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Doesn’t it seem likely that it’s the trip itself that reduces depression?
by zeroonetwothree 3y ago
Doesn’t it seem likely that it’s the trip itself that reduces depression?
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- pedalpete 3y agoI agree, but this is also what makes it difficult to do a placebo trial, as stated in the article. They still need to find a method of creating a state where the subject doesn't know if they are getting ketamine or not.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoI haven't done ketamine, but I have experimented with dextromethorphan in the past. Both are classified as dissociatives, but ketamine is much stronger. On DXM, I tended to "feel the love energy of the universe" which was a very positive experience when I was depressed and unmedicated. It did have some effect the days after, but nothing terribly long lasting because I was still chronically depressed. Something that did help reduce my depression for a noticeable amount of time was doing a mix of psilocybin mushrooms and LSD (aka hippy flipping). In the weeks afterward, I seemed to still have a slight separation between what I was doing and what I was thinking/feeling. I would act impulsively (usually tending toward anger) and in the middle of it, instead of being strapped to the anger like a roller coaster, I realized my reaction was not justified in any way and realized I was triggered by something and I started thinking about what was actually bothering me. It's a skill I still have to this day, and it's a lot easier to do while on Zoloft lol
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