How Menopause and Sleep Quality Can Impact Migraine Symptoms

By Eileen Bailey, Oct 11, 2022

“But, individuals with sleep apnea can experience morning headaches caused by nighttime hypoxia (low oxygen levels) due to sleep apnea,” explained Dr. Alex Dimitriu, an expert in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California and BrainfoodMD. “These morning headaches should be distinguished from migraine headaches,” he told Healthline.

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Sleep Apnea: How a Medication Used to Treat Depression May Help

By David Rossiaky, Oct 11, 2022

While it’s been used for decades to treat depression in other countries under various brand names, reboxetine isn’t approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States. “Reboxetine is full of side effects,” said Dimitriu. “A medicine like reboxetine certainly helps breathing, but then has other unwanted effects on the brain and body. It’s like taking antibiotics or chemotherapy: a body-wide treatment with body-wide side effects for a localized problem,” he explained.

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8 expert-approved tips my partner and I used to navigate a rough patch and transform our relationship

October 10, 2022 — Dr. Alex Dimitriu, Founder of the Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine clinic, was interviewed by Insider for the article, “8 expert-approved tips my partner and I used to navigate a rough patch and transform our relationship.”

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SSRI weight gain statistics 2022

By Rebecca Rovenstine, Oct. 7, 2022

“It’s important to note that fatigue, anxiety, and depression can also lead to overeating, and even binge-eating, in some instances – often worse at night. Following a healthy diet is often helpful, as well as limiting late-night eating,” recommended Alex Dimitriu, MD, double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. 

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Folic Acid May Help Decrease Risk of Suicide, Study Finds

By George Citroner, Oct 4, 2022

Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD, said that people who have thoughts of suicide are typically treated with a combination of medication and therapy.“Lithium, ketamine, and anti-depressants have been shown to reduce suicidal behavior,” he continued. “I believe that neuroplasticity – our ability to adapt and think differently, is essential, especially when someone is in a crisis-like state such as suicidal ideation.”

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Think Someone You Know is a Sociopath? 10 Signs to Look For

By Melissa Matthews Erica Sweeney, Sept 30, 2022

The individuals are selfish and self-serving and use subtle or frank manipulation to get their way, says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a double-board certified physician in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. “They’re antisocial because they don’t care about society or others, they care about themselves only. While most of us have been selfish at some point in our lives, in antisocial personality disorder, this is the rule, not the exception.”

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Talking to Your Kids About Your Cancer Diagnosis

By Helen Massy, Sept 30, 2022

“Be sure you have thought things through, balanced pros and cons, and found a place of some peace before sharing a medical diagnosis with others, especially children,” said Alex Dimitriu, M.D., who is board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California and BrainfoodMD, a supplement company.

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The Surprising Link Between Bedtime and Dementia

By Chantelle Pattemore, Sept 23, 2022

“In most studies, women are known to have a two-fold greater risk of dementia than men. It is unusual that this study found the opposite,” shared Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD.

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The Viral TikTok Mouth Taping Trend Is a Dangerous Disaster

By Erica Sweeney, Sept 22, 2022

People breathe through their mouths as a backup when they’re unable to breathe properly through their noses. “People tend to mouth-breathe because their noses are congested” from a cold, sinus infection, allergies, deviated septum, or enlarged tonsils or adenoids, says Alex Dimitriu, MD, who’s double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. “Often, nasal congestion gets worse when lying flat.”

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How Your Mental Health Affects Your Sex Life

By Helen Massy, Sept 2022

“Sex for many of us is one of the most joyous activities in our lives,” said Alex Dimitriu, M.D., who is double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California and BrainfoodMD. “Whenever I work with patients and see that there’s something off about sleep, sex or drugs, it always compels me to investigate further as these are often the tips of the iceberg,” he explained. Dimitriu noted many factors can contribute to issues in these three key areas. Most fundamentally, sex requires energy, desire and an ability to relax and enjoy.

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Is There an Adderall Shortage? What to Know About Difficulties Getting the ADHD Medication

By Julia Ries, Sept 16, 2022

Abrupt changes to your medication regimen could make you feel more tired and hungry than usual or impact your energy and mood. Fortunately, these symptoms should only last for about a week, according to Dr. Dimitriu. If for some reason you run out before filing your prescription again and are unable to take the medicine, it’s crucial to start at a lower dosage and gradually build back up, said Dr. Dimitriu. If all else fails and the meds are nowhere to be found, talk to your healthcare provider about other options and make a point to prioritize your sleep. “Sleep is essential to ADHD and our attention, focus and impulse control,” said Dr. Dimitriu, “so make sure you keep sleeping well (over seven hours) whether on meds or off.”

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Can Blue Light Affect Puberty? Here’s What Early Research Has Found

By George Citroner, Sept 16, 2022

“It is possible that disrupted melatonin, or perhaps more generally, disrupted sleep and sleep stages from blue light, can have an impact on child development,” confirmed Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. He added that the limitation of this study is how well these effects would generalize from rats to humans, which he pointed out, is “not always the case.”

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7 Signs Your Partner Is Being Unfairly Critical of You

By Adam Bulger, Sept 14, 2022

“An unfair criticism would be to see a mistake as a personality flaw,” California couples therapist Emily Heard says, adding that words like ‘never’ and ‘always’ can be red flags of conflating behavior with character.

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Are You TikTok Tired? Here’s How to Stop Scrolling and Reclaim More Zs

By Beth Ann Mayer, Sept 13, 2022

This research doesn’t surprise Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine and BrainfoodMD. “The behavior of ‘search and find,’ especially with food, has been shown to keep sleep-deprived mice awake endlessly,” Dimitriu says. “This makes evolutionary sense — finding food may be immediately more important even than sleep.”

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Strategies for Coping with Overwhelming Parenting Stress

By Shannon M. Bauer, Sept 12, 2022

While the time at home brought certain benefits to some families, others have felt a lack of balance in work and in life since the beginning of the pandemic. Jeff Leininger, a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California says for many, the pandemic also led to a sense of dislocation and distance from ourselves, friendships, families, and communities. And many parents have found themselves feeling stretched mentally, emotionally, and physically—eventually reaching the point beyond high stress and in total burnout.

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