Myth: Antidepressants will change your personality. Fact: Antidepressants are designed to correct imbalances in brain chemistry. Mood in humans is primarily regulated by chemical messengers in the brain called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters help your brain communicate with...
Myth: Because I feel so much worse after stopping my antidepressants, I must have become addicted to them. Fact: Unlike addictive medications such as sleeping pills and many pain medications, antidepressants do not require a...
How did Botox become a treatment option for depression? How does Botox work to treat depression? ...
Fact: Botox works by modulating acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. First off, what is acetylcholine? Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter (which carries information from one neuron to another or from neuron to muscle) Acetylcholine is released from a nerve and tells...
Myth: When you smile more, you send positive feedback to your brain which makes you feel happier. This idea is the facial feedback hypothesis. This hypothesis has its roots in behavioral treatments. This behavioral approach...
Myth: If you smile more, people will treat you better and you will not feel as depressed. This idea comes from an old behavioral perspective on brain illnesses rather than a medical one. It is true...
How did a concept so far-fetched become a treatment option? Dermatologists first began noticing something going on when their patients would come in asking for more Botox treatments even before their wrinkles reappeared. The patients said...