Dr. Calabrese agreed I was a candidate for iv ketamine infusion. I have been depressed for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until 1999 that I started treatment for depression. I started with ECT treatments. That seemed to help and I started a regimen of antidepressants.The meds helped but after a while they stopped working.
So I moved on to other antidepressants with the help of doctors. I had five different doctors until I came to Dr. Calabrese. During one of my hospitalizations, I had the good fortune of being accepted in a clinical trial at the UCONN Health Center. This program was implanting patients with a Vegas Nerve Stimulator (VNS). The VNS took about a year to kick in. I was amazed at how good I felt once it started working. I stayed on psych meds along with the VNS therapy. And as happened before the meds stopped working so I went one different meds.
It wasn’t until the meds were too expensive that I asked Dr. Calabrese if I could try ketamine. She agreed and I am here to say that ketamine is a life changer. After the first treatment I felt that all the negativity I harbored was gone! I have had six treatments now and I am amazed at how well I feel. I had no idea that people could feel this good. I feel like all the cobwebs in my brain have disappeared! Ketamine is no less than a gift. I am so thankful to be one of Dr. Calabrese’s patients. She is delivering treatment that is on the cutting edge. I highly recommend ketamine for major depression. I also had what is know as TRD treatment resistant depression. After the VNS kicked in I felt like I was a poster child for VNS. Now that I have had ketamine treatments, I am the poster child for ketamine. In the skillful hands of Dr. Calabrese, ketamine brings amazing relief for those who are suffering.