Bromantane vs Ketamine for mood
Short answer: For mood, users rate them about the same: 95% report improvement with Bromantane (74 reports) and 97% with Ketamine (62 reports).
Bromantane has 1 meta-analyses and 0 randomized trials on PubMed; Ketamine has 854 and 1,957.
Based on 518 reports about Bromantane and 141 about Ketamine. Not medical advice.
| Bromantane Supplement | Ketamine Medication | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 69%helped186 reports · high confidence | 65%helped65 reports · medium confidence |
| Verdict | Mostly positive | Mostly positive |
| Research | BResearch: Moderate | AResearch: Strong |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 1 / 0 | 854 / 1,957 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Mood % reporting improvement | 95% (74) | 97% (62) |
| Energy % reporting improvement | 96% (90) | 100% (3) |
| Focus % reporting improvement | 89% (70) | 100% (3) |
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | 96% (46) | 90% (10) |
| Performance % reporting improvement | 89% (9) | — |
| Common side effects | jitteriness, insomnia, headache, irritability | dissociation, headache, fatigue, insomnia |
| Typical dose reported | 130 mg / daily | Not listed |
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Nutrients, 2021 ↗“Bromantane will reset dopamine baseline and stim tolerance but it also gives me crazy energy like a kid again.”
Compared with etomidate, ketamine probably results in more hemodynamic instability during the peri-intubation period and appears to have no effect on successful intubation on the first attempt or mortality. However, ketamine results in decreased need for the initiation of vasopressor use and decreases adrenal suppression compared with etomidate.
Crit Care Med, 2025 ↗“One thing that has really helped me tremendously, without the nasty side effects of SSRIs, is Ketamine infusions.”
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