The Psychedelic Revolution - Don’t Forget About Ketamine
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2023
- Ketamine is an old medication used for anesthesia, but in recent years it's been used to treat depression. It works changing your brain circuitry, and it has been found for many people to be more effective than traditional anti-depressants . While ketamine is not a miracle cure for all cases of depression, it's a promising option for those who are not able to find relief through traditional therapies. It can provide rapid and lasting symptom relief for people with even the most severe forms of depression.
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Ketamine infusions saved my life and allowed me to feel joy again. I went from catatonic, bed-bound , and highly suicidal, to able to have a job and go to school and laugh again. Haven’t been suicidal since my first infusion; completely knocked that out of my head. I’m planning for my future now, which is something I never could have done before. Seriously a miracle.
Edit: I get a booster infusion every 6 weeks for maintenance for anyone wondering
I truly wish that I will get out of this catatonic depression. Your story beams with hope...
I don't feel like I'm living anymore. When I got ketamine from a friend, it was life changing, but I don't want the risks that come with street drugs.
Where did you go for your ketamine infusions ? I just want to feel alive again.
@@babyinvasion I have hope for you, even if you are unable to have hope for yourself right now. Hang in there!
I get my infusions from a specialized clinic in my area. I did a lot of research before deciding where to go. Setting is important!
@@avery-brown although I realize all drugs have some sort of side effect..
In your research, did you come upon the irreversible bladder issues that may be in your future?
I'm scared for you if you've been doing this for nearly a year.
🙏🤞
@@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206 Yes, I’m aware of ulcerative cystitis. I appreciate your concern.
In the research literature, you’ll find that UC is associated with people who chronically abuse ketamine recreationally - those who are taking an extremely high dose frequently (typically multiple times every day).
Even in those chronic severe cases, there’s documented examples of people successfully achieving remission of their UC symptoms with treatment.
This is not a concern for most infusion patients, unless genetically predisposed to bladder issues, due to the fact that treatments are spaced far enough apart to not have an adverse effect. One infusion every 4-6 weeks is not enough to cause UC.
We are not taking ketamine every day for months in a row like the people in these studies. And, unlike recreational abusers, patients are under the care of a trained physician. So there’s nothing to worry about. 😊
@@avery-brown I'm glad you've done your research!
I just remembered a story about a guy that'd been doing it for 5 years and was already having bladder problems.
I don't recall if he was doing it recreationally but I suppose he prolly was.
I’ve done the ketamine treatments in may 2022 after a long 2.5 years major depression. No antidepressants made me feel better and I was desperate for improvement. Ketamine saved my life! It started working after a few treatments and I felt like the real me again. It’s an expensive treatment but 100% worth it. I recommend everyone with depression to try it! It’s a life saver!
Have you needed treatments since then? How many did you need.
@@2degucitas I’ve had 6 treatments total in the span of 3 weeks. Then I had a booster at the end of September and so far so good.
@@marjorieelisabeth5678 Cool! It really makes me happy that the stigma of certain drugs is wearing off. I never thought pot would be legalized. Now Joe Rogan talks about psychedelics!
So happy you found something that worked 💚💚
It did nothing for me caused me more anxiety! Did 6 infusions was total nightmare.
I feel like, especially these days, everybody is struggling with mental health and could benefit from careful/intentional therapeutic use of substances like these.
Psilocybin, LSD, and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues.
I’ve been dealing with anxiety until I met cole.shroom, an excellent mycologist
@@jefferywalker4834 I need to purchase, is he on insta?
Yes, @cole.shroom
Psychedelic's definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, they really helped me.
I can't find a source anywhere for any good psychedelics in my area. I suffer some pretty bad anxiety and i got a chance to try K and man it was a miracle substance, I felt free, the only high or euphoria was from the relief of my vices being released, that's exactly what it did
The psychedelic experience is temporary but many people have permanent results first shrooms trip was really awesome, it felt like i was deep into the sea
Magic mushrooms don't only help with mental health, they help amplify your empathy, if people were more empathetic the world would be a better place
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Got psychs
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All the problems that these compounds can help solve, and the potential for peace they have
Please never stop doing what you do🙏🏼
Thank you!
i second that request.
Ketamine infusions ended 40 years of depression in me.
How fast?
@@jrman413 the day after my second infusion depression was gone.
@@andrewmeitner4818 Amazing. How severe was the depression? Anxiety?
@@jrman413 I never had anxiety but the depression was horrible
@@andrewmeitner4818 Okay. Do you still have to do infusions?
Psilocybin and psychedelics generally are very beneficial substances and can really help people with mental health issues.
Psychedelics definitely have the potential to deal with mental health issues like anxiety and depression, they really helped me.
I was dealing with anxiety and depression because of mental stress from school and life generally until I came across doctor.coxx. A very good mycologist. He saved my life honestly.
