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by ad404b8a372f2b9 1654 days ago
Paramedics gave me Ketamine on the street after an accident last year. And then for 6 months after, it was like a veil had been lifted from my mind. I noticed I would laugh much more easily, I felt happiness every few days when random pleasant things happened like seeing the sun or having good coffee, I was in severe physical pain from the results of the accident and yet it was the least miserable time I've had in the past decade.

I only connected the dots a few months back when looking into what Ketamine does. It's a miracle drug, I'm hoping my doctor will prescribe it to me but it looks like in my country you need to have been prescribed other anti-depressants and for them to have failed.

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I had ketamine for a colonoscopy and had the exact same experience. I woke up feeling like I had the best sleep of my life, and filled with an extreme contentness, just bliss, that lasted for 6 weeks.

I have bipolar II, and usually suffer from depression. Unfortunately ketamine is not legally available for me.