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4 Things to Check Before Taking an Antidepressant

What if I told you that the vast majority of the time, taking an antidepressant for depression is like taking a Tylenol for a shard of glass in your foot. Wouldn’t you rather just remove it?...

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Do 5 Million Americans Really Have Bipolar Disorder?

“I have Bipolar disorder”

…say 5.7 million Americans.

These patients have been labeled, categorized, and offered an understanding of themselves as diseased, sick, and permanently...

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Are You Ready for Personal Transformation?

About a year into our journey together, having weaned off of two psychiatric meds, Sandra began to struggle with muscle aches. She had learned a tremendous amount about herself in the past year...

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David Perlmutter Interview

Here’s what two renegade doctors have to say about what depression is, what it isn’t, and how to reverse it.

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What You Don't Know About Depression

Adapted from A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan, MD

If you’re diagnosed with depression, then chances are you can relate to any of the following: persistent distress, malaise,...

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Depression: It's Not All in Your Head

Psychiatry: A Very Special Specialty

Psychiatry, unlike other fields of medicine, is based on a highly subjective diagnostic system. Essentially you sit in the office with a physician, and you are...

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So Long Coffee, Hello Turmeric Latte

Turmeric "Coffee" Alternative

In the height of my residency training, I was up to 6 cups of coffee a day. Granted, at least once a week, I was awake for a forced-all-nighter, but I took any...

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Postpartum Depression Screening: Prevention or Problem?

Medicine, in it’s truest form is a beautiful testament to the human condition. We are in this together. When one struggles, others support. We are fundamentally compassionate, loving beings,...

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Probiotic Power: Dissolving Depression

Are you sick of hearing about good bacteria yet? I’m not. I’m loving the near deluge of literature decimating germ theory and forcing us to revisit all existing medical science.

To...

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Kelly Brogan MD Celebrates the Life of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez

Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez’s passing is an unthinkable loss for so many who were inspired, transformed, and saved by his work. He was a clinical genius, an activist, and a visionary that changed...

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Psych Meds Put 49 Million Americans at Risk for Cancer

With one in five Americans taking a psychiatric medication, most of whom, long term, we should probably start to learn a bit more about them. In fact, it would have been in the service of true...

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Antidepressants: No Diagnosis Needed

With 11% of Americans on antidepressants and one in four women of reproductive age, one would assume these pharmaceutical products are well-studied and clinically indicated. As I have discussed,...

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