Doctor.coxx is very good, I buy products from him. I still wonder why psychedelics are not yet widely used. They have a lot of health benefits and also great for relaxation
Is he on insta?
Yeah.. @ doctor.coxx
For someone who is a clinician in the mental health field, I have seen people with treatment resistant depression that is debilitating! They have even had genetic testing to see what types of antidepressants should work for their DNA, however they don't. I wish that more doctors would be open-minded to learn about things that could help people, instead of being afraid of things that are new or controversial. Thank you Dr T. For talking about so many aspects of mental health treatment. You're amazing!
Yes she is! 💙🧡💙
They don't want to be open minded and find something that actually works, because that would take away their job/ money in big pharma.
Exactly this ,there are so many of us suffering
They sure are quick to addict you to narcotics :(
I bet she's got a sweet little pigger nussy 😻
Ketamine freed me from the dark clouds of depression, during which time CBT-based talk therapy was extremely effective. After a few years of intense trauma processing, I'm finally free of the depression and have achieved a level of mental health I had assumed wasn't possible. I was able to do this by paying out of pocket, something that is out of reach to most people, and that is so disappointing.
Yes, sadly so true (being out of reach). I'm glad though it helped you so much.
I am so happy for you, Mark
I did Ketamine sublingual treatment last year. PTSD from sexual abuse / grooming and abortions over a decade ago, bullying at work, and increasing suicidal thoughts caused me to walk off the job as I simply could not take it anymore. Combined with CBT and DBT therapy I was functioning again and actually returned to work at the same job. Now I'm considering leaving as some of the aspects of that job are not helpful to my mental health, but I feel very hopeful and open to multiple possibilities, whereas before I was crushed and closed off and very unwilling to consider other options. I actually saw multiple paths that I could take branching off in front of me in one of my ketamine sessions. It was liberating. I hope this treatment is made available to everyone.
thank you (: i'm very glad to hear that progression of options and how you yourself are always progressing. i hope awesome days and comfortable evenings for you, along with strength, health and happiness in life!
and thank you for expressing what you've been through.
it's so hard to mention some things to others, especially when we're unsure of the impact it'll have on them or if they'll have a harmful response.
You are wonderful and deserving, Serena! ⭐
Jesus Christ is the only way to know peace
I also did the sublingual/troche route for close to 2 years. I'm still here because of it. It was a game changer.
As someone who went through multiple toxic jobs. I must say- don't compromise on your mental health/depression at work under no circumstances. If the people suck. Leave. I made so many compromises but the real truth is there are jobs out there that won't make life hard. Believe me you've got options
It's crazy and almost like a movie when you actually work a job you look forward to working. It's insane. I've only experienced it once. Even school I didn't look forward so I had no concept that work is interesting and exciting
I self medicated with psychedelics for YEARS. Hero dose has nothing on me. I’m really glad this is available for people but it triggers a lot of shame because of all the stigma I faced and the criminalization I was exposed to around it all. I struggle in this space.
What do you mean hero dose has nothing on you? Hopefully not glorifying doing huge doses.
@@Z0mb13ta11ahase not glorifying it from what I read, they're simply stating that they've been to that place enough times that it doesn't leave 'em shook. In otherwords, it's relatively easy for that individual to go super deep comfortably with psychedelics. I deeply understand the sentiment as I've gone some pretty extreme places on psychedelics and find those places awestriking everytime. Also since they're literally impossible to overdose on as per the LD/50 test, it would deem that huge doses of psychedelics can be quite positive despite the emotional undergoing that can take place on a massive dose. I don't believe in bad trips, just uncomfortable ones that always leave me with really positive knowledge from deep emotions and whatever else I've worked through than I ever could have taken from a light hearted night.
@@Z0mb13ta11ahase not at all - I am saying that because I was alone trying to figure things out I went way further than necessary. My experience with self medication is that regulation of dose was not really a thing. I was trying to free myself from pain and trauma reactions. I am glad it is regulated now - I am sad for all of us that came before. That’s my point.
@@trippyhippy2110 Yeah ive been in the community long enough to hear that logic, no such thing as a bad trip. Till you see a friend go into psychosis and get admitted. This guy had done more psychedelics than me. Just knocked something loose in his psyche I suppose. I was all for legalization of recreational psychs before that, now I think supervised medicinal is the way to go.
@@DoNotLoseTheMoon I gotcha, thanks for clarifying.
My ketamine treatments have helped me to quit drinking alcohol. I took it for depression and I haven’t had a drink in 5 months
Ketamine assisted Therapy has been such a game changer for my anxiety and major depression- I have complex ptsd. I microdose psilocybin when I’m not doing ketamine and I can experience joy, connection to music and myself. I hope everyone who needs this can get it.
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Dr. Tracey Mark thanks for another informative video❤️. Keep them coming!
