The term “burnout” was first coined by Dr. Herbert Freundenberger in the 1970s and is now recognized as a valid illness with a set of symptoms that can include many of those found in other illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Burnout now even has a place in the latest international medical classification of diseases. According to research, in the United States and Europe, where the problem has been studied since the 1970s, one in three people experience burnout.
Burnout occurs after prolonged exposure to chronic stress and leads to:
• physical and emotional exhaustion
• cynicism and alienation
• a sense of inefficiency and lack of achievement.
• anxiety, apathy and feelings of hopelessness, loss of energy, increased irritability, difficulty concentrating and sleep disturbances.
Burnout syndrome is often accompanied by chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which is also a consequence of chronic stress. It can manifest as progressive fatigue, decreased performance; muscle weakness and muscle pain; prolonged subfebrile temperature (slight increase in body temperature), sore throat, poor tolerance of previously habitual loads; sleep disorders; headaches; forgetfulness; irritability; decreased mental activity and ability to concentrate,
Emotional burnout is the result not only of accumulated fatigue, but also of the discrepancy between expectations of work results and actual reality, when professional activity loses its subjective meaning. As a result of chronic stress, these symptoms may also indicate the initial stage of chronic vascular insufficiency of the brain , leading to encephalopathy and early dementia.
Researchers are now looking at ketamine infusions as an effective treatment for burnout and chronic fatigue. What’s more, they even consider it an “antidote” that can prevent the development of severe burnout complications.
According to Dr. Gerald Grass, director of the Ketamine Institute, “We see a lot of executives who initially come to us with traditional diagnoses of anxiety or depression, but when we listen to what they tell us, it becomes clear that they are suffering from burnout. from chronic work-related stress.” Many of these patients are in such dire straits that they can’t function optimally and are often at risk of leaving their jobs or being fired. And they often experience difficulties not only at work, but also at home, their families suffer as well.
Ketamine infusions, administered at the correct dose, in combination with other anti-stress therapies (primarily Neurohelp program ), can be an effective way to address these symptoms. Often, after just one session of ketamine therapy, patients notice a rapid improvement in mood and a decrease in anxiety. Many report improved concentration and focus, reduced fatigue, and they become much more effective at work and at home. In fact, says Dr. Grass, recent studies have shown that ketamine infusion therapy can not only treat symptoms of burnout and PTSD, but may even prevent its onset.
How does ketamine work for burnout and CCU?
People with these symptoms are often prescribed antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications. Patients usually have to take them for weeks or months before they start to work, and only about 38% experience any improvement from the treatment. These medications need to build up in your body to have an effect. Ketamine works much faster: its effects on depression, anxiety, and PTSD occur within a few hours of infusion, and it is about 75% effective—twice as effective as traditional medications or treatments.
Researchers are still not sure exactly how ketamine alleviates symptoms of burnout and CFS. One theory is that it reboots the nervous system, causing new connections to form between brain cells involved in emotion.
“Recent data suggest that intravenous ketamine may be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant research in decades,” said Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the US National Institute of Mental Health.
The "Expio" center, using its own developments and many years of experience of the neurological departments of the Research Institute of Gerontology of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, on the basis of which we were organized, has developed an integrative multimodal program for the restoration of the psyche and brain in chronic fatigue, burnout, encephalopathy, and other consequences of chronic stress.
The program is offered in two versions of a five-day block:
Optimal:
– Psychotherapy session (hypnotherapy if necessary) to relieve stress and teach self-regulation skills,
– 5 sessions of transcranial electrical stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation to restore proper electrical activity of the brain and relieve overexcitation in the peripheral nervous system,
– one session of ketamine psychotherapy to eliminate deep mental tension and activate neurogenesis in the hippocampus,
– one session of oxybutyrate-pressure therapy to “reboot the brain” and reduce tension in the body,
– “Neurohelp” dropper (a complex of neurometabolic and neuroprotective drugs),
– Prescribing tablet medications.
The cost of one block is 11,000 UAH.
Minimum:
– Psychotherapy session (hypnotherapy if necessary) to relieve stress and teach self-regulation skills,
– one session of ketamine therapy to eliminate deep mental tension and activate neurogenesis in the hippocampus,
– one session of oxybutyrate-pressure therapy to “reboot the brain” and reduce tension in the body.
The cost of one block is 6500 UAH.
The course recommends 2-3 week blocks depending on the severity of the condition.
