I'm a doctor & I take meds for my mental health | Dr. Jake Goodman | TEDxUIC
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- As a doctor training to be a Psychiatrist, most in the field would advise me NOT to post this. But I didn't join this field to continue the status quo. My name is Dr. Jake, I'm a resident physician who treats mental illness, and I take medication for my mental health. And by the way, I'm proud of it.
I posted this on social media in December of 2021 and within 24 hours it had been seen by millions of people around the world. So why did I post this? Watch my first TEDx to hear why I decided to stand up to the establishment and fight stigma and discrimination.
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About Me:
Name: Jake Goodman
Degree: MD, MBA, PGY1 Psychiatry Resident
Instagram: / jakegoodmanmd
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- Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
- My content is for educational and marketing purposes and should not be used in place of therapy or treatment
I am part of a new generation of doctors, nurses, and healthcare students and professionals that are NOT afraid to be vulnerable and discuss mental health. WE ARE THE CHANGE. Welcome to my channel fam :)
*** Medications are not for everyone. But they can be a powerful tool in combination with therapy and other self care techniques to improve mental health issues.
Thank you for sharing this and for your other posts talking about mental health. I especially appreciated you bringing up the archaic guidelines in place involving licensing in some states.
I’m currently taking medication for anxiety and depression, but I’m missing the therapy part. I’m thinking that I need to start that part of treatment again. Thanks for helping me come to that conclusion!!
Hi Jake, I've got a serious question. If you have family with mental health issues or that are verbally/physically abusive...how can you approach them to help them change/help themselves for the sake of others? Thanks brother!
Thank you for being part of the change! The culture of medicine can be just as toxic even as it’s trying to liberate its own patients from a stigmatized culture.
Mr Jake but why we used antidepressants to change the mode can we change the circumstances of depressed person why we use these drugs and drugs by my own opinion mean cigarette and wed and coffee and all chemicals that can change you mode
I got chills listening to this. I struggled with anxiety and likely depression during pharmacy school and residency but didn't seek help until I hit rock bottom. You are so right about the stigma. We can be the change for the next generation for healthcare workers! 💕 Thank you for sharing your story, Dr. Jake.
Same here. I failed almost the entire second year of General surgery residency. I have been taking medication for bipolar disorder ever since.
Great work Jake, brilliant talk
Eyo, my guy is here as well
I'm a registered nurse, and I go to therapy and when necessary will take meds for my mental health. I openly talk with my coworkers about my experience with depression that was triggered by working nights in the ICU. I do it fearlessly because I know that more people will find it relatable than not. I do it to help end the stigma. Thank you for fearlessly sharing your experience. ❤
Coming from a fellow psych resident, thank you for sharing this and doing your part to reduce the stigma! It's unacceptable that licensure can treat mental health issues so punitively.
I was shocked to hear that this could happen with medical licensure. Really, it shouldn't be allowed in any profession, but in medicine?! Even if it were limited to histories if opiate use disorder in anesthesiologists, i would have a problem with it.
I'm a Pre-Med student with multiple mental illnesses, who has suffered with depression and anxiety and OCD since I was in elementary school. I have been hospitalized, I have been give more that 10 different med combos. And sometimes I ask myself, "who am I to believe I have the capacity to be anything more than who I am now? Let alone be a Neurosurgeon one day."
But screw that. If I'm going to live this life, one I've struggled on and off not to end, I'm going to live it pursuing what makes me actually want to wake up every day.
So this has been an inspiring video. And I encourage everyone to aim hight and achieve your individual greatness, whatever that means to you. 💪😌
I am so proud of you
I NEVER SAW A DOCTOR OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH … THIS GUY PROBABLY NEVER WACTHED HOUSE . jokes aside , I am happy that you are getting the help you need and very proud of you for standing for yourself .
I watched the Ted Talk when it was on zoom and it was incredible! Loved every bit of it! Your doing amazing work!!
AMBER! I saw you on the talk live! Thank you so much for coming and supporting me!
Much appreciated. Thank you. I am a Doctor myself and not everyone gets out of the their comfort zone as you to explain that we are not superheroes. Just a bunch of hardworking people, not giving up, and trying hard to save or make the life better for our patients we care so much about.
Proud that you are pioneering on this regard.
I would share this video 1000 times on 1000 platforms if I could. That's a Superhero speaking right there.
I've always wanted to be an oncologist, but always doubted myself. But when I found your videos, I actually felt like I could do it!! Now I'm getting ready to take on the health sciences track as a freshman in high school next year. Thank you so much for the work you're doing!!
Good luck!
Doc, YOU are my super-human hero!
I'm a neurodivergent OT, working in mental health and your speech made me cry!
