by Dr Teralyn | Mar 25, 2026 | Anxiety & Depression, Anxiety and Depression, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory
One of the strangest contradictions in addiction treatment is this: people are told they are born with a broken brain, specifically a dopamine signaling problem, yet there is no clear proof this is true. Even more confusing, when addiction is framed as a dopamine...
by Dr Teralyn | Mar 17, 2026 | antidepressants, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, medication tapering, medication titration
Both the addiction community and the mental health community rely on the same core idea: that some people are born with a broken brain. This belief is often called the broken brain theory or chemical imbalance theory. It suggests that people develop addiction,...
by Dr Teralyn | Mar 10, 2026 | Anxiety & Depression, Anxiety and Depression, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, medication tapering, medication titration
Many people wonder how a therapist or psychologist can help someone come off psychiatric medications if they are not allowed to prescribe or stop medications themselves. The answer is simple. Getting off psych meds is not mainly about prescriptions. It is about...
by Dr Teralyn | Feb 16, 2026 | Anxiety & Depression, BRAIN HEALTH, Health and Wellness, In the News, In the News, In the News, In the News
Ilia Malinin didn’t describe a physical mistake. He described sequence. “Right before I got into my starting position, all the negative thoughts just rushed into my head. All the negative, traumatic experiences. I’ve been through a lot. Being the Olympic gold hopeful...
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 | 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...
