Ketamine Therapy for Depression in Oakland & Berkeley

Understanding Depression

Depression can feel overwhelming, especially when traditional treatments haven’t delivered the relief you expected. Ketamine can make a big difference in a short time. It helps neurons form new connections and promotes neuronal growth, so people are able to develop new perspectives and emerge from the shadows.

There are two sides to depression: (1) you feel down and (2) you don’t enjoy things.

Other symptoms of depression include poor sleep (can’t sleep or oversleep), fatigue, feeling worthless or ashamed (not good enough), trouble concentrating, eating to self-soothe or not eating, and thoughts of suicide or death.

Ketamine can quickly relieve these symptoms and the effect can be long-lasting when treatment is embedded in therapy.

How is Dr. Zeus ketamine therapy for depression?

When standard medications fail to deliver relief, experts* in treating depression recommend one of three options:

  1. ketamine

  2. electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

  3. transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Comparison studies show ketamine is the most effective of the three.* It works quickly and the results can be long-lasting with the proper mental health plan. Dr. Zeus’s mental health plan goes beyond taking ketamine for symptom relief. It involves intentionally rewiring the nervous system with individually-tailored therapeutic experiences.

You can choose how to receive ketamine from Dr. Zeus. It can be delivered by infusion (IV), intramuscular injection (IM), oral lozenges (troches or tablets), or nasal spray (ketamine or es-ketamine). Most people strongly prefer injections — they are more effective, create a more powerful psychedelic experience, and don’t require you to hold bitter medicine in your mouth while you wait for it to kick in.

*UpToDate® professional reference

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Proven Results

Published research

Landmark Yale ketamine study

Line graph showing the mean HDLS scores over time for ketamine and placebo treatments, with time points from 0 minutes to 72 hours and error bars added. Significant differences are marked with symbols, indicating treatment effects.

This landmark study at Yale was the first to show ketamine injections can produce rapid and robust antidepressant effects in people who have failed to obtain relief with multiple traditional medications.

These results with injectable ketamine have been replicated by many other researchers.

Published research - Berman et al., 2000
https://doi: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00230-9

Dr. Zeus results

All ketamine treatment is not the same

Line graph titled 'PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9' showing data over time from January 2025 to July 2026, with a declining trend. The graph features colored background sections from green to red, representing different levels of the questionnaire scores. There is a vertical shaded area indicating a period of data interruption or focus.

This graph shows results for a patient with depression treated by lozenges in early 2025 and then by injections (the black vertical lines) in late 2025. The PHQ-9 depression scale shows lozenges failed to provide relief, and later ketamine-assisted psychotherapy by injection delivered rapid, robust and lasting relief.

Line graph from a patient health questionnaire showing a decreasing trend over time from January 2024 to January 2025, with color-coded background sections.

This graph shows results for another patient with severe depression that failed to respond multiple traditional medications and also TMS. The PHQ-9 depression scale shows relief came fast with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy by injection in December 2023, and lasted more than two years after treatment.

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    -C. B.

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