Author: Dr. Thomas Cook

ADHD is a Superpower

Over the years, I’ve noticed something in my ADHD patients. Despite having an intellectual disability, most of them excel at life in general. They excel compared with most people I know. A

Wellbutrin — Why Pharma Disguised It

According to a 2023 statistic, Wellbutrin is the 3rd most common antidepressant prescribed in the United States. It’s frequently offered as an alternative to SSRIs like Prozac and Lexapro. SSRIs suppress orgasm

The Benefits of a Bad Trip

Ask a psychiatrist why depression is so prevalent in people eighteen to twenty-five years old. The likely response is that college is a time of academic pressure, life transitions, and brain development.

Bad Trips— A Critique of Medical Opinion

Bad trips do sound horrific. People who smoke DMT have reported seeing entities with grinning faces jeering at them mercilessly. Others say they lost all sense of self and melted into their

Science Isn’t Consensus

In the 1970s, psychiatrist Dr. Robert Spitzer was embarrassed. In his mind, psychiatry wasn’t as respectable as neurology or oncology. It was rather like something out of ancient Greece, with the various

Is the Color Purple an Illusion?

Are you familiar with any good arguments for the soul? Many people today don’t know any. Here’s one I think you should know: the qualia argument. It runs as follows: Mary is