Self Medication

People with ADHD are often told they have an addiction problem when, in reality, many are dealing with a regulation problem that addiction temporarily solves. That distinction changes everything. Because the behaviors that feel impossible to control are rarely random. The alcohol that quiets mental noise after an overwhelming day. The gaming sessions that create focus stronger than real life. The nicotine, scrolling, binge eating, compulsive stimulation, or self-medication patterns that return even after promises to stop. These behaviors are not simply about pleasure, laziness, lack of ...

Discover practical, natural strategies designed to calm racing thoughts, soothe panic, and restore restful nights—all without relying on prescription medications. This book guides you through easy-to-follow solutions that address the root causes of anxiety by nurturing your body, mind, and environment. Inside, you’ll learn how to balance blood sugar for steady energy and emotional stability, support your gut-brain connection for improved mood, and harness the power of intentional breathing and gentle movement to reset your nervous system. You’ll also explore how key nutrients, sleep ...

Transform your ADHD experience with personalized CBT strategies in just 10 minutes a day, even if you've struggled for years! Are you overwhelmed by ADHD symptoms that seem to control every aspect of your life? Do you find it challenging to manage your time, complete tasks, and maintain emotional balance? Are you searching for strategies that genuinely work for adults like you struggling with ADHD? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you're not alone. Many adults with ADHD face similar challenges daily. But imagine a life where you can boost your focus, enhance productivity, and ...

Are you going through benzodiazepine withdrawal? Have you had an adverse reaction to a prescribed medication or struggled to come of of a medication? Both of these issues tend to be misunderstood and often leave individuals to suffer in silence with little to no support from the larger medical establishment. Benzodiazepines, whose most common brand names include Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Valium, and Librium, are widely prescribed medications that have a high potential for physical dependence and, for many, result in dire consequences when they attempt to come off. In 2020, the U.S. National ...

Unlock the Hidden Power of ADHD - Transform Focus, Energy, and Confidence by Resetting the Brain’s Reward System Are you doing everything “right” but still watching focus slip through your fingers? Have you ever wondered why traditional ADHD strategies fall short - despite the best diets, therapies, and medications? What if the secret to managing ADHD wasn’t about doing more - but about understanding why the ADHD brain craves more in the first place? The Dopamine Detox is a groundbreaking guide that takes you beyond surface-level solutions and into the brain’s primal operating ...

As a country, many people in the United States firmly prescribe the notion that if something is wrong, you can take a pill to fix it. From antibiotics to stimulants and depressants, there is a pill or a powder for every ailment. While this is more or less true, this dominance often comes at the cost of dependency, side effects, and long-term neurochemical imbalances. These drawbacks are real and valid concerns. But what if there was a way to treat anxiety, ADHD, and cognitive decline? Introducing two lesser-known peptides: Selank and Semax. Join me as I explore their early development in ...

Dr. Hyman's revolutionary weight-loss program, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution, supercharged for immediate results! The key to losing weight and keeping it off is maintaining low insulin levels. Based on Dr. Hyman's groundbreaking Blood Sugar Solution program...

In the wild, nature is the pharmacy and every animal its own practitioners. Monkeys, bears and birds protect themselves from insect bites and fungal infections by rubbing medicinal plants and insects into their skin. Chimpanzees carefully select anti-parasitic medicines to deal with parasites. Elephants roam miles to find the clay they need to help counter dietary toxins. And birds help their chicks by lining their nests with aromatic leaves. Wild Health explores the behavioral strategies animals use to maintain health, many of which may be relevant to the improved animal husbandry and ...

This book digs through the rotten undergrowth which fertilises the mental health industry. The level of failure and deceit is hard to believe. The diagnoses we use are more akin to astrological than medical constructs. We have no medical tests and despite apparent innovations in drugs and therapy, five decades of research has shown no improvement in outcomes from treatment and instead an increase in the numbers categorised as severely mentally ill. Worse, we have convinced the population that they are experiencing pandemics of mental disorders, leading us to fear our ordinary emotions and ...

