by Dr. Josh Friedman | Dec 20, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Functional Medicine, Yoga |
I was 24 years old when I realized I had never learned to breathe. It was 1994, and I was sitting in one of my first hatha yoga classes being guided through a breath awareness practice by my first yoga teacher Simone. She said, “Notice your breath….where do you...
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Dec 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
If you have been following the field of integrative mental health for a while, you know that changing your diet is one of the most important steps in recovery. You might also be aware that there is a pretty solid consensus on what you should be eating (and avoiding)...
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Dec 1, 2016 | Amino Acids, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
When mental health practitioners and doctors learn that I help people with depression and anxiety by using targeted supplements, they often ask: “When someone’s having really bad anxiety or depression, don’t they NEED medicine??” The truth is that sometimes they...
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Nov 23, 2016 | Amino Acids, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
Are you one of the 20 million people who dreads the fall? While many people love the changing leaves and cooler days, for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), fall feels like the curtain is coming down on them. If you have SAD, the shorter days means...
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Nov 17, 2016 | Amino Acids, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
Many people who find the Alternative Mental Health Solution’s community are just like you: They have struggled with mental health symptoms for years and have had treatment but don’t feel like they’ve gotten all the help they need from conventional approaches. Most...
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Nov 10, 2016 | Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
This is a follow up to the blog I did last week about the 5 most common biochemical biotypes of depression. This week I’m going to share which lab tests you need to get done to figure out which depression biotype(s) are at the root of your symptoms....
