Episode 320: Caregiver Pressure & Antidepressants for Concussion
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Hello, all! Short but sweet episode this time covering the following:
- What can I do about my fear of dying and leaving behind my paralyzed husband?
- Is it normal to use antidepressants after a concussion?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode320
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to the depression symptoms getting worse, I wouldn't necessarily totally agree with what your concussion specialist said about your case. |
| 0:08.0 | I have to assume that what they meant was that, you know, at this point your brain is mostly physically recovered from the brain injury. |
| 0:15.2 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:18.8 | 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. |
| 0:25.6 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also respect |
| 0:30.9 | and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:33.0 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:34.8 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely. |
| 0:38.6 | But feel free to feel it out, check out the episode |
| 0:41.1 | and just see what happens. |
| 0:42.0 | If you need to skip, that's okay. But, you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:45.8 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:51.0 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a |
| 0:54.4 | substitute for professional help. So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. 3rd All right. |
| 1:15.0 | Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help |
| 1:19.7 | Podcast episode 320. |
| 1:21.7 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff |
| 1:23.0 | aka Duff the Psych I'm making mental health content for real people just like you. |
| 1:27.4 | And today I have a question and answer episode to good questions. I don't think it'll be the longest |
| 1:35.2 | episode ever but really interesting stuff to get into here. If you want to |
| 1:40.3 | send in a question for the show please send me an email to duff the psych at gmail |
| 1:44.4 | dot com and you can also use the contact page on my website duff the psych dot com which is also where you can find |
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