Ayelet Waldman Quotes

The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm - it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're killing all that when you take the drug.

Our entire personality, our energy level, and how we cope is hormonal.

I was interested in Prozac from a personal point of view because I can be a bit moody - things do get on top of me sometimes - so I was quite keen to find out what it would do to my personality.

I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

I have a master's in psychology, and depression and anxiety are considered to be cyclical.

No amount of therapy will take care of a chemical imbalance of the brain.

A doctor prescribed testosterone for depression and it truly helped me.

Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's notion of oneself, that even psychotic extremes in mood and behavior somehow can be seen as temporary, even understandable, reactions to what life has dealt.

Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.

The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.

For me, I kind of just follow my passions and follow what I love to do and use my free time to kind of answer those questions and go through my bad moods and maybe a little light case of depression.

I wasn't super emo when I was younger but I'm very neurotic, my mood swings really heavily so when I'm upset I go away from everyone.

Chemically, if you are not happy, your body will not look or be happy.

When I have to be in public, I can't be in a bad mood.

The power I would like is to be able to turn off negative emotions and bad moods with the flick of a switch.

Our mental state fuels our emotions, and our bodies reflect those emotions.

Hormones get no respect. We think of them as the elusive chemicals that make us a bit moody, but these magical little molecules do so much more.

My medications make me easier to deal with. They don't interfere with my creativity or turn me into a zombie or dull my real personality. They help me connect with people, allow me to stay calm when situations seem overwhelming, and help keep my thoughts from racing out of control. They help me leave the house when I'm scared to. They help.

You have to deal with your emotions and not spike too much on the graph - not get too elated with the highs or too down with the lows.

Have a good sense of perspective and be able to snap yourself out of bad moods, as we often wind ourselves up about the silliest things.

I need music all the time - just to get my vibe where I want it.

Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the 'feel good' neurotransmitter.

I am very emotional.

When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.