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What is Cyclothymia? – How is it different from bipolar disorder?
What is cyclothymia and how is it different from Bipolar disorder? In this video I compare the symptoms of bipolar disorder versus cyclothymic disorder, discuss when it starts and whether or not it turns into bipolar disorder. In short,...
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Three Signs Your Mania Is Coming (The Manic Prodrome)
What are the early signs that you're getting ready to have a manic episode? We call these early signs the prodrome. Being able to detect early signs of a manic episode can be helpful in either preventing the episode or lessening the...
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What Happens To Your Mind if You Don't Sleep
What happens to your mind if you don't sleep? Not enough sleep affects your memory. One of the things that can happen if you don’t sleep it changes your thinking abilities and impairs your memory. The first way sleep deprivation impairs...
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Unipolar Mania | Can you Be Manic and Never Depressed?
Bipolar disorder is a disorder where you have reoccurring episodes of depression or mania. Because these mood states are opposite in nature and say they have opposite polarity. It’s like a magnetic pole that has opposite ends of...
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Taking Melatonin Correctly for Night Owls
This video talks about how to take melatonin correctly when your problem sleeping is falling asleep too late. People who are charged up in the evenings can spend a lifetime battling their body's natural drive to go to sleep later. Low...
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Why Do Antidepressants Take So Long To Work?
Antidepressants can take anywhere from 2 -6 weeks to see a therapeutic effect. You may notice a little improvement sooner than that, but the usual is weeks. There's a couple reasons for this. The first is due to the way the drug works....
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What is Narcolepsy and What to Do About It?
What is narcolepsy? It’s a neurological disorder that results when your brain is unable to regulate your sleep wake cycle. In this video I will discuss how to recognize narcolepsy and how it is treated. Two of the classic symptoms are...
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The Adderall Effect: Strategies for Minimizing the Crash
The Adderall Effect: Strategies for Minimizing the Crash
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What Happens To Your Body When You Don't Sleep?
What happens to your body when you don’t sleep? Here are the take away points: Poor sleep puts you at risk for weight gain, diabetes and worsening ADHD (especially in children). These negative health effects occur with chronic poor...
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Understanding Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders can account for many sleep problems. There are many people who have an irregular body clock and they just don’t know it. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders occur when there is a mismatch between the...
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The Sleep-ADHD Paradox: Why Can't I Get a Good Night's Sleep?
Did you know that many people with ADHD also have sleep problems? Research is showing that the disorder itself changes your circadian rhythm. That’s what this video is about.
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The Connection Between Anxiety and Stomach Problems
There’s a bidirectional relationship between gastrointestinal disorders and anxiety. This relationship is thought to be controlled by a gut-brain connection. Research studies have concluded that there is signaling between the gut and the...
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Why you’re an emotional sponge and 5 Tips for Better Boundaries
Do you seem to take on other people’s emotions and then have trouble managing them? In this video I answer a viewer question and discuss two reason you can be an emotional sponge: 1. Having low emotional intelligence 2. Being a people...
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How Your Gut Bacteria Controls Your Mood
Your intestines has about 39 trillion microorganisms in it. And yes I said trillion. We call this collection of organisms the microbiome and it consists of mostly bacteria, but also viruses and fungi. Collectively it weighs about 3...
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Sleep Eating with Sleeping Pills - 4 Ways to Avoid
Sleep eating with sleeping pills. It's not that uncommon and we call it complex sleep behaviors. Other behaviors include sleep driving, sleep eating and sleep texting. Sleep driving is commonly associated with the sleeping medication,...
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Minor Depression versus Major Depression - How To Tell The Difference
Do you know the difference between minor depression and major depression? In this video, I talk about the key differences between these two types of depression and offer tips on how to get help if you think you might be suffering from...
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Springtime Mania - 3 Ways to Prevent It
As we move from winter to spring into summer, we get longer days and more exposure to sunlight. As such, you may notice your mood ramping up. But it’s not how much light you're exposed to, it’s the rapid change in light that makes the...
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Restless Legs Syndrome and Sleep
There are two main movement disorders that are responsible for sleep problems: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD). RLS afflicts between 9% and 15% of the general population. That’s not a small amount...
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Night Terrors vs Nightmares - How To Tell The Difference
Night terrors (also called sleep terrors) are parasomnias. Parasomnias can occur during rapid eye movement (REM sleep), or they can occur during the non-REM sleep. Most of your sleep is non-REM and only a portion of your sleep is REM and...
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Is Hearing Voices Ever Normal?
In general when we hear that someone is hearing voices, we believe that the person is experiencing a psychotic episode. Psychosis is a break from reality and not knowing what’s real and not real. Usually hearing voices, also called...
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25 Summer Signs in ASL | Sign Language Vocabulary
In this bright and sunny video, we'll teach you how to sign the most fun and essential words and phrases related to the sun-soaked season of summer! Whether you're a beginner or have some knowledge of ASL, this video is perfect for...
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7 Questions To Ask To Check Your Mental Health – Mental Health Awareness Month
May is #mentalhealthawareness month. In this video I give you 7 Questions you can ask yourself to do a mental health check in.
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ADHD Vs Bipolar Disorder - How To Tell The Difference
With ADHD and bipolar disorder you can have trouble thinking, be hyperactive, feel disorganized etc. That’s how the symptoms overlap. This video I discussed how these two disorders can be distinguished from each other. I discuss how they...