I’ve been reading your blogs and I’m trying to decide if my 12 year old son should be on GABA? He has ADHD, is impulsive, is a loner, craves carbs, and doesn’t do well or care about school. Can you tell me what supplement he could be deficient and where to purchase? He is currently […]
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Psychiatric Complications of Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Mild Hypercalcemia: anxiety, depression, anger, irritability, delusions and impaired cognition
In samples of patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), these disturbances have been identified at a rate of 43.1%–53.0% for anxiety, 33.0%–62.1% for depression, 22.0% for thoughts of death or suicide, 51.9% for anger and irritability, 5.0%–20.0% for hallucinations and delusions, and 37.3%–46.5% for impaired cognition. In fact, it has been noted that there […]
GABA helps ease symptoms of anger, rage, and dark moods (symptoms we typically associate with low serotonin)
As a result of this wonderful feedback from a mom in the online GABA program, I’ve been looking into GABA-anger connections. I’ve been trying to understand how GABA could offer similar benefits to tryptophan/5-HTP for anger, rage and dark moods, which we typically associate with low serotonin. She shares this: My son who is 19 […]
Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER) is an abrupt emotional “drop” that occurs in some women just before milk release
Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER) is an abrupt emotional “drop” that occurs in some women just before milk release and continues for not more than a few minutes. The brief negative feelings range in severity from wistfulness to self-loathing, and appear to have a physiological cause. The authors suggest that an abrupt drop in dopamine […]
“A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.” (Her schizophrenia was an untreated autoimmune disease)
Today I’m sharing some highlights from a recent eye-opening article in the Washington Post: A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry Before she became a patient, April had been an outgoing, straight-A student majoring in accounting at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. But after a traumatic event when she […]
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in children with autism – how much is behavioral and how much is due to low serotonin?
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a condition associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is a rare behavioral phenotype of ASD that is characterized by an overwhelming or obsessional need to resist or avoid demands, which can often lead to sensory overwhelm causing meltdowns and violent outbursts. Although children in general may often try to […]