Freaky Phobias Hello, people… welcome back to the blog! Last week, we finished a two part series on N-acetyl cysteine, the latest and greatest amino acid supplement that’s showing major promise in helping to treat some heavy hitting psych disorders, especially bipolar depression. This week, I want to talk about a very intriguing topic… phobias. What is a phobia? A phobia is an irrational fear...
Your Brain on the Holidays Your brain is always busy, but it feels busier during the holidays, and rightly so. There’s a lot for it to think about during the holiday season: what to buy, for whom, and how much to spend, how to make time to visit family as well as friends, how to dodge certain co-workers at the office Christmas party, and hopefully how to squeeze in holiday naps in between eating...
Conversion disorder is a condition in which patients present with neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fitswithout a neurological cause. It is thought that these problems arise in response to difficulties in the patient’s life, and conversion is considered a psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition...
Xanax Withdrawal Welcome back, people! Last week we continued our foray into all things Xanax and talked about dependence and use disorder. The next step in the chain- withdrawal- can be a special kind of beastie, definitely deserving of its own blog, so this week will be all about Xanax withdrawal. As I mentioned last week, some folks can take their bit of Xanax a couple of times a day as...
Since it’s pretty clear you people really like reading about all things tangential to sex, I don’t mind indulging your secret freaky sides every once in a while. Hey, far be it from me to deny you! So in that spirit, this week’s topic is…. wait for it…. Sadomasochism. The Oxford Dictionary has this to say: [sey-doh-mas-uh-kiz-uhm] noun interaction, especially in sexual activity, in which a...
http://206.189.200.158 ~ (561) 444-7044 Dr. Agresti, Psychiatrist in West Palm Beach, Florida, talks about his preferred medications for treating depression. Depression is more that just feeling sad for a few days. Psychological symptoms of depression are sadness, lack of desire for fun, hopelessness helplessness, despair, worthlessness, guilt, thoughts of death and dying. The physical...
Hello, welcome back to the blog, people! We’re continuing our look at thyroid disease. Last week, we took a pretty deep dive into diagnosis, especially lab tests. I mentioned that the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test is considered by most practitioners as the gold standard test, as it regulates the release, and therefore balance, of the thyroid hormones T4 and T3. A T4 (thyroxine) test is...
Hello people… hope everyone had a great weekend! This week, I’m going to finish up our discussion on the big D… vitamin D! Last week, we talked about how it’s not actually a vitamin, it’s really a hormone. And unlike most vitamins, it can be synthesized in the body, provided there’s sufficient skin exposure to the sun- it doesn’t take much- maybe 10 minutes two or three times a week. If you...
In psychiatry, adjustment disorder (AD) is a psychological response to an... Agoraphobia Without a History of Panic Disorder is an anxiety disorder... Not to be confused with agraphobia, agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer... Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can...
The Dark Side of OCD Hello, people… welcome back to the blog! We had some bigtime issues with our website, so we had to take a short blog break… but our IT guy got it sorted, so we’re finally back! Our last blog continued the discussion of OCD subtypes, and I went over Scrupulosity OCD, the obsession with morality and good versus evil, and Sexual Orientation OCD, the obsession with one’s “true”...
