Hi everyone,
Recently my psychiatrist has suggested me considering an experimental drug called Ketamine NMDA antagonist. this is used for treatment resistive major depressive disorder (MDD). He did say that side effects include confusion and that he's only used it for 5 years but is the only doctor who can administer orally and nasally besides intravenously. He gave me an article to read about the research done on the drug but the sample size seemed to be small, although it did say that unlike most other mood stabilizers out there, it's most effective in immediately altering mood in suicidal patients.
also, he thinks something like Diaelectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) won't work for me knowing my personality although my psychologist is a big advocate of this. anyway, my last appt with the psychiatrist was last Tuesday and he gave me a week to make a quick decision so can give me the experimental drug. if anyone has heart of someone using this or used this themselves, I'll appreciate a quick response.
Thank you