Published by: The Institute for Applied Strategic Therapy This is not a self-help book, and it will not cure your social anxiety. No book can do that. It's the workbook we give our own therapy clients before their first session, to save them the money and time of the first few sessions, because that opening stretch covers the same ground for almost everyone who walks in with social anxiety. We're strategic therapists. Our job is to get you results in as few sessions as possible. That's the goal of effective therapy: get you out of your head and back into your life. The sooner you stop ...

Turn your fears into motivation and doubts into confidence with this enlightening guidebook on ADHD medication–knowledge is the key to ADHD success!

For years you've been told your pain is "just aging" or "something you'll have to live with." It isn't. The 3-Step Pain Reset is a plain-English guide built on 15 years of hands-on clinical experience treating chronic pain. It breaks down exactly why pain keeps returning even after stretching, rest, or medication — and gives you a simple, repeatable method to finally calm it down at home. You'll learn the exact 3-step method — Release, Moist Heat, and Stretch, in that order — and why skipping a step (or doing them out of order) is the reason most home routines fail. Inside, you'll ...

HGTV star real estate investor Tarek El Moussa reveals how the grounding principles that make him such a successful house flipper are also applicable to improving our personal lives. With over a decade of experience, flipping close to 1,000 properties, selling over 1,000 houses, and owning...

Overcoming bulimia doesn’t have to be a difficult and lonely journey. In fact, it’s easier than you think and this book will show you how. You'll discover how celebrities like Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, and Paula Abdul were able to reclaim their self-love and overcome bulimia nervosa, why telling a loved one about your condition can hurt your progress and how to do it the right way instead, the right and wrong way to be vulnerable with others (this is so important), and more.

Living Through the Grey: A Daily Guide to Coping with Clinical Depression Depression does not always look like sadness. Sometimes it feels like nothing at all. Sometimes it feels like exhaustion, heaviness, or simply getting through the day one hour at a time. If you are struggling to get out of bed, to focus, to feel, or to hope, this book is for you. Living Through the Grey is not about quick fixes or unrealistic positivity. It is a gentle, honest, and practical guide for navigating the daily reality of clinical depression. Written with clarity and compassion, it breaks down overwhelming ...

Traumatised by his experiences as a war photographer, Aaron is drowning in guilt and tranquilisers. On a new assignment to document the civil conflict in the African country of Miberia, he is paralysed by the belief that terrible things only happen so that he can capture them on camera. When he meets Mary, a young woman in danger because she is intersex, he’s convinced that if he can just save her, it will redeem him for all the other deaths he’s witnessed. So begins a race to the border, one step ahead of the rebel army. But as love grows between them and the country is submerged in ...

Read by Mark Meadows, with Last Words and Dedication read by the author, Dr Nick Barber. How do you know if the medicine you’re taking is right for you? Should you worry about side effects, and, if so, how much? And how can you advocate for a loved one when it comes to being prescribed...

How do you know if the medicine you’re taking is right for you? Should you worry about side effects, and, if so, how much? And how can you advocate for a loved one when it comes to being prescribed medication? In How to Take Drugs, world-renowned pharmaceutical expert Dr Nick Barber answers...

You are tired in a way other people cannot quite see. You have read the sleep books. You have tried the chamomile tea, the meditation app, the magnesium, the lavender pillow spray. You have cut down on caffeine. You have put the phone away (mostly). You have done what the internet told you to do. And you are still awake at 3am. The Tired Mind is for adults whose sleep problem is not solved by the obvious. It does not insult you with another sleep hygiene checklist. It gives you a clear model of what is actually keeping you awake, and a small system of evidence-based behavioural changes that...

Are you stuck in a loop of overthinking, anxiety, or depression—even though you've read the books, tried the therapy, and practiced the mindfulness? This book is not another “positive thinking” fix. It’s a complete system reset. In How to Use Self-Optimizing Recursive Intelligence Structures for the Elimination of Anxiety and Depression through Meaningful Action, author Obadiah Switzer delivers a revolutionary, execution-first approach designed to override mental loops at the core operating level. Grounded in cognitive mechanics, behavioral momentum, and recursive systems theory, ...