Serotonin is a brain chemical, also called neurotransmitter that plays a role in controlling your mood and anxiety. Low levels of this in your brain contribute to depression and anxiety. Therefore, many of the medications...

Have you ever heard of metabolic syndrome? It’s something you should know about if you take antipsychotic medications. All of the antipsychotic medications increase the risk...

Why do antidepressants kill your sex drive? Sexual side effects are a common unwanted medication side effect. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter or nerve chemical that plays a role regulating your mood. But it also does affects...

Schizoaffective disorder as a combination of schizophrenia and a mood disorder either bipolar disorder or depression. Where does the term affective come from? In psychology there’s a concept called the ABC’s of the...

What is cyclothymia and how is it different from Bipolar disorder? In this video I compare the symptoms of bipolar disorder versus cyclothymic disorder, discuss when it starts and whether or not it turns into bipolar...

Did you know that many medications are derived from plants? For example, salicin from willow bark is the basis for aspirin, and valeric acid from valerian root is chemically modified to make Valproic acid, which psychiatrists use to...

Akathisia is a side effect of some medications mostly antipsychotics, antidepressants and antiemetics with are medications prescribed for nausea and vomiting. Some of these medications are ondansetron, brand name Zofran and promethazine...

If you can't seem to get better from your depression treatment. There my be other factors that are contributing that you may be able to change. In this video we look at other causes of depression.

Bipolar disorder is a disorder where you have reoccurring episodes of depression or mania. Because these mood states are opposite in nature and say they have opposite polarity. It’s like a magnetic pole that has opposite ends of...

Many people with bipolar disorder know their triggers, but what about those who experience mania with no diagnosis? In this video, we explore the surprising and sometimes overlooked causes of mania and how they can be detected and managed.

This video talks about how to take melatonin correctly when your problem sleeping is falling asleep too late. People who are charged up in the evenings can spend a lifetime battling their body's natural drive to go to sleep later. Low...

Are you Socially Anxious? What’s the difference between social anxiety disorder and being shy? That’s what I’m discuss in this video. I also discuss how we treat social anxiety disorder. I discuss the medications we use in social...

This is part two of a series on women's mental health. The first video was on postpartum depression, what it looks like and how it harms your baby. This video is on how we treat postpartum depression. This would be depression...

Food has varying effects on your medications. They can Reduce how much of the medicine is absorbed, they can INCREASE how much is absorbed or they can delay when the medication is absorbed.
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There's been a lot of hype about weight loss medications lately. Are they for you? Psychiatric medications are guilty of causing enough weight gain to push someone into the category of obese. Today there are several different types...

Do you have trouble sleeping? Millions of people do, and for many, prescription sleeping pills are the answer. But before you pop that first pill, there are a few things you should know. In this video I discuss three important factors to...

Emotional Blunting with antidepressants. Many people who take antidepressants will say they feel flat, numb or like they can't experience normal emotions. In this video I discuss why that happens and what can help it.

Do stimulants change your personality? If you look this question up on the Internet you will probably find that the short answer is no. But if you really do a deep dive into the research on how these...

It’s estimated that 25% of people develop tolerance to their antidepressant medications. This medication tolerance issue was first noticed in the early 1980’s when we were using Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors,...

Usually we think of someone who is moderately to severely depressed as being very sad and unresponsive to things. Maybe even zombie like. But that isn’t always how it looks. But when it does look like this, we call...

Combination therapy is very common in bipolar disorder because different medications have different purposes. The medication that gets you better, may not be the same medication that keeps you better.
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Antidepressants are not addictive in the way that we think of or define addiction.
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ADHD and relationships issues: 11 tips to fix them. When you look at ADHD and marriage and ADHD and dating problems, you see that the disorder can cause many problems on both sides. Many...

Did you know that about half the people with bipolar disorder, spend more time in one phase over the other and which phase that is can make a difference in how well you do? This video explains this pattern and how it can make a...