Elon Musk’s Ketamine Addiction Out of Control and He’s In Denial
Elon Musk’s Ketamine Addiction Out of Control and He’s In Denial
Elon Musk doesn’t believe that his regular ketamine use should concern his investors, as long as his businesses keep raking in profits.
“What matters is execution,” Musk noted during an interview on “The Don Lemon Show” on Monday.
“Tesla is worth about as much as the rest of the car industry combined … so that’s pretty good,” he added.
The 52-year-old said — “From an investor’s standpoint, if there is something I’m taking, I should keep taking it.”
The Space X founder told Lemon, 58, that he only used the prescription drug “once in a while” when he is in a “negative chemical mind state.” Musk revealed that he normally takes a small dose every other week.
He noted — “It’s not a common thing.”
The X owner went on to praise the drug as a mood booster, telling Lemon that the dissociative anesthetic is “helpful for getting one outside of a negative frame of mind.”
The tech mogul did not confirm that he had received a depression diagnosis, but described “times when [he has] sort of a negative chemical state in [his] brain like depression.”
Musk pointed out that his work ethic reflected that his sobriety was not an issue. He added that he did not typically do hard drugs or drink alcohol.
“If you use too much ketamine you can’t really get work done and I have a lot of work,” he explained. “I’m typically putting in 16-hour days. That’s normal for me, and it’s rare for me to take off even a weekend day, so I don’t really have a situation where I can be not mentally acute for an extended period of time.”
He said — “I can’t really get wasted because I can’t get my work done.”
Musk cut ties with Lemon after sitting for the interview.
Ketamine usage can be harmful or even fatal if not consumed responsibly, as was the scenario for actor, Matthew Perry. In December, the “Friends” alum died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” per the autopsy report. Drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine, an opioid, were also listed as contributing factors to his death. Comedian, Pete Davidson, has also reportedly used ketamine to treat mental health problems.
Neuroscientist and physician, Dr. Bankole Johnson, told Page Six at the time that Perry had likely been using the drug recreationally at the time of his death.
“It would be questionable medicine to provide ketamine to someone also using buprenorphine — a true recipe for disaster,” he told the outlet.
Johnson explained that ketamine is “generally safe when administered by trained health professionals in a medical setting for the treatment of depression or post traumatic stress disorder.”
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