Comments on: Optimism, Pessimism and the Cingulate http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/ Change your brain, change your life Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:06:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kelly Bancroft http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 kelly Bancroft Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:05:02 +0000 http://amenclinics.com/wp231/?p=11#comment-2094 Looking for the diet suggestions to assist singulate functioning. Looking for the diet suggestions to assist singulate functioning.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Michelle Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:21:04 +0000 http://amenclinics.com/wp231/?p=11#comment-873 Dr. Amen, I saw your show the other night on PBS but missed bits and pieces due to kids and calls. I need help! I have been dating a guy for over a year and I love him very much but his behavior, mood swings, comments are just awful and wearing on me. 10 years ago he was hit by a car and catapulted into a light post. He broke his legs and was scalped so badly his hair died and had to be replaced. He obviously has a closed head injury and he was pronounced dead at one time. I am trying desperately to understand how this may have changed him but his family says they don't see a personailty change just that he gets depressed because he used to be a tennis pro and that moment ruined his career. What are the personality traits of a closed head injury? How do deal with outburts? He is a good person. He is generally upbeat, positive and happy but he keeps telling me i am putting him down when I am not and then turns around and puts me down about everything under the sun!!! I need to know if I can help him or if I should just walk away but it is just sad. He also drinks quite a bit and I am certain that does not help. He talks about quitting or slowing down but it is short lived. PLEASE HELP!!!!! Michelle Dr. Amen, I saw your show the other night on PBS but missed bits and pieces due to kids and calls. I need help! I have been dating a guy for over a year and I love him very much but his behavior, mood swings, comments are just awful and wearing on me. 10 years ago he was hit by a car and catapulted into a light post. He broke his legs and was scalped so badly his hair died and had to be replaced. He obviously has a closed head injury and he was pronounced dead at one time. I am trying desperately to understand how this may have changed him but his family says they don’t see a personailty change just that he gets depressed because he used to be a tennis pro and that moment ruined his career. What are the personality traits of a closed head injury? How do deal with outburts? He is a good person. He is generally upbeat, positive and happy but he keeps telling me i am putting him down when I am not and then turns around and puts me down about everything under the sun!!! I need to know if I can help him or if I should just walk away but it is just sad. He also drinks quite a bit and I am certain that does not help. He talks about quitting or slowing down but it is short lived. PLEASE HELP!!!!! Michelle

]]> By: mary m. http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/comment-page-1/#comment-630 mary m. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:41:20 +0000 http://amenclinics.com/wp231/?p=11#comment-630 i saw your show on PBS change your briain chang your life. i'm definitely have a cingulate brain. i'm in my mid 40's and have suffered from (depression) since my teens. i see a MD at Wholehealth Chgo and i have done spit tests that show my low seritonin levels again and again despite being on 40mg of Celexa. i'm doing pretty well now but i've had a terrible time sleeping. is there a relationship of inability to fall asleep and the cingulate brain? please respond. thankyou, mary i saw your show on PBS change your briain chang your life. i’m definitely have a cingulate brain. i’m in my mid 40’s and have suffered from (depression) since my teens. i see a MD at Wholehealth Chgo and i have done spit tests that show my low seritonin levels again and again despite being on 40mg of Celexa. i’m doing pretty well now but i’ve had a terrible time sleeping. is there a relationship of inability to fall asleep and the cingulate brain? please respond. thankyou, mary

]]> By: Loretta Caughran http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Loretta Caughran Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:27:41 +0000 http://amenclinics.com/wp231/?p=11#comment-399 if i eat more carbs, like pasta, or break, to help my cingulate put me in a better mood, won't my triglyceride levels increase... if i eat more carbs, like pasta, or break, to help my cingulate put me in a better mood, won’t my triglyceride levels increase…

]]> By: Steven Corsaro http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/11/optimism-pessimism-and-the-cingulate/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Steven Corsaro Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:00:05 +0000 http://amenclinics.com/wp231/?p=11#comment-74 Dr. Amen, I am responding to your latest newsletter about N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in the treatment of addiction. What a wonderful and promising future may be in store for brain health! The numbers in the second study (83.3%) over the placebo are incredible. We accept 40% when the placebo number is 28% for many psychotropic drugs to go to the public, in many double blind studies. I am an adult with ADHD and the thought of glutamate replacement is so basic, yet could work out to be life saving if I could use NAC in place of stimulants. I would like to learn more about this supplement and where I could get it. Not to worry, I will not stop my medication without consulting my doctor first! Again, I always love the information you bring to the world of addiction and brain health! Steven Dr. Amen,

I am responding to your latest newsletter about N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in the treatment of addiction. What a wonderful and promising future may be in store for brain health! The numbers in the second study (83.3%) over the placebo are incredible. We accept 40% when the placebo number is 28% for many psychotropic drugs to go to the public, in many double blind studies.

I am an adult with ADHD and the thought of glutamate replacement is so basic, yet could work out to be life saving if I could use NAC in place of stimulants. I would like to learn more about this supplement and where I could get it.

Not to worry, I will not stop my medication without consulting my doctor first!

Again, I always love the information you bring to the world of addiction and brain health!

Steven

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