Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient's Brain

Re:Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patie... by frostburg on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:41AM (#19651448)

Ketamine is among common psychedelics the most likely to lead to "bad trips", unfortunately. My anesthesiologist friends don't have much good to say about it (but of course they're not concerned with the anti-depressive effect).

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Re:Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patie... by hnzix on Saturday April 13, 2019 @05:06AM (#19651897)

SWIM always has very pleasant claymation visuals with K, as opposed to the usual soul-shredding ego death from LSD.

However prolonged use can cause bladder damage and (for the extreme mainliners) k-holes seem correlated to suicidal ideation, so as always tread carefully.

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Re:Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patie... by cc81 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @10:36AM (#19653219)

I doubt writing SWIM would ever work so I don't think you need to bother with it.

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Re:Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patie... by hnzix on Sunday April 14, 2019 @08:20AM (#19658963)

SWIM disagrees on grounds of plausible deniability, but you do you.

(There is the persnickety universe inside one's head, and there is actual experience. Please speak from experience or remain silent.)

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