A new medication is hitting the market and hitting it hard: ketamine. You may have recently seen ads for ketamine pills sent directly to your home; hundreds of companies are popping up offering these services for conditions like depression and anxiety. Wait a minute — isn’t ketamine a horse tranquilizer? When did it become so …
A new study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Brigham found ketamine to be a comparable and safer option to ECT for cases of severe treatment-resistant depression. For decades, ECT has been considered the “gold standard” for severe depression treatment, due to its high efficacy rates. Most antidepressants and other depression treatments are only effective …
More and more people struggling with depression are looking to ketamine treatment for relief. This relatively new antidepressant is proving to be astoundingly effective for treatment-resistant depression, having the potential to offer lasting relief and create meaningful change in the brain. Only one form of ketamine is FDA-approved: Spravato, an esketamine nasal spray. Esketamine is a …
Ketamine therapy is becoming an increasingly popular treatment for people with depression who can’t find relief from other medications. The treatment involves receiving low doses of ketamine multiple times a week for 2-3 weeks. It’s often coupled with therapy to help individuals achieve breakthroughs and solidify ketamine’s antidepressant effects. After a successful treatment, people typically …
In the world of mental health treatment, there is one medication that is becoming extremely popular in a short time — ketamine. You’ve probably heard of ketamine, maybe even as a treatment for depression, especially if you’ve been looking for therapy or another mental health treatment. The medication is losing its stigma as a club …
What’s the best ketamine clinic option for me? If you’re reading this, you might be considering using ketamine therapy for a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or PTSD. You might be confused about all of the different options for ketamine, and are perhaps wondering whether you should use ketamine at home or go …
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably heard that ketamine is one of the latest helpful therapies for treatment-resistant depression. Perhaps you’ve heard that it is the first iteration of the emerging field of psychedelic medicine, or perhaps you’ve heard that it’s a horse tranquilizer, and you’re really confused. I’m sure you’ve seen the jaw-dropping response …
In doing research surrounding ketamine therapy for depression, it’s easy to come across pictures of people with eye masks, blankets, and large, noise cancelling headphones. It seems like music during ketamine infusions is almost a requirement. In fact, some companies have been founded predicated on the idea that music with ketamine is exponentially more helpful …
In light of ketamine’s effectiveness and tolerability in treating major depressive disorder, researchers are looking into the drug’s potential to treat other mental disorders as well, including post-traumatic stress disorder. The main treatment for PTSD is currently trauma-focused psychotherapy. While it is effective for some, it shows significant rates of partial or nonresponse, as well …
Treating depression can be as challenging as living with it. For some individuals, an antidepressant medication helps them manage their symptoms without significant side effects. However, for others, these medications are not enough to treat mental health conditions that are often resistant to conventional treatments. Different people respond differently to various types of depression or …
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