Dr. Daniel Amen
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He talked to him, he looked at him, looked for symptom clusters and then diagnosed and treated him. That's still happening in 2025. You go to your family practice doctor, you go to your psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you tell them what you're experiencing or your family does, and they go, oh, you have this or you have that with no biological data. So It's insane, right?
He talked to him, he looked at him, looked for symptom clusters and then diagnosed and treated him. That's still happening in 2025. You go to your family practice doctor, you go to your psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you tell them what you're experiencing or your family does, and they go, oh, you have this or you have that with no biological data. So It's insane, right?
The people that are guarding our sanity are insane, because depression can come from low thyroid. Depression can come from having post-COVID. COVID is like this inflammatory bomb that goes off in your emotional brain. It can happen, yes, because you failed and had a loss, or it can happen
The people that are guarding our sanity are insane, because depression can come from low thyroid. Depression can come from having post-COVID. COVID is like this inflammatory bomb that goes off in your emotional brain. It can happen, yes, because you failed and had a loss, or it can happen
The people that are guarding our sanity are insane, because depression can come from low thyroid. Depression can come from having post-COVID. COVID is like this inflammatory bomb that goes off in your emotional brain. It can happen, yes, because you failed and had a loss, or it can happen
because you live in a mold filled environment in a place like Louisiana that rains a lot and floods a lot, that gives you mold, which then can attack your brain. And so making, You know, I just always say the one thing people remember me for is when I say psychiatrists are the only medical doctors that never look at the organ they treat.
because you live in a mold filled environment in a place like Louisiana that rains a lot and floods a lot, that gives you mold, which then can attack your brain. And so making, You know, I just always say the one thing people remember me for is when I say psychiatrists are the only medical doctors that never look at the organ they treat.
because you live in a mold filled environment in a place like Louisiana that rains a lot and floods a lot, that gives you mold, which then can attack your brain. And so making, You know, I just always say the one thing people remember me for is when I say psychiatrists are the only medical doctors that never look at the organ they treat.
And because of that, they miss huge things like traumatic brain injury. If you go, hey, Daniel, what's the single most important thing you learned from a quarter of a million scans? mild traumatic brain injury ruins people's lives and nobody knows because nobody looks. And the exciting thing that I learned is you can make your brain better, even if you've been bad to it.
And because of that, they miss huge things like traumatic brain injury. If you go, hey, Daniel, what's the single most important thing you learned from a quarter of a million scans? mild traumatic brain injury ruins people's lives and nobody knows because nobody looks. And the exciting thing that I learned is you can make your brain better, even if you've been bad to it.
And because of that, they miss huge things like traumatic brain injury. If you go, hey, Daniel, what's the single most important thing you learned from a quarter of a million scans? mild traumatic brain injury ruins people's lives and nobody knows because nobody looks. And the exciting thing that I learned is you can make your brain better, even if you've been bad to it.
And so I watched the movie about your dad, and he was bad to his brain. And there was trauma. So if you take trauma and alcohol, well, those are two things that significantly increases your risk for Alzheimer's disease. But if I had him, well, even now, I would want to look. because I have cases where it's not Alzheimer's disease.
And so I watched the movie about your dad, and he was bad to his brain. And there was trauma. So if you take trauma and alcohol, well, those are two things that significantly increases your risk for Alzheimer's disease. But if I had him, well, even now, I would want to look. because I have cases where it's not Alzheimer's disease.
And so I watched the movie about your dad, and he was bad to his brain. And there was trauma. So if you take trauma and alcohol, well, those are two things that significantly increases your risk for Alzheimer's disease. But if I had him, well, even now, I would want to look. because I have cases where it's not Alzheimer's disease.
There's too much pressure in the brain and putting a shunt in helps, or it's not Alzheimer's disease. They're living with an infection and treating the infection, that helps. One of the reasons I fell in love With imaging, one of my first patients, Matilda, 69, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, almost burned her house down because she forgot something on the stove.
There's too much pressure in the brain and putting a shunt in helps, or it's not Alzheimer's disease. They're living with an infection and treating the infection, that helps. One of the reasons I fell in love With imaging, one of my first patients, Matilda, 69, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, almost burned her house down because she forgot something on the stove.
There's too much pressure in the brain and putting a shunt in helps, or it's not Alzheimer's disease. They're living with an infection and treating the infection, that helps. One of the reasons I fell in love With imaging, one of my first patients, Matilda, 69, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, almost burned her house down because she forgot something on the stove.
And when I scanned her, she didn't have Alzheimer's disease. Her emotional brain was too busy. And on an antidepressant, she got her memory back. And how do I know what's going on with you if I don't look? So just think of the hood spot of all these doctors just passing out medication like candy.
And when I scanned her, she didn't have Alzheimer's disease. Her emotional brain was too busy. And on an antidepressant, she got her memory back. And how do I know what's going on with you if I don't look? So just think of the hood spot of all these doctors just passing out medication like candy.
And when I scanned her, she didn't have Alzheimer's disease. Her emotional brain was too busy. And on an antidepressant, she got her memory back. And how do I know what's going on with you if I don't look? So just think of the hood spot of all these doctors just passing out medication like candy.