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 …
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders faced globally. If you think you might be struggling with depression, you aren’t alone. According to data from the National Institute of Mental Health, 7.1% of adults in the United States, or approximately 17.3 million people, have experienced a significant depressive episode. Why Ketamine? Despite undergoing …
The first-line pharmacological treatment, and only medications approved by the FDA, to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder are serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SRIs. These medications often only provide limited symptom relief, and usually take six to ten weeks to have a meaningful impact. SRIs also typically produce a wide range of unpredictable side effects for the user. …
Ketamine therapy is a type of mental health treatment that is used to treat a variety of conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, anxiety, OCD, and more. If you are planning on receiving ketamine therapy, these are some important questions to discuss with your provider before your first treatment, and the answers we give our clients …
Ketamine is a drug that has been around in the medical field for over 50 years. Originally used as an anesthetic, it has now been discovered as an effective treatment for depression. There are two main types of ketamine used for depression treatment: intravenous ketamine and intranasal esketamine. Both ketamine IV infusions and the esketamine …
Ionescu et al. analyzed the effectiveness of a single ketamine infusion in treating depression in patients with anxious bipolar disorder compared to non-anxious bipolar disorder. Approximately 25-50% of patients with bipolar disorder have an anxious subtype, and the role of anxiety in influencing symptoms and challenges of bipolar disorder is becoming increasingly recognized. When it …
If you have depression, or another mental condition, that has been resistant to other forms of treatment, you may be considering trying TMS or ketamine therapy. Not everyone experiences relief after trying their first antidepressant, and some people go through multiple medications and forms of treatment and still struggle with their depression. Finding the treatment …
When it comes to ketamine, you’ve probably heard it all! From being a popular street drug to a powerful horse tranquilizer, there’s no shortage of misconceptions surrounding the use of Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Though ketamine is still a relatively new treatment for major depression, the results have proven to be life-saving. But with any …
Bespoke Treatment focuses on non-medication treatments that work. We are the first boutique center in Southern California to specialize in personalized TMS therapy, Ketamine treatment, and psychiatry.
