This Is Your Brain On Drugs Psychiatry Podcast
von Cody Armstrong, MD
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E76 Obesity Medicine: How Deception Works, How I've Been Deceived, and Corrections I'm Making
So today I wanted to do an episode about deception in health information. How do these deceptions work and how to detect them. We don't all have the knowledge or time to go through the literature with a fine toothed comb, and even those lik
QT7: Quick Take #7: Why Is Adderall A Mixture of Salts?
Today I do a deep, deep dive on Adderall, aka Mixed Amphetamine Salts, and I attempt to answer my own questions, "Why are there 4 different salts in Adderall?" I mean I get that there is a mixture of levo and dextro, but why the sulfate, as
E75: ADHD: Stimulants: Adverse (Side) Effects
So, we've talked about every stimulant medication for ADHD under the sun and we understand them pretty well. Next, I will be discussing the adverse or side effects of these medications. What are the most common ones? Which should we take mo
E74 Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Barriers to Healthy Eating
Well, we've gone through all of the information about nutrition. What's healthy. What't not. How to eat better. As well as the scientific evidence for improved nutrition and mental health. Today on the last episode in the series I will be d
E73 ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Adhansia XR, Focalin, Azstarys, Modafinil (Provigil), and Armodafinil (Nuvigil)
Today I will finish talking about the methylphenidate formulation medications. This will be part 3 of 3 of the truckload of methylphenidate medications. I'll discuss the now no longer available Adhansia XR, the dexmethylphenidate products,
E72 Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Scientific Evidence for Diet Improving Mood
Well, I've finally made it to the end of my nutrition talks and to round that discussion out, I will be going over the scientific data and evidence for improving your mood through improving your diet. There's actually a fair amount of studi
Quick Take #6: Nov 25 Updates! Part 2: Seltorexant, Fecal Transplant, and Ketogenic Diet for Depression? LSD for Anxiety? Vomiting in Pregnancy Associated with Depression? And More!!!
It's almost January and I'm releasing Part 2 of my November Updates. Today I'll be discussing several topics. Seltorexant, Ketogenic Diet, and Fecal Transplants for Depression. Consta is generic. Uzedy and Lumateperone have new indications.
E71 :ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Daytrana, Quillavant XR, Quillachew XR, Aptensio XR, Cotempla ODT-XR, and Jornay PM
Today I will continue talking about all the methylphenidate formulation medications. This will be part 2 of 3 of the truckload of methylphenidate medications. I'll discuss the patch Daytrana, the long-acting liquid Quillavant XR, the long-a
E70: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Cholesterol, Protein, and Healthy Foods for your Brain
Today I will be rounding off my information on macro and micronutrients and diet advice, so it's a bit of a hodgepodge. I'll cover cholesterol and protein, and then I'll talk about healthy foods for your brain. These are foods I've been tal
Quick Take #5: Nov 25 Updates! Part 1: Guanfacine for Catatonia? Doxycycline for Schizophrenia? More Data on Pramipexole for Depression? Is Vortioxetine Anti-inflammatory? And More!!!
