Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation
A loved one went through a few rounds of Ketamine IV at a recently opened clinic. It was about $400 a treatment, not covered by insurance, but administered by credentialed professionals.<p>The experience was a bit like a dialysis clinic, where there are a bunch of beds in a room, tatami screens between the beds, and where a huge 2&quot; diameter syringe dosing pump eases a tiny amount of Ket in the line over 15 minutes.<p>Aside from the expense, it didn&#x27;t particularly help my loved one&#x27;s condition. She said it felt more like it just got her high, and not the kind of high you want. Maybe if they used a stronger dose, but those cost more as I recall.<p>I feel there are at least three treatments one should try before Ketamine, for PTSD&#x2F;Anxiety&#x2F;Depression&#x2F;Suicidal Ideation.<p>• EMDR. So successful it&#x27;s amazing that it&#x27;s not standard fare in counseling and therapy.<p>• Neurofeedback. The literature is equivocal at best, but the anecdata is very strong.<p>• LSD. As our nation struggles with medical marijuana still living on schedule I, LSD similarly inhabits schedule I (where the government knows better than your doctor about there being no possible medical benefit). Studies show LSD is over 10x as successful in curing alcoholism as AA.