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- Jul 10, 2020
has anyone here ever tried ketamine, either recreationally or in a hospital setting? I know a lot of people who take it occasionally for fun (they even sell it in pharmacies in mexico- or at least thats what its labeled, god knows). Even the thought of having a bad trip, falling into a k-hole, or even having the desired dissociative effect sounds horrifying to me, so I'm curious about how others have experienced it.
I did it by accident once, and it was awful and I would never touch it again after that. It made me extremely nauseous (I had also been drinking, so that probably didn't help) and I puked into a coffee can that was being used as an ashtray. I was sitting on the floor at a party, and I was totally out of it and couldn't move. It's hard to describe how I felt, but I was sort of hallucinating that I was on a carousel, and then up on an apartment building rooftop that I went to occasionally, and I was thinking that my mother was there which was making me freak out because I was convinced she would find out I had taken drugs. It's not the same kind of hallucination or visuals as with acid or mushrooms though, it was more like having a dream, but knowing you are having a dream but you can't wake up. I knew where I was and could see the people around me, but it felt kind of like I was in a fishbowl observing it all. I guess that's the k-hole part of the experience. I don't know how long it lasted, it felt like a long time. I am not a fan of drugs that take you so far out of it that you feel out of control, and it definitely scared me straight on taking ketamine ever again. Even thinking about it now is making me feel weird. Lesson learned, don't take drugs from weird hippie ravers offering you something to be snorted off a frisbee.
Maybe someone more informed than I am can answer, is ketamine addictive? I know anything can be addictive and cause addict behavior, but is it physically addictive and would one get physical withdrawal symptoms from it?