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Vyvanse for ADD/ADHD: The Water Titration Recipe
2007-11-15 00:00:00 Some have asked offline about clarification of the water titration strategy with Vyvanse, and this post is a brief clarification on that process. More About: Recipe , Water , Reci
ADD/ADHD Treatment Notes: More on Vyvanse
2007-11-13 00:00:00 Vyvanse offers considerable benefits over the best seller Adderall, but you have to know just a few points to get it right. More About: Treatment , Notes
Choosing a Consultant
2007-11-13 00:00:00 The variety of treatment choices is immense and so markedly diverse with many subspecialties; the choice can become quite overwhelming. Just how can one make an informed choice for their psychiatric medical professional? More About: Consultant , Ulta
Blood Supply and Brain Function: Insights from Cardiology
2007-10-29 00:00:00 Brain science and brain function cannot be considered without thinking of vascularity, blood flow, and the nutrients and oxygen carried by that good blood flow. Impaired blood flow often results in a broad array of psych symptoms that can effect affect [feelings] and cognition [thinking]. More About: Blood , Brain , Cardiology , Function , Insights
Recipe for Brain Function: Measuring Transit Time
2007-10-23 00:00:00 Brain Function , brain health, brain recovery and brain treatment all depend upon an essential, yet often overlooked bowel transit time measurement: From your mouth in the North to passage through the South. More About: Recipe , Time , Brain , Tran
SPECT Imaging Notes: Just looking is the first step
2007-10-13 00:00:00 Brain imaging in clinical practice is the next major advance in psychiatry.? More About: Notes , Step , Imaging
Gluten Sensitivity Beacons: Head, Face and Teeth
2007-10-07 00:00:00 Brain function diminished by gluten sensitive enteropathy - considered on any level - requires a full appreciation of the obvious facial features that walk into our consulting rooms. More About: Teeth , Face , Head
Gluten/Casein Sensitivity: Brain Function Deterioration
2007-10-01 00:00:00 Brain Function problems show on SPECT imaging downstream from gluten/casein sensitivity. Some can appear psychotic, as we have witnessed in our CorePsych office - and as reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine in that previous post linked above. More About: Brain
Brain Awareness: Milk Addiction/Withdrawal is Real
2007-10-01 00:00:00 The name of the two peptides with links here for further review [noting that authorities don't yet completely agree on this phenomenon] are casomorphin [a milk peptide] and gliadorphin or gluteomorphine [two names for the opioid peptide arising from partially broken down gliadin portion of the gluten protein in wheat. More About: Addiction , Milk , Awareness , Real , Brain
Sagience: Blending Age, Wisdom, and Science
2007-09-17 00:00:00 Sagience: For executives, professionals and counselors in the Baby Boomer Generation. If you are interested in the most complete series of presentations and discussions regarding the challenges of our baby boomer generation consider signing up: More About: Science , Wisdom , Blending
Insulin Resistance: Metabolic Syndrome Essentials
2007-09-16 00:00:00 The term Insulin Resistance at first sounds too technical, but in the end is one of the most pervasive and under appreciated hormone disorders. It can make you depressed, and/or can simply kill you. More About: Syndrome , Essentials , Essential
Brain Trauma, Alcohol, Drugs and.... Denial
2007-09-13 00:00:00 One of the reasons TBI so often missed: Post Concussive Syndrome appears more "behavioral" with impulsivity, looks more "narcissistic" to the celebrities and successful crowd, looks like ADD/ADHD to the increasingly aware medical professionals. More About: Drugs , Alcohol , Brain , Trauma , Denial
ADD/ADHD Treatments: Tips for Vyvanse
2007-09-01 00:00:00 You already know our regular CorePsych theme with ADD/ADHD and emerging brain science: the more we know the more we can have a positive impact. Vyvanse is a surprisingly forgiving stimulant medication. More About: Treatments , Tips
The Black Swan Flies: Call the Black Swan, Be Ready
2007-08-25 00:00:00 Taleb connects interesting observations from statistical analysis in economics to epidemiology and medical evolution... on the subject of acceptance - acceptance of real evidence, beyond statistical analysis. More About: Black , Swan , Call , Flies , Lies
Celiac Notes: Opiate Withdrawal from Gluten and Casein?
