Re:Our World in Data: Suicide
by Natsu on Thursday August 06, 2020 @03:49PM
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You're right that ketamine seems like a magic switch for at least some people, but please be careful if you have any history of psychosis.
I almost ended up as the murdered half of a murder-suicide due to that. Which is damnable because I've never seen any other treatment have the same effect as esketamine.
I really hope they find some way to solve that, maybe they also need to administer anti-psychotics in that case, I truly don't know. Because the treatment itself is just about as close to turning off depression as anything I've ever seen. Though I understand it may not be that way for everyone, for some, it really helps.
I almost ended up as the murdered half of a murder-suicide due to that. Which is damnable because I've never seen any other treatment have the same effect as esketamine.
I really hope they find some way to solve that, maybe they also need to administer anti-psychotics in that case, I truly don't know. Because the treatment itself is just about as close to turning off depression as anything I've ever seen. Though I understand it may not be that way for everyone, for some, it really helps.
See also: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/11/ketamine-now-by-prescr...