Guides
Practical sheets and short guides to help you get more out of appointments and decisions about a psychiatric medication.
Antidepressants and sexual side effects
How common sexual side effects are, why they happen, and what can be done about them.
Antidepressants and weight
What antidepressants tend to do to weight, which ones differ, and how to think about it.
Coming off an antidepressant safely
What discontinuation feels like, and how a careful taper makes stopping manageable.
Generic vs brand-name psychiatric medication
Whether generic psychiatric medications are as good as the brand, and what to know.
How to get psychiatric medication management
Who can prescribe psychiatric medication, the in-person and telepsychiatry options, and how to choose.
Medication, therapy, or both
What the evidence says about medication, therapy, and combining them.
Psychiatric medication and alcohol
How alcohol interacts with antidepressants and other psychiatric medications, and why caution makes sense.
Psychiatric medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding
How decisions about psychiatric medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding are approached.
Questions for my appointment
A printable sheet to organize what you want to cover with your prescriber.
Starting a psychiatric medication: what the first month is like
A realistic week-by-week picture of beginning an antidepressant, and what is normal.
Switching antidepressants
Why people switch antidepressants, how a switch is done, and what to expect.
Why isn't my medication working?
Common reasons an antidepressant doesn't seem to be helping, and what usually comes next.