Natural’Medicine’for’Your’Mood’...Psychiatry: a Vulnerable Profession human mind...

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Natural Medicine for Your Mood Dr. Peter Sheng Medical Director, Integra5ve Health & Medicine

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Natural  Medicine  for  Your  Mood  Dr.  Peter  Sheng  

Medical  Director,  Integra5ve  Health  &  Medicine  

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Peter  Sheng,  MD  •  Dr.  Sheng  provides  integra5ve  medicine,  combining  tradi5onal  Chinese  medicine  with  conven5onal  Western  medical  care,  including  acupuncture.    

•  His  integra5ve  care  is  backed  by  20  years  of  experience  as  a  board-­‐cer5fied  physician  in  internal  medicine  and  oncology.  He  has  helped  many  pa5ents  survive  life-­‐threatening  illnesses,  overcome  severe  pain  and  manage  chronic  diseases.  And  he  has  helped  them  live  beJer  in  the  process.  

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POTUS: A Stable Genius

•  Lee  BX,  ed.  The  dangerous  case  of  Donald  Trump:  27  psychiatrists  and  mental  health  experts  assess  a  president.  New  York:  St.  Mar5n’s  Press,  2017.  

• Dr.  Jeffrey  Lieberman:    Psychiatrists  diagnosing  the  president-­‐-­‐-­‐moral  obliga5on  or  ethical  viola5on                  leJer  to  the  editor  NEJM    Dec  17,  2017  

                         Psychiatry  is  a  vulnerable  profession                            Too  many  missteps  in  the  past                            Formal  diagnosis  requires  examina5on,  blood  tests,  imaging  

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Psychiatry: a Vulnerable Profession human mind non-palpable • How  do  we  diagnose  mental  disorders?  •  Evolu5on  of  psychiatry:  DSM-­‐V  (I  to  V)    diagnos5c  sta5s5cal  manual  

• Are  blood  tests  valid?  Neuroimaging  study?  • Room  for  improvement?  sure  •  The  era  of  neurotransmiJers:  oversimplified?                dopamine,  epinephrine,  norepinephrine,  acetylcholine                serotonin,  GABA,  endorphine/opioids,  melatonin-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐etc                              Dr.  Jeffrey  Lieberman        The  untold  story  of  psychiatry  

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Neurotransmitters: Excitatory & Inhibitory

•  Epinephrine:  fight  or  flight  • Norepinephrine:  focus,  alertness  •  Serotonin:  mood  • Dopamine:  regula5ng  motor,  reward  system,  mo5va5on  

• Acetylcholine:  memory  • GABA:  inhibitory,  seda5ve  • Glutamate:  excita5on  

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More Than Just Neurotransmitters

• Human  emo5ons  very  complicated  • Many  chemicals  interac5ng  with  one  another  • Neuron  circuitry/ac5on  poten5al  • Gene5cs:  extra  or  fewer  gene  copies  • Medica5ons  may  not  make  it  just  right                      I  am  not  against  use  of  meds,  just  not  too  much  or  too  long                          medica5ons  may  overdo  it-­‐-­‐-­‐side  effects  

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How Do We Diagnose Depression?

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The Stigmata

• We  need  our  families  and  friends  to  understand  that  the  100  million  Americans  suffering  with  mental  illness  are  not  lost  souls  or  lost  causes.  We  are  capable  of  gecng  beJer,  being  happy,  and  building  rewarding  rela5onship.                                                Patrick  Kennedy  

• How  come  every  other  organ  in  your  body  can  get  sick  and  get  sympathy,  except  the  brain.                                  Ruby  Wax  

• A  tale  of  mental  illness-­‐from  the  inside                  Elyn  Saks                  Ted  Talk  

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My Thoughts

• Psychiatry  as  a  complicated,  evolving  field  •  Emo5onal  disorders  common:    beware  of  over/under  dx    &  treat  • Avoiding  professional  help  common:  s5gma5zing  •  Integra5ve  approach  needed:  cogni5ve  behavioral  therapy,  psychotherapy,  group  • Rx  drugs  for  mood?  I  am  not  against  them                  as  indicated  if  severe  thought  disorder                  some  describe  flat  affects  on  SSRI                  be  aware  of  drug-­‐drug/  herbs  interac5ons                  dura5on?  who  take  them  off?  short  &  long  term  effects?  

