{"id":23041,"date":"2026-05-11T21:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/ketamine-tms-a-fecal-analysis-my-year-trying-san-franciscos-most-experimental-depression-treatments\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:37:22","slug":"ketamine-tms-a-fecal-analysis-my-year-trying-san-franciscos-most-experimental-depression-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/ketamine-tms-a-fecal-analysis-my-year-trying-san-franciscos-most-experimental-depression-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketamine, TMS, a fecal analysis: my year trying San Francisco\u2019s most experimental depression treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected<\/p>\n

On a threadbare carpet in the living room of a Bernal Heights bungalow, I lay blindfolded on my back. Two middle-aged rescue terriers, one missing an eye, sniffed my feet and climbed up and down my legs. F**kin\u2019 Perfect by Pink blared in the background, but the music sounded muffled and distant, like I was listening from underwater.<\/p>\n

It was 1pm on a Thursday. Instead of going to the office, I\u2019d allowed a shaman named Jonathan to inject my thigh muscle with a large dose of liquid ketamine. Even in my compromised state, high and spread out like a corpse on a stranger\u2019s rug, I knew I\u2019d reached peak absurdity. I also knew I wouldn\u2019t emerge from this activity with even a slight improvement to my mental health.<\/p>\n

Carly Schwartz is the author of the new memoir I\u2019ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life<\/a> and the former editor in chief of the San Francisco Examiner<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nCarly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected
\nOn a threadbare carpet in the living room of a Bernal Heights bungalow, I lay blindfolded on my back. Two middle-aged rescue terriers, one missing an eye, sniffed my feet and climbed up and down my legs. F**kin\u2019 Perfect by Pink blared in the background, but the music sounded muffled and distant, like I was listening from underwater.
\nIt was 1pm on a Thursday. Instead of going to the office, I\u2019d allowed a shaman named Jonathan to inject my thigh muscle with a large dose of liquid ketamine. Even in my compromised state, high and spread out like a corpse on a stranger\u2019s rug, I knew I\u2019d reached peak absurdity. I also knew I wouldn\u2019t emerge from this activity with even a slight improvement to my mental health.
\nCarly Schwartz is the author of the new memoir I\u2019ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life and the former editor in chief of the San Francisco Examiner Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected On a threadbare carpet in the living room of a Bernal Heights bungalow, I lay blindfolded on my back. Two middle-aged rescue terriers, one missing an eye, sniffed my feet and climbed up and down my legs. …<\/p>\n

Ketamine, TMS, a fecal analysis: my year trying San Francisco\u2019s most experimental depression treatments<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}