I Am Not Your Doctor

How do antidepressants work?

To understand how antidepressants work, you need to understand some basic neuroscience of depression. There are two sets of theories that explain how antidepressants work. 1) Neurochemical theories The first set of theories is neurochemical theories. These theories propose that antidepressant medications work by regulating different neurotransmitter and their receptors. 02 Feb 2026 7 min read philosophy

Can Your Stomach Explode?

Imagine this: Your patient is lying on an operating table, ready to have his stomach removed. The anesthesiologist puts the patient to sleep, and you're ready to start the operation. Everything goes smoothly, you make an incision, enter his abdominal cavity, and at the exact moment you try 01 Dec 2025 3 min read youtube

What makes a good teacher?

Since we were kids, we differentiated between good and bad teachers at the beginning of our academic journey, teachers we like and admire, and those we fear or despise. Some of those teachers shaped our characters and had a great impact on us. You can probably name at least one 17 Nov 2025 6 min read

Why do we like horror movies?

The human psyche is truly an extraordinary thing. On one side, we require constant balance, a perfect harmony by which we experience our lives, and on the other side, we want a little bit of SPICE. When we first became interested in the opposite sex, you might have been surprised 27 Oct 2025 4 min read medicine