Natasha Tracy Mental Health Speaker and Educator
Why do bipolar medications sometimes seem to stop working? This article explains medication tolerance, antidepressant tachyphylaxis, lithium re-treatment problems, breakthrough mood episodes, and other reasons treatment may lose effectiveness—plus what to discuss with your doctor before changing a medication.
Keto for bipolar disorder is getting attention in metabolic psychiatry, but what does the research actually show? Here’s what current studies say about ketogenic diets, bipolar symptoms, possible benefits, serious risks, and why keto is not a proven replacement for standard bipolar treatment.
Strua is a refreshingly practical mental health app with evidence-based tools for anxiety, stress, sleep, mood, and emotional overwhelm. In this independent review, I explain why its thoughtful design, short exercises, strong privacy practices, and no-pressure approach make it an app I actually love.
Doctors being “paid to deprescribe” antidepressants isn’t the shocking new development RFK Jr. makes it sound like. Deprescribing has always been part of medical care. What’s new is the political spin — and the stigma it creates around antidepressants, doctors, and the people who rely on mental health medication.
Robert Kennedy Jr. is now coming after antidepressants as part of his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) nonsense. 1 He's claiming that antidepressants are overprescribed and dangerous. He wants them deprescribed. And while it would be great if people didn't need to take antidepressants — or any other medication for that matter — antidepressants are life-saving and health-creating medications for…