A personal account of considering and undergoing ketamine therapy for anxiety, without seeking spiritual rebirth but rather a straightforward brain tuneup.
As I considered ketamine therapy for anxiety, I wasn’t looking for spiritual rebirth. I just wanted a straightforward brain tuneup, like getting a car serviced. In 2020, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. My body was treated with targeted therapies, but emotionally, I was vacillating between existential dread and crippling anxiety. Antidepressants, talk therapy and meditation couldn’t make a dent.
I couldn’t summon the willpower or prolonged attention span needed to tackle my taxes or the unfinished writing assignments strewn across my desk.I found my way to a Los Angeles-based clinic that specializes in ketamine therapy. Each visit would cost $675, and after three denials, I won approval for coverage of approximately 70 percent of the cost. I told my doctor that I was skeptical of quick fixes and was not interested in psychedelic tripping. “Tripping is not an essential part of getting well with ketamine,” he sai
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