Full Service Psychiatric Practice Offers IV Ketamine Treatment Near Tolland, CT
Research conducted by Lori Calabrese, M.D. at Innovative Psychiatry Demonstrates Remarkably Positive Outcomes for Suicidal Thoughts
Have you ever wanted to die…? Felt so hopeless and despairing that you could see no way out? Maybe it was a fleeting thought and you dismissed it. Or…maybe it began to occur to you more and more often as your only option… Have you ever felt that way? There’s hope if you have. Ketamine treatment near Tolland CT by Lori Calabrese, M.D. is changing the course of people’s lives who are at risk.
The truth be told, lots of people have wanted to die.
Lots of people in New England. Scores of people in Connecticut.
Believe it or not, even people in Tolland.
This quaint and historical town derived its name from the toll its position as a toll station between Boston and New York in the early 18th century. Currently, Interstate 84 slices right though the middle of Tolland, which gives each side a more tiny village atmosphere.
Some consider Tolland a bedroom community for commuters who work in Hartford, but considering the town is over 300 years old, that seems like a bit of a stretch.
The fact is, Tolland stands on its own merits.
A community that works together, Tolland’s city website provides schedules for meetings, projects, and community concerns. The citizens recognize the need for taking ownership of community difficulties, and working together to solve them.
And that’s why it’s vital that the plight of people who suffer from psychiatric disorders are treated with dignity and skill.
It’s also important that their treatment actually helps them feel better. Because if you or someone you love suffers from depression, bipolar depression, PTSD, or social anxiety… you know that the treatments and medicines don’t always help.
The fact is, they actually only help in two thirds of cases, if that. So at least one third of those who suffer these terrible symptoms have never had relief.
Far too many of those become suicidal.
Which is why researchers have worked so hard to find alternative treatments for those who suffer the most. Those who find it difficult to function in their job and their relationships. Who struggle to get out of bed to face another day. Or to leave the house to face the world.
But if you live in Tolland, CT IV ketamine treatment is available to bring relief, restoration, and resilience a short drive west on I-84.
So what’s IV ketamine treatment anyway?
Good question. In short, it’s the most effective breakthrough treatment in psychiatry ever seen so far.
Back in the 1960’s, Parke-Davis Laboratories developed a new type of anesthesia for sedation in surgery, that also turned out to be excellent for pain relief. It was used heavily in the war zone in Viet Nam, and in disaster areas. It was approved by the FDA in 1970 for sedation. This was ketamine.
Then in the ’90’s, researchers began to experiment with ketamine to treat depression. Over the next 15 years, researchers studied this medicine to learn its characteristics for treating depression, and ways to make the most out of its benefits.
They learned that a single dose of ketamine had rapid and robust antidepressant benefits… but these effects were temporarily. A patient could feel dramatically better, even well, but would relapse back into depression in a few days or a week.
More study, though, demonstrated that a series of these infusions over a few weeks actually dramatically reduced or eliminated this temporary condition.
And it’s fast.
Traditional antidepressants require weeks or months to bring relief of symptoms. If those symptoms include suicidal thinking, this delay can be life-threatening, if not fatal. But ketamine’s benefits only require hours or days.
And suicidal thoughts can be eradicated in an afternoon.
So it’s not surprising that ketamine treatment has become extremely popular. Clinics offering ketamine treatment have emerged almost everywhere.
But there’s a problem.
Most of these clinics offer ketamine treatment for depression, PTSD, and social anxiety in a standard protocol that is effective for fewer people than it should be. That approach assumes every brain is the same…so the treatment is one-size-fits-all.
But that’s not true, is it?
The dosage, rate, and frequency that helps one person achieve remission after 6 infusions may not be the same dosage, frequency, and rate for another at all. People are unique…and so are brains. And symptoms. And severity.
So the initially proposed dosage of IV ketamine at .5mg/kg may need to be .75mg/kg for some people. What’s important is the response each person has during an infusion. That response guides the dosage.
And while 5 infusions help one person to experience remission, another person requires 7 or 8 or 9.
The goal is remission.
And if it’s not, then the treatment results in failure… or a short-lasting response that requires a booster infusion every few weeks.
But a psychiatrist in South Windsor, CT uses a protocol that has resulted in outstanding results in her patients.
Lori Calabrese, M.D., at Innovative Psychiatry, published her work in 2019, with her methods and outcomes for the most severely ill patients showing the effectiveness of IV ketamine treatment.
She titrates the dose during each infusion guided by the patient’s response. Then, she personalizes the number of infusions for that patient’s desired outcome. The outcomes are so positive as most patients experience remission from their symptoms..
Remission!!
Dr. Calabrese, educated at Wellesley and Harvard, and trained at Johns Hopkins, developed her practice to find solutions for severely ill patients – those not relieved by traditional medicines. Her expertise in psychiatry has resulted in her leadership among other psychiatrists who seek out her advice.
She’s also taught her methods across the US and in the UK.
Her patients don’t receive the standardized protocol used at most ketamine clinics, but a personalized approach that results in remission in over 80% of that group of patients who weren’t helped by any other medicine or treatment.
Effective IV ketamine treatment near Tolland, CT is available at Innovative Psychiatry in South Windsor, CT with Lori Calabrese, M.D.
And as an essential service, her treatment is currently provided with a carefully designed safety protocol during this pandemic to protect you and her staff.
For more information about Lori Calabrese, M.D. or ketamine treatment email info@loricalabresemd.com or call 806-648-9755.