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Prozac and Alcohol: Risks of Mixing Fluoxetine with Drinking

Why You Should Not Mix Prozac and Alcohol Prozac (fluoxetine) and alcohol both affect the brain's serotonin and central nervous system function, and combining them can produce dangerous interactions. Despite this, many patients on Prozac continue to drink — sometimes because they do not understand the risks, and sometimes because depression itself increases the desire […]

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Brain Fog: Causes, Psychiatric Connections, and Treatment

What Is Brain Fog? Brain fog is not a medical diagnosis but a commonly used term describing a cluster of cognitive symptoms: difficulty concentrating, mental cloudiness, forgetfulness, slow thinking, confusion, and a sense that your mind is not working as well as it should. While brain fog can have many causes, psychiatric conditions are among […]

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Caregiver Burnout: Signs, Causes, and How to Get Help

What Is Caregiver Burnout? Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that occurs when the demands of caregiving chronically exceed the caregiver's resources. Whether you are caring for an aging parent, a spouse with chronic illness, or a family member with a mental health condition, the sustained stress of caregiving can […]

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Misophonia: When Everyday Sounds Trigger Intense Reactions

What Is Misophonia? Misophonia is a condition characterized by intense emotional and physiological reactions to specific sounds — most commonly chewing, breathing, sniffing, typing, pen clicking, or other repetitive, often body-produced sounds. The reactions go far beyond mild annoyance; people with misophonia experience anger, rage, disgust, anxiety, or panic that feels involuntary and disproportionate to […]

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Dermatillomania: Understanding Skin-Picking Disorder

What Is Dermatillomania? Dermatillomania (excoriation disorder or skin-picking disorder) is a body-focused repetitive behavior characterized by recurrent, compulsive picking of the skin, resulting in tissue damage, scarring, and significant emotional distress. Like trichotillomania, it is classified under Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in the DSM-5 and affects approximately 1.4-5.4% of the population. At Elevate Psychiatry, we […]

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Trichotillomania: Understanding Hair-Pulling Disorder

What Is Trichotillomania? Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) is a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) characterized by recurrent, compulsive pulling of one's own hair, resulting in noticeable hair loss. It affects approximately 1-2% of the population and can involve hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or any body area. At Elevate Psychiatry, we treat trichotillomania with evidence-based approaches […]

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Atypical Depression: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

What Is Atypical Depression? Despite its name, atypical depression is actually one of the most common forms of depression — the "atypical" label refers to how it differs from the classical, textbook presentation of major depressive disorder, not to its prevalence. At Elevate Psychiatry, we recognize atypical depression as a distinct clinical pattern that has […]

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Existential Anxiety: When Life's Big Questions Become Overwhelming

What Is Existential Anxiety? Existential anxiety is the distress that arises from confronting fundamental questions of human existence — the meaning of life, freedom and responsibility, isolation, and mortality. Unlike clinical anxiety disorders that focus on specific threats or worries, existential anxiety emerges from the recognition of unavoidable realities: that life is finite, that meaning […]

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Death Anxiety (Thanatophobia): When Fear of Death Takes Over

Understanding Death Anxiety Death anxiety — also called thanatophobia — is an intense, persistent fear of death or the dying process. While some awareness of mortality is universal and can even motivate meaningful living, death anxiety crosses into clinical territory when it becomes consuming, intrusive, and interferes with your ability to enjoy the present. At […]

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