Theo Von Explains What Ketamine Therapy Was Like

Excerpt from Ketamine Doctor Jason Pooler | TPW w/ @TheoVon 341

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[XenoTravis]

"I am always 30 percent sad"
... Man I love Theo so much.

[patrailriders]

It takes guts to talk about any of this with anyone, but to put it out there for the world is on another level. Respect, Theo.

[ManiacMageetheG]

I had something like the experience Theo had about his dad once when I did shrooms by myself. The whole trip was a rollercoaster, but there were moments when I felt the same happiness I did when I was a kid, and before then I didn't realize how dead I was inside. Like, I felt the same feeling of being five years old on your birthday, when birthdays really meant something. It was a very primal happiness that I never thought I would feel again as an adult.

[elizabethwilliams]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[CindaMurphyRealEstate]

It’s so depressing to me that upon finishing my 4 ketamine treatments on Friday, I’m now in a TERRIBLE mood on Sunday. I was so hoping for relief and it seems I’m even worse. Feeling very tired and somewhat foggy and very irritated.
I put all my chips on this treatment working. I’m feeling so disappointed. So much despair
***UPDATE!!!
The ketamine DID end up working for me! 🥰 I did have a lul for a couple of weeks. This may also be due to the fact that I had tapered off of Lexapro for one month prior to my ketamine treatments. The improvements began in very subtle ways and it took me a couple of weeks to realize that I wasn’t freaking out anymore. I still get the anxiety and the feelings that rise up but they don’t explode. It’s like I get a little 2 second gap to think about how I want to react. It’s been very helpful! It is not an earth shattering, night and day difference but I am no longer on Lexapro and I’m doing pretty good so to me, that’s huge!

[DonnHowes]

Ketamine, lsd, dmt and psilocybin containing mushroom are amazing. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

[joefaulkner]

"A conduit for joy to pass through."

Very insightful and touching, brother.

[colleenshea]

I turned my back on pharmaceuticals a very long time ago. Movement is the secret for me. Long walks, jogging, working out in the morning, meditation, prayer. I am able to sit with sadness and accept it, even understand it has a purpose and value it.

[bebeaggad]

Theo man… so much respect, your choice of words, how you take responsibility for your own life, and the way you reframe your life experience is very admirable

[BlackOwl]

Ketamine therapy seriously works. Just finished my 3 infusion and it’s ground breaking in the field of mental health.

[HeyLetsTalkAboutIt]

I just finished my 6th ketamine infusion. It’s amazing how much it’s helped my PTSD.

[justinbrown]

What an amazing guy . On 1 hand hes the funniest guy in the planet...then to hear him talk about real shit hes so god damn smart n relatable

[joshcash]

I’m getting ketamine treatments for depression right now too, on my 8th appointment and it helpings me a lot. Theo described it perfectly!

[StryBr]

Theo actually changed my mind about ketamine, like a year or two ago he touched on it a little bit. And so my fear dwindled. And I tried it at a festival no pro setting because life you know. But I never knew I was holding so much tension. For the first time in my life. I felt everything un tense. My jaw itself loosened on the skeletal level. So intensely I cried like Theo. I just felt all of the weight leave. For the first time in my entire life I went to the bathroom. And didn’t think. About anything. Just about how nice the days been. No looking at myself in disgust. It helped me so much with believing I’m okay. My heart has returned to my throne. It was pure relief and return.

[skatiesadiemator]

You're very emotionally intelligent, Theo and its brave to express your feelings openly in a society that judges men for it. You have reason to feel proud of yourself.

[DQWinSAT]

The saddest thing is that therapies like this, including having an actual therapist, is inaccessible and/or too expensive for the high majority of people… THAT is why we get stuck on useless pills… after 30+ years on useless pills for PTSD, depression, anxiety and panic attacks, I’m like, “what is the point? All you’re doing is prescribing pills, yet you don’t have one iota of a clue ABOUT me; my life”… but when you’re poor, that’s all you get and all the meds you take, you find have no impact, you become med resistant, and the meds screw you up more than they help… and then it’s 20, 30 years later and you’re just DONE - with life because it has never changed, never improved, you’re always in a funk from the meds - because the meds haven’t any clue what they’re supposed to address, ie childhood atrocities; abuse; abandonment; and any number of issues that REQUIRE talk therapy…

If talk therapy was actually affordable and frequent enough, pills might not be necessary… but that’s how the US works. I’ve moved to Texas recently and can already tell getting health care is difficult, and mental health doctors want to take away the ONE med that works, for me and my panic attacks, which is xanax. After 16 months, I’m finally now getting access to a psychiatrist here, and I’m going to advise what “I” want… not what new pill they want. I’m sure I won’t get it, but I want the Ketamine therapy as I want to try what I’ve researched to be a breakthrough for PTSD and trauma, and if refused, then I’ll ask, “and after 30+ years being a Guinea pig for your unhelpful pills, what’s the point of yet another one?”

If I’m med resistant; have suicidal ideation, why TF would I want to continue such a useless cycle? If they’re not willing to listen to what I’m telling them for decades and that it’s time to try it my way, then what IS the point of continuing to “exist” this way; I can assure you that it’s NOT living! I’ll just suggest that if they don’t want to LISTEN, then let’s just stop everything, because I truly am done at this point. I can’t function, work, no income, no insurance - nothing, thus always public services that are obviously as basic as they can make it, so I highly doubt they will provide ketamine therapy when shitty useless pills are cheaper and easier to fuck you up worse; and at 59, I just can’t do that anymore… not too many years left, yet whatever I have left, I actually want to know what all the fuss is about what a “precious gift” life is, because I’ve never experienced it… I’ve just existed…

Your comment about being 30% sad all the time I totally get… mine is about 99.9% living in fear - afraid of what, I’m not sure, but almost 60 years of it - yep, I’m done and over it. Something’s definitely gonna give soon, because I definitely have no desire to look forward to several more years of the same. I feel ketamine therapy is my last option, yet unaffordable, thus watching you, and Joe Rogan and innumerable wealthy guests discuss all their experiences with psychedelics and other therapies is interesting, yet also depressing as the majority of us simply can’t afford the basics, let alone the actual expense of something like psilocybin, ketamine, or ayahuasca and other psychedelic treatments… I’m happy for those that have the means to access them and wish them well; but the older one gets, the more one realizes just how little this country cares for its citizens well being… yet they ensure they receive the best free health care for themselves, for life… no other job provides one with lifetime benefits after they leave their jobs, and that’s the only reason most of our government officials even bother getting elected as it’s certainly not to help the country… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[eyrelobo]

"We should be a conduit of joy to at least pass through...". I felt that wisdom.✨

[spencer]

This dude is so real and so aware. A TRUE HUMAN BEING. I relate so much. It's so comforting someone else has similar traits and for him to go threw this but have everyone see his life on display in a way while opening himself up and exposing the raw details of life is outstandingly courageously divine. I've never been able to hear someone with this much awareness and honesty I almost don't know what to do with it.

[larsonfamilyhouse]

I’m always at least 90% sad. Being always 30% sad sounds wonderful

[AndreaRuralMN]

Keep going man!! You're not compromising your sobriety, your reaching for happy, joyous and free!