by Dr. Alex Joannou | Aug 15, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
In considering the cause of depression, it is important to rule out a number of medical conditions first. Particularly in this age of Dr Google, patients may feel depressed and then look to herbs or natural therapies for depression and then go ahead treat themselves,...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 26, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
What causes depression? When thinking about the cause of depression it is useful to see us as more than just a mere machine. Modern medicine does tend to think of human beings in such a way. For example, seeing the kidneys as operating like a swimming pool filter, the...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 23, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
Medications can be a less obvious cause of depression. These include a group of drugs known as Beta Blockers. Before ACE Inhibitors became available in the 1980’s, Beta Blockers were the most popular blood pressure medications and are still widely used today, such as...
