Voices/ketamine therapy

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So, i know most of you guys are ignoring your voices and trying to talk about good stuff. Im hoping someone wants to have this discussion.

So early on in getting sick. Id hear, “we gave you schizophrenia, were ruining your life and discrediting you. Go get medication and we will leave you alone” also the phrase “schizophrenic/not schizophrenic” blasted in my head so loud it would force me to the ground.

Side note i know this isn’t fda approved yet but the ketamine therapy: im a year in and its going amazing. Im gonna be honest i had a couple sessions where i was like crap the voices are getting louder and getting worse. My pdoc said not to worry and to de-stress more before treatments. My relationship with my voices is 100% different. Really really cool.

Somethings happening to us. Obviously the sarcastic posters will say yea its schizophrenia no crap. Obviously we would be motivated to think were special, but we are. We’ve got to lead the way on how to treat this and step up and let everyone know.

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I can’t totally follow your post, but for the most part sounds cool. I love the idea of using ketamine to treat schizophrenia, even though I understand that many people on this site will be negative towards that approach. Ketamine may have induced onset of psychosis for me

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are you on APs?

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Yup caplyta 42mg

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Ketamine is for depression not sz

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Ok talk to my pdoc, ucla is running a study right now about mdma treatment for schizophrenia and rebuilding social skills. Theres a lot of interesting stuff happening

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well if it works for sz why are you still on APs

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It’s interesting that you’re claiming that you have changed your relationship with your voices that I very much believe dissociatives are powerful in that sense

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It doesnt fix it bro!

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oh i thought you said ketamine helps sz

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By making my experience positive. Instead of what in the world is happening to me everyday. Id call that massive improvement

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well yeah its an antidepressant, i dont have depression i have negative symptoms and those dont respond to depression treatments

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Don’t take it if you have schizophrenia. It will make your positive and negative symptoms worse.

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This is not an approved or safe treatment for schizophrenia so I have closed the thread. We do not wish to encourage people to seek out this treatment at this time.

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