Several years ago and for a period of around 5 months I took Ketamine recreationally.
I was taking it nearly everyday and besides the effect of the drug itself, the resulting lifting of depression was very strong. It got to a point where I had feelings of intense love for people and my interactions became very emotionally charged in a positive way.
I also noticed that I had higher levels of clarity and my writing and thinking became clearer. The only explanation I've found is that ketamine reduces the level of kynurenic acid in the brain, something that I've found to have higher levels of.
As I started taking it less depression would start to kick back in 5-7 days. A relatively small dosage (not enough to get back in to a k-hole) would get rid of the depression almost instantly.
But there was a critical downside. After a while I noticed that my ability to do technical work diminished greatly. It made me stupider in many ways. I felt like I did not have access to the portion of my brain in which I could code. On the flipside it seemed to make me smarter socially, or at least give the impression as the increased verbal clarity and feelings of connection to people.
From looking around at other users at the time, I would say the effects of increased clarity were not commonly reported, and the anti-depression effect wasn't really talked about much, yet people got quite addicted to it.
At the end of around 5 months, I stopped taking it completely. I couldn't do it and hold down a technical job.
I was taking it nearly everyday and besides the effect of the drug itself, the resulting lifting of depression was very strong. It got to a point where I had feelings of intense love for people and my interactions became very emotionally charged in a positive way.
I also noticed that I had higher levels of clarity and my writing and thinking became clearer. The only explanation I've found is that ketamine reduces the level of kynurenic acid in the brain, something that I've found to have higher levels of.
As I started taking it less depression would start to kick back in 5-7 days. A relatively small dosage (not enough to get back in to a k-hole) would get rid of the depression almost instantly.
But there was a critical downside. After a while I noticed that my ability to do technical work diminished greatly. It made me stupider in many ways. I felt like I did not have access to the portion of my brain in which I could code. On the flipside it seemed to make me smarter socially, or at least give the impression as the increased verbal clarity and feelings of connection to people.
From looking around at other users at the time, I would say the effects of increased clarity were not commonly reported, and the anti-depression effect wasn't really talked about much, yet people got quite addicted to it.
At the end of around 5 months, I stopped taking it completely. I couldn't do it and hold down a technical job.