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 surprising number of my patients with ADHD are
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 and libido, as the orgasm reflex is controlled
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. This is a non-answer. It fails to explain
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 surroundings. One report I came across, was that
Over my ten years in private practice, I’ve noticed that my patients with panic disorder are some of the nicest people. They tend to be compliant and eager to please. They are hesitant to be assertive, and they tend to
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 feuding schools— Freudian analysis, cognitive therapy, behaviorism— all
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 a 55 year old neuroscientist. She lives in
Those who suffer from panic attacks often feel their body is turning on them. As their heart beats out of their chest, as they get tunnel vision, there is a strange sense that their own body is outside of their
I have noticed over the years that many of my patients with panic attacks are afraid to take Xanax, even occasionally. I usually reassure them that if they take it a couple times per week no habituation will occur. And
