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In our Tahoe Ketamine blog, you can expect to find a wide variety of information about ketamine for depression, ketamine for chronic pain, ketamine research, and other current news about ketamine infusion therapy.
Depression and Social Media: A Modern-Day Chicken-and-the-Egg Story
Whether we like it or not, social media has become a central component of our lives. Everyone from tweens to baby boomers has found their place in the social media sphere: Facebook, Twitter,...
Determining The Proper Diagnosis to Find Relief: The Difference in Treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder vs Clinical Depression
As the winter months approach, many people will begin experiencing the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD—also known as major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern—has many of...
Chronic Pain Management: Is Osteopathic Manipulation Effective for Chronic Pain?
More than 50 million Americans struggle with chronic pain, and it seems there is a similar amount of therapies designed to address chronic pain. These therapies range from medication-based and...
Random Numbness: Is It a Sign of Peripheral Neuropathy?
If you are experiencing random numbness in your fingers, toes, or other extremities, you may suffer from peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy is caused by damage to the peripheral nervous...
Postpartum Anxiety? It Exists, But There is Hope
Postpartum anxiety is a clinical condition that often goes undiagnosed. Some mothers chalk off the symptoms as just the “baby blues.” For others, the feelings range from “a little down” to a...
When Scar Tissue Pain Becomes Chronic: Symptoms and Treatments
The roots of meditation can be traced as far back as the 3rd and 6th centuries, B.C. Chinese and Indian cultures practiced meditation, heeding it as a way to “train the mind” and “guard...
Happy Memories & How to Become Resilient to Stress & Depression During Adolescence
Are you worried about your teenager because they seem to be steering away from you and all their friends? Sleeping all day? Having serious mood swings? They may be suffering from more than just...
Stop Intrusive Thoughts In Their Tracks: How to Manage Symptoms of OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder where an individual has intrusive thoughts or obsessions and subsequently responds with compulsive behavior. They often feel anxious...
A Mind-Body Approach to Overcoming Depression
Mind-Body Approach to Prevent the Symptoms of Depression According to a study conducted by The Department of Psychiatry at The University of Melbourne, the number of people suffering from...
The Struggle Minority Groups Face When Seeking Access to Mental Health Services
The percentage of people who suffer from mental health disorders is relatively consistent across most racial and ethnic groups. However, if you are BIPOC or another racial or ethnic minority, you...
Protection from the Symptoms of Depression: Could a Mediterranean Diet Do the Body & Mind Good?
Bit by agonizing bit, society is coming to acknowledge that the struggle with mental health is a legitimate illness, just as worthy of attention as physical ailments. Considering that one in five...
Teen Depression: Identifying Signs of Depression in Teens
Between 2009 and 2021, the percentage of high school students experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness rose from 26 to 44 percent, an all-time high. It is a very difficult time...
Meditation for Beginners: A Guide to Meditation for Anxiety
The roots of meditation can be traced as far back as the 3rd and 6th centuries, B.C. Chinese and Indian cultures practiced meditation, heeding it as a way to “train the mind” and “guard...
The Link Between OCD and Sober Living: How Ketamine Can Help
Dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and sober living can be extremely challenging, which may explain the strong link between this condition and alcoholism. According to experts, up to...
IV Hydration Therapy for Athletes: Inside the Drip
IV hydration therapy for athletes has become increasingly popular. Essentially anyone—regardless of their physical symptoms—can find relief at an IV hydration bar. Hangovers, jet lag, cold and flu...
Break Through The Shame: Why a Diagnosis Is Important, Not a Stigma
When many people hear the term mental health disorder, they automatically think of it as something abnormal that only affects certain types of people -- break through the shame! The truth is that...
Achieving a Work-Life Balance to Combat Depression
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 25 million Americans reported that they work more than 49 hours per week. 11 million of those people said they work more than 59 hours per...
The Impact of Long-Term Social Isolation on the Mental Health of Older Adults
It feels like the whole world has been in isolation for the past two years, and wave after wave of Covid-19 (and its many variants) has truly tested our collective mental health. With Covid cases...
Sleep and Depression: 5 Signs That Poor Sleep is Impacting Your Mental Health
Even one night of poor sleep can have a dramatic impact on a person’s mood, so you can imagine, then, the impact that several nights, weeks, months, or years might have! Quality of sleep is closely...
How to Recognize the Physical Symptoms of Depression
Depression is most commonly associated with emotional symptoms, such as sadness, guilt, irritability, and feelings of hopelessness. Although we know depression is a mental illness, many people also...
How Too Much or Too Little Sleep Impacts Physical and Mental Health
A good night's sleep is one of the most important things that you can do for your physical and mental health. Unfortunately, many of us are sleep deprived which can cause multiple negative...
