While traditional antidepressants take several weeks, if not months, to offer any relief from depression, within just hours of an infusion, IV Ketamine has been proven effective for symptoms of depression. Researcher Elizabeth Ballard, PhD. of the National Institute of Mental Health, notably published a study that found Ketamine to “reduce suicidal thoughts independent of its effect on depression or anxiety.”
Ketamine has been studied and shown to be effective with an array of anxiety disorders, including general anxiety disorder (GAD) and relief is immediate rather than the 6-12 weeks normally required for chance of relief with traditional SSRI’s.