We gotta change this system by inside! Thanks a lot!! 💕🌈
Even if you're a physician that treats mental illnesses, you can be touched by mental instabilities, and that's totally fine. I'm a medical student and i was undiagnosed for a very good portion of my life. The difference once you find the right meds is insane!
Best if luck, doc!💗
Amazing work, Jake! Thank you for bringing mental health issues in physicians to the spotlight. I lost two good friends to suicides in med school and wished that they could have sought out help before ending their lives.
"I didn't join this field to preserve the status quo." My favourite sentence. Medicine will improve thanks to everyone who lives by this motto. Thank you for opening up.
I understood the impact of mental health only during postpartum, but my renowned and extremely sought after ob/gyn didn't even see my struggles or the need for checkups. The stigma is everywhere. People pay the price for devoting their lives to care for other people like patients, children, civilians etc. Why would they not struggle? Why wouldn't they need special support? It can only lead to them doing their job better.
Wow this is super emotional for me, I have a mental illness and take medication, and I’m in PA school. Many of my classmates finally started therapy this year and got on medication. We are literally responsible for saving lives and there’s so much pressure to disregard our own!
I never thought I’d get to this point when I was in that low, but I did. Seeing you talk about this is amazing and I’m going to share it with my classmates ❤️
Thank you! Dr. Jake. I am a RN who has practiced 35 years & I see "red" when collegues label patients on any psychotropic meds. Well, those collegues are the ignorant ones!!!
I would love to see legislation allowing days off when adjusting dosages or trying a different med. God bless you and may you have a long and fulfilling career. You have great wisdom. 💗
I've never thought about it specifically, but you are absolutely right about the need for time off or, at a minimum, greater flexibility and leniency during medication and dosage changes.
What do they "label" them exactly?
Dr. Jake, it's been a hot second since I've been moved to tears... and here we are! Thank you for being the incredible change-maker and culture shaker that you are. You are exactly what the world and the medical profession needs right now - someone who is raw, human, extremely dedicated and hard working / disciplined, brilliant and compassionate. You have no idea how many lives you are going to change through the wonderful gifts you have just shared. I love this and you. Signed, a psychiatrist who has taken medication for mental health :)
I have intense insomnia and daily anxiety, so becoming a music therapist to help others who feel such pain and other conditions is why I want to be in healthcare.
Thanks Dr.Jake for spreading awareness of mental health in medical professionals and hats of to you for taking such initiative 👌👌👌👍👍👍👏👏👏👏🎩🎩🎩
Pritee!!! Thank you for the support.
@@JakeGoodmanMD My pleasure 🙏😊
As a mental health professional I want to thank you for standing up for those professionals who have mental health needs. Not only do we we need to care for ourselves, but we need to recognize others in our family, work, and communities who may be struggling.
I’m so proud of you! The stigma has to stop! It’s 2022! My mental health was awful today so I’m thinking of re-starting meds today
Dr. Jake, I have suffered from PTSD and Major Depressive episodes for over twenty years. I know personally how painful mental illness can be. Thank you for casting light onto the darkness of the stigma of being mentally ill. Your talk brought tears to my eyes.
You are truly inspiring. Thank you for this
Means everything. Thank you!
I’m from Malaysia. As a girl from an Asian country, I receive multiple stigma for openly talking about my mental health & about going for therapy. People view me as damaged and would be prudent in talking and interacting with me.
The journey to seek mental health help has been brutal to me and I stopped since last year November. Because, I realise mental health professionals themselves are not entirely mentally healthy. They are burnt out with long working hours and other reasons.
This video really inspires me to find a mental health professional that goes for therapy. Thank you Jake💖
I know it would be hard to find a therapist that goes for therapy and is willing to be honest with patients about it, but all I have to do is to keep trying and keep finding, for the sake of my mental health conditions.
I’m lucid and stable now… so I’m writing this in a positive state of mind. I hope I could still agree with my above statement when I am in super low mood🥺
That’s crazy. I’m a psychiatrist (in Brazil). There is a lot of social pressure to go to therapy once you get into the field. Maybe it’s because we have a lot of influence from psychoanalysis. In fact, the first case you need to treat in mental health is your own…
You are making a huge difference. Thank you.
I am so proud of you 👏🏼 Now i’m studying to get into med school this year after 5 years of self doubt and people around me to say you will
never be. I want so much to talk with you even though i’m living far away of your country. Thank you for your help 🙋🏻♂️
I have so much respect for you doc!!!!
