Oof. This didn’t age so well. In Matthew Perry’s book, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, published in 2022, the actor opened up about his past drug use as the “Big Terrible Thing.” But he also spoke about the drug that ultimately killed him — ketamine.
When discussing that one, however, he only had good things to say. It should have been a huge red flag… Matty’s use of the drug began as ketamine therapy.
The Friends star had started using the hallucinogenic drugs under medical supervision as part of a treatment plan for depression, during which doctors would combine ketamine with the anxiety medication Ativan — and it worked wonders.
Until, as we all know, it became the problem. Related: Matthew Perry & Brooke Mueller’s Dangerous Connection Explained The comedian recalled it feeling like “being hit in the head with a giant happy shovel.” He remarked: The 17 Again alum openly struggled with addiction for much of his adult life, so his description of the drug is pretty harrowing now.
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