So I always recommend second opinions and I even say that about people who see me right if if you see your doctor or your provider

You know once twice I say three times is kind of the limit and you're not really

you're not seeing a difference or there's not any glimmer of hope that this is

going to be helpful then it's then it's time to try and see somebody else and just get a second

opinion.

Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers.

This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health

and life in general and some of those could be sensitive for you. I want to

simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also

respect and recognize your

limitations so please use your best judgment I will never be offended if you need to

skip a question or an episode entirely but feel free to feel it out check out the

episode and just see what happens if you

need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also

need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your

therapist this is not intended to be direct medical

advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said,

let's go ahead and get into the show. All right, hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help

Podcast episode 181. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff aka the for you're, this is an interview with Dr Megan Byer, she's a rehabilitation neuropsychologist and we get into what that means, but she focuses on mental health and thinking skills with the population of people who live with multiple sclerosis or MS.

And just up front I want to say that even if you don't have MS or know somebody that has MS,

this is a really valuable interview to listen to because we talk a lot about just how chronic illness in general

affects mental health and thinking abilities. So it's some really fascinating information and I think that

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