They're called dissociative drugs because they block the transfer of sensory information into the brain. The hallucinogenic effects occur partly because the brain starts making stuff up to compensate for the lack of input. That's a gross over-simplification, of course.

Part of the antidepressant effect from dissociatives occurs through the stimulation of axonal dendrite growth - the brain grows new connections. One way of seeing this might be that it makes new possibilities apparent, thereby offering a route around the entrenched patterns of thought and behaviour that can make depressive states so intractable.

I'll admit here, I'd need to go over the literate again before being able to go into more depth on this one. There are pointers toward this type of information on the forum if you search for them. It can be pretty tricky working out what terms to use in order to optimise that search, especially if English isn't your first language. The technical nature of the matter compounds the challenge.

I find it a pretty boring substance anyway. It does have a very distinctly psychedelic edge to it, at larger doses. I even get quite powerfull LSD-like visuals from it.

But it remains a very shallow drug for me. From a recreational point of view, wich is the main reason for most people taking it, i even find it pretty inferior to cannabis, wich is a thousand times safer. Even though it can be much more powerfull.

And it is unbelievable how it dumbs you down. I can not form a single coherent thought when i'm on it.

I once tried to open a carton of orange juice when i had taken it. And for some reason it had one of those child-safe screwcaps on it. You know, one of those screwcaps that you have to push down and screw at the same time. I don't know why the hell this would be needed for cartons of orange juice, maybe the manufacturer thought it would be an extra selling point or something.

But i just couldn't open it
That's how stupid you become on this substance.

I also don't like the taste and smell of it. If you snort it, it realy leaves a toxic smell and taste, i find.

No, from a psychedelic point of view this is not a gem in my opinion.