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My take on the recent visit of Kanye West to the Oval Office may be different than yours. In a 10 minute rambling monologue that left even President Trump speechless, Kanye touched on a wide range of topics, from replacing Air Force One to abolishing the 13th amendment. I am bothered by how the spectacle . . . → Read More: A Bad Day For Understanding Mental Health Care–The Kanye-Trump Show The last few mornings I have been reading and meditating on the following passage from a book entitled The Still Point Dhammapada: “By giving up a lesser happiness one may gain a much greater one. Let the wise give up the lesser to attain the greater.” As I sat, repeating that passage to myself . . . . → Read More: Getting Better: Choosing a Greater Happiness  Leave a comment  ADHD, anger/irritability, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, medical illness, medication, meditation, mood stabilizers, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, parenting, stimulants, stress management, temper dysregulation disorder, therapy  anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, diet, exercise, Hartman, medication, meditation, mood stabilizers, psychiatric medication, SSRI Once again . . . I find I am on the receiving end of another doc’s desperate attempt to control symptoms. The layering of medicine on top of medicine is an inherent problem in Western Medicine. After all, we are spending more and more of our hard earned dollars to go to see someone for . . . → Read More: Peeling The Onion–More Is Not Always Better Leave a comment antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, depression, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, therapy antidepressants, anxiety, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, depression, Hartman, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, philadelphia psychiatrist, psychiatric medicine, Psychiatrist, side effects, SSRI, therapy, treatment resistant depression I came across a journal article lately that highlights an area of great concern for me and for others in the mental health world. A research paper published in the August edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry (a dense and difficult to read tome), identified a massive increase in the use of antipsychotic mood . . . → Read More: The Quick Rush To Medicate Comments are closed ADHD, anger/irritability, antipsychotics, bipolar disorder, FDA, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, parenting, school issues, temper dysregulation disorder, therapy Abilify, ADHD, anger, bipolar disorder, Hartman, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, Philadelphia, psychiatric medication, Risperdal, Seroquel, seroquel xr, side effects, suicidal ideation I am encouraging you to go to Philmont Guidance Center’s Facebook page and listen to a 6-minute video I uploaded there. Get past the boring talking head thing (psychiatrists tend to be a bit dry sometimes) and LISTEN to what he is saying and THINK about what this will mean if the trend is generalized . . . → Read More: Advocating For Access To Mental Health Care . . . It Is Time For Us To Stand Up For What Is Right Comments are closed ADHD, anger/irritability, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, ECT, FDA, medical illness, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PMDD, PMS, R+R, stimulants, temper dysregulation disorder, therapy, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation ADHD, antidepressants, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, Hartman, medication, philadelphia psychiatrist, suicidal ideation, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation, treatment resistant depression Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly have made a few appearances lately, telling their story of bravery and determination following the horrific shooting in January that left Giffords near death. Giffords’ has made a near miraculous recovery, due in large part to a hefty dose of luck, and the determination of those around her, . . . → Read More: In Sickness and In Health . . . Lessons Learned From My Patients Comments are closed ADHD, anger/irritability, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, depression, medical illness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PMDD, R+R, relationships, stress management, therapy anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, Gabrielle Giffords, Hartman, Mark Kelly, Philadelphia, relationships, therapy, TMS, treatment resistant depression I have finally reached a situationally stable period of time in my life, and asked my Dr about reducing my meds. I was taking so many – 300 mg Buproprion, 1500 mg Valproic Acid, 600 mg Carbamazepine, 1 mg Clonazepam, 600 mg Seroquel, and 200 mg Lamotrigine. Ee gad! I have been diagnosed Schizoaffective,or . . . → Read More: Is It Worth It To Stop Your Medicine? . . . Only Time Will Tell Comments are closed antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, bipolar disorder, depression, fish oil, medication, meditation, mood stabilizers, relationships, stress management, withdrawal symptoms antidepressants, bipolar disorder, depression, Doylestown, Flourtown, Hartman, Huntingdon Valley, Klonopin, medication, medication side-effects, meditation, mood stabilizers, philadelphia psychiatrist, psychiatric medication, Psychiatrist, side effects, wellbutrin I have been on medications for almost 11 years. I have been through so many. and At the present time I am on Effexor xr 150mg, Prozac 40 mg as the Dr. was trying to wean me from 225 of the effexor xr and add the prozac. 1 mg of xanax 4 x’s a day, . . . → Read More: Ask Three Docs . . . Get Four Opinions . . . 2 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, depression, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers antidepressants, anxiety, benzodiazepines, depression, discontinuation syndrome, Effexor, Hartman, Klonopin, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, philadelphia psychiatrist, prozac, seroquel xr, SSRI, Xanax Anne writes in . . . (I) am currently taking effexor. effectiveness marginal. still depressed and still anxious in social circumstances, perhaps, I just need more time with that aspect. what, if any other drug might I combine with the effexor to help with the depression? The first step, of course, is to make sure . . . → Read More: Making Effexor more Effective for depression and anxiety Comments are closed antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety, benzodiazepines, depression, medication, medication side-effects Abilify, antidepressants, anxiety, benzodiazepines, Effexor, Hartman, Klonopin, lithium, medication, medication side-effects, philadelphia psychiatrist, therapy, treatment resistant depression, wellbutrin, Xanax Whenever a new medication or new technology hits the market, there is always a learning curve for both the public and for practicing physicians. Tempering the excitement about receiving/delivering help with a dose of skepticism is healthy. It keeps the public and physicians from being bamboozled by snake oil salesmen. That is the whole idea . . . → Read More: Paddling Upstream . . . Figuring Out The Role Of TMS In The Treatment Of Major Depression 4 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, antipsychotics, depression, ECT, FDA, fish oil, medical illness, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation Abilify, antidepressants, Effexor, fish oil, Hartman, Lexapro, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, nutritional products, philadelphia psychiatrist, Pristiq, psychiatric medication, SAMe, side effects, SSRI, suicidal ideation, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation, treatment resistant depression, wellbutrin, Zoloft |
   
Dr. Daniel G. Hartman, aka The Sidewalk Psychiatrist, manages and works at The Philmont Guidance Center, just outside Philadelphia. Learn more about Philmont Guidance Center. |
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