Supplements and Vitamins and Herbs, Oh My!
Are you tired of feeling like your anxiety is the boss of you? Do you want to take control and show it who's boss? Well, have no fear (except for the...
Cough Medicine for Depression?
This blog entry touches upon the same issue that was detailed in the “What’s In a Name..” blog entry of November 2020. Medications are "born” with...
A Terrified Man
Winston came to see us when he was 58, with the diagnosis of health anxiety, which in the old days would have been called hypochondriasis. He became...
What’s in Your Genes?
Carl was 47 years old when he first came to see me. He had his first depressive episode in his mid-twenties. It responded well to an...
Ketamine Dreams 1
It is immensely gratifying for us to see the robust response to ketamine in some patients, especially since many of them had struggled...
Through the Stomach to the … Brain!
It has become increasingly clear that there is a two-way connection between the bugs living in our gut and the activities occurring...
Ketamine Dreams: Visions of Sand and Stars in Patient Narratives
One type of feedback we collect from our ketamine patients is a narrative description of their experiences during the “trip”. It is hard to remember...
Taking Control of Cravings
Cravings for drugs or alcohol are controlled by a variety of brain chemicals, including norepinephrine, dopamine, and...
Psychotherapy during Ketamine Trip
Carla is a 48 years old woman, the owner of a car dealership, a gregarious woman with a very busy life. No one would ever suspect...
I Feel Better, Now What???
Jack was a married man in his mid fifties. He came to see me due to chronic depression, feeling down and lacking motivation, unable to enjoy...