patients receiving the treatment do not experience a drug trip.
chimeracoder 5y ago
> My psychiatrist does IV ketamine treatments for depression. I'm not sure what dosage she uses, but from what she's told me, it's not a drug trip, and a lot of people don't feel any different during the treatment. At 0.5mg/kg intravenous, there's no way that people wouldn't feel anything. It's not necessarily a "drug trip", but pretty much anybody can tell the difference between that large of a dose of ketamine vs. a saline solution. For trials in cases like this, it's common to use a group which receives either a smaller dose of the drug or a drug that is intended to mimic some of the subjectively observable side effects.
- ketamine 5y ago
  That is the dose I receive and it is very noticeable. I do not know what a trip is or is not supposed to be like but it was a very wild sensation.
bradly 5y ago
Does is dependent on weight (and gender?) if I remember correctly.

sandworm101 5y ago

You might be in her placebo group.

aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
I read it as their doctor receiving the treatment, not them.
- sandworm101 5y ago
  "she uses" is an odd phrase for a patient. Patients normally "receive" or "are given". Drug addicts and doctors "use" a drug.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - swores 5y ago
    Mmh, not sure. I received a prescription for a drug from my doctor, now I use (or 'take') that drug/medicine once a day. It's common for those wordings to be used because often it literally is a handing over of drugs you're talking about - with sickness you're more likely to talk about the moment a medical person said to start using a drug than to tell people about the actual use because it's usually more interesting.
AdamH12113 5y ago
Sorry, poor wording. I meant that my psychiatrist runs a ketamine clinic and administers IV ketamine treatments to patients.
TaylorAlexander 5y ago
The person is saying their doctor administers this treatment to other people, but not to them. And that the doctor has said the patients receiving the treatment do not experience a drug trip.

chimeracoder 5y ago

> My psychiatrist does IV ketamine treatments for depression. I'm not sure what dosage she uses, but from what she's told me, it's not a drug trip, and a lot of people don't feel any different during the treatment. At 0.5mg/kg intravenous, there's no way that people wouldn't feel anything. It's not necessarily a "drug trip", but pretty much anybody can tell the difference between that large of a dose of ketamine vs. a saline solution. For trials in cases like this, it's common to use a group which receives either a smaller dose of the drug or a drug that is intended to mimic some of the subjectively observable side effects.

ketamine 5y ago
That is the dose I receive and it is very noticeable. I do not know what a trip is or is not supposed to be like but it was a very wild sensation.

bradly 5y ago

Does is dependent on weight (and gender?) if I remember correctly.