Four Lokos drink is a malt beverage with 12% alcohol in a 23.5oz can. These types of drinks are called Alco pops. The four in the name comes from the 4 ingredients which are caffeine, taurine, guarana and alcohol. Problems with this drink are popping up across the country. Emergency room doctors are seeing people come in with alcohol poisoning. The reason for this is simple. Consuming one Four...
That dude in the little blue speedster flying down I-95 and using all three lanes to cut everyone off and pass them… what a total psycho! The captain of the high school cheerleading squad who’s demanding that her boyfriend work extra hours to pay for her hair and nails to get done every week… that chick is such a self-centered sociopath! We pin these labels on people easily, and often jokingly,...
http://206.189.200.158 ~ (561) 444-7044 Dr. Agresti, West Palm Beach Mental Health Specialist – Psychiatrist, explains what Bipolar Disorder is. He explains the manic side and the depressive side of bipolar disorder. Learn the extremes of the two different behaviors and some of the medications used to treat bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder medications and treatments should be ones that work...
There are a bunch of different sorts of depression medicines which are now available for the treatment of depression. More recent depression medicines have become accessible that are safer and more effective than the older depression medicines, and have fewer adverse effects. It is essential to take note though, that all types of depression medicines, even the newest and most well-known, present...
Opioids: History, Use, Abuse, Addiction How Did We Get Here? Anchored in the history, culture, religion, mythology, biology, genetics, and psychology of the earliest civilizations to the societies of present day, humans have long tried to balance the positive medicinal properties of opioids with the euphoric effects that have so often led to their use and abuse. Before we get into their history,...
How to Interact with the Mentally Ill The purpose of this piece is to help the reader how to interact, both verbally and nonverbally, with people with mental illness; and as a corollary, how to get them the help they need. It’s basically a list of do’s and don’ts that I have compiled in my head over many years of seeing patients and dealing with their loved ones… becomes sometimes the former are...
http://206.189.200.158 ~ (561) 444-7044 Dr. Mark Agresti, West Palm Beach Drug & Alcohol Detox Specialist – Psychiatrist, shares his in-office video that educates his patients on the symptoms, troubles and hardships of Bipolar Disorder. Learn about the manic and the depressive sides to bipolar disorder. Call Dr. Agresti today to get help with Bipolar Disorder. http://206.189.200.158 ~ (561)...
Migraine: Strategies to Treat It and Beat It Last week, I talked all about migraine. What do I hope were the takeaways? Well, there are roughly 10,000 known human diseases under the sun… of allll those diseases, I hope you learned that migraine is a very unique beast, thanks to a very unusual constellation of facts surrounding it: its striking capacity to debilitate (ranked first in neuro and...
Each year, about 9.9 American adults deal with it. That is roughly five percent of the overall adult population, give or take a few. Extreme depression is unlike the normal feelings of sadness, loss, or passing mood states that many people have. The condition is more persistent, and because of that persistence, it might significantly disrupt your thoughts, habits, mood, activity, and even...
A fugue state, formally dissociative fugue or psychogenic fugue (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13), is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality. The state is usually short-lived (hours to days), but can last months or longer. Dissociative fugue usually...
