UPDATE - Depression treatment w/ psychedelics

[TexasBushwhacker]

Last edited Sat Jul 20, 2024, 05:08 PM - Edit history (1)

I was wondering if anyone here has tried depression treatment with psychedelics - ketamine, high dose cannabis or psilocybin? I'm at the end of my rope with traditional medications. I have used every type of antidepressant alone and in combinations.

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I just wanted to let everyone know that I took the plunge a started treatment with IV ketamine in May and for me, it's been pretty great. I had my first 6 treatments in Houston, then SUDDENLY got a new job in Albuquerque so I had to just throw the belongings I could into my little SUV and GO.

But I found a new doctor in Santa Fe who got me back up to speed with 3 IV sessions and now I'm doing treatment at home with sublingual lozenges.

[Nanuke]

1. A good friend of mine is going to try it.

Problem is he can’t get an in-person health person to be with him for the duration. They are only offering to monitor via Zoom. He says he’s still looking.

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. I'm looking into it as well

I have a phone call screening on Wednesday to see if I'm eligible.

[Nanuke]

3. His doctor recommended Ketamine.

[Flash953]

4. Feeling Good the new Mood Therapy from Doctor David Burns!

Hang in there!

Just because your depressed right now doesn't mean you'll always be depressed. The Book Feeling Good is a very well written book about thinking distortions. We tend to base how we feel about things into thinking. The book was found to be as effective as taking antidepressants. It's like the number one of all time. Don't beat yourself up because you're on this website. You're a hero and an active DUer! Also Alcohol and drugs don't help much as well. I do have a friend though that micro doses mushrooms every day and it does help him. Sleeping 8 hours day , going for walks , and being kind to yourself also help. In the book you will get very good feel for how the human mind tricks itself into feeling worse about things than they really are. I also found an app for your phone called WYSA. you can tell an AI Bot your problems and it offers suggestions.

Hope I'm helping you

[multigraincracker]

6. The poison is in the dose.

Always start small and stop early.

Also check out Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. You can google it and do it yourself. A way of changing negative thought patterns. Or you can find a therapist that uses it. Just google it again and that person can get you started. No long time session about all of your past experiences. Just a simple way to make positive changes in your outlook.
I got started in Radical Behaviorism back in the 90s. I was so nuts I went to college to major in clinical psychology. Later it became Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Much better and useful.
I have found that straying busy and exercise are great for me. Walked 4 miles today and yesterday. Seems to get rid of my aches and pains. 75 years old and they can add up.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Great book

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. How does one go about

Getting treatment with psychedelics?

[PebblesLA]

7. Yes controlled medically supervised ketamine

Ditto on frustration of traditional meds not doing the trick. After years of a med cocktails for BP & ABD, decided to try ketamine. It was incredibly expensive at WLA “boutique” clinic. I did 4 treatments in 1 month. The staff was great and their monitoring during session gave me a sense of safety. The actual treatment experience was incredible. Like wow! The hallucinations were informative and I felt great for about six months. Being an addict, when the depression returned I certainly wanted more. Bottom line for me was that it was like another rec drug. The immediate effect was amazing. I know there are follow up options but I didn’t want to explore that because of addiction factor. I recommend if you’ve exhausted every western med available. Good luckluck 💗

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. When I switched to at home treatment

I was prescribed sublingual troches (lozenges) to take 3 times a week. I've never had any addiction problems other than eating too much, but 3x a week I felt like I was building up a tolerance and wanting to take a higher dose. So I cut back to twice a week and have a better response with less tolerance build up. I'm trying to stretch out the time between doses so I can do it just once a week on the weekends.

It's even helping with my overeating. I've lost 35 pounds!