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I did ketamine IV treatment and was told in the clinic about 1/3 have a good response, 1/3 have a partial response, and 1/3 have no response. Sadly I didn't have a response :( The IV thing is problematic and nasal spray should be more widely available and available at ERs. It's being underused and has a lot of barriers around it as of now.

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Another option that’s becoming available is lozenges.

How many treatments have you had? Did you go into the “k-hole”? It seems that having the right setting and the state of mind matters. Doctors are still doing a lot of guesswork and stumbling around to find the most effective approach.

The therapeutic treatments aren't meant to go into the "k-hole", they are lower dose in comparison. I did feel woozy, drugged, and mildly dissasociated after the IV and needed a bit of help getting up right after. Something that may have interfered was that I was scheduled for IVs 3 times a week but they were down to 2x per week because it was during the holidays, which kind of sucks. This was done in a hospital setting so it's very clinical and this particular one was right next to the ECT room so it wasn't exactly chill. However I'm used to being in clinical settings and didn't mind it much.

Maybe try purchasing a gram or two on the street/dark web?

Not ideal, but if it has the potential to change your life for the better, the risk is probably worth it.

ketamine has a lot of potential for abuse, especially for those with severe depression. it is why it is only allowed to be administered in a clinical setting.

Ketamine has much lower potential for addiction than, say, alcohol or opiates.

I know you’re trying to be helpful, but please do realize everyone has a different sensitivity for addiction. Just suggesting OP should then get it elsewhere can become the opposite you’re trying to do

Yeah, and making comparisons to alcohol and opiates isn't exactly a high bar to begin with.

And gp is also not suggesting the original commenter go drinking or shoot up heroin either.

Dark net market products are more scams than not these days. I wouldn't recommend unless there is a referral from someone you trust.

This is not true.

For U.S. Domestic it is. I've heard EU is doing better.

It really isn’t true for US domestic either. Where are you seeing this?

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