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Natural medicine for a happier you Putting it all together

•   Acupuncture,  supplements,  vitamins                                    Chinese  medicine  based  on  pulse  &  tongue      •   Physical  ac5vi5es,  yoga,  TaiChi  •   Sleep/sleep  hygiene  •   Circadian  rhythm/light  exposure  •   Medita5on  •   Support  group,  expressive  therapy,  cogni5ve-­‐behavioral  therapy-­‐-­‐etc                          

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Substance induced Mental disorder start & stop • Alcohol  • Amphetamines  • Cocaines  •  LSD  • Marijuana  • PCP  • Opioids  •  Seda5ves  

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Depression as an Example

• How  good  is  acupuncture?  Studies  mixed.  Report  bias.  • How  good  are  an5-­‐depressants?                  response  40-­‐70%;  placebo  20-­‐30%                  beJer  for  severe  depression,  used  early                  research  methodology                  some  side  effects  (SD,  weight)  • Mild  to  moderate  depression  may  try  natural  therapy  first                  do  not  over-­‐analyze  one’s  self                    

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Poor Mental Health due to a medical condition

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Anxiety, Depression, ADD/ADHD, PTSD

•  Exercise  helps:  earlier  during  the  day,  mix  &  match  • Healthy  nutri5on:  less  carb.  Mediterranean,    IntermiJent  fas5ng?  •  Supplements:  O-­‐3  faJy  acids,  Zinc  (careful  with  long  term  use)  • Melatonin,  chamomile,  valerian,  hops,  magnesium  •  L-­‐theanin,  5-­‐HTP,  SAM-­‐e  •  Essen5al  oil:  levander,  sweet  orange  • Chinese  herbs:  mix  &match  (my  specialty)  

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Doctor-Patient Communication how do we communicate feeling?

• Health  care  providers  rely  on  pa5ents’  narra5ves  • Pa5ents’  stories  subject  to  bias,  interpreta5on,  internet-­‐-­‐-­‐etc  • Pa5ents  come  with  diagnosis:    e.g.  PTSD  or  fibromyalgia  

• Clinicians  interpret  pa5ents’  story,  more  poten5al  bias  •  Introducing  Chinese  pulse  dx.            Pulse  tell  the  story:  shape,  regularity,  pulse  rate,  strength,  amplitude,  jump,  depth  at  6  posi5ons  

• Put  pa5ents  in  different  diagnos5c  categories:    syndrome  differen5a5on                          8  principles:    Yin/Yang,  Cold/Heat,  Exterior/Interior,  Deficit/Excess  

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Testimonial

•  I  was  experiencing  physical  symptoms  from  a  racing  heart  to  sleeplessness  and  memory  loss.  Thought  something  was  going  with  my  thyroid.  My  blood  work  looked  fine  but  I  feel  awful.  The  acupuncture  and  Chinese  medicine  made  all  the  difference.  I  took  8  weeks  of  therapy.  It  was  a  gradual  thing—

it  was  like  a  5pping  point  that  brought  me  back  in  balance—feeling  good!  My  energy  is  back.                                  Tina    W.  

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Acupuncture & Brain Matters

•  Trea5ng  a  variety  of  emo5onal  disorders  • Definitely  seda5ng,  improves  sleep,  treat  mild,        moderate  depression    •  Study  results  mixed  for  depression,                                                                                  used  as  adjunc5ve  mostly  

• Neurophysiological  basis  of  needling  therapy                balancing  the  autonomic  nervous  system                hormones/neurotransmiJers    secreted                    Evidence  of  elevated  neurotransmiJers  in  CSF  

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Frequently used Points for Relaxation

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Ear Acupuncture

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Practice of Acupuncture

• Gauge  32-­‐-­‐  36  Needles,  1”-­‐1.5”  Long  (up  to  3”)  • Number  Of  Needles  Varies  •  365-­‐1,000  Acupuncture  Points  • Dura5on  Of  Treatment:  20-­‐60  Minutes  •  5-­‐10  Sessions  Needed,  Maybe  More,  Weekly  or  B.I.W  • Many  Styles:  TCM,  French,  Korean  etc            My  personal  style  is  distal  balanced  method  •  Safe,  If  One  Stays  Away  From  Chest  Area  •  Electric  S5mula5on  Used  Some5mes  

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Where  is  personalized  medicine?  