I'm finally putting out part 1 of my November updates episode. I recorded it a while back but its hard to put out 2 episodes in a week! Today I'll be discussing several topics. New information for you and me on mechanisms of action of vorti
E69 ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Ritalin, Methylin, Metadate, and Concerta
Today I will start talking about the methylphenidate products. I'll start with the oldest ones, brand names Ritalin, Methylin, Metadate, and Concerta. This includes capsules, tablets, liquids, and the special osmotic capsules used by Concer
E68: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Fats: Saturated Fats and Seed Oils
Today I will be talking about another macronutrient, fats or fatty acids. I did an overview of fats in our omega-3 fatty acid episode, but I didn't really go into detail about the other fats, and there is a lot of controversy surrounding th
E67: ADHD: Stimulants: Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse) and Amphetamine Base Medications
Today I will finish the amphetamine medications that we talked about on the last episode. I will be discussing lisdexamfetamine or Vyvanse(r) and the amphetamine base medications, Evekeo(r), Evekeo ODT(r), Dyanavel XR(r), Adzenys XR-ODT(r),
E66: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Fructose and Artificial Sweeteners
Today I will be continuing with ultra-processed foods and the sugar, fructose. What is it? Where does it come from? What does it do in the body? And why is it a problem? I mean this stuff comes from fruit and fruit is good, right? So, how h
E65 ADHD: Stimulants: Dextroamphetamine and Mixed Amphetamine Salts (Adderall)
Today I will start discussing the stimulant medications used for ADHD. I will be starting with the amphetamine medications. First, I'll talk briefly about methamphetamine, which is actually a prescribable option, but then I will cover all o
E64: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Ultra-Processed Foods
I've been waiting a long time to do this episode. It seems like ultra-processed foods are being talked about a lot this day, but what exactly are they, and what's bad about them? Which ones should we avoid and which ones should we not worry
E63: ADHD: Introduction to Stimulants
On today's episode from my ADHD season I will be introducing the stimulant medications. I'll do an overview of all of the stimulants that we will be discussing on the following several episodes. I'll discuss what symptoms you can expect to
E62: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Ketogenic Diet
Today I will be covering a very controversial topic, the ketogenic diet. I thought it appropriate to discuss it now while I was going over nutritional aspects of mental health. So, first I'll talk about carbohydrates; what they are, what th
E61: ADHD: Medication Aspects to Consider
On today's episode from my ADHD season I will be talking about the aspects to consider when deciding which medication to choose. I'll talk about why you might consider amphetamines versus methylphenidate. Next, I'll discuss aspects to consi
E60: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Nutrition Recommendations
Today I will be continuing with the lifestyle medicine series, and I will be continuing to talk about nutrition. I will discuss the general way of eating that I advocate for most people, which is a plant-based diet. This doesn't mean no mea
E59: ADHD: Treatments Other Than Medications
On today's episode from my ADHD season I will be discussing non-pharmacological treatments of ADHD, so basically everything that isn't medication. I'll start off going through the treatment algorithm from stage 0 to stage 5. Today's episode
E58: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Nutrition Introduction
This is the episode that I've been waiting a year to do. I'll be talking about Lifestyle Medicine as a treatment for obesity, mental health, and overall health and chronic illnesses. These are techniques that will benefit everyone and are f
Quick Take #4: Sept 25 Updates! Part Deux: Benefits of Drug Treatment of ADHD, ChatGPT-induced Bromide Poisoning Psychosis, Ineffectiveness of Gabapentin, Newest GLP-1 Trial Results, and MORE!!!
Welcome back to part two of my September edition of my psychiatry quick takes episode series. It's been a busy couple months in the news, so I have several more tidbits for September. Today I'm going to talk about a new study on long-term m
E57: ADHD: Adult ADHD
Today we switch back to ADHD and I will be talking about adult ADHD. I'm an adult psychiatrist and I practiced in the military so this was one of the largest issues that I treated as many of my patients were younger folks, many of which str
Quick Take #3: Sept 25 Updates! Part 1: Old Drugs For New Indications (Ketamine, Strattera, Flexeril) And Some Antidepressants On The Horizon (Nelivaptan and Seltorexant)
Welcome back to my second episode covering several snippets of breaking news on psychiatric medications. In these episodes I don't deep dive like normal, but instead cover several important breaking news items that affect psychopharmacology
E56: Obesity Medicine: Medical Effects of Obesity and Assessing the Obese Patient
Today I will be presenting my second episode on obesity medicine. I will go over how obesity reeks havoc on every system in the body, what medical conditions are increased by being obese, the increased risk of psychiatric disorders from obe
E55: ADHD: Diagnosis, Comorbidities, and Differential
Flipping back to ADHD today, I continue with the background information. I'll go over how to diagnose. I'll go over the criteria but of course I'll be giving you the subtleties of how to flush that out. I'll also talk about both mental heal
E54: Obesity Medicine: Measurements, Rates, Trends, and Causes
Today I will start a new season of This Is Your Brain On Drugs Psychiatry Podcast. I mentioned the dual season of ADHD with Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Psychiatry on the previous episode. Last week I started with ADHD and today I will st
E53: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Background and Pathophysiology
Today I start a new season of This Is Your Brain On Drugs Psychiatry Podcast. I will do a dual season where I will go back and forth each week between a season on ADHD and a season on Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Psychiatry. Today I will
E52: Depression Differential: When to Consider Bipolar Disorder or Something Else
I had an after thought after finishing the depression season, and that is what happens when someone has depressive symptoms that looks like a depressive disorder but it isn't? We will cover all of these diagnoses and their treatments in the
