When is medication withdrawal premature?

January 14, 2020 Alice W. Lee, MD

For a safe and sustainable withdrawal, the patient must heal their underlying causes, embedded traumas, social stressors, and negative mindsets.

The Importance of Letting Go

January 7, 2020 Alice W. Lee, MD

I love the symmetry of the year 2020. It’s like 20/20 vision—perfect vision. As these beautiful numbers become a part of our daily living, let's make room for wonderful new possibilities by letting go of our old baggage and beliefs.

On the Balance of Time

December 31, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

The process of living life fully is the same for everyone. We continue to learn and grow through our mistakes. We move forward despite our fear of the unknown, taking comfort in what we do know and in our past triumphs.

A Handwritten Note For You . . . On Handwriting

December 24, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

A robot written card does NOT give a card a personal touch. It gives it a cold, heartless, metallic touch. And that touch becomes their touch. It becomes a reflection of who they are because they made that choice.

Manifesting Intentions Through Your "Reiki" Box

December 17, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

I'd estimate that about 80% of my intentions in my Reiki box have manifested in my life over time, which made me even more optimistic that the rest will follow!

A Simple, Effective, and Free Way to Lower Psychiatric Medications

December 10, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Generally, traditional psychiatrists attribute relapses and symptoms associated with psychiatric medication withdrawal to a recurrence of the patient's illness. This perspective leads to restarting medication(s) if the withdrawal is unsuccessful.

A Revolutionary Approach to Medication Withdrawal

December 3, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

I've been connecting the dots between all that I've learned from my empirical understanding of withdrawal, and I've been applying energy medicine techniques in exciting new ways to simplify and support the withdrawal process.

Giving Thanks to the Heroes and Heroines Who Shape and Guide Us

November 26, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

In what way can you embody the heroes and heroines who inspire you? How have you lived your life to honor them? Find your light, acknowledge it, and give thanks for life, especially your life. Thank you for being you.

A Holistic Perspective on ADHD and How to Treat It

November 19, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

My holistic understanding of ADHD is that this condition is a reflection of underlying stressors that change a patient's attention from that of a scholar to that of a soldier. It's not that the child is inattentive; it's that the child's attention is hypersensitized to everything.

What Negative Reactions to N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Can Teach Us About Withdrawal

November 12, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

What can negative reactions to N-Acetylcystein (NAC) teach us about withdrawal and how to handle it in the future?

When do withdrawals stop?

November 5, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

From my perspective, stopping one's medications without a foundation of health to stand on is like putting the cart before the horse. It's just not possible to go anywhere when you do that.

Just Because It's Difficult Doesn't Mean It's Not Worth Doing

October 29, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Sometimes, the world puts dents in your desire to follow your dreams. Before you even take the first step, the world seems to be opening a door to the future where only the icy wind blows through the blizzards along your path. Would you start your journey anyway?

Believing in Your Dreams and Investing in Yourself

October 22, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Your dreams can reflect a basic part of who you are before you become that in the world. In other words, a blueprint for your future self. It is in our nature as creators to create ever-evolving states of being.

What to do When Medications and Supplements Don't Help Anymore

October 15, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

What can be done when medications "stop working" and the supplements that are supposed to make withdrawal easier make you feel worse?

At the Airport: Signs of a Changing America

October 8, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Let's call out the culture of division and disenfranchisement gradually increasing around us. Ostracizing one group to create fake unity for another was, and continues to be, a failed social experiment.

Returning to Life-affirming Moments in Childhood

October 1, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Our childhoods aren't just bags of traumas that we fish around in, pull out an issue, and talk about in therapy. Rather, our childhood can tell us a great deal about our innocence and pure-heartedness, who we are deep inside, and how we wanted to evolve.

The Little Red Hen's Lesson on Love

September 24, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Though we may try to capture it through writing, music, or speech, love’s spiritual essence cannot be reduced to three or two-dimensional space. Love is not just a verb; it is a multi-actioned-verb.

To Deserve or Not to Deserve, That is the Question

September 17, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

What stands between you and everything you want in life? Is it something external to you? Your relationships? Your job? Your health? Or is it something within you that you can't easily point to?

Supplement Mistakes that Worsen Medication Withdrawal

September 10, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

I share a true story involving a confluence of mistakes that taught me many important lessons about being more careful with these powerful tools that I tend to take for granted.

What to do Before Lowering Medications

September 3, 2019 Alice W. Lee, MD

Life is a process. Becoming a holistic psychiatrist is a process. I want to share an indispensable truth about the process of medication withdrawal—preparation.