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Pulse telling the whole story Chinese Pulse Diagnosis

•  To  understand  their  emo5onal  feeling,  we  rely  on  their  narra5ves  • Par5al,  biased,  subjec5ve,  using  common  medical  terms  • Choice  of  words  influenced  by  internet  search,  friends-­‐-­‐etc  •  Trained  by  the  medical  profession:  chief  complaint  • No  chief  complaint;  there  are  mul5ple  complaints,  maybe  causally  related  

• Pulse  represents  an  easy  portal  to  understand  my  clients  • Pulse  guides  herbal  prescrip5ons                                            Even  ICD-­‐10  codes  osen  just  describe  the  condi5on  

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Panic Disorder Case Example #1

•  20  y/o  female  college  student,  intermiJent  panic  aJacks  • Worse  past  3  years,  unable  to  drive  • No  meds,  no  supplements  • Hands  cold,  pulse  thin,  deep,  disappears  upon  pressing  •  Les  2nd  posi5on  very  weak  (liver  or  emo5on)  

             weak  cons5tu5on,  poor  circula5on,  introverted,  unable  to  let  feeling  out                    important  to  boost  Qi=blood=energy=func5on  

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Panic Disorder Case Example #2 •  young  male,  anxiety/panic  aJacks  for  years  • does  eat  healthy,  meditate  and  exercise  regularly  • PCP  suggests  an5depressant  and  Buspar,  to  no  avail.  •  seeking  alterna5ve  help  •  2  acupuncture  sessions,  discussed  medita5on  &  guided  imagery  • pulse:  weak  L  1st  positon  indica5ng  weak  blood  flow  to  brain,  sugges5ng  another  component:  ADD/ADHD  

                               explore  different  forms  of  medita5on  

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Case Example •  Cindy,  a  60  year  old  female  lung  cancer  survivor  over  3  years  •  Progressive  fa5gue  and  cogni5ve  decline  •  Treated  with  chemo,  Opdivo,  experimental  drugs.  Off  treatment  now  •  S/P  whole  brain  radia5on  for  brain  mets  • Mul5ple  E.D.  visits  &  hospital  admissions  over  12  months:  TIAs?  •  Rapid  improvement  with  acupuncture  &  Chinese  herbs                  BeJer  blood  flow  to  the  brain  with  herbal  blood  movers  •  Now  able  to  engage  in  meaningful  conversa5ons;  walking  w/  a  walker                  she  was  in  a  wheelchair  

                   5-­‐yr  survival  up  to  16%  for  stage  4  lung  cancer                Dr.  Julie  Bramer  

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Stroke, Chemo Brain & Radiation Brain

• Huge  unmet  need  •  In  breast  cancer  30%  aser  chemo  • Memory  issue,  declined  execu5ve  func5oning  • Definite  MRI/fMRI  changes  of  brain,  inflamma5on  from  cytokines?  • No  clear  solu5on  • My  take:  decreased  blood  flow  to  brain,  verified  by  pulse  • Chinese  herbal    blood  movers  

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ADHD: 2 Different Cases

•  37  y/o  young  mother  of  2,  seen  for  chronic  migraine  •  L  1st  pulse  weakà  ADHD,  chronic  stress  • Drama5c  improvement  with  one  acupuncture/herbs  

•  14  y/o  junior  high  student,  always  hot  •  ScaJered  mind  • Pulse  strong  throughout,  esp.  R  2nd  pulse  •  Improved  aser  acupuncture  &  cooling  herbs        (  I  can  do  math)  

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TIA or Hemiplegic Migraine?

•  Linda,  62,  nurse.  Difficulty  driving  to  work  one  day  •  E.R.  :  TIA.  Neurologists:  migraine.  2  MRIs  brain  normal  • Head  empty  feeling,  poor  memory,  les  side  slightly  weak,  generalized  weakness,  unable  to  return  to  work.  No  headache.  

• Pulse,  weak  throughout,  esp.  L  1st  posi5on  (heart  &  brain)  • Acupuncture,  Chinese  herbs,  exercise.  • Back  to  work  3  months  later;    Ireland  trip  6  months  later                                      Chinese  medicine  trea5ng  circula5on  

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Pulse Diagnosis: Left Radial Pulse