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by waffle_maniac 1590 days ago
If you look at online forums (/r/TherapeuticKetamine) for depressed patients taking doctor prescribed ketamine you notice a few things:

1) Dose escalation as tolerance builds. Either through increased dosages or attempting another ROA like rectal to temporarily increase bioavailability.

2) Patients are usually upset if they don't have a dissociative experience.

3) Many patients wish that they could afford IV treatments and to do them much more often.

4) Many patients claim that oral and intranasal ketamine doesn't work for them despite studies showing that it does work well. Obviously oral ketamine won't cause the rather extreme disassociation of IV ketamine.

All the signs are there. And yes you are right about the euphoria. I have experienced it but it's not a topic that often comes up. People are more interested in talking about the woo woo stuff.

The same moderator runs all the ketamine subreddits -- even those where people are addicted and sharing advice on how to get high. Sort of a bias / conflict of interest, right?