by Dr Teralyn | Feb 11, 2026 | ADHD, antidepressants, Anxiety & Depression, Anxiety and Depression, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory
The conversation around psych meds is finally shifting, but tapering conversations are still missing the most important framework: the psychology that determines what the brain predicts, fears, amplifies, or calms during medication exit. Most deprescribing models...
by Dr Teralyn | Feb 4, 2026 | Mental Health & Anxiety, PSSD, Psych Medication Tapering, psychiatric medication, Smarten Up Your Brain
Most psych med deprescribing conversations start with taper math, timelines, and dosing increments, but the true missing piece is the psychological landscape the brain must traverse when it loses a chemical it was conditioned to depend on. Withdrawal is not simply the...
by Dr Teralyn | Jan 28, 2026 | ADHD, antidepressants, Anxiety & Depression, Anxiety and Depression, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, medication tapering, medication titration
The missing piece in most psych med deprescribing conversations is psychology. Not therapy culture psychology, not mindset memes, but the deeper truth: the brain interprets withdrawal through expectation, past experience, identity, fear, relief, and meaning. Taper...
by Dr Teralyn | Jan 12, 2026 | Anxiety and Depression, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory
Meditation has an image problem. Somewhere along the way it got filed under woo-woo, optional, or “not for serious people with real trauma.” It became the thing people roll their eyes at right before saying, “I tried it once and it didn’t work.” Meanwhile, millions of...
by Dr Teralyn | Jan 5, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, medication tapering, medication titration, Mental Health & Anxiety
I was prescribed an antidepressant in month five of my pregnancy, not because I had been diagnosed with a depressive disorder, but because my OBGYN asked if I had postpartum depression in my first pregnancy. I answered with uncertainty, “I think so.” That uncertainty...
