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Have you ever tried pot or mushrooms? They both could help for depression like Ketamine does but any of the effects will be long done by the morning for you.

by asdff 4y ago

tbalsam 4y ago
Doctor prescribed Ketamine is legal, whereas marijuana/hemp and psilocybin do not enjoy the same legal status. Though hopefully strong at-home 5HT2A agonists will see more at-home encouragement and legalization along with good spiritual guidelines for spiritual journeywork in the future. It's a promising avenue. Additionally, Ketamine works along different modalities so it can cover avenues that the previous two cannot. I find the pain relief avenue of action in contrast to the two mentioned above to personally be quite fascinating and I believe underutilized within the current field of research.
bradly 4y ago
Ketamine was like a flip was switched immediately after my initial session. Nothing at all like cannabis or mushrooms in my experience.
cactusplant7374 4y ago
I tried truffles. It didn't do anything for me in terms of antidepressant effect. I also tried one of the marijuana variants. Delta 8 or whatever. Gave me a huge amount of paranoia. Honestly, ketamine is really smooth in lozenge form. The come up and down are pretty nice. If more marijuana users knew about this I have a feeling they would switch. But there is an effect on sleep and you feel a little lethargic the next day.
snackwalrus 4y ago
In my personal experience marijuana only makes depression worse. It can make it more bearable in the moment and treat minor anhedonia, but at least for me it only bolsters my unhealthy habits which in turn makes the depression worse. I don't think there's any evidence that it can lead to long term remission. It's the neuroplasticity provided by psilocybin and ketamine that really helps. I think psilocybin is promising, but doing it when you're depressed can put you in terrifyingly bad places. I think in the long term psilocybin and ketamine will both end up being valuable tools in combating treatment resistant depression. My guess would be that psilocybin will be used more in clinical settings with a guide and ketamine will be something you can do at home and talk about with a therapist later.

Have you ever tried pot or mushrooms? They both could help for depression like Ketamine does but any of the effects will be long done by the morning for you.

by asdff 4y ago

Have you ever tried pot or mushrooms? They both could help for depression like Ketamine does but any of the effects will be long done by the morning for you.

tbalsam 4y ago

Doctor prescribed Ketamine is legal, whereas marijuana/hemp and psilocybin do not enjoy the same legal status. Though hopefully strong at-home 5HT2A agonists will see more at-home encouragement and legalization along with good spiritual guidelines for spiritual journeywork in the future. It's a promising avenue. Additionally, Ketamine works along different modalities so it can cover avenues that the previous two cannot. I find the pain relief avenue of action in contrast to the two mentioned above to personally be quite fascinating and I believe underutilized within the current field of research.

bradly 4y ago

Ketamine was like a flip was switched immediately after my initial session. Nothing at all like cannabis or mushrooms in my experience.

cactusplant7374 4y ago

I tried truffles. It didn't do anything for me in terms of antidepressant effect. I also tried one of the marijuana variants. Delta 8 or whatever. Gave me a huge amount of paranoia. Honestly, ketamine is really smooth in lozenge form. The come up and down are pretty nice. If more marijuana users knew about this I have a feeling they would switch. But there is an effect on sleep and you feel a little lethargic the next day.

snackwalrus 4y ago

In my personal experience marijuana only makes depression worse. It can make it more bearable in the moment and treat minor anhedonia, but at least for me it only bolsters my unhealthy habits which in turn makes the depression worse. I don't think there's any evidence that it can lead to long term remission. It's the neuroplasticity provided by psilocybin and ketamine that really helps. I think psilocybin is promising, but doing it when you're depressed can put you in terrifyingly bad places. I think in the long term psilocybin and ketamine will both end up being valuable tools in combating treatment resistant depression. My guess would be that psilocybin will be used more in clinical settings with a guide and ketamine will be something you can do at home and talk about with a therapist later.