Let’s Talk About Medication Management & Adverse Drug Interactions
Antiviral pills for Covid-19 are here. Both Pfizer and Merck have introduced medications for people who are at severe risk of developing complications due to Coronavirus. However, these antivirals...
Mental Health Discussions | How and When to Discuss Your Diagnosis
Around the world, those who suffer from mental health disorders like anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and PTSD often hide their issues. They do this because they fear being rejected and...
Out With The Old & In With The New: Going Into 2022 With Secure Mental Health
The holiday season can be a bit of a sugar rush, with all of its glittering, flashing decorations, parties, gifts, and catchy songs. But, after any sugar rush comes the crash: the New Year. Leading...
Dehydration Is A Serious Risk Even In The Winter Months
It’s a common warning to drink water in order to avoid dehydration during the summer months. However, dehydration can occur during any season...not just summer. While we may not be dealing with the...
Brain Energy & Its Impact On Depression
The brain is an amazing organ. It requires more energy than any other organ in our body. It is responsible for our ability to live and thrive and function and grow…and yet there is still so much...
Depression Treatments: Choosing the Right Depression Medication or Antidepressant Drugs
Every person is unique, and that means that our mental health situations need to be unique as well. A depression treatment that works for one person may not work for another. It may seem...
Therapeutic Uses for Ketamine: Battling Seasonal & Major Depression
As the days become shorter, and we enter the late fall and winter months, seasonal affective disorder can begin to rear its ugly head. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is when you experience...
Getting the Most Out of Ketamine Infusions
Ketamine infusions are extremely effective at treating anxiety and depression, with symptoms alleviating in as little as 1-2 infusions. However, the infusion can be more effective when enhanced by...
How to Manage Anxiety About Your Children Going Back to School In-Person
This pandemic has brought about uncertainty for everyone: adults are regularly confused, and guidelines seem to be moving targets. We are just beginning to understand what the impact on our nation’s...
Cannabis + Opioids for Chronic Pain: Co-Use Causes More Harm than Good
Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent and physically debilitating problems in the U.S., and according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than 20% of the adult population lives with...
Postpartum Depression Treatments: An Effective Treatment…That’s Actually Accessible
Having a baby can be one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of a woman’s life, but it also can create a roller coaster of emotions. Most have heard of the “baby blues,” which last just a...
What Chronic Pain Looks Like and How to Cope
When you continuously go to bed with--and wake up to--constant pain, it inevitably becomes a part of your everyday life. Studies have shown that 20% of Americans suffer from chronic pain. Mostly,...
How To Swap Bad Habits For Good Habits & Live Life to the Fullest Potential
Bad habits. Scrolling through social media, procrastinating, biting your nails, snacking late at night, twirling your hair, late night fast food after a few too many adult beverages, sleeping in…...
Altering Your State of Mind Without Mind-Altering Drugs
Ketamine infusion therapy has become a widely accepted practice for the effective treatment of severe depression and other mental health illnesses. Infusion centers can be found in locations all...
Celebrating Pride Month While Honoring the Roots, Allowing for Inclusion, and Taking Care of Your Mental Health
As rainbows flutter across newsfeeds this month, it’s important to remember the true meaning of pride month. Many companies use pride month as a marketing ploy to seem authentic, forward-thinking,...
Cardiovascular Fitness: New Evidence for the Prevention of Mental Health Disorders
There is a medical disorder that affects 17.3 million adults in the United States each year. A disorder that could increase a person’s risk for coronary heart disease by 64 percent… We’re talking...
Depression and Social Anxiety: What is the Correlation?
Depression and social anxiety are two of the most prevalent mental health disorders in the U.S. About 6.8% of the American population is affected by social anxiety, and about 6.7% of adults...
How to Keep Anxiety Levels Low as the Pandemic Wages On
As the pandemic continues to forecast an uncertain future for the United States and the rest of the world, it has left many with unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression—even for those who...
Opioids: Are They as Effective as We Believe?
Opioids: Are They as Effective as We Believe? The opioid epidemic has reached epic proportions—and continues to wreak havoc on millions of people’s lives. In 2016, medical professionals wrote about...
Biofeedback Shows Promise as a Depression Treatment
What is Biofeedback? Biofeedback is a technique that leverages the use of electrical sensors to control the body and some of its functions. Using this technique, people can make conscious changes to...
Enhance the Results of Ketamine Infusions with These 5 Natural Remedies for Depression
Depression is a common illness that can be treated with a variety of medications and other therapies. If you suffer from a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed, changes in appetite,...
Are You Depressed? Or Just Plain Bored?
