Posted by Ruuudy on July 2, 2019, at 15:25:47
In reply to Re: Spravato (esketamine) » Couleuvre, posted by pedr on July 1, 2019, at 7:17:02
Well peeps,
I had my 7th Spravato treatment yesterday.
Gotten to be pretty "routine", meaning I walk in, blow my nose, squirt, and wait 5-10 minutes to start to feel it kick in.
Yesterday, I seemed to get a bit more drainage in the back of my throat, and it seemed to take an extra few minutes to start getting some effect. I explained that I thought there was more than usual drainage in my throat, but she said that was ok - it would just take a little longer for the medicine to get to its destination. And it did make it, and it put me in that conscious sedated mode just as strongly as all the previous treatments.I will tell you this, at about the 30 minute mark, it really opens the doors of your mind to be accepting to some internal introspection. Believe it or not, despite my sense of humor, I do tend to hoard negative emotions for too long.
During this 30-60 minute window, I feel I can really let it out.
And I'm one of those persons that is hesitant towards psychotherapy, especially for someone that is not primed and ready for it.With that being said, I need to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the vast contents of my mind.
To add funny to my post here, while I was waiting for the medicine to take hold, I was cleaning up data on my cell phone. When the office secretary popped in to check on on me, I held my cell phone to my head as it was displaying a message, "Click to free up 593mg of cache memory". Her response - "If only it were that easy!".
I'm kinda viewing these Spravato treatments as, hopefully, a healing process.
I hope that my neurons and chemistry are reaping some benefit!Rudy
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