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Have you used ketamine?
No, never 74%  74%  [ 14 ]
Yes, recreationally, but illegally 16%  16%  [ 3 ]
Yes, recreationally, but legally 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes, clinical IV infusion of Ketamine 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Yes, clinical nasal inhalation of Spravato 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes, clinical nasal inhalation of Spravato with a Ketamine IM injection "booster" 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes, at-home sublingual intake 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 19

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21 Mar 2024, 11:21 am

I'm glad you think that meditation and anti-anxiety pills will work. I hope that they do for you. For me there is nothing. I have to live in unbearable pain forever.



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21 Mar 2024, 11:41 am

You've got to love how the shrinks want ND people to take the same dangerous narcotic drugs that make NTs feel weird in order to make NDs feel "normal".



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21 Mar 2024, 12:05 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
You've got to love how the shrinks want ND people to take the same dangerous narcotic drugs that make NTs feel weird in order to make NDs feel "normal".


It's not just for NDs though, unless you define ND as including anyone with depression.


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21 Mar 2024, 4:14 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
You've got to love how the shrinks want ND people to take the same dangerous narcotic drugs that make NTs feel weird in order to make NDs feel "normal".

Narcotics are not used to treat depression or any mood disorders.



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21 Mar 2024, 4:20 pm

bee33 wrote:
lostonearth35 wrote:
You've got to love how the shrinks want ND people to take the same dangerous narcotic drugs that make NTs feel weird in order to make NDs feel "normal".

Narcotics are not used to treat depression or any mood disorders.


Ketamine is. It's not technically a narcotic but it is a common recreational drug that's typically illegal.

Characterizing it as dangerous might be a stretch, given that doses for depression are smaller than recreational doses, and recreational doses are much smaller than when it's typically used in medicine as a anaesthetic.


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21 Mar 2024, 5:14 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
bee33 wrote:
lostonearth35 wrote:
You've got to love how the shrinks want ND people to take the same dangerous narcotic drugs that make NTs feel weird in order to make NDs feel "normal".

Narcotics are not used to treat depression or any mood disorders.


Ketamine is. It's not technically a narcotic but it is a common recreational drug that's typically illegal.

Characterizing it as dangerous might be a stretch, given that doses for depression are smaller than recreational doses, and recreational doses are much smaller than when it's typically used in medicine as a anaesthetic.

Medically, the term narcotic is used for opioids. Legally, it's used for a variety of illegal drugs. Any drug used by a doctor to treat depression or mood disorders is neither.