Such well done, all-inclusive video. I truly appreciate the time you carved out of your schedule to put this together.
The editing on this one is so good!
I get IV infusions of ket. It has helped my depression significantly, I even stopped drinking alcohol. I have been doing infusions for almost a year now. I feel like I have gotten much further in my therapy as well. It's been a slow healing process on a deep level, but it absolutely helped with the more severe depression symptoms such as SI very quickly. Love your channel!
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Dr. Tracy your videos are educational and so kind to your audience! Thank you for spreading good science :)
This was my first time watching one of your videos and felt compelled to say great job! I really appreciate the way it was presented and the authenticity of your presentation. The empathetic nature shines straight through the blue screen.
Dr. Marks, thank you for the consistent quality videos for those of us wanting to clear a path to get to our potential.
You have been so helpful to me. I thank you for all your work to help us understand. Thank you 😊
My best friend has been talking to me about this for her depression and PTSD and it sounded a bit scary, even though I trust her. This helps me open my mind to it more.
Excelent informative video once again!! Thank you!
Dr. Marks- you are such a wonderful source of information!!!!!! Thank you!❤
I wish everyone that suffers from treatment resistant depression had the opportunity to be treated with Ketamine. It saved me and has helped me steer my life and see things in a different way (I did the intramuscular application). Thank you for your educational video. Cheers!
I was cured of chronic "can't get out of bed for weeks just waiting to die" depression from my first injection of 25mg ketamine.
It is permanent.
I've gotten down a bit of course sometimes, but never the dark crushing "everything is bad it's all pointless" type. I did follow up injections because even though I was cured, my bad habits remained. The treatment schedule I followed, set entirely by me as I felt I needed them, was to get an injection every week for the first month and then 3 months later then 9 months later, followed up by approximately an injection a year as I felt I needed them. I always felt that it was a waste of money after the first year for sure, and probably all the injections after the very first one were wasted as well, aside from the "conversations" I had with the ketamine consciousness and the things I learned.
Take that as you will, as nonsense created from whole cloth by my hallucinating brain which is a perfectly valid scientific interpretation of the phenomenon, or as the latest in a long tradition of certain things in nature having a consciousness.
INFUSION vs INJECTION:
Infusion=98% of ketamine reaches brain.
Injection=95% of ketamine reaches brain.
Infusion is a scam to relieve people of excess money.
If you're in the Los Angeles area, Dr. Khoi Vu is the holistic doctor who gives these injections.
Agreed. I loved spravato. But at home treatments are much better
OMG/G!!! This was soooooo informative!!! The way she complied and delivered this information was so brilliant and understandable/comprehensive! 1000 thumbs up!!!
Thank you my Queen, looking foward to meet you😘
Great video...very comprehensive and well spoken. Youre one- in-a-million doc who can teach this.
I can't find a source anywhere for any good psychedelics in my area, I suffer some pretty bad depression and i got a chance to try K and man it was a miracle substance, I felt free, the only high or euphoria was from the relief of my vices being released, that's exactly what it did
Tripping is not a bad idea but it shouldn't be abused
Magic mushrooms don't only help with mental health, they help amplify your empathy, if people were more empathetic the world would be a better place
/fungi_haven1/
Got psychs
@@bigchris5552 where to search? Is it IG?
Shroom microdosing helped me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol
Dr. Marks I appreciate your non conventional out of the box thinking and wisdom. You are a treasure for all of us who can't find relief in actual life and are forced to seek answers on the internet. Be well.
Great and informative vídeo! Thank you!
Dr. Tracey, thank you for this excellent video. One quibble is that one can trip off Ketamine. However these episodes are no more than an hour in length. I like them a lot.
It makes my heart so happy to learn about something that is providing relief for so many. How effective it is almost seems miraculous, and I hope the IV therapy will become more accessible for those who need it most.
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Thank you so much. So much information that I can understand. I will watch again.
Very good breakdown -- thank you!
Dr Marks, THANK YOU for this validation! I've talked with half a dozen therapists and doctors, with creds ranging from nurse practitioner to licensed therapist to PhD/MD and they ALL downplay and demonize psychedelics in the treatment of MDD. One straight up laughed in my face, telling me the research is wrong. I've been thinking of planning a trip to Central or South America just to try ayahuasca, that's how desperate I am...
There is a place in Florida that uses ayahuasca. I found out about it in the docuseries unwell on Netflix.
This is my fear of dealing with professionals in general though Dr Marks is a professional, we waste a lot of money and time getting heard properly thus we don’t receive the help we need or run out of money time and/or energy before we find the help.
Have you tried microdosing? Or just taking a mushroom trip? Microdosing helped my mental health immensely. I've also been in therapy the last few years.
I get it, though. It helps to have a guide, and to be in a ceremony type environment.
