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    From Chaos To Calm: A Life Changed By Ketamine

    The anesthetic ketamine first wowed the medical world with its ability to relieve severe depression in hours. Now it's showing promise for other psychiatric disorders, including bipolar and PTSD.
    by Jon Hamilton Jun 04, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Maria Fabrizio for NPR

    For six years now, life has been really good for James. He's got a great job as the creative director of an advertising firm in New York City. He enjoys spending time with his wife and kids.

    And it's all been possible, he says, because for the past six years he's been taking a drug called ketamine.

    Before ketamine, James was unable to work or focus his thoughts. His mind was filled with violent images. And his mood could go from ebullient to dark in a matter of minutes.

    Ketamine "helped

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