I too take meds for my mental health
Much love from this respiratory therapist soon to be nurse♥️♥️♥️♥️
You inspire so many people. Thank you so much
steph !!! made me smile thank you
wow, just wow. Amazing speech. im......speechless :O
Not just a profound story, but an immaculate speech. One that enjoys full points in my book.
my inspiration
Jenan thank you :))
Damn Dr. Goodman, who's cutting onions? Maybe you're not strong in the way you envisioned as a young guy pursuing your dreams, but this takes quite a bit of courage to admit. To try and break the preconceived notions of what it means to be a doctor and openly relating with your patients to me is another way to be strong.
I'm not a doctor nor am I pursuing a medical career, but my mom is an RN who subjected me to these traditional ideas that being open to how I feel would label me mentally ill and keep me from making a career for myself. She basically aimed me to be focused on school and getting into a career. Because I was only focused on those two things, I didn't have many real friendships, I could never open up, and I spent a lot of my time alone growing up. I worked on a math degree while also working for a research group focused on computer-vision and image processing techniques in real-world applications. It was very stressful for me to finish up during the pandemic because sometimes the lectures weren't enough, so I spent a large amount of my time studying by myself unlike I had before because tutoring sessions weren't an option for me. Maybe it's not the same level of stress, but upon graduation looking back onto my life, I can say I regret not taking any time to really enjoy myself, pursue meaningful interpersonal relationships, and get out of my comfort zone. With the next chapter in my life, that's what I want to do.
Good luck with your practice, Dr. Goodman. I think you are doing a courageous and very good thing here. :)
Interesting to read some parallels to my own life here. Yes, as soon as possible, definitely make developing real and deep friendships a priority. After spending many years studying by myself, life is more enjoyable hanging out with people whose company I find pleasant.
This is so inspiring. End the stigma, BE THE CHANGE ✊
When I think about it, it's like not trusting the science of medicine and therapy you're prescribing and studying 🤷🏾♀️ So bravo to you for being courageous and trusting the science and medicine you world recommend 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I was in the live zoom call and was getting reality checks and goose bumps every now and then! You are awesome and strong person! Inspiring soul!
Thank you for posting!!
Always
Thank you for sharing your story
I had a child with a pretty bad injury a few weeks ago and it really hit my mental health with my anxiety being unbearable for a little while. I remember thinking about the doctors and nurses who were smiling, calm and peaceful as they worked on my child. And as I was freaking out later that night as I processed what had happened, I thought about those medical professionals and marveled at how they could be so calm and kind and wondered how they process the trauma they see every night. I thought to myself, "wow, they must just be so much stronger than I am." But I appreciate this talk for opening my eyes that doctors may do superhuman stuff but they are regular humans just like me. I know how much getting help for my mental health has saved me throughout my life. I want my doctors and nurses to have the same care for their own mental health too! Why wouldn't we want our heroes to be getting that kind of help? We wouldn't look down on a doctor who had a cast on a broken leg.
This video deserves more views, this is such an eye opening discussion
I'm so glad your so straight forward. Mental health is such a big issue . So many are struggling. Thanks Dr. Jake. I'm so glad u pushed on! Your awesome 👌 👏 👍
I am so happy to find this! Congratulations! This is awesome.
I just want to express my gratitude to you for making this kind of video. You’re a strong human being and I love your advices❤️ I hope you’ll continue to heal. I am reminded as to how mental health is really complex more than the physical health.
A much needed movement in healthcare. Thank you for opening the door🙏🏻
You are a huge inspiration! Thank you so much for being so open and honest. You are changing lives! Thank you, Dr. Jake 🙏
I've opened up to my family about my depression (discovered I had it just recently, have had it for as long as I can remember, ironic tho since my memory is shit and barely remember anything from the past) so this video came in handy....thx Doc
You're rightly proud of yourself Dr Jake. You are indeed a superhero 🙂 Thank you!
amazing job!!👏🏼 thanks for sharing your story 🤍
Amazing Jake, thanks for opening up about this. Very brave of you!
Jake you are amazing. You’re a true inspiration and breaking barriers across the medical field. I love your story telling! Great job
That was very inspiring, Dr. Jake. I want to become a doctor as well. Ive already made my mind on it knowing full well how difficult the path to it may be, but I won't let it take its toll on my mental and physical health. Thank you
You are truly inspirational!
Great video! Thank you for posting this
wow. really good. thank you so much for spreading this message 💗💗
Thank you Jake..........you are the reason that I will only continue with a doctor who is as open and loving as you. In my opinion, the others are robotic and can be replaced by Google. You are the real thing...........Ray
You got this! You’ll be a great Doctor! I believe in you
You came a long way DR jake 👏 your awesome !
That was genuinely incredible to listen to
This has helped so much! I'm not a doctor but a patient. This will help you understand your patients more and this will help them. X
You are so amazing!
