Posted by stargazer2 on February 24, 2019, at 23:01:38
In reply to Re: I'm back from a long absense, posted by radish on February 24, 2019, at 19:02:28
Thank you all.
Well I started Ketamine back in August/Sept with 6 treatments within the first 3-4 weeks. I was told by an anesthesiologist, who initially was going to give me the treatments, that I had to come off Nardil which I have been on for a few years. This was no surprise to me as one knows the MAO's have interactions with a large percentage of meds.
I was surprised that I was able to come of it with relative ease and few side effects. I also was taking low dose Ritalin, Seroquel 200 at hs and LIthium 300, which I also stopped. Of particular interest was that in the first two weeks of tapering Nardil, 20 pounds came off rather quickly. My abdomen had been somewhat distended for some time but I thought that was due to overeating and lack of exercise. Even when I tried to exercise the abdominal girth didn't budge. so anyone on Nardil should be aware of this side effect. I was on 75 mg of Nardil. After going off all of the meds, the anesthesiologist got cold feet in treating me (my case was too complicated?) and referred me to a very good Psychiatrist who has been doing my K treatments. I just had my 10th treatment. As far as I can tell, I only had one or two treatments that were significant for an increase in energy, mental clarity and the ability to hold conversations that I considered well thought out and intelligent without even trying to appear so. My thinking just flowed easily and without hesitation. My brain really seemed to be in a much better place for social and conversational processing and integration.
The bad part is that did not last very long. I am kind of chasing that brief response now but I am realizing the treatments may not be holding me as well as I initially thought they would. I have gone back on most of my meds so it doesn't seem to make sense for me to do both when I thought K would be the answer and it did seem like it was for a few weeks of "Normalcy". Even my friends said I was like a totally different person which made me think I must have been in pretty bad shape. Now I am back to the Pre-K level of Depression and I feel like I have been cheated of of another chance at a normal, depression free life.
Anyway, that is where I'm at right now. I have alot more to tell but at another time.
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