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...
Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday — it’s a brain chemistry festival disguised as comfort food and mild family chaos. Every dish on the table has a personality, a purpose, and a nutritional story that your nervous system pays attention to… even if you don’t. Let’s...
When Schools Pressure Parents to Medicate: What You Need to Know Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Parents today face increasing pressure from schools and educators to medicate children for behavioral or attention concerns. From 504 Plan or IEP meetings to...
Do Kids Really Need Adults to Teach Them Coping Skills? In today’s culture, children are often surrounded by adults eager to teach coping strategies. Schools run social-emotional learning programs, parents coach children through emotional challenges, and therapy...
Psychiatric Diagnosis as Social Control: Are Normal Life Experiences Being Pathologized? In recent years, mental health diagnoses have come under scrutiny for potentially pathologizing normal human experiences. Critics argue that some psychiatric labels are used as a...
When Psychiatric Medications Steal Your Pleasure — and No One Seems to Care Imagine sitting across from a provider and finally working up the courage to say:”I can’t feel pleasure anymore. I don’t want sex, I don’t think I even like my partner and it’s...