2007-08-25 00:00:00 You might want to warn gluten sensitive, celiac and casein sensitive patients about this very odd and painful clinical phenomenon: Withdrawal after stopping can be painful, exhausting, and depressing, with weakness, anger, and brain fog. More About: Notes , Celiac
Hard Evidence: Gluten Sensitivity and Neurologic Impairment
2007-08-21 00:00:00 Gluten Sensitivity: A neurological problem with gait, peripheral neuropathy, psychiatric and cognitive disturbances. Comments on testing with IgG Antigliadin Antibodies: Some facts for the medical readers and those interested in more information. More About: Evidence , Hard , Logic , Logi , Rolo
Adrenal Fatigue: New Findings at CorePsychPodcast
2007-08-21 00:00:00 If you think you understand burnout take a listen to this interview. Interestingly, Wikipedia thinks it's just a psychological term...
Why We Overlook Celiac and Gluten Sensitivity
2007-08-15 00:00:00 This is the first in a series of celiac and gluten sensitivity reports taken directly from an interesting series of posts by Dr Scot Lewey, a gastroenterologist who "gets it" with gluten sensitivity. and regularly reports on the downstream psych and neurological effects. More About: Celiac
Brain Blood Flow Gives Clues to Treating Depression
2007-08-11 00:00:00 The usefulness of established molecular imaging/nuclear medicine approaches in identifying the “hows” and “whys” of brain dysfunction and its potential in providing immediately useful information in treating depression are emphasized in a study in the August Journal of Nuclear Medicine. More About: Depression , Blood , Clues , Brain , Eating
PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Deep Psych
2007-08-09 00:00:00 At first PCOS looks like *just a hormone dysregulation,* but on careful review turns out to connect with multiple nutritional and metabolic issues, from thyroid, to adrenal, to carbohydrate addiction, to insulin resistance, and to many psych presentations More About: Syndrome , Deep , Psych , Poly
ADD/ADHD: Make it a Secret
2007-08-09 00:00:00 If you discover that you have ADD/ADHD, and seek treatment, do keep it a secret. Small town or metro DC it's all the same, most people you know or work with, just don't get it. More About: Secret , Make
Who Cares about Estrogen Dominance?
2007-08-05 00:00:00 In an unusual effort targeting a single chemical, several dozen scientists on Thursday issued a strongly worded consensus statement warning that an estrogen-like compound in plastic is likely to be causing an array of serious reproductive disorders in people. More About: Mina , Domin , Ares
Estrogen Dominance: Psych and Homones over at CorePsychPodcast
2007-08-02 00:00:00 We talk about unmonitored excessive estrogen from teen years and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, to midlife menstrual problems, endometriosis, fibroids, early hysterectomy... and on to problems with menopause. "Pervasive" does not begin to encapsulate this remarkably overlooked problem in our psych offices. More About: Psych , Mina , Domin
Conversations with the Masters: Dr Joe Dispenza
2007-07-30 00:00:00 Met a delightful new colleague out there, Dr Joe Dispenza whom you all should know, and can know, through his film work and his books. Joe was one of the most often quoted clinicians in "What the Bleep Do We Know?" More About: Masters , Conversation , Mast , The Masters , Aster
Gluten Sensitivity & Brain Problems: More References
2007-07-25 00:00:00 ust had a very interesting missive from a reader following up on my SPECT reference in the last post on celiac, gluten sensitivity and schizophrenia. He suggested two helpful sites for further information and conversation on these matters. More About: Problems , Brain , References , Sens , Ferenc
Schizophrenia and Celiac? SPECT Brain Evidence
2007-07-25 00:00:00 Brain evidence though SPECT imaging confirms out clinical observations about celiac, gluten sensitivity and severe psychiatric symptoms. And it was written in 1997! More About: Evidence , Celiac , Brain , Schizo , Schizophrenia
Brain and Bowel: The Gluten Mystery
2007-07-23 00:00:00 The Bowel and the Brain are connected: Gluten Sensitivity is one of the main culprits.Bowel And gluten sensitivity is often the underlying cause of silent celiac an important GI problem receiving more attention in the literature. More About: Mystery , Myst , The G
Essential Fatty Acids: CorePsychPodcast
2007-07-17 00:00:00 Tour over to CorePsychPodcast this weekend for a short audio overview some of the basics on Essential Fatty Acids [EFAs] as I interview Camille Gallinger, CN a nutritionist at CorePsych.
Mark Hyman on Acne: Canary in the Coal Mine
2007-07-17 00:00:00 Acne can be the tip of an iceberg: Iceberg Hyman has a great video on Acne and metabolic implications over at his Ultrametabolism Blog, a must see for anyone thinking that pimples are just a developmental problem More About: Acne , Coal Mine , Coal , Mine , Mark
The Williams Syndrome: The Unusually Gregarious Brain
More articles from this author:2007-07-10 00:00:00 The Willams Syndrome : A rare disorder of diminished social fear and little social savvy. Rare condition, helpful video, with genetic and, get this, bowel implications. More About: Williams , Brain , Liam , Usually 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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