Elon Musk admitted to using ketamine to combat depression
Elon Musk admitted that he regularly uses ketamine as prescribed by a doctor to combat depression. The billionaire spoke about this in an interview with journalist Don Lemon.
The Tesla creator explained that sometimes he experiences low moods and depressive episodes, and ketamine helps stabilize his mental state. “Sometimes I get a kind of negative chemical in my brain, like depression, I guess. And ketamine helps a person cope with a bad mood,” Musk said, adding that he has a prescription for the drug from a “real doctor” and he uses "a small amount every two weeks or something like that."
The billionaire considers his depression to be genetic and denies drug abuse, noting that he is almost always sober. "If you use too much ketamine, you can't really work. I have a lot of work, I usually work 16 hours a day... so I'm not in a situation where I don't have mental stress for an extended period time".
Last October, Friends star Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine.” The actor died in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 55; his body was discovered in the jacuzzi by his assistant.