303 | Discussing Ketamine and Psychedelic Therapies with Dr Sam Zand

The Optimal Body

Is Ketamine better than antidepressants? Could ketamine be the future for depression treatment. Research proposes that a combination of treatments serves depression outcomes best, but with only 10-30% of patients prescribed antidepressants experiencing Benefit from their medication, he proposes an alternative. By discovering neuro plastic therapy, he discusses the role of psychedelics treating depression and how it differs from anti depressants and talk therapy. Aclnowledging the importance of professional administration, he speaks to how recreational use can set individuals back and how appropriate guidance can be liberating for depression patients. Finally, he explains psychedelic use after therapy, navigating bad experiences with Ketamine and how to come back, recommendations for those with previous addictions, microdosing Ketamine, and how ketamine could be used as a chronic pain treatment.

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Dr. Sam Zant

01:20 - Neuro Plastic Therapy

05:43 - What attracted Dr. Zant to the field of psychedelics?

08:52 - Do psychedelics work in combination with antidepressants or alone?

10:46 - Ketamine therapy vs antidepressant vs talk therpay for neuroplasticity therapy

15:46 - Psychadelic recreational use vs professional administration

17:30 - Ending therapy - do patients need to continue psychedelic use afterwards?

20:33 - Navigating bad experiences with psychedelics

22:51 - Recommendations for those with previous addictions

25:07- Using psychedelics to treat chronic pain?

29:31- Microdosing Ketamine & what people gain.

32:00 - Learn more with Dr. Sam Zant

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