Yah, you could do some psychedelics at home, but integrating your experience and lessons is just as important as the actual trip. It can be easy to forget those profound realizations, and kind of a waste if you're not implementing the lessons in your every day life.
Good luck on your journey!
Here’s one thing: I really would like to try some of these therapies, but cost-prohibitive. How in the world do you get your hands on what you need without risking jail time? In the past (very distant past like 40 years ago; I’m 65 now) I used multiple drugs, including LSD, and especially PCP. I was not surprised to hear that ketamine was a derivative of PCP. I realize now that I was self-medicating back then. But I am too old and too wise to seek out street drugs at this point in my life.
I did the Spravato treatment this past year and the results were really good; I think IV would probably have been even better. The downside to Spravato is that the number of insurance hoops to jump through are frustrating, and sometimes the specialty pharmacy was not on time with shipping my dose to the doctor's office. I was **required** to have a driver after the treatment, as it would be very unsafe to get behind the wheel after treatment (and given that I was still a little loopy afterward, I wouldn't have wanted to drive even if I had been offered the option).
Hello Dr. Marks ! Your Amazing ! Much Love !
I am so happy to see this video this morning! My mom and I were just looking for a video on ketamine therapy last night and you have explained everything perfectly. Thank you!!
Remember having an IV running through your veins in some crappy sterile clinic is hardly amazing. These clinics don’t even know wtf ketamine is I bet not 1 has actually used ketamine in these places they are SO clueless!
You're welcome Richard!
I did ketamine at home through Nue Life. I live in Washington state where it's legal but only at 650 milligrams. I really didn't see much progress in my depression.
@@jamms992 sorry to hear that, but thanks for sharing info about your experience. Care to share any details on what you feel like it did do? I ask cause I'm interested in trying it myself for mild depression
@@DrTraceyMarks u r such a gift. Please could you tell me IV Versa intramuscular as you did not mention that therapy. I’d like to know as I would be paying just as much for intramuscular not intervene IV treatment. Do you professionally feel ,it is the same strength and benefit or do,u say IV is the better choice ????thanks
I did Ketamine infusion therapy for about a year (last year), and it had way more benefit than traditional anti-depressants (literally no classical ADs helped me). The only reason I stopped is because the doctor started acting a little suspicious and scheduling me for appointments WAY more frequently than I was comfortable with... And this coupled with the fact that insurance does NOT cover this treatment, I had to stop. Luckily I saw quite a large benefit before I had to stop. Just one tip, PLEASE make sure you find a trustworthy medical professional that isn't just out for the bottom line.
Thanks for sharing your experience Chawlie. I'm glad it worked well for you.
It's so hard to find a doctor to trust 😟
@@snaxicakes It's fairly new and sort of on the fringe of medical research, so there will be some opportunists. There are definitely good ones out there though!
He wanted your money. Also were the effects permanent because a lot of people say it wears off after a few weeks and they need yet another treatment.
@Wulf Sorenson you will need "boosters," but not literally every week like my doctor was trying for. I feel like the longer you do it, the less often you need boosters. Starting out it may be weekly, but after a month or two, you can tapir down to every other week, or maybe even once a month
Absolutely love your channel and your format. It’s always to the point, no annoying filler. Your content is very important to the world. Thank you so much, Dr. Marks.
I like your wholeistic and being on the leading-edge of search! We need more wholeistic and forward moving psychiatrists like yourself.
BTW I disagree that MDMA is Ecstacy! From experience, XTS almost always has something in addition to MDMA. Like speed and such. It makes your face also go all smiley and everyone can tell you took something.
MDMA is pure. And if you keep yourself grounded, nobody will even know that you took it. Perhaps a little note is in order, so that people do not go off and start buying the wrong thing! 😅
BTW, MDMA helped me in the past with anxiety around clubs. If you have a safe group of people and someone knowledgeable, then this can be very healing with anxiety around new/strange people.
Im just coming to the end of a 4 week ketamine treatment program, with high dose (intramuscular) on Mondays and low dose (nasal spray) on Wednesdays. The trip you get from the high dose is absolutely amazing, like nothing i can compare it to. I cant wait to do it again tomorrow. The nasal spray is more like a mild drunk, and a completely different experience. I thought I’d noticed an overall improvement in my mental health recently, but had a relapse last week. Feeling better again at the moment, but it hasnt had the impact i was expecting. I’ve had better and longer lasting benefits form psilocybin before.
Another great video Dr. Marks! I wondering if you have read studies or have information that looks at/shows positive outcomes with the use of ketamine treatments for autism with high anxiety? Last spring I researched treatment in my area/state. They are available at a clinic near me…but they are very expensive.😮
Most concise and informative of all the details one should consider for K treatment. Well done!
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I'll openly admit: It saved my life. The cost was ludicrous of course and i hate that more people can't get it.
