A new documentary featuring the famous basketball player Lamar Odom also features the revolutionary treatment ketamine can provide. The documentary is titled “Lamar Odom Re/Born” and in it Odom credits Ketamine for his recovery from depression, anxiety, and addiction.
Lamar Odom and Ketamine
The documentary follows Odom’s recovery path after a near death experience in 2015. After overdosing on cocaine Odom suffered many heart attacks and strokes. He was found unconscious in a Las Vegas brothel and thereafter spent several days in a coma.
This near-death experience triggered a major life change for Odom. When he survived, doctors called him a walking miracle.
On Good Morning America Odom stated; “I went to rehab and did some other things, but ketamine came into my life at the right time”, he also said “I’m feeling amazing…I’m alive. I’m sober. I’m happy”. He plans to use Ketamine therapy regularly as part of his healthy living routine. Later in the documentary Odom continued to say “I don’t think I will stop it,” he said of the drug. “I wouldn’t want to try to stop”.
Other Celebrities who swear by Ketamine Therapy
- Chrissy Teigen has publicly shared her experience undergoing ketamine therapy and described the treatment as deeply emotional and introspective.
- Halsey has spoken about receiving ketamine therapy while addressing mental health challenges, including PTSD and postpartum depression.
- Sharon Osbourne discussed undergoing ketamine treatment as part of her experience managing depression and anxiety.
- Elon Musk has publicly stated that he has a prescription for ketamine and has described using it to help with periods of depression or a “negative chemical state.” It is commonly known, many CEO’s find relief from ketamine.
While celebrity experiences are not evidence of effectiveness on their own, their openness about ketamine therapy has helped bring greater public awareness to its use in mental health treatment.
What is Ketamine?
Lamar Odom’s journey to recovery with ketamine is just one of many success stories. The FDA first approved ketamine in the 1970’s as a short-acting anesthetic. Ketamine is a synthetic drug, and during the 1970’s it became known as ‘special K’- a party drug wanted for its psychedelic effects.
After years of medical research Ketamine was found to be much more than a coveted party drug. Discoveries from research from Yale proved ketamine to be effective in treating depression, particularly depression that is treatment-resistant.
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How does Ketamine Therapy work?
Just as ketamine therapy was immensely helpful in Lamar Odom’s journey to greater health, it can also be helpful for other individuals looking for healing in mind and body. Injected in small amounts, ketamine gives an ‘off-label use’ for depression, anxiety, addiction, PTSD, stress from work, Parkinson’s, and suicidal ideation. Though patients will still be able to walk and talk, during treatment many will experience an altered mental state. Ketamine usually takes immediate effect and can provide almost immediate relief as well. After injection or infusion the effects will wear within an hour or so. Ketamine is most effective when used in conjunction with comprehensive therapy. Suffering similar to what Lamar Odom has been through can be helped immensely with ketamine treatment.
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