Exercise for depression and neuro-regeneration.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Before you pop that pill, walk briskly up some stairs or out in the fresh air. Cheaper, safer and more effective. Exercise …
Menu
SSRI
Do you or a loved one take SSRI drugs? Were you informed of the risks and benefits?
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Informed consent is the foundation stone of a civilized relationship among consenting adults. In medical practice, informed consent is the start of …
Do you or a loved one take SSRI drugs? Were you informed of the risks and benefits? Read More »
Depressed? Consider more than SSRI drugs.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Depression is more than a deficiency of synthetic patented SSRI medications. Don’t forget the lifestyle opportunities – exercise, while more challenging than …
SSRI drugs – careful, if you plan to get pregnant
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: SSRI drugs, initially FDA approved antidepressants are increasingly used for anxiety, PMS, and I am not joking… shyness. Originally prescribed by …
SSRI drugs – careful, if you plan to get pregnant Read More »
A new blood test for depression?
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Depression can be hard to accurately diagnosis and all too frequently is determined either by “intuition” (“clinical judgment) or simply on the …
Stay up late? Worsen risk of breast cancer.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: I have advocated for deep, restorative sleep and here is another reason. Note that most sleep medications “disrupt sleep architecture” (read it …
Oxytocin and Schizophrenia
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: A safe and potentially beneficial agent for those suffering with schizophrenia and from anti-psychotic drugs. Oxytocin Add on Study for Stable …
Nutritional Psychiatry – coming to a hospital near you!
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: The delight in being able to say “I told you so!” is massively overwhelmed by the sadness of the unnecessary tragic loss …
Nutritional Psychiatry – coming to a hospital near you! Read More »
SSRI no better than placebo.. worse actually.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Old news. Had the ‘scientific” journals reported the real and total science in the firest place, had the marketers not gagged the …
Emperor SSRI has no clothes
Dr. Weeks Clinic: Some straight thinking about the relative worthlessness (compared to placebo or exercise or vitamin B shots or even tryptophan) of SSRI antidepressants. …
