Frequently Asked Questions

We offer Integrative Psychosomatic Medicine focused on healing trauma, supporting cellular health, and restoring nervous system balance rather than only managing symptoms. We listen to your experience of you Mind/Body and seek to understand experiences of various therapeutics and outcomes. We listen to your perspective and intuition regarding your Mind/Body sensations and needs and collaborate in ways to support innate and durable healing.

No. We do not initiate any chronic daily psychiatric medications. We can support safe medication deprescribing when appropriate and desired by the patient.

Neural therapy helps reset the nervous system by addressing stored trauma, inflammation, and dysregulation through targeted local or systemic treatments with Procaine.

Ketamine can be an instrumental support in adapting the mind perception and liberating from patterns that do not serve your highest state. At Resilient Mind Medicine, while we recognize some individuals can safely undergo IV infusions of larger doses Ketamine for this intention, we take a more gradual, gentle and low, intermittent dosing approach for short intervals of time that we believe helps make subtle and durable perceptual shifts.

We prescribe GLP-1 peptides like Semaglutide but we compound these preparations to very different specifications and with a different intended outcome. While some weight loss could be possible while using a GLP-1, the aim is the unique support these peptides can offer to support mitochondrial metabolic optimization and improve adherence/tolerability to significant dietary shifts such as with implementing Intermittent Fasting protocols and Ketogenic diet protocols. The preparations that we utilize are individually customized, very low doses prescribed for a relatively short duration and or only intermittent use.

Yes. Diagnostic studies have importance in various situations and can be ordered and evaluated during the course of care. These can range from imaging studies such as an MRI to genetic testing and blood chemistries regarding nutrients and thyroid among others. The majority of the time, these tests do not have to be utilized prior to initiating therapies but can become more worthwhile during the course of treatment to understand where barriers to further healing may emerge. We believe you are the best diagnostic instrument to understanding how to support your Mind/Body healing and therefore, our best approach is to--listen to you.

Improving the Mind/Body will always support the endeavors of healing from substance dependencies- however the therapeutics offered at Resilient Mind Medicine do not specifically aim to treat these issues. Naltrexone, which is a medication that is FDA-approved and indicated for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), is used at very different intervals and doses than we use for the treatment of Mind/Body healing at Resilient Mind Medicine. Here, it is utilized in very low doses, intermittently and for short durations for the purpose of reducing inflammation and absorbent signaling that can perpetuate defensive cellular communication. The oral preparations that we utilize are individually customized per patient for this purpose.

Methylene Blue is a very unique and versatile substance that can be leverages towards many underlying disorders and continues to be researched currently. Given its versatility and widespread effects within the body we use it as an instrument to shift mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular energy regulation. It can be delivered with differing targets/risks in many forms, including intravenous- which offers benefits of avoiding some unintended impacts on the gut/microbiome as well as has specific utility in some acute infectious processes. Our approach is a low-dose, orally absorbed preparation that seeks to support mitochondrial shifts from dysfunction to greater physiological alignment. Given that the doses and intended effects are significantly different than that of typical IV infusions, we instead offer an orally disintegrating formulation. This oral preparation enables convenience/non-invasive dosing that is not only more economical but is also readily bioavailable when compared to IV infusions. We believe that this accessibility enables improved outcomes for supporting Mind/Body healing and health.

Yes, it is excreted mostly unchanged through your urine and may give a frank blue, or more often at these low doses, green coloration to urine.

IV Procaine is used as a catalyst for cellular reset to move out of a perpetuated cellular defense and chronic inflammation due to repetitive cellular injuries/threats and lack of nutrients to complete a healing response. When used in combination mental health perceptive guidance and nutritional supports, it facilitates durable and original healing and encourages widespread autonomic nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and appropriate cellular communication, helping restore mental clarity, emotional balance and physical wellbeing.

IV Procaine works differently than any other therapeutic approach that is currently available that I am aware of. It works by "resetting" the cell membrane perception briefly which interrupts the perpetuated cycle of perceive, immediate threat and subsequent instruction to the cell and mitochondria to propagate/perpetuate danger response processes and alarm signaling. In the process, the cell is rest for the alarm state and increases its immediate, functional voltage capacity to resume cellular maintenance and healing cycles. In the context of abundant nutrients to complete the healing cycle and to resume optimal maintenance it is able to renew its capacity individually and contribute collectively to the impacted tissues. When given in a series, these effects are compounded over time and give rise to very subtle but perceptible and cumulative changes in the Mind/Body. Consistency and concurrent adaptation of the perceptive Mind is critical to ensure durable healing and health in the protocol. Because if the insults/threats (both from the perceptual mind experience/interpretation of threat/injury AND the cells perception of insults/threat from cellular signaling and toxicants) are not mitigated and reduced, the cells will default to a danger response and the process will restart and disease processes will reinitiate.