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Ketamine has been a game changer for me. I have a couple of videos from my infusion and then an update booster video describing my experience and how I am now. 💕
Where?
Incredible video. You are the best!
I’ve been watching you for years now. Lawd you’re the only Black shrink I have!!! And you’re soooo good. I’ve been away for a bit and see that you’ve grown exponentially. Yay 🎉 very happy for you and your audience!!!
Thank you Johanna and welcome back!
I’m doing oral ketamine with my therapist and then each day after we have an integration session to make sure while there’s still the tail end of ketamine in my system, I’m addressing what came up for me. I wish it was talked about more the importance of journaling, staying in the Medicine, letting feelings move and come up to be processed, painting/art, music. All of it is so important as well as the Ketamine. It’s still work and you’re doing the work for yourself and for everyone. I just hope people don’t use ketamine as a quick fix when they start to feel down or things come up.
It so far has been life changing for me. To look deeply at my childhood, trauma and not have it so in my face or be scary to look at it has been amazing. To be able to process and do somatic therapy during the ketamine sessions or integration session is amazing and a great opportunity to dive deep. Not simply take something that makes the pain go away for a little while. It truly does change your brain, how you are/feel and your ability/strength to do the hard work and address/feel all of the feelings
Thanks for the information. This is way I would like to do it. Seems like a waste of money to do it any other way. Where I live there are no options. I needto know what questions to ask of a potential provider to make sure that
they provide what you experienced. Please give me some tips so that I could pay for an experience like yours. ❤Thank you.
@@allinaday9882 I would say keep looking and almost interviewing providers. My therapist just so happens to be someone who has sat with Indigenous people’s who invited him into their ceremony, practice and shared knowledge because they knew he respected everything. They gave him permission to take his learning and integrate it into his own practice. He himself has done ayahuasca, mmda, fasting in silence in mountains, ketamine therapy himself. Finding someone who treats this like a sacred ceremony I think is key. Someone who just gives ketamine in an iv bag, leaves you in a room with headphones on and then No integration or talking after and the day after I would say is a practice to avoid. I called on my therapist and needed him a few times (which all was part of my learning and journey of being grounded in myself which I know know and understand through ketamine).
Most therapist have a free interview type appt available where you can see if it’s a good fit. Ask questions about how they provide ketamine or medicine therapy? Have they done it themselves. Do they do it more in a ceremonial way or just plop you in a room by yourself. All really key and important factors. Remember that this is an investment into yourself. You get to do as much work as you want. I really took 6-8 weeks to go into myself my own space, journal, clean my space and get rid of things, cleaned up my diet, worked out, went into nature, meditated, didn’t drink any alcohol or consume tv/music/news that wasn’t good for me. It’s a chance to take advantage of the amazing benefits of ketamine to unpack trauma or stress but also a good place to wire in things that are good for you and your soul.
As for the oral / lozenge ketamine route… any recommendations on minimizing potential nausea or visual disturbances after the fact?
@@azthu1 I used ginger chew or had it on hand because throwing up or feeling nauseous is my biggest fear in life. I did 6 sessions and ended up never needing it. Part of feeling the feelings of my body was part of my healing/lessons. But you also can have your doctor prescribe anti nausea medicines. As for visuals it depends on every person. Everyone’s experience is different. My first 3 sessions I didn’t see anything visually, it was just a sense of knowing what I was supposed to be seeing. Then my 4th session I could see my therapist through my blindfold. I could see everything he was doing. 5th and 6th session I saw some waves of beautiful orange and gold and then some trees. So nothing scary for me and I was panicking prior that I didn’t want anything visual to happen. Your body can listen to you if you set an intention. Ask not to see anything visual and ask for clarity/healing/knowing.
I recently stopped all meds and completed a full round of 6 infusions over the course of a month. I was dealing with ideations and fixations that just kept hammering at me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week making it almost impossible for me to function; I had immediate relief after the first session from those specific ones. It's been about 3 weeks since my final infusion and my depression is much better and the ideations are still gone while I am noticing some OCD tendencies and other issues are starting coming back a little , I am also much more aware of my mood changes which make me feel like counseling sessions are much impactful to me. It's not a miracle cure, but I believe it can perform miracles for the right people under the right circumstances from my anecdotal perspective. Thank you for the videos Dr. Marks, videos like these helped overcome the intense distaste I had for Ketamine (only really knowing about it as a party drug).
Yeah and in another 3 weeks all you’re ideations and depression and OCD will return and you’ll have to pay for yet another infusion 🫠
I was cured of chronic "can't get out of bed for weeks just waiting to die" depression from my first injection of 25mg ketamine.
It is permanent.
