A woman named Marianne messaged me wanting to know how to get off of Klonopin, which is a benzodiazepine, or benzo for short. She has been taking them regularly for more than twenty years, which is a very long time to be on a benzo. That will certainly complicate things. Before I go into how to stop taking benzos, I want to tell you what they are and what they do.  What are they? Benzos are...

At some point in our lives we might experience depression. Depression is described as a feeling of unhappiness, dissatisfaction, loneliness, or having negative thoughts towards oneself or to other people. Nonetheless, if the feelings become overwhelming and continue to appear, which can substantially impact your health and your everyday routine, immediate care and attention needs to be sought....

Everyone feels down at some time. It’s common to feel sad. If you are feeling sad most of the time, and the feeling is starting to impact your grades, relationships, and your behavior in many ways, then the issue might be more than just the blues. It might be teen depression, a major health problem that approximately four out of a hundred teenagers suffer with each year. The signs of depression...

They are medications used to detox people from opiates like Roxycodone, Oxycodone and Loretab. These medications can also be used over long periods of time like months or years to continually block the cravings for opiates. This is extremely important valuable. You can take someone who is addicted to Roxycodone also known by the street name “blues”, and detox them painlessly with Subutex...

Depression is a mood disorder that manipulates every part of daily life. The illness impacts all sectors of the population in each socio-economic group, from kids, adults, and the elderly. This frustrating illness controls the mind, behavior, body, emotional state, and can even conclude the ability to maintain relationships. Clinical depression is a medical finding, and is different from the...

Anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the United States, making it the most common mental health condition in the country. Untreated anxiety can affect every facet of life, making it difficult to relax, to achieve success in a work environment, to have fulfilling hobbies, and to maintain close relationships with family and friends. While there is no cure for anxiety, there are ways to...

www.dragresti.com ~ (561) 444-7044 Dr. Mark Agresti, West Palm Beach Mental Illness, Drug & Alcohol Detox Specialist — Psychiatrist, discusses how to assess persons contemplating suicide. The “whys” are not as important as other questions when speaking to someone talking about committing suicide. Dr. Agresti explains in this video. Call Dr. Agresti today to get help if you or a loved one is...

Element 3: Better for Batteries or Brains…or Beverages??? Think back to chemistry class, when you studied the periodic table of the elements. You may remember it as being just a confusing jumble of letters and numbers. But our daily lives would be very different without element number 3. It’s a key component in the batteries that power our smartphones, laptops, and even fancy-schmancy Teslas....

Time to Log Off? Technology addiction, electronic addiction, digital addiction, social media addiction, internet addiction, mobile phone addiction…. No matter the name, the common thread in these addictions is that they’re all impulse control disorders that involve the obsessive use of mobile phones, internet, and/or video games, despite the negative consequences to the user of the technology....