Bat Country - Ketamine Treatment 3

Remember the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Well, with round 3 bipolar depression treatment we once again up’d the ketamine dose. Again, overall, it was just a kind of high but for about the first 5 minutes after standing up I swear I knew what Johnny Depp felt like in the middle of Bat Country. I walked a little more slowly to the car but all in all still felt fully lucid. The effects of the more positive mood lasted a little bit longer, I would say closer to 5-6 hours this time.

Remember Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? That scene where Johnny Depp stumbles through Bat Country?Well, round three of my bipolar depression treatment came pretty close.

We increased the ketamine dose again, and while most of it still felt like a mild high, the first five minutes after standing up were… trippy. Not scary, just surreal — like my brain briefly forgot how gravity worked. I walked a little slower to the car, but I stayed fully lucid and aware the entire time.

The positive shift in mood lasted longer this round — closer to five or six hours. And unlike my first two treatments, I managed to avoid that heavy emotional crash afterward. Maybe because I knew what to expect, or maybe because my brain is finally learning how to ride the wave. I still noticed a drop-off as evening came, enough that I stepped away from the social situation I was in and retreated to my bedroom to lie down and reset.

My treatment had been at 9 AM, and I made it until around 6 PM before I felt the need to tap out. I’m also noticing a pattern: I’m a bit sleepier the day after each session. Not exhausted — just noticeably slower.

Thursday will be treatment number four, the last in the initial series. I’m anxious, hopeful, and curious to see how my brain responds to the next dose and whether these shifts start to hold.

Fingers crossed that this momentum keeps building.