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No results on long term cognitive and physical effects. Studies on recreational doses shows that it can cause bladder issues and addiction for some. In controlled clinics or studies it is lower than recreational. If you do not want to disassociate or see hallucinations it may not be the best for you
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Hallucinations!? I thought it was supposed to completely calm you out, from an anxiety and OCD standpoint. The research Ive seen is different from what you mentioned, would you mind sharing the source??
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I actually tried it, I was in a state of complete desperation, and put basically all my faith in ketamine. After the first two infusions I thought it was going to work and I would finally get some peace, but it seemed to fizzle out fairly quickly, I really think I was unrealistic with it tho, in the hopes that it would magically “cure” my ocd because of all the things I had read. I know it has significantly helped a lot of people with ocd so I would give it a shot if your low on options. When it didn’t quite work the way I was hoping it kinda made things worse for a bit because I thought I was doomed because I thought I had tried everything else. I think it potentially could be very helpful though if used correctly with ERP, self care, meditation, exercise etc. Make sure you get your hormones checked before doing it, like your thyroid and testosterone (if you are a male lol) mine were off and I still did it because I was in such a bad place, which might have played a role as to why it wasn’t as effective as I had hoped. As far as hallucinations... at least for me not really, it’s more like you’re in some transient dream like state jumping from “fantasy” to the next, I had some weird sensations like my legs were growing and like I was made of cubes and imploding on myself, also had floating sensations and like I had physically become part of the chair. Overall it was quite pleasant, and they don’t use anywhere near the dose that recreational users use... hope this helps at least a little
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It does, thank you for your input! Do you mind me asking who administers this? Psychiatrist? Hospital? I noticed they even have a ketamine nasal spray now. You caught me, I was hoping this would be the magic cure but there definitely isn’t any. All I would hope for is some relief in symptoms
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I live in Oregon, and there are two providers that do it and they are both anesthesiologists with private clinics. The cheaper one is “only” 375 per infusion, but I know some places charge around a grand per infusion so in comparison it’s not bad. Ya I talked with them about the ketamine nasal spray, they didn’t think it would be nearly as effective because you it’s not nearly as precise of a delivery route and the duration isn’t the same. Also with the nasal spray you don’t dissociate which i guess you actually want for optimal antidepressant effects. Buuuut the fda didn’t approve it for nothing so if finances and location are an issue might be worth a shot...
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