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What Happens to Your Body When You Can’t Sleep Every Night
By Emilia Paluszek, July 19, 2020 “Attention and focus are also impacted with poor sleep, and people will experience trouble learning and retaining new material, or being increasingly forgetful of previously learned material,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD. Click HERE for the full article.
Existential Crisis: Grappling With the ‘Monster’ in All of Us
July 17, 2020. Dr. Dimitriu was published in Psychology Today in an article titled: Existential Crisis: Grappling With the ‘Monster’ in All of Us Human rejection, a sense of worthlessness, and an introspective struggle with the central questions – Who am I? Why was I created? What is the meaning of life? – drove Frankenstein’s […]
The One Thing I Started Doing Every Night To Help Me Sleep Like A Baby
JULY 13, 2020, by Christine Flammia This is the same idea behind having a cool bedroom for optimal sleep: “A good amount of research demonstrates that a drop in body temperature results in deeper sleep at night,” says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. “For this reason, we advise cool, dark […]
We Asked Health Experts To Break Down How Stress Can Impact Nearly Every Part of the Body
Sonia Weiser・July 13, 2020 Waking up every hour? Unable to fall asleep? Like J Lo, are you tossing and turning, emotions are strong? That’s a classic manifestation of stress. “Stress and anxiety work to make us more vigilant and reactive,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD, a psychiatrist and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. […]
What’s the Difference? Egocentric vs Egotistical vs Narcissistic
By The Editors July 2, 2020 “In my professional work, we have come up with a balance between “Darwin and Buddha.” This is essentially a scale or spectrum of ego – from ego centrism to ego dissolution. No ego vs. too much ego. Whatever the label, some people have too much ego, beyond one standard deviation of the norm. When […]
The Connection Between Adderall and Depression
By Sarah Sheppard, Published on July 02, 2020 Though ADHD and depression can be diagnosed separately or together, says Alex Dimitriu, MD, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, it’s better to treat one condition at a time. Even though ADHD can cause depression, it is best to treat depression first, he explains. Once mood […]