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It is so easy to get distracted. I have so many goals for myself. This blog is certainly one of them, but it is only the tip of the iceberg that you see. And this goal started to be a goal several years ago. I have had some of my goals for years and . . . → Read More: Keeping your eye on the ball  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  anxiety, depression, medication, relationships  cognitive therapy, depression, distraction, happiness, sadness And so . . . the holiday season is upon us. The Christmas decorations have been in the stores for weeks, the music is on the radio . . . and what if you just . . . don’t . . . feel it. A visitor to the blog writes in . . . . . . → Read More: Holiday Blues (Part I)–a Thanksgiving message for us all One comment - (Comments are closed) anxiety, depression, parenting, relationships, therapy depression, holiday blues, Thanksgiving When well meaning advocates for kids with mental health issues speak of “labeling” a kid . . . one of the “labels” that they talk about is Oppositional Defiant Disorder, aka ODD. This is an issue that goes way back to when the disorder was first characterized and diagnostic criteria were formalized. The criteria for . . . → Read More: Oppositional Defiant Disorder Comments are closed ADHD, anger/irritability, anxiety, depression, medication, relationships anger, Oppositional Defiant Disorder Very. OK, I guess you want more than that for an explanation, right? This is an issue that comes up frequently. Since many of the medications that we use to treat other issues can potentially aggravate an underlying Bipolar Disorder, psychiatrists have been increasingly conservative in their prescribing and more aggressive in probing for latent . . . → Read More: Minimal Bipolarism–how cautious do you have to be? Comments are closed antidepressants, bipolar disorder, depression, medication, mood stabilizers, stimulants antidepressants, bipolar disorder, mood stabilizers I get numerous inquiries about how to stop antidepressants. I get the impression that most people want to stop on their own, and not in collaboration with their psychiatrist. As always, I recommend that you change medicine only after consultation with your doctor. If you don’t feel like your doctor will listen to you, then . . . → Read More: Tapering antidepressants . . . more art than science 4 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, depression, medication, medication side-effects, withdrawal symptoms antidepressants, depression, medication, side effects OK gang . . . its October!!! You know what that means????? It time to . . . MEET THE TEACHERS!!!! I don’t mean that passing by at the end of “back to school night” thing where you ask “how’s Raoul doing?” What do you think the teacher is going to say “Oh my GOOOODDDDD, . . . → Read More: Time to meet with the teachers!!! Comments are closed ADHD, anger/irritability, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, relationships, school issues I put the following comments in back to back for a reason. Read on . . . K writes in to say . . . I find being on so many medications made everything worse- not all- but most. The side effects where at times unbearable. But when I was on so many…it made . . . → Read More: Doped Up On Too Many Medications??? Comments are closed antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, depression, medication, medication side-effects, mood stabilizers, therapy Can anyone else feel the earth moving? I don’t know if it is just getting back to work after time off or getting up earlier to get my kid to school, but I am dragging this week. You don’t have to suffer from seasonal depression to appreciate how dark it is in the morning and . . . → Read More: Seasonal Depression . . . "tis the season . . . " On the search engine terms on my blog stats the other day, I had “combining Effexor and Cymbalta” listed multiple times. LIKE 25 TIMES. Seems someone had a question that was not getting answered too quickly. It brought to mind, once again, how mysterious these medications can be to people. To most folks (and some . . . → Read More: Combining Effexor and Cymbalta–a good example of what not to do 3 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, depression, FDA, medication, medication side-effects There comes a time in my work with some of my patients that I have to stand back and say . . . “what are you doing???” When patients come in with a cascade of difficult problems, the knee jerk reaction is to change the medicine. Initially, this might be adding an antidepressant (say . . . . → Read More: Trial of no medicine–knowing when to stop and think 4 comments - (Comments are closed) antidepressants, anxiety, benzodiazepines, depression, medication, medication side-effects, therapy |
   
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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