Therapy With Ketamine Blog

Ketamine Is a Psychedelic. So Why Won’t Anyone Say It?   I was undergoing ketamine therapy for treatment-resistant depression—leaning back comfortably in a leather recliner, aware of the panic button on the table and a camera trained on my face. My doctor had described the process clinically, almost antiseptically. I expected something strange, maybe intense. …

First Matthew Perry, Now The Vivienne. The Ketamine Panic Is Here The headlines are brutal: "The Vivienne’s Parents Blame Ketamine for Heart Attack Death.” The panic spreads fast. News anchors furrow their brows. Op-eds sound alarms. Social media explodes with armchair toxicologists eager to diagnose a cause of death they don’t understand. For most people, …

Will Musk Do To Ketamine What He Did To Tesla?   The man who made Tesla cool made Tesla embarrassing. He built a platinum, era-defining brand then dragged it through the mud of his personal chaos. And now he may be doing the same thing to ketamine. Ketamine therapy is a breakthrough. It’s changing lives. …

How to Afford Ketamine Therapy for Depression—Without Insurance Coverage   You’ve heard about ketamine therapy. Maybe you’ve even let yourself feel a flicker of hope--after all, there's an up to 70% remission rate. The kind of relief that makes people say, I feel like myself again. But then you see the price. Up to $6,000 …

Guide To Getting Spravato Covered By Medicaid FREE! Downloads as PDF Navigating Medicaid coverage for Spravato is like playing a rigged game where the rules keep changing, and nobody tells you what they actually are. If you've already made a few phone calls, you’ve probably been transferred to five different departments, heard three different answers, …

Guide to Getting Spravato Approved by Medicare Cut Through the Bureaucracy and Access the Treatment You Need FREE! Downloads as PDF Getting Spravato covered by Medicare shouldn’t feel like a battle—but for most people, it does. The process is frustrating, confusing, and filled with endless red tape that can make you want to give up …

How To Get Spravato’s Subsidy of $8,150 No matter which ketamine treatment you choose (IV ketamine infusion, injection, or the esketamine nasal spray), whether you're 100% self-pay or have insurance, your out-of-pocket costs are going to run into the thousands ($3,000 to $10,000 or more). If you have that kind of money, you should self-pay …

Why Insurance Doesn't Cover IV Infusions or Injections IV ketamine infusion therapy offers three times the effectiveness of the esketamine nasal spray (Spravato), providing faster, more consistent relief with fewer side effects. It also allows for personalized dosing and has a significantly lower patient dropout rate, making it a more cost-effective option over time. Yet, …

The FDA Finally Approved Spravato as a Standalone Treatment When I first found out that I had to stay on an oral antidepressant throughout the entire course of the esketamine nasal spray Spravato treatment, I thought it was a joke. Here’s a medication specifically designed for people with treatment-resistant depression—for those of us who’ve already …

Why I Don't Cover Oral Ketamine On This Website As someone who found healing through ketamine therapy, I want to share reliable, well-researched information about treatment options. I've chosen to focus this website on the three primary methods of administration: ketamine IV infusion, intramuscular injections, and the esketamine nasal spray (Spravato). Here's a comprehensive explanation …

How Ketamine is Different Than SSRIs   For decades, SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) have been the go-to treatment for depression, but let's be honest - they've fallen short for many people. While these traditional antidepressants help some individuals, they've left countless others still struggling in the darkness of depression. Enter ketamine therapy: a groundbreaking …