I recently sat down with Dr. Lisha Antiqua to explore the inconvenient truths of modern psychiatry–and what you can do to thrive despite them. In this podcast episode, I answer: Do psychiatrists want you to feel disconnected and numb? How can psych drugs make trauma worse? Do psychiatrists really get paid by pharmaceutical companies? Are [...]
Can ice baths be used as an alternative treatment for depression? Can a brain zap ever be therapeutic (and not just a horrendous side effect of SSRIs?) As a holistic psychiatrist on a mission to understand alternative avenues of healing, I prefer to immerse myself first-hand in potential treatments before recommending them to my patients. [...]
In my recent interview, I spoke with author R. L. Kramer about my journey from prescribing neurotoxic medications in an emergency room in New York City to launching my own holistic practice where I take people off of medications instead. R. L. has a book coming out soon, "Hocus Focus: Coming of Age with ADD [...]
In my recent podcast interview, I spoke with Debbie Nelson from Alternative to Meds Center. Their residential facility offers specialized services for individuals looking to withdraw from psychiatric medications and explore holistic approaches to mental health. Their unique philosophy prioritizes a well-rounded, interconnected approach to understanding and promoting overall well-being. During our conversation, we explored [...]
Psychiatric medications can lead to a physiological dependence that causes torturous and horrendous withdrawal symptoms - an experience that countless people describe as the worst of their lives. It's critical to understand that these symptoms can masquerade as the original illness or distress, making the process even more challenging. I recently had a powerful conversation [...]
What a pleasure it was to spill the beans about mainstream psychiatry with Caitlin Pyle from the Missdiagnosed Podcast! Episode Notes: Dr. Kendra Campbell is a board-certified psychiatrist with a wealth of experience in mainstream psychiatry -- and she lived to tell about it! In this bombshell interview with Dr. Campbell, you'll get an inside [...]
If you’re reading this right now, it’s meant for you or a loved one and this could save someone’s life, so please keep reading. Here’s the dirty little secret that doctors don’t want you to know: If people knew the actual risks of taking antidepressants, no one would EVER agree to take them. Millions of [...]
From multiple huge studies, we know that antidepressants don’t work any better than sugar pills for treating depression. However, unlike sugar pills, they rob people of the very emotions that make them human. Millions of people are currently taking an antidepressant believing that it’s treating their anxiety, depression or pain. The truth is that antidepressants [...]
You are the blueprint for your healing journey in life. I can never know exactly what is going to work for a person that comes to see me as a patient. I have a lot of knowledge, information and resources about mental health that I can offer but I can never know exactly what the [...]
What I find more and more in acting in the role of a psychiatrist is that I am reassuring people that their symptoms of "mental illness" are actually NORMAL HUMAN RESPONSES to the situations they were in and the conditioning that shaped their minds. Anxiety, panic, depression, OCD, often even mania & psychosis... when you [...]
