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> is it unreasonable for me to think there's no good medicinal depression cure There can be, but only for some people and not others. I've seen esketamine make a night & day difference. Sadly, it has horrible side-effects as well, as in someone nearly died from that and had to discontinue the trial. There's some hope that a particular metabolite of ketamine that works on AMPA may offer relief without the side-effects…
I use ketamine for depression. I get it by IV every 2-3 months at a clinic, and the effect seems to last about that long. Haven't had any bad side effects so far.
You're lucky. In someone prone to psycosis, it can do terrible things. Imagine feeling compelled to murder/suicide or it creating lots of new phobias.
You're right that it can basically turn off depression, though. I just want a version with that and not the rest.