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sir pball

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9. Serious answer: ketamine.

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:51 PM

Nov 4

Ketamine is fairly safe, it's a frontline drug for sedating people during trauma or severe psychotic episodes. As a benefit, it's a dissociative, so you lose touch with reality!

On top of that it's proven to have a very strong effect against depression, so if the worst happens…

On edit, I should source.

As a sedative: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470357/
Immediate antidepressant effects: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6767816/

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Question: Will Heroin or Ketamine [View all] lame54 Nov 4 OP

I've had Propofol 2-3 times in my life - nothing makes you sleep better than that stuff. Probatim Nov 4 #1

And it makes you forget you were ever there. We gave patients Propofol for some pretty painful procedures. mitch96 Nov 4 #5

I heard Robin Williams describe it as milk of amnesia. Cracked me up. Probatim Nov 4 #6

He was a really funny guy. Left us too soon..nt mitch96 Nov 4 #12

Demerol (pethidine) is my persona favorite, DJ Synikus Makisimus Nov 4 #2

Perhaps NyQuil is a safer alternative. scarletlib Nov 4 #3

Benadryl. multigraincracker Nov 4 #4

I wish I remembered what they gave me before my eye surgery for cataracts. Swede Nov 4 #7

Michael Jackson died from too much propofol. milestogo Nov 4 #8

Serious answer: ketamine. sir pball Nov 4 #9

Fairly safe? LisaL Nov 4 #10

Massive overdosing while in water isn't exactly proper usage. sir pball Nov 4 #11