I've gotten down a bit of course sometimes, but never the dark crushing "everything is bad it's all pointless" type. I did follow up injections because even though I was cured, my bad habits remained. The treatment schedule I followed, set entirely by me as I felt I needed them, was to get an injection every week for the first month and then 3 months later then 9 months later, followed up by approximately an injection a year as I felt I needed them. I always felt that it was a waste of money after the first year for sure, and probably all the injections after the very first one were wasted as well, aside from the "conversations" I had with the ketamine consciousness and the things I learned.
Take that as you will, as nonsense created from whole cloth by my hallucinating brain which is a perfectly valid scientific interpretation of the phenomenon, or as the latest in a long tradition of certain things in nature having a consciousness.
INFUSION vs INJECTION:
Infusion=98% of ketamine reaches brain.
Injection=95% of ketamine reaches brain.
Infusion is a scam to relieve people of excess money.
If you're in the Los Angeles area, Dr. Khoi Vu is the holistic doctor who gives these infections.
@@JohnSmith-tz4on so you had to get repeat injections? Hmmm how much did that set you back? 💰. I heard from multiple people it wears off unless you’re prepared to fork out thousands of dollars for monthly injections🙄
@@wulfsorenson8859 my experience is that I was cured from the first injection. I've had no injections for 4 years now with no relapse of chronic strong depression.
Perhaps the biggest change is that I now feel like I can handle whatever life throws my way when before I felt entirely unable to cope with life.
@@wulfsorenson8859 at the time, injections were $100, so very reasonable. Of course he charges more now, I think $200 the last time I was there? Still way better than infusion.
Very informative video. Thanks for creating this content.
She is so informative. I'm trying to watch all her videos. I wish I majored in mental health studies years ago.
Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.
I can't speak for everyone magic shrooms rejuvenated me, No doubt about that. It lifted an existential angst that I have been carrying for years. It never came back.
Psilocybin mushrooms remains the best recreational drugs to take.
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Man, that is one together woman.
Hey dr. tracey marks,
could you make a video about MAOIs, and when they can be a better option for treatment-resistant depression?
the thumbnails is funny haha, great video !
Thank you always helpful, a real public service.
I absolutely love this doctor. ❤
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress disorders.. Saved my life.
is he on insta?
Th e trips I've been having have really helped me a lot, I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have a lot more empathy as well
Yes, he ships discreet and anonymous
While tripping make sure find a good mycologist who will teach you the right things you need to know
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Hi Dr Marks, can you make a video on coordinated specialty care for early psychosis? There isn’t much talk about it that I’ve seen, I’ve recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and want to know if it is best for me.
Thank you for sharing information!
Great info! Thank you!
Thank you!!! I*t's good to be treated as an adult and be told facts we can then decide to use or not. Going to watch your other videos now also subscribed
@Amelia Golden Thanks so much!!!!
Thank you so much for putting out your videos on psychedelics as well as various mental health issues it seriously has helped make clearer what I am experiencing and having that knowledge helps me feel less powerless. Treatment resistant depression, ptsd, anxiety and suicidal ideation led me to seek psychedelic therapies. At home Oral ketamine therapy was the most cost effective option for me as my insurance wouldn’t cover ketamine therapy least of all infusions. And there weren’t any research studies in my state of any psychedelic that I would qualify for. I did find an at home ketamine therapy program that covers Georgia. I have had great experiences with the medicine, the doctors, the coaches’ one on one therapy and the group therapy. It is remarkable how quickly I’ve observed changes in just how I observe my negative beliefs and thoughts and how much easier it is to parse things out while tripping- granted everybody is different so different dosages may be more beneficial. This isn’t just sitting and tripping to psychedelics, no shade, it’s directed trips in a safe comfortable setting to help deal with things like past trauma, negative behaviors, survival coping strategies, etc. in a way that has given me space and objectivity from things that might trigger me to shut down, isolate, implode or panic. I compare the costs to what it’s like having to be hospitalized in a behavioral health center or say the ECT treatments I had.
I was on ketamine in a drug indused coma for 9 days, I wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy. I am so lucky to b left alive, I lived in an alternate reality for almost 2 weeks. Coming out of that come really REALLY messed me up badly. So glad to be given a secoind chance 🙏
was the coma intentional or unintentional?
Psilocybin did it in my younger days ground breaking research
Thanks for your work. Good video. : )
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
@@sarahh321 Is he on on Instagram or what?
All the problems that these compounds can help solve, and the potential for peace they have.
@@sarahh321 I’ll get some right away
@@Jerryberger9235 its a scam dude
Wow! Great animations!
This is very educational!
Since no anti-depressants have helped me, I will be trying TMS, and if that doesn't work I'll be trying Intranasal Esketamine. I just hope the TMS helps me!
Does anyone have any recommendations for ketamine treatment? I’ve heard of mindbloom but then we saw some weird or sketchy reviews of it. I am struggling with opioid addiction and I’ve had depression since before I ever touched a drug. Just thought I’d ask here. Thanks for the video!
