Episode 64: It's not me---It's OCD: on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND

The Good Mood Podcast

In this solo episode Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND talks about OCD: the biological and neurological underpinnings, the symptoms, behaviour therapy, and nutritional support. It is possible to overcome OCD symptoms--the key is to learn where the symptoms arise in the brain and how to combat them to break the obsession-anxiety-compulsion-relief cycle. I discuss Jeffrey Schwartz's book Brain Lock and naturopathic nutritional and supplemental support including Dr. James Greenblatt's ZEEBRA method.

Learn more about nutrition for mental health: https://learn.goodmoodproject.ca/courses/feed-your-head

Jeffrey Schwarz's Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Brain-Lock-Twentieth-Anniversary-Obsessive-Compulsive/dp/006256143X/ref=asc_df_006256143X/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309344616184&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15892440765679245724&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000770&hvtargid=pla-327875600354&psc=1

The parts of the brain affected by OCD:

Caudate nucleus (the gear shift, located in the striatum/basal ganglia)

Orbital Cortex (the error detection system)

The thalamus (relay centre for senses)

The cingulate gyrus ("something is off, something bad will happen, if I don't---"

Neurotransmitters associated: serotonin and glutamate

The 4 Steps in Brain Lock

Relabel

Reattribute

Refocus

Revalue

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