PTSD is often characterized by anxiety, nightmares, sudden flashbacks. Management includes working with a psychiatrist using conventional medications and a psychologist using behavioral therapy. It is not uncommon for a patient to have to go through many different anti-depressants or anxiolytics before one finds the correct drug and titration. But sometimes even the best medications […]
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Anxiety is a state of unease, a sense of restlessness. For someone with clinical anxiety, they can be fearful in normal non threatening situations daily. The chronic fearfulness can interfere with day to day life and lead to sleep disruptions and chronic disease. Current approach to anxiety The current armamentarium of a physician includes prescribing […]
Dr. D. what research supports CBD for epilepsy? Studies of Cannabidiol on seizure control encompass animal models, longitudinal observational studies, case series and currently randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trials. Mechanisms by which cannabidiol works Endocannabinoids are increased as a result of hyperexcitability in the nervous system. CBD can regulate intracellular calcium during hyperexcitability states in […]