K Treatment day 6

I’m on day 6 of Joyous’s Ketamine treatment. It doesn’t make me feel weird or loopy, just a little tired which is great for bed. I have noticed an increase in my mood. My anxiety did feel worse the first couple days but I think it’s gotten a little better. One thing is I never realized how much I ruminate till I started this. I have had Covid for the last week and I return today. If you’ve read any of my old posts you know I HATE my job. Going back today is giving my anxiety however I noticed I’m having a better time talking myself down. I always feel anxiety before going to work in the morning, I thought I’d feel worse about going back today cause I haven’t been in a week but lucky me, it’s not as bad as I thought. I’m up to 45 mg with the K treatments, I’m thinking today I’ll split it up into a couple doses today to see how I feel at work, I’m hoping it makes me happier and less miserable through the day. My depression seems to have gotten better, I’ve had a better outlook and have been in a better mood than usual, but ofc I haven’t been at work so that probably helps but I’m hoping it will help me in work life as well. I’ll update my journey with K treatments, so far I don’t see a dramatic increase, but something is better than nothing!

kw670

Date posted: 1y ago

Are you still doing Joyous? I'm on day 30ish. I started in mid Oct. My dosage was 60mg when I started, then up to 75mg and then they took me back down based on my survey responses and then back up to 75mg just this week. I'm not sure if the Ketamine has helped my ruminating intrusive thoughts, as like some others, my OCD comes in waves and can be fully absent for long periods. Looking back, my last comments and interactions on NOCD were almost 300 day ago. During this most recent flare I've been on daily Ketamine. I cant recall if I was in this flare already when I joined Joyous or if it came on after I began taking the Ketamine. I can say that Ketamine helped me unlock feelings that I may have repressed. I've had some serious introspective moments and that has helped me to talk to my wife and family about how OCD effects me and to be more open and honest which I feel helped me through this flareup. I take my Ketamine in the morning in a dim place laying down with meditation music in my earbuds. I can tell you that I have experienced tears of release and tears of joy at times as if I was unlocking my soul. I often wonder what I would experience if I were to try an IV Ketamine session.

lbwocd

Date posted: 1y ago

@kw670 I am still doing it, I’m only on 40 milligrams and take it only at night. I have been feeling so much better, I have flare ups of OCD in stressful times, like for example I just got a puppy and the first week I was having excessive intrusive thoughts. I feel the most normal I’ve felt in years, probably since I was in high school! It has helped me in numerous ways. I usually only take it at night before bed, but my therapist recommended taking it like I am but listening to music with my eyes closed so the Ketamine can do the work internally. If I have my eyes open it’s trying to figure out the things I’m looking at rather than unpacking the stuff internally if that makes sense?

kw670

Date posted: 1y ago

@lbwocd - Glad to hear it! Im feeling pretty good at the moment. I have a huge laundry list of things that are going on currently. Most people would call that "life." it wasn't until I began Katamine that I realized yes it may be "LIfe" but when "Life" is a list of uncontrollable events a mile long, it becomes stress and anxiety and then intrusive OCD!

Anonymous 25#

Date posted: 23w ago

Lexapro

Has anyone on here been on Lexapro before ? I just recently started it and I just wanted to see if anyone went through similar symptoms and if they went away at all. It started out as me feeling extremely tired all day long and now recently I feel numb like I have no feeling or reaction to anything like I used to before starting this medication. Has anyone gone through this? Does it go away after a while? Do you end up feeling normal and able to cope with the OCD better? Any feedback would be really helpful. Thank you

reezwell

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12w ago

prozac stories

can anyone give me some insight on this? i was given 20 mg of prozac by my doctor to help me calm down while i wait for a psychiatrist appointment for ocd (i went in for an ekg because i was worried. nothing was wrong) yesterday was the 2nd dose, should i expect anything? i almost feel like it keeps me up at night since i take it around 7 pm, and i already have been sleeping poorly for a week or so.

bee.buzz

Date posted: 11w ago

curious!!

i am starting NOCD therapy on monday and was just curious on others’ experiences! what happens in your sessions, generally speaking? how do you feel during and after? i’m excited but also nervous to start. i’ve been in talk therapy for years with minimal improvement with my ocd, so im hopeful to start feeling better.

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