Depression treatment while taking Naltrexone.
So I’ve been off 7OH since late last year and I’ve gone to NA during that time and remained sober. However, I do take Naltrexone and honestly, I kept relapsing until I got on Naltrexone and now I’m over 100 days sober from 7OH. However, I’ve suffered from depression for a really long time and it got even worse when I got sober, so my Psychiatrist had me start Spravato which is supposed to be like a game changer, super effective antidepressant that is supposed to work really quickly. I’ve been on it for over a month now and wasn’t really feeling better. So I was going over my medications with my Psychiatrist, and apparently, Naltrexone blocks the antidepressant effect from Spravato so my Psychiatrist had me stop taking it and the Spravato become super effective and has helped my depression tremendously. Apparently Naltrexone prevents Esketamine from activating the mTOR pathway in the brain which is an integral part of the antidepressant effect from Esketamine. I just wanted to share this with y’all in case you are also on Naltrexone and doing Spravato for depression since I feel like depression and substance use disorder kind of go hand in hand, have a great day y’all!!