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SSRI medications: Some facts and thoughts

10/3/2021

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​Sometimes clients ask what I think about a particular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication that you're considering taking for anxiety or OCD. More often, you tell me you want to come off your SSRI.
 Clients who say this have usually been taking SSRIs for 10 years or longer and frequently share that "It helped me at the start but it's not helping anymore."


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The OCD series: Part 9 - Useful blood tests

8/1/2021

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​The following blood tests are worth requesting from your family doctor/GP if you have been struggling with...
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) anxiety or depression
  • fatigue
  • mental health changes
  • maternal mental health changes (OCD, anxiety, depression).
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​If your doctor wont order all or some of these tests (sometimes there are public health funding reasons for this), it’s worth investing in having them done via a private lab. It will cost more but then you have a baseline to work from as you work on your health. And as you focus on improving your health, blood tests only need to be repeated once every six to 12 months at most.


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Why we oughta drink more water

20/5/2019

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Aim to have pee that matches 1, 2 or 3!
Did you know your body is made of around 60% water? That water's key roles include carrying oxygen to your cells, regulating your blood pressure and body temperature, helping to eliminate wastes and toxins, and dissolving nutrients and transporting them throughout your body. Pretty amazing, huh!

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The OCD series: Part 8 - Things that make me better, things that make me worse

23/1/2019

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I'm sharing a list of things that can spike or worsen my OCD, rumination, anxiety, and stress. AND a list of things that have supported my recovery from 19 years of OCD, that make me feel happy in my soul, and which help to quiet my mind.


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Why we need to talk about nutrition and mental health

8/1/2019

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People sometimes tell me they wouldn’t have thought there was a link between nutrition and mental health. I believe that by growing our awareness of the link between nutrients, mental health and mental health problems, we might reduce the stigma of mental health problems. We might create a shift where more people seek and find answers to their mental health struggles and go on to live happy and productive lives.
 
Nutrition builds your physical foundations   right down to your cells. Cells that make up your brain and nerves, your hormone-secreting ovaries and testes. Cells that make up your heart and lungs, your complex, amazing digestive system. Cells that make up your blood. Immune cells that fight infections and keep you well.
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