As human beings, we are social creatures. Isolation is not normal, and has undoubtedly impacted mental health on a global level. Most would probably agree that the official word of 2020 would be...
Depression, The Brain & What Ketamine Has Shown Us
The Covid-19 pandemic has created an all-out mental health crisis in the U.S. Unparalleled levels of stress, fear, loneliness, and isolation have motivated scientists to search for concrete answers...
PTSD Treatments: The Best Medicines for PTSD
Between 7 and 8 percent of the population is thought to be affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This statistic is representative of more than just military members: anyone who has...
Prediction Error, Depression & How Ketamine Works to Treat Depression
We live in a wildly uncertain world right now, but there are some things we always know for sure. When we approach a local coffee shop and wait in line to pay, we can reasonably predict that we will...
Resolve to Improve Your Mental Health in 2021
This has been quite a year. If you are not struggling this year then you are one of the lucky ones. Our society has been challenged on a global scale, and the collective state of mental health is in...
5 Cognitive Distortions That Are Impacting Your Depression
A cognitive distortion is an inaccurate thought pattern that generally presents itself negatively. ‘Self-talk,’ or the internal monologue, has a surprising impact on the way people perceive...
7 Health Benefits of Glutathione
Glutathione is found in virtually every cell in our body as well as in many species on this planet. It is a powerful antioxidant with many benefits and its absence can be linked to disease,...
Different Types of Anxiety Disorders & Anxiety Treatment Options
It is no doubt that we live in a fast-paced world where people’s attention spans are dwindling. We are constantly getting notifications from our phones, social media, and other outlets that pervade...
Have Psychiatric Drugs Failed the Patients Who Need Them Most?
Are psychiatric drugs really working to curb the mental health crisis in America? What are the long-term implications of being on these medications? Are patients getting better or worse? People...
Ketamine Therapy: What the Experts are Saying
Ketamine, introduced as a battlefield anesthetic during the Vietnam war and known as the party drug “special K,” has come a long way, revitalizing its reputation as a legitimized—and highly...
Treating Depression & Chronic Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) about 20% of people in the U.S. experience chronic pain, and the U.S. is also one of the most depressed countries in the world. It makes sense that...
Home Remedies for Depression During Covid-19
Depression is on the rise. Even those who don’t generally suffer from this mental health disorder are beginning to feel it. Living through a pandemic during a time of great socio-political turmoil...
Is Mental Health a Moving Target?
It makes sense to think that a psychiatric diagnosis would be a life-long health issue. Once depressed, always prone to depression…right? Well, a new study published in the Journal of the American...
How Covid-19 Is Impacting the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers
In the journal Frontiers of Psychology, a study titled “Mental health challenges of U.S. healthcare professionals during COVID-19,” was conducted by researchers studying the mental health of...
Check your Symptoms: Migraine Headaches vs. Covid-19
The stress of COVID-19—in addition to all the world’s other concerning current events—is causing people to experience more migraine headaches than usual. Doctors are seeing more frequent migraines...
The Difference Between Situational & Chronic Depression
Recent events around the world are causing many people to feel anxious, sad and hopeless—the same symptoms as for chronic depression. However, there are some key differences between chronic and...
Treatment-Resistant Depression: 4 Things You Need to Know
Treatment-resistant depression is exactly what it sounds like: depression that doesn’t improve, even after trying several treatments. Of the more than 16 million adults suffering with depression in...
In a Post-COVID World, Is Depression the “New Normal”
COVID-19 has not only impacted our physical well-being, but also greatly consumed our mental health in more ways than one. In fact, during this pandemic, being depressed and anxious—at least for...
Ketamine Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
Ketamine therapy continues to be an effective drug for mood disorders. Those who suffer from bipolar disorder, may find that ketamine therapy provides relief when conventional treatment options have...
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Vitamin D[epression]: The Connection Between This Vital Vitamin and Your Mood
Vitamin D is a vitamin that is produced by your skin. Your body produces vitamin D when it is in contact with sunlight, and also by the consumption of certain foods. The main function of vitamin D...
Preventing Depression & PTSD During COVID-19
In 1967, Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe published their now widely-cited “Social Readjustment Rating Scale” wherein they designed a ranking of life’s most stressful experiences. Right at the...
7 Natural Ways to Boost Your Immune System
Right now you are probably wondering: will I get COVID-19? How do I make sure I don't get it and spread it to my loved ones? Not surprisingly, being healthy involves making sure your immune system...
What is “Ideal” Mental Health?
Everyone thinks they want to be—or that they need to be—happier than they currently are. However, while it’s a common sentiment, it’s actually quite unrealistic. We only set ourselves up for sadness...
Could Artificial Intelligence Help Determine the Best Depression Treatment for a Patient?
