[ketathrowaway]

The value the ketamine doc (in my case, both docs have been anesthesiologists) provides, that a psychiatrist doesn't, are:

(1) Safely starting an IV on you

(2) Monitor your heart rate, O2, bp levels during the infusion - sometimes people have problems during infusions, I've never had one, but I feel safer having these treatments knowing my vitals are being monitored

(3) Training to know how to solve emergency health issues you may have during the treatment. I personally value this on-the-spot emergency medical knowledge very highly, but if you don't then I can understand why you might question the value. I am completely and utterly helpless during an infusion, if anything bad happens to me, I will be utterly unable to help myself, even a tiny bit.

(3) Access to pure/safe ketamine

I've never known, or heard of, a psychiatrist that will do all this. They very well may exist but not in my area.