Posted by SLS on August 3, 2018, at 10:18:41
In reply to To Scott - Re Ketamine, posted by meltingpot on August 3, 2018, at 9:46:29
> Hi Scott,
Hi, Denise.
> I hope you are feeling a little bit better at least.
I am. I am no longer feeling the negative side effects that Trintellix and Effexor produced two weeks ago. After taking 2.5 mg/day for one week, I raised the dosage to 5.0 mg/day. I am supposed to remain there for two weeks and then see my doctor to figure out what to do next.
> I guess you are still waiting for the medication to take affect in a good way.
I am hopeful that things will improve. I am happy to report that I am feeling better now than I would be were I not to take any medication at all.
> Just to let you know that my friend sent me this email regarding esketamine. Below is an excerpt from it. So it is something for you to bear in mind. The only things my friend has responded to our VNS (for a short time) and DBS (initially).
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> "I bring this up because he was the one who told me that esketamine is different from ketamine. He was the one who knew that they were intrinsically different and that dosing it by nasal spray was critical in how it is absorbed. Meaning: The IV treatment did not work on me, but the nasal spray did.
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> Let your cyber-friend know that it took me months to feel a 'stable,' measurable benefit--although--you know it is working almost immediately. The suicidal ideation allays first, then the more nagging symptoms of depression melt away, week-to-week.
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> Meaning: unlike other anti-Ds I have tried, you don't have to wait six weeks to feel ANYthing. The benefits begin immediately and incrementally get more strong, more in number, and more stable"Thanks, Denise. Good to know. I tried intranasal ketamine a few years ago. I dosed every day for two weeks. Nothing.
Have you developed a treatment plan for moving forward?
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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