Self medicated this past weekend and had some major breakthroughs with my long time depression/suicidal intrusive thoughts. Nice thing is you don’t have to stay on it unlike other antidepressants—I would never do a medication that you have to constantly take.
I get that it comes from a good place, but I'm sharing my experience, not asking for advice.
The best help you and others can offer is to just listen, instead of offering another solution.
There are two replies to me in the 'have you tried' vein. I'm not aiming it at you specifically, just trying to stop a pattern.
(It would be somewhat better if these questions were asking for advice themselves—"Have you tried $medication? It's been recommended to me and I'm interested in others' experiences"—but it's almost always "Surely you haven't tried ($medication || $lifestyle_change || $religion || just_grow_up()) because I have and it's a panacea.")
Good intentions all around, but people need to understand that you're not always someone to be helped or saved. It can feel quite disempowering at times.
Many of users on /r/researchchemicals using either ket or novel analogs at recreational doses regularly for both fun and depression relief end up with bladder issues after over-consuming for a period - so while it's a promising depression treatment, I'd recommend caution around dosage and frequency and titrating to find your minimum effective dose.
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/drug-users-use-a-lot-o...
Ketamine seems like a miracle but a ton of people cant control their usage of it at all. Even if you think you know how addiction works, Ketamine sneaks up on you in a way cocaine, heroin, and oxytocin do not.
Please be careful.
Tell that to your heart doctor when you're 70.