Ketamine will be popular. Right now they have ongoing medical studies trying to determine it's efficacy. You
need to infuse the drug, so it's a hard core drug, but
in terms of preventing someone from committing suicide
the drug shows promise. (I'm not condoning it, just passing
along what Psychaiary is talking about amount themselfs--other than stock picks.)
You don't need to inject it. I use ketamine for management of depression, though I've thankfully been doing well and haven't needed it for the past 6-8 months. The fast relief getting you back to being able to function and care for yourself day to day is soooo helpful.
Did you need to go into the k-hole to achieve results?
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lumpypua 41 days ago
Definitely not, but you are going to get weird for 45 minutes.
The study in that forbes article used 50mg intranasally (basically snorted). The earlier study backing ketamine's efficacy[1] used "0.5 mg/kg diluted in saline, administered over 40 minutes by IV pump". Works out to 35mg for a 70kg guy with a drug delivery rate in the ballpark of snorting it.
Redosing protocol is up to you, I'd read both papers, track your mood, and decide something reasonable. [1] dumps a fair amount of K into their volunteers in one part. Basically the 35mg every two to three days. When depression hits hard I do 35mg every one or two weeks, and go up to 3 weeks as I'm feeling better.
I like dissociatives but maaan 35-50mg is pretty much the least pleasant dose. You're not near k-holing but reality is still pretty bent for about 45 minutes. Normal social interaction is totally out of the question for me and my thinking is warped. What works best for me to handle it is putting on an album I can play all the way through, lying down and meditating on the music until I sober up.
