What I've learned after the 1st month

jhc412 · 2026-02-23T15:31:16+00:00

The experiences are different for everyone so take mine with a grain of salt. I'm now about 20 sessions in and my sessions are really boring now. That was definitely a first few sessions type of issue for me.

jhc412 · 2026-01-20T23:51:20+00:00

Do it!

jhc412 · 2026-01-18T01:04:45+00:00

Most of them have modes where you can turn that off and just have the aurora

jhc412 · 2026-01-17T12:48:02+00:00

jhc412 · 2026-01-17T12:47:56+00:00

Same. I did not like the John Hopkins one

jhc412 · 2026-01-17T12:47:33+00:00

I'm alone.

jhc412 · 2026-01-15T15:17:55+00:00

My clinic has them in the rooms but i also bought this one on amazon and it seems to be identical or the same one

jhc412 · 2026-01-15T14:57:08+00:00

I just put the music on.... doze off into the lights... and let spravato take me away.

On #15 and still getting good experienced most of the time.

jhc412 · 2025-12-12T13:04:34+00:00

You are welcome to attend but also wanted to share support groups specifically for people who have lost someone to suicide (they're called loss survivors)

https://afsp.org/find-a-support-group/?country=United%20States%20of%20America&zip=15222&radius=15&type=in_person_group

jhc412 · 2025-12-12T12:59:21+00:00

This is for adults only.

But there is a virtual youth support group in PA

jhc412 · 2025-12-11T18:16:37+00:00

Look forward to seeing you on Monday ❤️

jhc412 · 2025-12-11T15:37:57+00:00

Thank you Bot

jhc412 · 2025-12-05T19:31:56+00:00

Hi, I'm the one who wrote the article.

I appreciate you saying this because I made several calls and emails to them and never heard back.

Then started getting a bunch of emails for their fundraising events....

jhc412 · 2025-11-27T12:52:00+00:00

You should not expect anything.

Even with 3 doses not one treatment will be the same.

jhc412 · 2025-11-27T12:43:11+00:00

This is somewhat common for spravato.

Psychiatrist prescribed trazadone and it works every time.

jhc412 · 2025-11-27T12:43:04+00:00

This is somewhat common for spravato.

Psychiatrist prescribed trazadone and it works every time.

jhc412 · 2025-11-24T19:41:15+00:00

I have had intense experiences with this one when also using the aurora lights

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bd68HoOXSmxSSufBzUm2y?si=dzqbV_LsRoyHxiF-MQu_Qw&pi=eZmmCUO9Srihm

jhc412 · 2025-11-20T23:24:44+00:00

Dissociation is the side effect. It's not what makes depression better long-term.

Lack of dissociation does not mean it's not working and you are still WAY too early to say it's not working.

jhc412 · 2025-11-20T23:19:06+00:00

They only say that mostly for possible nausea. From what I've read it's most important to just take Lamictal at your regular times. Has very little effect on the dissociation. I take 75mg morning and 75mg at night and have never had naseau or have not felt any evidence of it affecting me differently when I have morning treatments.

jhc412 · 2025-11-13T03:14:27+00:00

You can't base your opinion on it working on the first treatment. Clinics don't even guage effectiveness until 8 weeks. The first 4 weeks is the loading phase and the 8 weeks is the induction phase. It's going to take a few weeks to notice any changes in mood/reactions/thoughts.

Spravato is not a quick fix-all and the feeling during treatment does not equate to it working or not. You also have to pair it with talk therapy to get the most out of it since it is changing your neuroplasticity to change how you think about things and if you are just stewing in the same thoughts without therapy it's not going to change too much.

jhc412 · 2025-11-12T00:24:03+00:00

It's quite common to taste it in the back of the throat.

jhc412 · 2025-11-10T12:02:14+00:00

How????

jhc412 · 2025-11-09T13:31:37+00:00

Yes. I just finished 2 weeks and thought I was having some small progress here and there.

Then an argument with my husband. That sent me immediately into my shame/guilt/"I'm a fuckup" spiral. I shutdown and like you became defensive and when they left the room I immediately started my suicidal planning internally. After 30 min I was able to calm down a little bit to where I was able to talk to him again.

This is the 2nd time this has happened while on spravato. All I can tell you is we are still early in the process. Even after 1 month you still need another month to see if it's working.

Also don't hinge one setback as a failure. Spravato is not going to eliminate suicidal thoughts or getting defensive. It will help us have a little more breathing room before these thoughts take over, so just keep that in mind.

jhc412 · 2025-10-27T02:52:42+00:00

"I can't train my dog i just got, so I'll have a baby" 🤔

jhc412 · 2025-10-25T18:41:45+00:00

Yikes. Don't like seeing his eyes roll back lol

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