Sorry to hear about your wife’s experience. I have never heard of such an intense schedule. In my experience it’s either an ivy or a sublingual session once every 7-14 days.
As with any psychoactive medication, taking it too often sounds physically and mentally exhausting. In this specific case it’s even more unusual as all guidance I saw in regards to ketamine therapy mentions that the post-session period of integration is critical to the success of this whole process. So having sessions back to back is pretty unusual.
The first place I did it, years ago, followed the same schedule - IV 3 times a week for 2 weeks, then followups tapering off until an equilibrium is found (either with no followups eventually or periodic "booster" doses). I was told at the time that this was the common practice, and it did seem to be from the other places I looked at.
The second place I did it was willing to try repeating the exercise.
I think the first went out of business in the last year or so, but they were around for years, so they did get plenty of business for some time.
(I also always recall a couple of times I was there - the infusions were done in an office setting, with insulated but not totally soundproof walls, and sometimes one of the other patients was _VIOLENTLY_ loud, screaming repeatedly for long stretches.
...that said, I looked a couple times, and those patients were coming in and leaving unescorted, so they did not appear to be there under duress, and one might conclude they thought it was helpful despite that, which tracks with my own understanding of how it can be violently intense for people with trauma, but often the trauma is less sensitive, for lack of a better word, afterward.)
I'll also point to my comment[1] from a prior thread about ketamine for a summary of my own experience.
As with any psychoactive medication, taking it too often sounds physically and mentally exhausting. In this specific case it’s even more unusual as all guidance I saw in regards to ketamine therapy mentions that the post-session period of integration is critical to the success of this whole process. So having sessions back to back is pretty unusual.