This is extremely helpful
The first state I wondered about for MindBloom was Georgia because that's where I am. Oh well ... I appreciate all of your videos and I start ketamine therapy this coming Wednesday on March 6th at a local clinic and I have a ton of hope!
It's also that while ketamine acn be used as a poor substitute for psilocybin based therapy, it is mostly being employed like a pharmaceutical intervention - pump people with ket and send them on. Basically like another A/D but working on the NMDA circuitry. Which is why ketamine needs so much followup and maintenance treatment.
Psilocybin alone is NOT the antidepressant. It's what the psilocybin enables you to do, with proper training and prep work before hand, plus the continued work after the dosing. It takes months to do all this. But it has a very long lasting and robust effect of done properly. If not, it will either not work, not sustain the benefits, or can actually make things worse.
Another thing to keep in mind: while not universally true and it depends on how it was used (see above) people who use the ketamine route are at higher risk for substance abuse and escalating stretch drug use. Whereas psilocybin is the opposite (as told to me by a researcher in this field)
Amazing content!
Dr. Tracy you are a life saver ❤
Thanks for being there for those of us who just want to heal and need honest feed back on possible next steps
I had this treatment over here in the UK. Had to pay privately for it and it cost me a pretty penny but boy was it worth it. I went from suicidal TR Depression to fully functioning and full of optimism and joy within hours. I’ve never been so productive and been able to operate daily without any mental distress during that time. It was the happiest period of my life. Everything was in alignment.
I had regular infusions for a year but had to stop when I ran out of money. Three months after the final treatment, my depression returned. This was so devastating as I had seen what life could be like if depression is treated properly.
Godspeed and best wishes to all of you fighting your own battles everyday. You deserve some peace in your lives. 🙌✨♥️
VA is all in on Alpha Stim machine and it has done wonders for my bipolar depression and eliminated my severe social anxiety completely. Ketamine drove my sister in law to be very unstable and end up in the ER several times in weeks.
How does this work ? Where to get it outside the va
@@omararreola5449 UK sold on he shelf here FDA has them as medical devices requiring a prescription.
@@omararreola5449 clips on your ear lobes turn it on for 40 mins watch tv, easy.
I wonder if ketsmine would work for pmds. My suicidal thoughts are (mostly) limited to that phase of the month. (Up to ten days). Germany is a bit behind with ketamine for depression treatment I think. Have to ask my psychiatrist what he thinks about it
Thank you for this thoughtful, comprehensive video. It’s one of the most profound health choices I’ve made. Speaking about therapeutic use.
my experience on ketamine has been a great benefit while breaking through one ought to take the right dosage, below usually where l get mine
@novatripps
They're also accessible through Instagram handle
Hi, Thank you for your videos helps me a lot 💗
Can you explain about mushroom coffee effectiveness on ADHD and what ingredients should it have. Thank you :)
I just want to ask someone else this. Did anyone else get worse after ketamine therapy? I've been depressed since I was 7 and I am autistic. Could this be the reason?
I think it is definitely really useful for some (just not me) and I genuinely think the war on drugs and for-profit pharma isn't helping. That's why people like David Nutt and the researchers at MAPS are amazing. Stuff like full-dosing LSD and mushrooms also cannot be overstated.
It made my anxiety worse!
I'm excited that I may be able to access something that will "heal" me rather than manage my symptoms.
Where are you from? Only asking because I have a highly recommended place for northeast USA
@ChronicallyCassidy Thank you for asking. Unfortunately I am a few thousand miles away from the north east....although I hear it is a wonderful place and I hope to visit someday.
Excellent video!
I’m on the intranasal ketamine maintenance dose. I’ve been dealing with depression and PTSD for 30 yrs. I do feel somewhat better.
Just signed up for Mindbloom and my first session out of 6 is in 5 days and I’m STOKED to try this for my severe depression 🎉
Same here! Fingers crossed for both of us! 💜
@@JaimeBlackBird good luck!!! 🍀
@@deannavalenzuela6680 right back at ya! 💜
Good luck! Is it oral kind? How did your first session go? I was thinking about this and would love to hear your experience.
@@JaimeBlackBird how did it go??
I'd be open to these sort of treatments, but there's no way I could afford it. In Australia, I'm not even sure it's approved yet, and there's no insurance that would cover it anyway. I'd be a bit scared that I'd have a bad experience. I never tried psychedelics in my early 20s because I already had so many traumas and fears, and so many feelings I constantly avoided, that I was nervous I'd not be able to avoid getting stuck amongst them.
Ketamine saved my life, I was in a very bad place and in one moment it turned my life around and set me on the path I'm on now, just amazing stuff
Would these treatments help long term anhedonia? (from major depressive and a pd)
Ketamine is very effective for me (treatment resistant depression) but the cost of the treatment itself, lack of support network and cost of psychotherapy put it out of my reach. I have grown my own mushrooms and experimented with psilocybin but had negative experiences and gave up on that.
