“Some people say ketamine makes them feel like a marshmallow.”
That’s how the ketamine clinic’s therapist explained it to me through my computer screen during our initial meeting. I’d already asked several people what ketamine would feel like, and each time I got a slightly different answer. But the overall consensus was that I’d feel floaty, that I might see things, and that I might feel relaxed or unnerved. My greatest fear was having a panic attack during the experience. “We can always give you something for that,” the therapist assured me.
My recent path to ketamine treatment was at least 20 years in the making. I could no longer remember what it felt like not to be depressed, and not reflexively jump to the worst possible outcome of any scenario. I could not remember what it felt like to want to exist. The isolation and tragedy of the pandemic saying goodbye to my unconscious grandmother over a screen, living through my own Covid-19 infection after taking eve
US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.
“After being sworn in this morning, I’m honored to share that I’ve been appointed by” Joe Biden as the president’s Malaria Coordinator to lead the US president’s Malaria Initiative, Raj Panjabi said on twitter. “I’m grateful for this chance to serve,” he added.
Born in Liberia, Raj Panjabi and his family fled the county during its civil war and arrived in the United States as refugees in the 1990s.
Washington, February 2
US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.
“After being sworn in this