Posted by Stargazer2 on June 24, 2020, at 11:13:42
In reply to Re: TMS, Ketamine, ECT ... last chance!/PCB » Stargazer2, posted by alchemy on June 23, 2020, at 22:36:33
All I can say is Even during my 11 Ketamine treatments the suicidal thinking returned. The first few IV K treatments were awesome and I felt normal and my friends said you are a different person. I was more comfortable going out, talking to people and just plain relaxed in my own skin. As the K treatments spread out to once a month my depression would re-emerge at about 2-3 weeks. I could always push it out until a month had passed and have another Treatment
( I paid $500 out of pocket and hired a driver to bring me and pick me up. It was a 4-5 hour time commitment).I had tried DL-P a few yrs ago with Zero improvement. It was on this site that someone suggested trying it. Anyway I started it again very slowly and for some reason whether it was the K opening up my neuro circuitry, or something else Like drug combination,, the suicidality stopped and now I no longer need to have monthly Ketamine treatments.
I buy it on-line. The brand is LifeBest ( I think) and despite the bottle saying take 1-3 capsules a day. I had remission of SI at 1 capsule a week. I stopped Ketamine over a year ago and I am on the following meds:
Nardil 45 mg w am
Ritalin 5 mg 1-2/day,
thyroxine 125 mcg q am
Lithium ER 300 mg 1-2/ week
DL Phenylslanine 500 mg 1-2/week
Seroquel 50 for sleep.SG2
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