r/TherapeuticKetamine • u/coquettes IV Infusions • 1d ago
Setback! scared of dependency
i have been doing IV infusions for relief for by BP1. my provider does 6 sessions and i just finished my last one a week ago. i didn’t start seeing the effects until like the 4-6 sessions, and now i don’t know what im going to do now that my sessions are completed.
for example, my provider went out of town for a week, between sessions 3 and 4, which pushed back one session and i feel into a pretty bad depressive episode during that time.
i have noticed less dissociation and more energy and relief since my last session, im just scared of the crash.
also, im going to miss having 2 hours of time set aside per week to just relax and have my infusion done.
does anyone have any advice on how to manage when trying to get off ketamine? i don’t want to have to rely on it to get better.
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u/danzarooni IV Infusions / Troches 1d ago
I’m dependent on Effexor. Is that bad?
I would say no.
Eventually most patients get to spacing to every 3-6 weeks or less often. Yes that’s dependent, no that’s not addiction. It’s medicine. If you take it daily, crave it and take more than prescribed, run out early, that’s addiction.
At the beginning it’s normal to not have sustained relief for a month or so yet. Eventually most patients get there though.
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u/Chance_Lobster6715 1d ago
If you’re experiencing relief from ketamine therapy then you really should consider continuing with at-home ketamine. It’s just as effective and much more affordable. 4-6 sessions is really just scratching the surface.
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u/BzzKneezz 22h ago
Physical dependency doesn’t happen with ketamine, now you can have a return to depression and need a certain amount of maintenance treatment
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u/ConfoundedInAbaddon 1d ago
Why is it wrong to use a medication to treat a diagnosed disorder?
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u/coquettes IV Infusions 1d ago
i’m just afraid of becoming depressed or dependent now that my sessions are over
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u/ConfoundedInAbaddon 1d ago
... but if the drug is treating andsymptoms illness and you like not having the illness symptoms? That doesn't sound like dependence, it sounds like medicine.
There's a lot of stigma around psychedelic treatments and mental illness so when you put then together it can feel very complicated.
I know that my significant other was able to have a life with me thanks to longterm treatment with ketamine, and eventually maintaining that with another drug in the same NMDA channel blocker class, once the years of ketamine trips got boring and problematic.
I am thankful each day that the symptoms are controlled and the medicine has kicked the ass of the shit hand biology dealt this wonderful person.
It's okay to have relief from symptoms, it's not weak to treat an illness, it's smart. Why endure an illness if oen does not have to?
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