Neurofeedback worked wonders for me at the beginning of my withdrawal process. It stopped a life-long depression in it's tracks, I got off my antidepressant and then off about 1/2 of my drugs with the help of neurofeedback. For the drug naive it very well may be helpful in staying off meds to begin with.... Continue Reading →
Children and meds again…
A lot of people get excited when they see articles like this in the LA Times today. I'm getting sick of them. They simply don't go far enough: 'I need these pills refilled," the weary mother says, displaying an array of empty bottles on the desk in my office. "My son is bipolar." The boy,... Continue Reading →
“Madness” as a spiritual and awakening journey
A reader passed on this piece to me in an email. I wrote the author and asked permission to publish it here. I highly recommend you look at his entire website. The man is doing truly inspired and wondrous work that had it's inception in a spiritual emergency that he writes about below. Another version... Continue Reading →
A quote and some inspirational links to follow
"A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us." -- Deena Metzger It comes from this... Continue Reading →
On giving
(this time I have a bit of commentary at the end) Khalil Gibran from the book The Prophet: Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving." And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions... Continue Reading →
Top 101 Fascinating Brain Blogs
I was pleasantly surprised and mildly shocked today when Dr. Charles Parker's Blog, CorePsychBlog led me to the list "101 Fascinating Brain Blogs." I've gotten used to not being taken particularly seriously outside of the strictly mental health "consumer" blogosphere, so this was nice. Most people aren't aware of my professional background as I generally... Continue Reading →
The loss of sadness
From Scientific American: Jonah Lehrer, the editor of Mind Matters, asked Allan Horwitz, professor of sociology at Rutgers University, and Jerome Wakefield, professor of social work at New York University, a few questions about their recent book, The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Illness. LEHRER: In your book, you take... Continue Reading →
Message in a dream
I had a dream this morning. My brother, who died a little more than a year ago, the only family member I felt a real connection to, came to me and held my hand. He said, "I thought you'd realize by now that this is how Nature works." I responded, "I just didn't think Nature... Continue Reading →
Direct to consumer advertising or pharma corruption 101
I wrote this about a year and a half ago. It's been updated and slightly edited. Most of this info is probably patently obvious to many of my readers, but I know the enormity of this stuff really just started hitting me a couple of years ago, so I think it's worth talking about here... Continue Reading →
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