Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression

Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by pjc50 on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:48AM (#16847574)

I know exercise is good for depression, but this is an extremely patronising response to someone else's description of their medical treatment.

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by boomlinde on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:22AM (#16849171)

How is it patronising? GP is asking two questions. Maybe there's some subtle subtext that I'm missing, but even then it seems better to assume the more favorable interpretation that he's just asking questions.

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by OldSchoolJohnny on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:24AM (#16848766)

Well that'll teach that poor bastard to ask a question here, good job!

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by salvar on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:26PM (#16850212)

Is it possible to ask a question in a patronising way?

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by Domenic_S on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:50PM (#16850482)

I don't know, is it?

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by salvar on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:07PM (#16851257)

I would say yes.

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Re:Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression by proverbialbunny on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:30PM (#16852970)

Sorry. That wasn't the intent. I could have been clearer.

More, I don't know what ketamine does in the long term to the brain beyond stimulating the parts of the brain that get strengthened during exercise. Maybe it's doing something else and that was the motive for the curiosity. What exactly is ketamine doing in the long run to the brain?

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