The Surprising Truth About Withdrawal From Stimulant Medication: An Insider's Guide

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@kelly-dl6zp 29 күн бұрын

As a provider, it’s so important to take vacations off your meds. No one needs 20 mg of a stimulant 3 times a day. It’s frustrating to see providers set their pts up for failure and not paying attention to pt overall well being. Prolonged use can cause early dementia as well.

@AR41283 22 күн бұрын

Can you do a video on distinguishing between ADHD-Inattentive symptoms and anxiety/depression symptoms? I read about many adults receiving an ADHD diagnosis after decades of treatment for depression/anxiety and years of trying various antidepressants/anti-anxiety meds to no avail. How can patients advocate for themselves when faced with providers who insist on what may be the wrong diagnosis?

@pkmnlvr1498 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this channel.I'm medical student and your videos help me a ton!

@LevelheadedMind Ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad you find the videos helpful. Good luck with school 😊.

@pkmnlvr1498 Ай бұрын

@@LevelheadedMind Thank you so much ❤❤❤

@nawafpsy 18 күн бұрын

Thanks

@LevelheadedMind 18 күн бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@nawafpsy 18 күн бұрын

@LevelheadedMind this channel deserves much more support than I did💯💯💯💯💯

@Pleasegoaway44 Ай бұрын

Hello ma'am this is Neha. I am grateful to you for considering my suggested topic . You gave me the details which i had never thought about. Thank you so much ma'am. 😊 and for upcoming videos i wish to suggest different topic. I study medicine abroad so i can try to come back with few unique topics. Do let me know if I m allowed to suggest topic with due respect to your approach ma'am. Regards Neha

@LevelheadedMind 29 күн бұрын

Hi Neha, thank you for your video topic idea. As a channel member you get priority to answers to your questions as well as video topic ideas. So if you have any more topics or questions for me to discuss, I will be happy to do so! 😊

@AbedAlRahmam 28 күн бұрын

Please we want a video for medications for insomnia, I tried many but in vain and i cant sleep, i tried mirtazipine and quitiapine and many others

@angel.heart007 29 күн бұрын

Not necessarily a withdrawal question. I have terrible anxiety. Especially health anxiety where anything health related can trigger my anxiety. Headaches, palpitations, stomach pain etc… causes my anxiety attacks. I used to be on klonopin and Zoloft. I weaned off for about 2 yrs. My anxiety returned and I’m on lexapro now. Now I have lots of jawclen hing, nausea and headaches. Could Zoloft be better or what should I do?

@LevelheadedMind 29 күн бұрын

Those are adverse effects you are experiencing from Lexapro. Have you tried therapy? That would be safest approach and can be very effective. If you are determined to stick with medication despite all the risks including antidepressant withdrawal, I would suggest getting a genesight test to see which medications your body can metabolize more easily with less risk of side effects. Also make sure you don't have nutrient deficiencies, commonly with this it can be B12, Folate, Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamin D and Omega-3s.

@angel.heart007 24 күн бұрын

@@LevelheadedMind I was in therapy for a while. It helped to give me techniques to try and help but not enough. I spoke to my doctor a few days ago and I’m back on Zoloft. I’m not sure how I can request for those test you recommend. I can ask or maybe contact a special lab? Thank you so much for recommending it. I’ll def look into that.

@LevelheadedMind 9 күн бұрын

If you're in the US your psychiatrist should be familiar with Gene testing. Companies like genesight and genomind make it easy for your doctor to order the test.