Posted by yxibow on October 1, 2008, at 0:26:14
In reply to SSRI, Hallucination, Ketamine, posted by Babak on September 30, 2008, at 10:35:56
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am a TRD with coming up to 29 years of history.
> Venelafaxine, Olanzapine and VNS have all been partially useful but not to the extent to render me functional (forget about not feeling depressed).
> I am getting progressively serious about trying Ketamine. However despite reading quite a few articles and postings about this drug, I remain unclear about two points:
> 1) Are hallucinatory effects dose related?
> 2) Is there a danger of Serotonin Syndrome in its concomitant use with SSRI(s) and/or SNRI(s)?
> Could people refer me to credible articles engaging the above two points please.
> Your own comments and experiences will also be appreciated.
>I'm not quite sure why you're asking for the opinion of a street drug. Ketamine is a strong horse tranquilizer and a pediatric anaesthetic.
It is a hard drug and can produce dissociative effects and in strong enough doses hospitalization from "K-holes", yes, strong hallucination and beliefs that you aren't even human.
Yes, there is research into depression and other disorders, but this is something that if it is even available, you would enroll in.
I'm not a teetotaler, but there are some agents that are dangerous without proper dosing by research physicians.
As for combinations with SSRIs, probably not, I'm not sure, but I think I'll just conclude this.
I'm sure there are people who will have different beliefs and cite its effects for depression, but as I say, this is ongoing research.
Please be careful, I can't say anything more.
-- tidings
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