Photo by Jeremy Yap on Unsplash I want to share with you a few very different situations that I have encountered in my clinical work that are all unified by single diagnosis. I was doing a home visit at the request of a wife who wanted me to assess her husband. He was unwilling to…

Metal in the brain is bad right? Not always. In fact, there are some metals that our brain naturally has in it. These are called endogenous metals. There are some that are in significant amounts like iron, zinc, and magnesium. Others are present in trace amounts like cobalt, selenium, and lithium. That last one, lithium,…

There are many ways to journal, but this is a format that I come back to over and over again when I’m not sure where to start. Three things I’m proud of myself for. Three things I’m grateful for. What am I feeling? What is contributing to those feelings? Is there anything to be done?…

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash So… I’ve been feeling depressed lately. For me, the experience has been primarily emotional. That is, I’m not getting a lot of physical symptoms like crushing exhaustion or a lack of pleasure from things. I’ve just felt down, frustrated, dissatisfied, and sad. I’m not sure that I’ve ever had…

Picture This       You have been worried about your mom’s memory. You notice that she has been missing your phone calls more often, and when you go to visit her, you see subtle signs of something being amiss. A little more mail piled up than before, some questionable left-over pills in her pillbox,…

In my latest video, I reacted to a thread on the Threads app, where people talked about their therapist red flags. From DMing a client on Instagram to telling a client that ADHD is not real, there were some crazy responses. Watch the full video above or see the summary below. Electric Jello by Dr….

I got the following question from a follower in the context of a broader conversation about their concerns, and since it is a common topic that I am asked about, I thought I would include it here. In this post, I am going to tackle the discussion of antidepressants, especially SSRIs, and whether they cause…

Veracruz Harpist On Sunday, I was lucky enough to get together with my wife, my girlfriend, my kiddos, and two of my very best friends (the aunties) for brunch at a relatively new spot in town. The food and wine were delicious, the weather was beautiful, in the shade of the trees over head, and…

I am very aware of scams. It’s part of my role as a neuropsychologist and providing care to elderly people and those with cognitive impairment. For obvious reasons, these populations are huge targets for various scams. Each month, I hear stories about romance scams, IRS scams, sweepstakes scams, pre-paid ambulance service scams, grandchild scams, and…