Dr. Daniel Amen

No.

No.

Because they realize if you're in my family, the brain matters. Right. Right. And so it's just something you do. And I was married once before and I got divorced 25 years ago. And if I was ever going to get married again, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And Tana and I have been together for 20 years. I scanned her

Because they realize if you're in my family, the brain matters. Right. Right. And so it's just something you do. And I was married once before and I got divorced 25 years ago. And if I was ever going to get married again, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And Tana and I have been together for 20 years. I scanned her

Because they realize if you're in my family, the brain matters. Right. Right. And so it's just something you do. And I was married once before and I got divorced 25 years ago. And if I was ever going to get married again, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And Tana and I have been together for 20 years. I scanned her

literally three weeks after we met each other and nobody thinks about it right you go to a marital therapist a relationship therapist and no one's looking at the brain which is just crazy you're so right but

literally three weeks after we met each other and nobody thinks about it right you go to a marital therapist a relationship therapist and no one's looking at the brain which is just crazy you're so right but

literally three weeks after we met each other and nobody thinks about it right you go to a marital therapist a relationship therapist and no one's looking at the brain which is just crazy you're so right but

Right. I mean, one of the first big lessons is all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD. It's not one thing. I mean, you would never give everyone who had chest pain. the same treatment, right? That would be malpractice, that would be stupid, that would be insane.

Right. I mean, one of the first big lessons is all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD. It's not one thing. I mean, you would never give everyone who had chest pain. the same treatment, right? That would be malpractice, that would be stupid, that would be insane.

Right. I mean, one of the first big lessons is all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD. It's not one thing. I mean, you would never give everyone who had chest pain. the same treatment, right? That would be malpractice, that would be stupid, that would be insane.

But yeah, you go tell your doctor you're depressed, the first thing he or she is gonna do is give you an SSRI, which in large scale studies work no better than placebo. And it's like, well, why is that? Because SSRIs work for the right brain, but they do not work for the wrong brain. In fact, they can make you worse.

But yeah, you go tell your doctor you're depressed, the first thing he or she is gonna do is give you an SSRI, which in large scale studies work no better than placebo. And it's like, well, why is that? Because SSRIs work for the right brain, but they do not work for the wrong brain. In fact, they can make you worse.

But yeah, you go tell your doctor you're depressed, the first thing he or she is gonna do is give you an SSRI, which in large scale studies work no better than placebo. And it's like, well, why is that? Because SSRIs work for the right brain, but they do not work for the wrong brain. In fact, they can make you worse.

So my wife, Tana, when she was she writes about this in her book, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child. She grew up in a really crazy environment. And in her mid 20s, she had thyroid cancer. And she went to UC Irvine and saw a psychiatrist and he gave her Prozac and it made her less anxious. But it also disinhibited her.

So my wife, Tana, when she was she writes about this in her book, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child. She grew up in a really crazy environment. And in her mid 20s, she had thyroid cancer. And she went to UC Irvine and saw a psychiatrist and he gave her Prozac and it made her less anxious. But it also disinhibited her.

So my wife, Tana, when she was she writes about this in her book, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child. She grew up in a really crazy environment. And in her mid 20s, she had thyroid cancer. And she went to UC Irvine and saw a psychiatrist and he gave her Prozac and it made her less anxious. But it also disinhibited her.

And all of a sudden, she's in Costa Rica with someone she had just met going, how did I get here? she started making really impulsive, stupid decisions. And when you look at her brain, she has sleepy frontal lobes. SSRIs, serotonin is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, calms things down. So if you start with sleepy frontal lobes, it makes them sleepier.

And all of a sudden, she's in Costa Rica with someone she had just met going, how did I get here? she started making really impulsive, stupid decisions. And when you look at her brain, she has sleepy frontal lobes. SSRIs, serotonin is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, calms things down. So if you start with sleepy frontal lobes, it makes them sleepier.

And all of a sudden, she's in Costa Rica with someone she had just met going, how did I get here? she started making really impulsive, stupid decisions. And when you look at her brain, she has sleepy frontal lobes. SSRIs, serotonin is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, calms things down. So if you start with sleepy frontal lobes, it makes them sleepier.