Depression is not only one of the most prevalent health conditions in the world, but it’s also one of the hardest conditions to diagnose and treat. First-line depression treatments include...
IV Hydration is a Fast Hangover Cure…But Don’t Make it a Habit
Most of us know what it's like to drink a little too much and be stuck in bed with a burning hangover the next day. Sometimes it takes an entire weekend of popping ibuprofen and drinking water to...
Happiness & Social Media: How They’re Connected
Since 1997, social media giants have risen and fallen. Most would assume that this refers to the giants of today—Facebook and Twitter—but these companies have actually had decades of predecessors to...
Next-in-Line Treatments for Depression: The Changing Landscape of Depression Treatments
Depression affects approximately 17 million adults in the U.S. each year. Depression symptoms include a loss of pleasure in activities, changes in sleep, weight or energy, restlessness or difficulty...
An Ounce of Prevention: The Future of Chronic Pain Management
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition, and it is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. Unlike acute pain which goes away when the body heals, chronic pain lasts for three...
Make Mental Health a Priority in the New Year
Here we are again, standing at the start of a New Year. If you are like most people, the end of one year and the start of a new one has driven you to reflect upon your lifestyle and wellbeing. Maybe...
It’s Okay to Be Sad During the Holidays
Do you get a little nauseous every time you hear It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year on the grocery store playlist? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Holiday depression is about as common as...
Am I Depressed? 6 Health Conditions that Feel Like Depression But Aren’t
Persistent sadness. Endless worrying. Tossing and turning all night. Feeling worthless. Snapping at family members and loved ones. Mention these symptoms to your doctor and we’re betting you’ll...
Ketamine Infusions: New Hope for Veterans
Did you know that 11 out of 100 veterans who served during the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts suffer from Post-traumatic stress disorder? And about 50% of those men and women who serve(d) our country...
Ketamine Infusion Success Stories: Real Hope from Real Patients
Every day, ketamine infusions are changing the lives of those who suffer from treatment-resistant depression and/or severe anxiety disorders. These serious mental health conditions are two of the...
Light Therapy for Depression: A Holistic Depression Treatment Backed by Science
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses across the globe. With so many people suffering, one would think that psychotherapy and antidepressants would be more common. However, due to...
How to Greet Fall With a Smile Instead of Sadness
The change in seasons means a change in emotions for many. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) begins and ends at about the same time every year. For most, this means symptoms begin to manifest in...
How Ketamine Works for Depression: A New Study Yields Exciting Results
Until recently, depression treatments have remained stagnant for over 50 years. During that time, the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled depression as the leading cause of disability in the...
Chronic Migraines: Know the Symptoms & Treatment Options
Migraine headaches are moderate to severe headaches lasting anywhere from two to 72-hours. Migraines reoccur in those who suffer, oftentimes starting during childhood with little or no reprieve....
Is IV Hydration Therapy the Latest Trend in Holistic Health?
The benefits of IV hydration therapy have been getting a lot of attention lately. For example, people spend years working out and getting into shape—is IV hydration therapy a new solution to support...
Opioid Crisis | How Non-Opioid Treatment Options are Changing the Game for People with Chronic Pain
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people die from opioid overdoses every day. Yes, each and every day. Shocked? The opioid crisis has been on a steady rise since 2017,...
Ketamine: How This Medication Has Revolutionized Depression Treatment
Over the past decade, ketamine has received its fair share of media attention—and for good reason. This drug, which has been around since the 1970s, was discovered as one of the most effective...
Trauma and Pain
While most assume that chronic pain can only arise from some kind of physical injury, research says this may not be the only source. In fact, more than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain...
10 Doctor-Recommended Holistic Treatments for Depression
About 17.3 million adults in the U.S. will suffer from a major depressive disorder in any given year. That is approximately 7.1% of the entire adult population…and what’s worse is that the majority...
Depression, Exercise & Gender: Is There a Connection Between All Three?
For years, scientists and researchers have known that depression symptoms can be alleviated with proper sleep and exercise, but a new study by University of Michigan states that those two factors...
Ketamine and Alzheimers Disease
“Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by insidious cognitive decline and loss of memory function.” This was how Alois Alzheimer, a German neuropathologist,...
Ketamine in a Cave: The Miracle of Ketamine Goes Deeper Than You May Have Thought
In Thailand, on June 23, 2018, things quickly changed for the worse for twelve young soccer players and their coach when they were unexpectedly trapped inside a cave they were exploring. Flood...
How to Choose a Ketamine Clinic
Over the past few years, ketamine infusion centers have been opening up across the country, bringing new hope to millions of Americans suffering from major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety,...
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