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The Lindsey Elmore Show

How to Heal OCD and Safely Stop Antidepressants | Dr. Julia Britz

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0529 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Julia Britz is a licensed naturopathic doctor who received her training from Bastyr University in San Diego, CA. She specializes in supporting people who are struggling with mental health issues such as OCD, disorders eating and psychiatric medication tapering. Her passion for working with individuals suffering from these lonely conditions is that she too was a “hopeless case”, but got better. Dismissed by doctors, she was told over and over there was nothing else she could try beyond pharmacotherapy, and so was inspired to create MyOCDdiary: an imperfect story.” She utilizes natural and integrative modalities including targeted amino acid therapy, peptide therapy, micronutrient therapy, bioresonance, botanical medicine and epigenetic analysis. Most recently she was the director of naturopathic medicine at Alternative to a meds Center in Arizona and now practices telemedicine. She can be contacted at www.drjuliabritz.com. Topics covered in this episode: Current State of OCD Eating habits Types of OCD & Eating Disorders Medications for Mental Health Disorders Male & Female Differences in Disorders Borderline Personality Disorder Gender Misrepresentations Media Representation Addiction & Dependanies Children Diagnoses Acothesia Emerging Therapies Referenced in the episode: The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 184 | The Silent Epidemic Of Antidepressant Addiction and How to Truly Heal Anxiety | Ellen Vora The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 21 | The Fight For Equality in Media | Madeline DiNonnio To learn more about Julia Britz and her work, head over to https://www.drjuliabritz.com/ __________________________________________________________ Thinx are revolutionary underwear that absorb your period. They change the experience of incontinence and going to school as a teenager on your period. They work because they have a moisture wicking top layer that draws wetness and dries very quickly. There is a odor neutralization layer then there is an ultra absorbent core layer that can absorb up to five tampons worth of flow. You can save $10 when you head to http://www.lindseyelmore.com/shethinx at any time. A better period is calling you, shop Thinx today. __________________________________________________________ I want to share with you a show that has made such a difference in so many women who are breast-feeding's lives. It's called The Milk Making Minutes and it looks at the struggles and triumphs of breast feeding as well as the systemic barriers that women face when they are breast-feeding. One of the things we talk about on our show is how important it is to be your own advocate. It’s not just about the systemic struggles that people face, it's really down to earth and practical advice about: Are you using the right size flange on your breast pump? How do you deal with a tongue tie? They also talk about the long-term benefits and the hope that breast-feeding can give new moms. I encourage you to go and check out the show. It’s called The Milk Making Minutes. __________________________________________________________ Do you want to live a healthy lifestyle but you don’t know where to find reliable health education, you don’t have someone you can trust to lead you to which health and wellness options are out there. When you go to http://www.Wellnessmadesimple.us you can learn practical skills that you need to build a healthy lifestyle. You’ll gain access to more than 85 videos, 11 hours of education and more education is always being added, and you'll join a community that has given more than 2400 positive reviews. All you have to do is get access, and right now we are offering half off of an annual subscription when you shop the code 2023Wellness and after that, watch the coursework, then implement daily changes positively transform your help you can feel better. Go to http://www.Wellnessmadesimple.us to get an annual subscription, and shop the code 2023Wellness for half off of your annual subscription. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

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0:00.0

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears that may be obsessive,

0:08.7

and these obsessions lead people suffering from OCD to have repetitive behaviors known as compulsions.

0:20.0

The obsessions, the compulsions, the compulsions interfere with daily life

0:23.5

and can cause very significant stress and distress. What are some of the obsessions that people

0:31.8

have? Fear of contamination, fear of uncertainty, needing to find things symmetrical, having aggressive, intrusive

0:40.5

thoughts about harming themselves or others, and simply any unwanted thoughts that keep coming back.

0:48.6

This may lead people to constantly wash and clean, constantly check, am I sure I turned off the stove, constantly

0:56.9

counting, really ensuring that everything is orderly, following very strict routines,

1:02.8

and demanding tons of reassurance along the way.

1:08.0

The problem with obsessive compulsive disorder is many clinicians tell you that there is

1:13.5

nothing that you can do about it other than take standard pharmacotherapeutic approaches.

1:19.9

The problem with pharmacotherapy that is used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder is oftentimes

1:26.8

we don't have the biological and the chemical

1:30.5

precursors needed to actually make an impact on the neurotransmitters that could lead to the

1:38.7

reductions in these obsessives and compulsive behaviors. There's also very little about how do we unwind the thought

1:50.2

processes in the first place. My guest today is Dr. Julia Brits. She is an expert in using

1:58.9

peptide therapies and amino acid therapies to at least give medications a fighting chance to work in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder.

2:09.6

She also teaches patients how they can go on an extremely slow taper off of antidepressives as well as benzodiazepine,

2:23.3

the anti-anxialytic medications, so that they can ultimately lead a med-free lifestyle

2:29.4

while actually overcoming the root causes of their obsessive compulsive disorders.

2:37.0

This is The Lindsay Elmore Show.

2:40.0

Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy.

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