Rewire & Thrive

I Slept 16 Hours a Day and Still Couldn't Get Out of Bed" — William's Story

Dr. Dee Bonney

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For 17 years, William Floyd lived in the wilderness. Undiagnosed. Untreated. Just surviving. Then a decade of medications that partially worked, and then didn't. By the time he came to see us in November of 2024, he was sleeping 16 hours a day. Couldn't get out of bed to shower. Couldn't drive his son to Little League. Couldn't walk through a gas station because crowds felt overwhelming. His wife had quietly become his caretaker. And he was, in his own words, eye-deep in the water barely getting enough air.

Six IV ketamine infusions later, he came out of the initial series and the depression was gone.
Weeks after that, his wife started crying on the couch. When he asked what was wrong, she said, "I'm just so happy I have my person back."

This 42-minute conversation is William's story from the wilderness years through the darkest
three years of his life to the day his son had his dad back at Little League.
It's for anyone who is:

- Sleeping too much and still exhausted
- Watching a spouse quietly take on more of the parenting load
- On a third or fourth antidepressant that isn't holding
- Wondering if this is just who they are now