Respect Doc it's nice to see it's nice to see a Dr keeping it 💯 and just telling it how it is.
thank you so much Jake. thank you so much.
Excellent doctor you are 💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing my daughters friend is in med school and has anxiety.
You’re the man! Thank you!
Great work💙 ! It will inspire many generations of medical field ✨
Such a fantastic talk!❤❤
Fantastic talk!!
WoW!!Great Job👍🏾
This video is very inspiring, Doc. And I thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing this
This was a great talk and this hit very close to home for me. I was just going through hard times with this homework and have doubts if I can make it as a doctor in the future but, you give not only me hope but also many others. I now know that in the future if I need to seek therapy or medication I will not be ashamed, but proud that I am making the correct choice.
Very good story. Thanks. from toronto canada.
Thank you for speaking out about a policy that needs to change. You are courageous indeed!
Ur relatable 👍🏼👏🏼 thank you for dis video
He’s an inspiration 👏👏👏
Thank you...
"Piece of cake." Haha. Sometimes a bit of gallows humor goes a long way.
Seriously though, I really appreciated the humanity you bring to these topics--mental health for providers, burnout, and the undervalued need that is mental wellness.
You just proved you are more than brave enough to be a doctor
👏👏dr.jake
My sisters is in her 3rd year of medical school. As much as what you are doing is great and I commend you. The pressure is similar to becoming a commercial pilot (what I’m doing). For my sisters sake, she goes to therapy+psychiatrist under a fake name and pays cash. Especially with her looking at becoming a neuro surgeon. Myself, I’ve been raw dogging, besides weekly therapy. It’s rough, mental illness is no joke and if you aren’t in either of these fields I strongly suggest you get meds since a lot of people are in fear of the consequences or getting help. Now I don’t want this to take away from what this video is about. Times are changing. Pilots are slowly being allowed a few meds and doctors like himself taking the courage to risk his license will help continue the progress.
Thanks, you inspire me so much! 💙My dream is to become a doctor too.😄 Great point made here!
thank you! speaking on behalf of myself- please know your impact is being made.
I can't appreciate enough.
Fantastic video. Should be no stigma with mental health. I struggled for years as I was scared of this, I’m no longer scared. I’m now very open.
Amazingly now my mental health is much better, after being on pills for a very long time ( which I am not ashamed of, I feel it is just health problem which needs medication) I may not need them
He is the psych doctor we need! Being a patient and Having a doc who can really understand, to relate.
Even without telling your patients, they will just know you’re understanding, not fake, and really do give a damn v
Why isn’t this the standard? My mental health journey inspired my passion for going into psychology, and eventually medical school to pursue psychiatry. I’m being told not to speak about my mental health in residency interviews or on personal statements. Would they say the same to a student with Grave’s disease, who wants to go into endocrine? I’m not so sure.
Stay awesome.
❤
Let’s hope I can get into med school by next year
his eyes are so huge and beautiful. i believe he could do anything
💯💯💯💯💯
Look at that cutie 🥰 I think most patients avoid (old school) docs because they act all condescending or act like they don’t understand mental illness. I have some good pcps here in New York State, I had one who literally immediately said he’d do any paperwork to help me keep my Wellbutrin Rx (name brand). ❤ Honestly I forgot his name but I wish I’d gone more before he moved.
Hi Jake, I've got a serious question. If you have family with mental health issues or that are verbally/physically abusive...how can you approach them to help them change/help themselves for the sake of others? Thanks brother!
Hey dude I’ve been a fan for a while and I have a question. Have you ever heard of MCAS ( mast cell activation syndrome) I’m 12 and I’ve had it my entire life. Basically My stress and depression is very high along with my anxiety. I’m also allergic to all fruits and vegetables and I can’t really eat anything without getting sick. Im always in the bathroom and I hate it so much. If you know about it, do you have any recommendations or tips? It’s just a horrible way of living life I’m so done with it.
You might be able to do a Facebook or google search for a support group. I've seen people talking about it in other medical video chats before
He is the real Saul Goodman of Medicine
They say only crazy people become Psychiatrists. I know if I had the right mentors when I was in school that I would be in Doctors without Borders. I was intimidated that the suicide rate of Doctors was so high. I was afraid I would let down my patients, that I was unreliable. I hope aspiring doctors are getting the right kind of advice now.
I'm an IMG doctor seeking to get residency in the US and I take medications for depression and anxiety. Should I give up this road as I won't be able to get the license?
Hi, I take Sertraline, Please tell me is it safe for me to drink the new mushroom drink Mud Water and the new focus supplement Alpha Brain with my Rx Sertraline I need something to help me have more focus. Thanks
I have Bipolar 1, but it doesn’t have me! I live in fear everyday that someone finds out.