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Deprescribing Meets Brain Health
Helping you stabilize, taper, and live well before, during, and after psychiatric medication
Dr. Teralyn
PhD – Brain Health Consultant – Mental Health Reformer
This Work Is About You
You didn’t lose yourself to mental illness.
You lost yourself to numbness, disconnectedness, lack of pleasure.
All labeled as stability.
Side effects may include...
Clarity, confidence, and feeling like yourself again.
Start with a 10-minute consultation
Meet the Brain Health Authority
I'm Dr. Teralyn
Where the System Fails, I Step In.
Like you, I was failed.
I was left on antidepressants for years, functioning on paper, but slowly losing my sense of self.
Connection dulled. Relationships strained. Identity thinned out in the name of “stability.”
I’m a PhD-level clinician, nationally recognized brain-health expert, and frequent media voice on mental health and functional wellness. After more than two decades in the field, and living this from the inside, one truth became impossible to ignore:
People weren’t getting better. They were getting lost.
Not because they were weak or resistant, but because they were given prescriptions instead of answers, labels instead of understanding, and protocols that ignored how the brain actually works.
I watched capable, intelligent people, myself included, disconnect from clarity, energy, and agency because no one addressed the fundamentals: brain health, chemical imbalance due to medications, nutrition, hormones, thyroid and cortisol balance, inflammation, sleep, and trauma physiology.
That’s where the system failed.
That’s where I step in.
The Rulebook Was Wrong, So I'm Rewriting It.
The things most responsible for how we feel were the things the system wasn’t talking about.
That realization changed the entire trajectory of my work.
I shifted my focus to the science of functional brain health, digging deep into testing, nutrition, neuro-supportive strategies, movement physiology, metabolism, and nervous-system regulation. I began teaching what psychiatry never explained, and helping people understand the actual biology behind their emotions, their energy, and their sense of self.
Today, my work lives at the intersection of evidence, physiology, and lived human experience. I speak, teach, write, and advocate because people deserve real explanations, not dismissals, not assumptions, and not another prescription handed out in place of truth.
My mission is simple:
bring real brain science back into the mental-health conversation
and return people to themselves in the process.
Widely Trusted. Expert Approved.
Over 1000 Clients Served
More than 200 Media Features
Over 20 Years of Brain Health Authority
Dr. Teralyn (PhD) is a nationally recognized brain-health expert and functional mental-wellness specialist.
For more than two decades, she has helped people understand the biology behind their mood, energy, and clarity, bringing forward what traditional psychiatry and psychology overlook: nutrition, cortisol, inflammation, sleep, and lifestyle.
Her work has been featured across major networks and top publications reaching millions.
Why Tapering Failed You, Even When You Did It "Correctly"
Most deprescribing models focus on dose schedules and medical oversight alone.
What they miss is why tapering destabilizes people in the first place.
Common failure points include:
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Fear misread as relapse
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Trauma resurfacing during dose reduction
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Loss of identity once medication no longer buffers distress
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Biological vulnerabilities exposed and mislabeled as psychiatric illness
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Judgment collapsing under uncertainty
When these factors are ignored, tapering stalls, reverses, or becomes lifelong.
This work exists because medication reduction is rarely just a pharmacologic problem.
A Different Model of Deprescribing
This is a psychology-led, biology-informed approach with deprescribing integrated, not dominant.
Psychology
Psychology of Tapering
Psychology Leads the Process
Psychological stability sets the conditions for change.
Fear, memory, and reactivation are addressed directly rather than managed around.
Distress is evaluated carefully and differentiated from pathology.
Identity, agency, and judgment are strengthened as external supports are reduced.
The aim is not endurance during change.
The aim is to remove what makes change unsafe.
Biology
Nutritional Psychiatry & Root-Cause Biology
Biology Is Stabilized, Not Ignored
Long-term medication use often masks underlying biological stressors.
This work evaluates and addresses:
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Blood sugar instability and metabolic strain
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Micronutrient depletion
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Inflammatory and gut-brain contributors
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Sleep and circadian disruption
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Lifestyle factors misdiagnosed as psychiatric relapse
When physiology is supported, psychological symptoms often change meaningfully.
DePrescribe
DePrescribing (Integrated, Not Centralized)
Medication Is Adjusted Within a Stabilized System
DePrescribing occurs through:
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Collaborating prescribers, or
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Education and alignment of a patient’s existing prescriber
The goal is continuity, alignment, and restraint.
Medication decisions are made after psychological and biological conditions are addressed — not in reaction to fear or pressure.
Support Across the Entire Medication Arc
This work is not limited to tapering.
It applies:
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Before medication — when people want clarity, second opinions, or alternatives
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During medication — when stabilization, evaluation, or gradual reduction is needed
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After medication — when lingering symptoms, fear, or identity disruption remain
The common thread is restoring internal authority and biological stability so medication is no longer the only option.
Who This Work SERVES
Who Can Benefit From Deprescribing & Brain Health
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Individuals questioning long-term psychiatric medication use
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People who have tried tapering and become destabilized
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Those experiencing withdrawal misread as relapse
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Patients seeking root-cause clarity, not symptom suppression
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People who want to reduce or discontinue medication thoughtfully and safely
This work prioritizes judgment, restraint, and long-term outcomes.
It is also for clinicians and prescribers who want a more careful way to evaluate medication decisions, particularly in complex tapering or withdrawal contexts.
Who This Work Is NOT For
Who Is Likely Not Ready to Deprescribe or Work On Brain Health
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People seeking a quick fix
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Those wanting more prescriptions without deeper evaluation
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Individuals unwilling to engage psychologically or biologically
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Anyone who wants to be told exactly what to do without responsibility
- Those who are seeking more mental health diagnosis
This model assumes participation, not passivity.
Why This Model Exists
Most deprescribing models miss the point.
They focus on taper schedules or passive support,
sitting with your pain instead of fixing what caused it.
That leaves you enduring symptoms, fearing change, and feeling powerless.
You’re told this is safety. It isn’t.
This work stabilizes psychology and biology first.
Then reduction becomes possible, not frightening.
That’s the difference.
Reclaim Your Brain Health
Real Respect. Real Results.
“As a physician focused on brain diseases, I need trusted colleagues who can provide specialized care that goes beyond what I can offer myself in my practice. Dr. Teralyn has been an invaluable resource for my patients who need expert guidance weaning off psychiatric medication safely. Her thoughtful, evidence-based approach and deep understanding of the compexities involved make her someone I confidently refer to. My patients have been in excellent hands.”
“Dr. Teralyn is my go-to brain health expert for clients struggling with dependency. Her depth of knowledge, clinical insight, and ability to get to the root of what the brain needs make her the leading authority in this field. ”
I Love Dr. Teralyn!! She is so compassionate and smart. I love that she understands both nutrition and mental health issues. She is very helpful!
Meshaelle P.
Renee S.
“I tried for years to get off these medications but just couldn’t do it myself. Dr. Teralyn’s guidance and support have made all the difference.”
Laura D.
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