Ketamine Infusion Therapy for Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal part of being human. It’s the body’s built-in response to stress, and in the right dose it’s actually helpful: when you’re faced with a dangerous or overwhelming situation, your brain releases hormones that prepare your body to react quickly and protect you.
Worrying about work, family, money, or health from time to time is normal, and most people’s bodies are well-equipped to handle it. But for some people, that response doesn’t turn off the way it should, and anxiety starts to feel less like an occasional visitor and more like a constant presence. That’s often when it’s worth understanding which type of anxiety disorder might be at play, and what your options are.
Ketamine Infusion Therapy for anxiety at NeuConnections,
Denver, Colorado
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is a persistent feeling of anxiety or dread that can stick around for months or even years. It can affect anyone struggling to process stressful situations in their life, not just people in high-stress careers, though we do see it often in first responders and medical professionals. About 3.1% of U.S. adults experience GAD, but less than half receive treatment for it, and it frequently occurs alongside depression.
Panic Disorder
Panic disorder involves repeated, often severe panic attacks, frequently tied to high-stress situations or specific phobias. People with anxiety are at increased risk of experiencing them. About 2.7% of U.S. adults live with panic disorder.
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Also called social phobia, SAD is an intense fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in social or performance situations. It often leads people to avoid these situations altogether, and can bring on strong physical symptoms when avoidance isn’t possible. SAD affects about 7.1% of U.S. adults and typically begins in the early teenage years.
Living with any of these can be exhausting, and it’s more common than people realize; women are about twice as likely as men to be affected by GAD and panic disorder. If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and it’s not something you have to manage forever on your own.
Source: Anxiety and Depression Association of America (adaa.org)
There are several types of anxiety disorders each with their own symptoms. These are just a few of those symptoms:
- Nervousness or restlessness
- Uncontrollable worry or fear
- Difficulty concentrating
- Headaches
- Muscle and joint pain
- Difficulty sleeping
- Nausea
- Irritability
- Rapid heart rate
- Sweating
- Uncontrolled shaking
Physical symptoms during a panic attack can include: pounding or racing heart, sweating, chills, trembling, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and more. They come on suddenly and involve intense and often overwhelming fear.
Anxiety often comes from patterns that get stuck: worry loops, tension, that racing feeling that won’t quiet down. Ketamine works differently than most anxiety medications. It interacts with glutamate, a key brain chemical involved in how we think and process emotions, and that interaction helps your brain form new, healthier neural connections, giving it a real chance to break out of the patterns that may have taken hold over time.
From what we’ve seen with our clients, some people notice relief within hours of their first infusion. For others, it builds gradually over the first two or three sessions. Either way, your treatment follows a protocol that’s been studied and refined over years of clinical research, and we tailor your specific plan to your symptoms and goals as we go.
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What ketamine therapy can do for you
- Reduces symptoms of anxiety, including uncontrollable worry.
- Calms racing thoughts and persistent fear.
- Eases physical anxiety symptoms, like tension and rapid heartbeat.
- Reduces irritability and emotional reactivity.
- Improves overall mood and emotional wellbeing.
- Disrupts anxious thought and behavior patterns.
- Improves sleep quality, often disrupted by anxiety.
- Works differently than SSRIs, when other treatments haven't helped.
- Supports lasting change, not just temporary relief.
- Builds new neural pathways for long-term healing.
How Ketamine Works
Increases Neuroplasticity
Boosts neuroplasticity, which promotes the brain’s ability to adapt, heal, and learn new behaviors and patterns.
Stimulates Neural Pathways
Stimulates growth of neural pathways and disrupts thought loops that may contribute to anxiety and depression.
Regulates Emotions
Helps control emotions and creates an anti-anxiety effect helping to alleviate the need to continue to use.
Rapid Antidepressant Effect
Regulates glutamate, a vital neurotransmitter that helps us process thoughts and emotions.
A New You
Ketamine offers new hope for lasting life change for those suffering from mental health conditions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about ketamine therapy and how it can help you discover and live the life you desire.
Yes, ketamine therapy has been shown to be very effective when treating anxiety disorder, particularly when combined with conventional therapy (psychotherapy, for instance). If you have tried conventional therapy with mixed or no results, ketamine may be able to help.
Ketamine infusion therapy works differently than traditional anxiety treatments. It helps to rewire your brain and has the ability to treat your anxiety for long term results and not just mask the daily symptoms.
It varies from person to person of course. Most people notice they feel more relaxed than they have in years immediately after the first session. We generally see substantial progress in stress relief, suicidal ideation, anxiety and depression relief in a few days with symptoms breaking around session three. Lasting results depend on whether you feel comfortable delving into your story to address the root cause issues. This is often not as challenging as we think it will be. We are here to support you in doing so and have curated a personalized, yet structured process designed to do this in six sessions. Booster sessions down the road are recommended to continue evolving and engaging with your self care and self discovery. Call us so we can discuss your specific path.
Yes! Ketamine is considered a World Health Organization (WHO) essential medicine and is one of the most commonly used anesthetics in the world because of its safety profile. Ketamine is used world-wide because it easily administered without advanced equipment. Ketamine does not inhibit the respiratory or cardiac functions of a patient like most anesthetics. When used with intention and under professional supervision, ketamine is non-addictive and incredibly safe to manage.
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We created NeuConnections because we wanted to share this amazing opportunity for healing. We are committed to keeping our services accessible and have not changed our pricing in three years while striving to always offer more. Ketamine therapy is an investment in yourself and your future. There is no better time than now to live the life you know you deserve. If you are willing to make the changes you desire, we will support you in that process. We invite you to experience how you and those you care about will reap the benefits right now and discover how the dividends will last a lifetime.
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