Discover a New Horizon in Mental Health and Chronic Pain: Ketamine Therapy

Ketamine, once known primarily for its use in anesthesia, is now at the forefront of mental health and chronic pain treatment. Its unique ability to rapidly alleviate symptoms of depression, ease anxiety, and reduce chronic pain is changing lives. Ketamine is also used to treat pain from radicular/neuropathic causes (nerve pain) and fibromyalgia. Ketamine promotes neuroplasticity which refers to the brain’s ability to change and adapt by forming new neural connections throughout life, which is crucial for learning, memory, and recovery from brain injuries. In the appropriate setting, ketamine can help disrupt the brains “default network” and promote new connections to form – replacing anxiety, negative thoughts, and established pain pathways.

Imagine receiving cutting-edge mental health treatment without stepping out of your home. At-home oral ketamine therapy eliminates the need for regular clinic visits, saving you time and ensuring your treatment fits seamlessly into your life. This is mental health care on your terms. Work on improving your mental health in your safe place – at home where you feel most comfortable. Most patients will start with IV treatments then transition to oral home treatments.

Each patient’s journey is unique. Our clinic and at-home ketamine treatments are customized to meet your individual health needs, ensuring the most effective and comfortable experience. From dosage to treatment schedules, every aspect is tailored just for you. Our providers have worked with ketamine for years in various clinical settings and are passionate about how ketamine can improve mental health.

We partner with local therapists and counselors to maximize your ketamine experience. 

Traditional antidepressants often take weeks to show their effects, partly because they rely on gradually changing neurotransmitter levels. In contrast, ketamine’s ability to rapidly induce neuroplastic changes can lead to quick improvements in mood and cognitive function, sometimes within hours or days.

By enhancing neuroplasticity, ketamine may help the brain become more resilient to stress. This is crucial in depression treatment, as stress and an inability to adapt to it can be a significant factor in depressive disorders.

Depression is often linked with dysfunctional neural circuitry in the brain, particularly in areas related to mood and emotion regulation. Ketamine’s promotion of neuroplasticity can help rebalance these neural circuits, effectively ‘resetting’ them, which may alleviate depressive symptoms.

Enhanced neuroplasticity can also lead to improvements in cognitive functions such as memory and executive function, which are often impaired in individuals with depression.

As with its effect on depression, ketamine promotes neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to form new neural connections. This increased plasticity can help the brain ‘rewire’ itself, potentially creating new, healthier patterns of thought and behavior that are less dominated by anxiety.

Anxiety disorders often involve overactivity in certain brain areas, such as the amygdala, which is associated with fear and emotional responses. Ketamine can help dampen this overactivity, leading to a reduction in anxiety symptoms. Ketamine also blocks NMDA receptor which can lead to a reduction in anxiety symptoms.

Ketamine can produce dissociative effects, which some patients report as helping them gain new perspectives on their anxiety and stressors. This altered state of consciousness can sometimes facilitate therapeutic breakthroughs.

The dissociative effects of ketamine can create a sense of detachment or distance from emotional pain and traumatic memories. This temporary detachment might provide a window where patients can process their trauma more effectively in therapy.

PTSD often involves avoidance behaviors, where individuals avoid certain places, people, or thoughts that remind them of the trauma. By reducing the emotional intensity of traumatic memories, ketamine may help patients engage more successfully in therapeutic interventions, like exposure therapy.

Benefits for Chronic Pain

Chronic pain conditions, including radicular pain, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia, can be difficult to manage with traditional treatments alone. At Flow Wellness, we offer ketamine infusions as part of a multi-modal approach to pain relief, often combined with anti-inflammatory medications and lidocaine to enhance effectiveness. Ketamine works by blocking NMDA receptors, which play a key role in pain sensitization, helping to reset pain pathways and reduce discomfort. Many patients experience long-lasting relief and improved function after treatment. If you’re struggling with chronic pain and looking for innovative solutions, contact Flow Wellness today to see if ketamine therapy is right for you.

At Flow Wellness, we understand the severe and persistent pain that comes with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and how challenging it can be to manage. Our 5-day, four-infusion ketamine treatment is designed to help reset the nervous system and reduce pain by targeting NMDA receptors involved in chronic pain signaling. Many patients experience significant relief, improved mobility, and a better quality of life after treatment. Infusions are administered in a comfortable, monitored setting by experienced medical professionals, ensuring a safe and effective experience. If you’re struggling with CRPS and seeking an innovative approach to pain management, learn more here.