Initial assessments and treatments for IV procaine are typically 60-90 minutes and subsequent infusions 45-60 minutes. Local injections of Procaine to interference fields and/or meridians are scheduled in 15 minute blocks and based on the size of the area to be treated.

While most people begin to notice incremental improvements even after the initial treatment, there is a compounding of effects that occurs. A typical schedule is to undergo weekly infusions for 4 consecutive weeks and reassess response. At that time we can consider a second series of treatments or for some, just periodic "maintenance" infusions when you feel things building up and your mental latitude diminishing.

Generally, most people do not “feel” different during the treatment, and it is not necessary to perceive changes at the time since procaine is working at the level of the cell's perception and regulation. The differences are perceived in the days following each treatment as your cells readjust to increased capacity and more regulated and coordinated function. When people have perception of sensations during the treatment, they tend to be mild feelings of central warmth, relaxation similar to having a glass of wine and occasionally a little light-headedness.

We ask that you don't begin driving until after about 15 minutes after the infusion concludes. Procaine is rapidly hydrolyzed in your plasma and further excreted through your kidneys and has a very short half-life and "clean" metabolites.

Some people feel invigorated after a treatment and feel inspired to be active and others have a sense to regenerate through rest. Hydration both before the treatment and after is imperative to the process but otherwise the best policy is to let your body guide you on what it needs to feel nourished following treatment.

Try not to consume alcohol during the course of your treatment series as it can impede the results. Ideally, abstain from alcohol other psychoactive substances at least 72 hours prior to an infusion. If you are routinely taking over the counter medicines, supplements or medications, be sure to let us know so that we can advise if any should be held near the time of infusion. Generally speaking most will be safe to continue per your usual routine.

At the time of treatment, you may elect to add-on a preceding infusion of vitamins that have a synergistic effect on treatment. The benefits are that the nutrients are immediately available to the cells to support their repair and detoxification processes and not subject to challenges in bioavailability with oral supplements that some may be challenged with. You can also plan to have a light meal with an advanced whole-food based multivitamin/multimineral 1-2 hours beforehand that is supportive to treatment.

Yes, most prescription medications for mental health and physical health will still allow for safe treatment with IV Procaine. Depending on the medication and the dosage we may take extra time or other precautions, particularly during the initial infusion.

There are different approaches by different Procaine Therapy practitioners and it mostly comes down to your preference. Our approach is not exclusive to either treatment protocol and they can be performed concurrently (on different days). Some people have a strong somatic awareness and understanding of where trauma resides in their body or have known sites of trauma/injury and prefer to prioritize these areas locally first. For others, and is our general approach, is to begin Neural Therapy with a series of systemic infusions that can percolate into aspects of our bodies where we may have compromised cells but this may not yet seem apparent in our minds perception. This can have both an immediately apparent therapeutic impact (resolution/alleviation of symptoms) as well as a more preventive approach of addressing and supporting cellular dysfunction before it presents to our Mind's perception as awareness.

We offer a limited selection of synergistic add-on nutrients such as a vitamin/mineral preparation as well as Glutathione which can help with your body's work to process toxins and waste products that are resolving as a response to the Procaine treatment.

Absolute contraindications: 1. Known allergy to procaine/lidocaine or similar local anesthetic 2. Known allergy to PABA (an ingredient often found in sunscreen) 3. Active Cancer (lymphatic spread could be facilitated) Relative contraindications: • Uncontrolled Diabetes (it can become unstable from neural therapy) • Active/past history of Tuberculosis • Active infectious process (COVID, Influenza, EBV) • Severe Active Psychiatric illness • Severe nutritional deficiencies • End state of chronic illness

We are what we eat (and don't eat), and the durability of healing is predicated on the available nutrients we provide as well as our ability to mitigate toxic exposures that create inflammation throughout the body. The Support page has resources to The Bear Protocol and Metabolic Mind which can offer many free resources and community focused programs to support dietary changes that are supportive to optimal Mind/Body health. Additionally, there are some foundational cellular healing and maintenance nutrients that I recommend in largest part because given modern agricultural, food processing and preparation techniques; our foods are inherently less nutrient dense than when various dietary recommendations were made and we concurrently increase the demand for these reparative nutrients given the toxicants that we are increasingly exposed to.

If you do not presently have a therapist that you are working with to support your Minds perception, I have several wonderful trauma oriented therapists to whom I can refer you to that offer different areas of specialization ranging from somatic movement practices, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, traditional medicinal approaches, acupuncture, reiki and more and am more than happy to share their contact information with you to begin concurrent therapy. If you prefer self guided or community guided work, Primal Trust is a great program with many free resources as well as memberships if desired to support success in working with you mind perception- link is in Support page.