What does ketamine feel like?

Most people haven’t experienced anything quite like a ketamine infusion in their everyday life. It’s a unique experience, distinct from feelings associated with more common substances in our lives like caffeine, sugar, or alcohol. The experience is even different from other psychedelics. And the experience can vary from infusion to infusion.

Ketamine infusions generally feel floaty and peaceful.

Some people find the experience to be neutral. Others find it to bit disconcerting or unsettling – especially at first, before knowing what to expect. Most people find ketamine to be very pleasant or calming, and regardless of the variations in experience, most patients are glad to come in for their appointments.

The ketamine infusion experience or journey can vary for a number of reasons. Often the experience is tempered by events and thought patterns in your recent life. It can be affected by factors like coffee, how much medication you’re taking, or even if you had a big meal the night before. It can be affected by the quality of your sleep, or recent exercise.

Ketamine’s effects are also heavily dependent on dose. We work to find the just-right dose for each patient, and to update that dosing if and as needed. Changing the dose of your ketamine infusion can change the experience – even for patients who have had many infusions before.