I would love to try MDMA or even LSD but as an RN I have to be very careful about what I take outside of an MDs supervision and trial sites are few and far between.
Even for someone who works within the healthcare system treatment options are often out of reach.
I just discovered your channel and find it very informative and helpful.
This stuff really helped even 3 years later I realize the problems in my life I need to change !!! But I feel as if psilocybin treatment might work better !!!
I feel like these are things we should be exploring.
Ever notice that most anti-depressants/anti-psychotics have a common symptom? S*icidal ideation.....it's supposed to stop that kind of thing, but it makes it worse and more likely to occur. I wonder how many lives have been lost because of that....the irony is through the roof.
I've been on mood stabilizers and anti-depressants, but they never stabilized my moods or helped me feel less depressed. They took all emotions from me to the point of apathy. That's not normal. It's not normal to feel nothing all of the time. I started taking these kinds of medications as a child, and I missed a very important life stage because of them; emotional maturity. I never knew what that was, because my ability to even feel, was taken away. I had to learn emotional maturity in my late 20's, but only after I had taken myself off of the meds. It was terrible. Every emotion a person should have, hit me all at once and I didn't know what to do with them. It took about 4 years of adulthood to learn everything I missed regarding my emotions when I was young, but I'm more stable now, than I've ever been. No medications necessary.
None of the medications that people can be prescribed for depression and mood stabilization will ever work the way professions claim they do. They aren't supposed to. They are meant to keep you sick, apathetic and s*icidal. You get them from one of the most corrupt organization in the world. Big Pharma. Um, hello.......our lives are not safe in the hands of people who value money more than human life.
When I was using Paxil I had the apathy and having only one mood. I'm on Paroxetine and Buproprion now and have full mood spectrum and no apathy. Have you tried a different kind of SSRI?
I feel exactly the same way.I am on mood stabilizer ,antidepressant and antipsychotic and do not feel any emotions.i don't feel like myself.
But I have bipolar disorder and it seems I can't function without any medication.
Are u able to function without medication?
A good doctor I had some years ago said that "medicine is based on statistics, not individual cases" which is why you should get a pharmacogenomic analysis done. You may have a polymorphism of your cytochrome P450 enzymes that affect your ability to metabolize medications. Your reaction to the drugs could be due to accumulation of higher levels of medications that your liver doesn't clear as quickly as most people. You might also have MTHFR polymorphism that affect your ability to metabolise the folate you need to make neurotransmitters. Genesight was the one my doctor ordered.
I've been on everything under the sun. Prozac, wellbutrin, respiridol, Lexapro, zoloft, you name it. They all made me feel the same way, which was nothing. I'd explain these things to my psychiatrist and he'd just increase the dose or switch medicines completely. I remember being so zombified by one of them that I was practically paralyzed to the point where I couldn't get out of bed at night to use the bathroom, and I'd wet the bed. As an adult, that's shameful.
I do not take anything currently except for a slew of vitamins. Specifically B vitamins, D vitamins, Ashwagondha, and others. I've chosen the natural route, as far as meds go. I feel better than ever, as far as mental health goes. I also know from research that 1. "Chemical imbalances" don't exist, and 2. Depression is a direct result of your environmental conditions, not a mental disorder. So I make sure my environment is well cared for too. Well cleaned, and well decorated. It definitely helps keep the depression at bay.
This works for me, but it may not work for everyone else. Just something to keep in mind
@@Cynid33 what kind of mentsl health issues do you suffer from ? I am glad you have found something that works for you 😊
Can anyone, including you Dr. Marks share with me a link to a site where I can buy these mushrooms, psilocybin and others? I'm not interested in getting high, I'm interested in ending my adhd, depression and some tell me ptsd, and I've been suffering for over 25 years.
Amazing job. Thanks.
merci beaucoup tracy
Psilocybin (usually microdosing four times a week) has been a game changer for my migraines. It really helps me with the physical tiredness that I get often. It's great how it helps with mental disorders, but let's also not lose track how great they can be for physical issues. One thing I've also noticed is how great it is for putting on muscle, as it's an awesome anti-inflammatory.
I fully agree with you! I notice that as well. I would call myself an experienced recreational/medical user of psychedelics including ketamine. Psilocybin really helps with using your energy in the right ways both physically and mentally. They are very "grounding" as I'd like to call it. You start to realize pretty quickly when you take them that you subconsciously have been screwing your mental health up for a long time by overthinking or not taking time to take deeper and more calculated breaths for example, whenever that becomes the new normal we get tired. It's almost like when you are sitting in one position for too long, your back will start to hurt. It's the same with neurons.