What is Ketamine? How is it revealing a New Understanding of Depression and the Brain.

“Some people say ketamine makes them feel like not brave.”

 That’s how the ketamine clinic's therapist explained it to me during my first appointment.

 I’d already asked several people about ketamine, and each time I got different answers. 

 My mind had always been wandering off into imaginary worlds of fantastical and unrealistic experiences from childhood—from seeing a dragon, or discovering a secret door in an old house or finding out that there was no Santa Claus living under your house. 

 With ketamine, however, reality became much more real. After all, how could you not see the truth about this medicine?

 How could you not be afraid? Why didn’t anyone else seem to know any better than me?

 These questions were answered one by one in person, by my friend who worked with us as well. 

 This answer  is very important to this article because it’s the reason behind why we started writing this piece about ketamine.

Depression Symptoms

 Everyone knows someone or has experienced depression symptoms after taking ketamine.

 However, there are still relatively few studies on the effects of ketamine on the brain.

 Ketamine does have various health benefits, but its ability to affect the brain is extremely elusive.

 We know that it regulates the body temperature in such a way that allows it to regulate the production of cortisol.

 Cortisol, unfortunately, is what leads to the majority of mental disorders. 

 While some  people experience anxiety and even depression symptoms after using ketamine, most people don’t have a severe mental disorder or get into a psychiatric hospital after they take it.

 Can change the way the human brain function

 However the  problem with ketamine is that it can change the way the human brain functions, leading to other problems. 

 For instance, to some people might suffer from hallucinations,  which can lead some to seek help. 

 Some people might even develop psychosis.

 One study found that a strong dose may cause psychosis symptoms, but they did not find anything wrong with ketamine itself.

 Ketamine’s effect on the brain has actually been studied on animals. 

Prolonged use causes behavioral changes

 Several animal studies show that a prolonged use causes behavioral changes, but most of these studies involved only two hours of intake.   Humans, in contrast, need approximately 12–24 hours of daily intake for the worst effects to occur.

 So, even if somebody takes ketamine for a short period of time or takes it once a week, their overall mental health will not be effected.

 Ketamine is definitely harmful, but it doesn’t make people a complete wrecking ball when it comes to depression or mental illness.

 Ketamine has long been hailed as a miracle medicine.

 Many people  view its main purpose as helping others with the mental and physical side effects caused by substance. 

 In fact, the FDA approved the medicinemfor treating seizures in 1973.

 Today, it’s used in a variety of disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, glaucoma, migraine headaches, chronic pain, and epilepsy.

 But the medicine is also commonly used recreationally to give people a high and fast buzz while still having fun as well.

Ketamine is not considered good for anyone

 As mentioned above, ketamine is not considered good for anyone. 

 There are many reasons behind why people choose to experiment with this kind of substance, but what is really interesting is how much damage it can do.

 When one considers the amount of research that has been done around ketamine, one can understand where it came from. 

 Although at least nine peer-reviewed articles were created around the subject, none of these papers ever found conclusive evidence that ketamine did anything to the body, brain, or the body.

Side effects from this medicine

 Most studies concluded that the most common side effects from this medicine  were a lack of appetite, memory loss, insomnia, fatigue, migraines, mood swings, dizziness, muscle spasms, and irritability.

 The second most common side effects were hallucination (20%), sleep disturbances (10%) and agitation or paranoia (10%).

 Other side effects include tachycardia, chest pain, dizziness, irritability, dry mouth, tremors, and tachycardia, with the last being the most common. 

 Studies also  showed that the average dosage of this medicine was 6.5 mg per day.

 All of these sides effects were caused by the lack of vitamin B12. 

Why Ketamine is so controversial

 In addition, another reason that explains why ketamine is so controversial is that people tend to overdose with this medicine—even the people who were the ones who wrote the studies said that the medicines  they took may be too powerful for their bodies.

 If this happens to you, then you get serious consequences.

 There have been numerous deaths due to overdosing on ketamine. 

Conclusion

 According to the American Psychiatric Association, over 1,723 people died from this medicine between 1999 and 2012.

 At least 500 people have died since 2014. Although everyone knows what happens after you take this medicine, it is still rare to hear about the side effects or death caused by this medicine.

 Unfortunately, there’s no explanation behind why people take ketamine, but there is a clear side effect to it that nobody wants to talk about.

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