How it went
Did it last?
- No one said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 3 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 1 | 33% |
| Substantial | 2 | 67% |
| Partial | 0 | 0% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 3 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 1 | 100% | |
| Severe | 1 | 0% | |
| Very severe | 1 | 0% |
0 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Ketamine, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1,491 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,995 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2,707 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,566 | 18.3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2,023 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3,381 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2,523 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1,637 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3,318 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2,469 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1,871 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2,362 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2,176 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1,349 | 1.5 |
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | 899 | 2.2 |
Posts in the forum threads and blog comments we archived, 34,337 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These pages all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 3 accounts
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Chronic Fatigue Gone - After 16 Years Jason Figures It Out
Jason developed ME/CFS after a viral illness in the early 2000s and was ill 16 to 20 years, bedbound for days after any exertion. He systematically tested many therapies and tracked the results in a journal. He credits hydrogen peroxide IVs, nebulised…
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Jason's Eclectic Mix of Treatments Returns Him to Near Normal Health
Jason Boyce fell ill in the early 2000s with what he believes was a flu or EBV infection and spent sixteen years bedbound for days after exertion and unable to play with his kids. He assembled an eclectic mix of treatments, crediting nebulised hydrogen…
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Ketamine gives Stephanie a chance at a life
Stephanie developed severe degenerative disc disease after a back injury at 22, leading to multiple surgeries and a mostly bedbound life with extreme pain that opioids, injections, physiotherapy and acupuncture failed to relieve. Ketamine infusions cut her…