Atascocita, TX Ketamine Therapy Clinic: Rapid-Acting Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and Chronic Pain That Traditional Medicine Left Behind

Pick up the phone and tell us what’s going on. You don’t need a referral. You don’t need to bring insurance paperwork. You just need to be honest about where you are and what hasn’t worked so far.

We’ll cover:

• What your daily life looks like right now — the symptoms that define your worst days
• Every treatment you’ve already attempted and what happened
• How ketamine therapy works, in language that actually makes sense
• What the process costs, how long it takes, and what realistic expectations look like
• Whatever else you want to know

This call costs nothing and obligates you to nothing. Its only purpose is to help you make an informed decision.

When you’re ready to move forward, we’ll send a detailed intake form. Don’t rush through it — the information you share here directly shapes the protocol we build for you. We want to understand which medications helped partially and which ones backfired entirely, what time of day your symptoms peak, what triggers you’ve identified, and how you’d describe the gap between where you are and where you want to be. If it would help your care, we’ll reach out to your existing providers. Collaboration with your psychiatrist, therapist, or primary care physician isn’t mandatory, but it almost always sharpens our approach.

Getting ready is straightforward:

• Fast for at least 6 hours beforehand (nothing to eat)
• Clear liquids are fine in small amounts up to 2 hours before
• Wear comfortable clothes — think weekend, not office

When you arrive:

• We’ll answer any final questions and walk through what’s ahead
• Record your baseline vital signs
• Set up your IV line or prepare the injection site

Dr. Ho’s needle technique reflects decades of working with children who needed gentleness above all else. He selects the smallest gauge needle that will do the job, applies topical numbing cream when requested, and keeps a portable ultrasound handy for patients whose veins don’t cooperate easily. Most patients say the IV placement was far less uncomfortable than they’d feared.

Your treatment takes place in a private room designed to feel more like a retreat than a clinic. Here’s what you’ll find:

• A padded recliner that adjusts to your preferred position
• Noise-cancelling headphones loaded with calming audio
• A soft eye mask to block visual stimulation
• A warm blanket
• Adjustable lighting you control

Session duration depends on your condition:

• Mood disorders (depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD): roughly 40 minutes of active treatment followed by 20 minutes of recovery
• Chronic pain conditions (fibromyalgia, migraines, EDS, complex pain syndromes): approximately 4 hours of treatment followed by 2 hours of recovery

Chronic pain requires the longer protocol because deeply entrenched central sensitization — the nervous system remodeling that keeps pain signals firing long after tissue damage heals — needs extended exposure to fully respond.

Your vital signs are monitored continuously. Dr. Ho or a member of his clinical team stays close throughout, checking in regularly. First-time anxiety is completely normal. Almost everyone tells us afterward that the experience was gentler and more peaceful than they’d expected.

When the infusion or injection ends, you’ll rest comfortably while the dissociative effects wear off. Most patients feel clear-headed within 20 to 60 minutes.

A few important notes:

• Arrange a ride before you come — you absolutely cannot drive yourself home
• Take the rest of the day easy, ideally with a trusted person nearby
• Hold off on major decisions, demanding physical activity, or operating machinery until the following day
• Our team will follow up by phone that evening or the next morning

At the carefully calibrated sub-anesthetic doses we use, significant adverse effects are rare. But we’re always just a phone call away if anything concerns you.

Ketamine doesn’t follow a one-and-done script. Some patients feel dramatic relief after their first session. For others, the shift is cumulative and builds across several treatments. Both patterns are perfectly normal.

Here’s the typical framework:

• Initial series: 6 treatments spread across 2 to 3 weeks for mood conditions
• Ongoing dose calibration between appointments based on your specific response
• A maintenance schedule tailored entirely to your needs — weekly, biweekly, or monthly
• Clinical reassessment at every visit to make sure your protocol keeps evolving as you do

This plan isn’t static. It adapts as your brain responds, your symptoms shift, and your goals change.