Impostor Syndrome: When Success Feels Like a Fraud and Self-Doubt Won’t Quiet Down
You got the promotion. You finished the degree. You hit the milestone. And instead of feeling proud, a voice inside whispers: you don’t really deserve this. You just got lucky. They’re going to figure out you’re not as competent as they think you are. You overwork to prove your worth, preparing more than anyone else, […]
Postpartum Depression: What It Feels Like, Why It Happens, and How to Get Help
There’s a version of new motherhood that the world wants you to perform — radiant, grateful, instinctively bonded to your baby, overwhelmed only by love. And then there’s the version many women actually experience: exhausted beyond anything they imagined, tearful for reasons they can’t explain, disconnected from a baby they desperately wanted to feel connected […]
Why “Less Is More” in Prescribing: My Philosophy on Medication Management
In my career, I have seen a pattern repeat itself across clinical settings. A patient would come in struggling — with depression, anxiety, insomnia, maybe all three. They’d receive a prescription. Then another. Then a dose increase. Then a medication to manage the side effects of the first medication. Within months, some patients were on […]
Safely Tapering Off Psychiatric Medication: What Deprescribing Looks Like and When It Makes Sense
You’ve been on your medication for a while now. Maybe months, maybe years. And it helped — truly helped — during a period when you needed it most. But lately, a question has been forming: Is it time? Am I still the person who needs this medication? What would it feel like to try without […]