Even these trivial, sometimes remedial actions mean something important in your health and in your relationships. We are so used to making big decisions, taking on big risks, big responsibilities, and big challenges that we trivialize and minimize the ultra small stuff (which may add up to big things). Whether it’s in financial investments, self-knowledge,Continue reading “My texting to a patient under my care. He has prolonged, severe anxiety, panic, and depression…”
Tag Archives: DEPRESSION
Imperfections = Opportunities
All around us, people who have high functioning autism, bipolar diagnosis, depression, anxiety, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, dyslexia, obsessiveness and compulsions, can be some of our more creative, more driven thinkers, creators, and producers. Now we are valuing imperfections in our AI: https://fortune.com/2024/12/24/ai-hallucinations-good-for-research-science-inventions-discoveries/ Charles Tadros, M.D. December 24, 2024 Saint Louis, Missouri
The lack of hope, the lack of being able to imagine a better future for oneself or for one’s family does not invariably lead to depression, despondency, inertia, a lack of will, or a lack of direction …
https://youtube.com/shorts/vkE70PIRSao?si=TJCSFT4hle0c_Zc3 All of us have to believe that our life situations are either acceptable, could get better, or will get better. Hope is not just an empty wish. Hope is life saving… not only for the person searching for it, but for the rest of us who are touched by that person’s life. Charles Tadros,Continue reading “The lack of hope, the lack of being able to imagine a better future for oneself or for one’s family does not invariably lead to depression, despondency, inertia, a lack of will, or a lack of direction …”
My text to a friend, in his 30s, whose depression is affecting his marriage, his fathering, and his work…
By the way, all of us have grown up with a certain level of rigidity, of structure, of expectations that have helped us judge ourselves, others, and the world around us. What I have found is that, often, what we already have in our heads is partly true, but sometimes the exact opposite (as wellContinue reading “My text to a friend, in his 30s, whose depression is affecting his marriage, his fathering, and his work…”
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is nondestructive, whole body muscle and tendon (not joint) achiness that waxes and wanes.
FMS is a chronic pain disorder, with abnormalities on functional MRI (fMRI) of the brain: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10489-1 FMS is often described,” like having (the achiness of) the flu”, or “like being hit (all over my body) with a baseball bat”, or, “like being run over by a bus”. Often, FMS runs in families. FMS is associatedContinue reading “Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is nondestructive, whole body muscle and tendon (not joint) achiness that waxes and wanes.”
Pediatric and adolescent angst…
https://nyti.ms/3e9luKJ Ci, the gender non-binary person from Utah, described the physical symptoms of panic attacks (not the physical symptoms of depression, as Ci had stated) starting in the 3rd grade. Both diagnoses can give debilitating symptomatology. Both diagnoses often cohabitate the same sufferer. The misinterpretation of symptoms (by a patient/client) and the misdiagnosis by aContinue reading “Pediatric and adolescent angst…”
The best non-drug therapy for self harming and suicidal teens…
‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens https://nyti.ms/3CxJeSQ Charles Tadros M.D. August 28, 2022 Saint Louis, Missouri
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND NEGLECT AFFECT US, BUT DO NOT HAVE TO CONTROL US…
Parents’ behaviors may range from somewhat to totally pathological. Often this is due to their own mental health issues, ignorance, how they were treated, or how they were taught to raise children. I’m a firm believer that our traumatized adults (who may have everything from personality issues, to depression, to anxiety, to PTSD to ADHD)Continue reading “CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND NEGLECT AFFECT US, BUT DO NOT HAVE TO CONTROL US…”
SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO SHOW US HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAINED, SADDENED, OR DESPAIRED. TOO OFTEN THESE PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE, OR CAN’T EFFECTIVELY USE THEIR WORDS TO DESCRIBE, THE MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY OF WHAT THEY FEEL OR WHAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED.
Expression of such strong emotions may lead to equally strong responses and reactions, such as: graffiti creativity and art piercings tattoos mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders self harm substance abuse high risk behaviors violence Charles Tadros, M.D. August 10, 2022 Saint Louis, Missouri
S.A.D. (SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER):
Depressive symptoms which happen during the shortened daylight period between November and February. Is treatable with 30 minutes of light/light box therapy used in the morning. ( therapyhttps://northernlighttechnologies.com/product-category/nlt-products ) Of importance… if a person has depression throughout the year, but symptoms are worsened during November to February, then this is not seasonal affective disorder, butContinue reading “S.A.D. (SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER):”