Psychiatric Medication Reduction

Get better solutions, not more prescriptions. It’s time for a thoughtful reset, not a refill.

Based in Marion, VA, Also Serving Patients Online

Bogged Down and Overburdened by Overmedication?

Joseph C. Guthrie, MD

Reducing medications is about more than just lightening your prescription load. It’s about restoring your power to make clear decisions, engage fully, and live without the fog and discomfort of side effects. Dr. Guthrie wants to help men discover their stamina returning, their mood brightening, and their connections with others growing stronger. We want to experience mental sharpening and a reignited drive. By tackling the underlying issues and nurturing optimum brain health, Dr. Guthrie works to empower men to achieve the clarity, strength, and freedom essential for flourishing.

At Strong Mind Medicine, medication reduction is a deliberate and medically-guided process. Dr. Guthrie combines advanced diagnostic testing with his expertise in functional and psychiatric medicine to uncover what the body truly needs to work the way it was meant to. With an individualized precision medicine plan we will work to safely decrease the dependence on pharmaceuticals while rebuilding the mental clarity, energy, and stability that men need to thrive.

If the meds aren’t working, the side effects aren’t worth it. Let’s rethink your treatment strategy

You followed the plan, took the prescriptions, did what you were told. But now, instead of feeling better, you feel foggy, weighed down, not fully yourself. When the medications start to feel like part of the problem, not the solution, it’s time to look deeper.

Overmedication rarely stays a private issue. It can dull focus, slow reaction times, and erode the clarity needed to make good decisions. It often contributes to fatigue, weight gain, emotional flatness, and other side effects that strain marriages and impair functioning at home and work.

  • Evaluate your current medications with a full, expert clinical review.

  • Complete comprehensive lab testing to uncover hidden health factors.

  • Identify which prescriptions are necessary — and which can be safely reduced.

  • Strengthen your body and brain through functional medicine strategies.

  • Regain clarity, energy, and resilience without sacrificing stability.

Strong Mind Medicine Can Help You

It Is Possible to Live Calm, Strong, and Full of Peace

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

Proverbs 17:22

FAQs

  • Functional medicine helps to identify underlying causes that make coming off medications so difficult, including nutritional deficiencies or hormonal imbalances.

  • Yes. Dr. Guthrie creates a medically-supervised plan based on lab results, clinical evaluation, and patient goals. Reductions are done carefully to promote optimum brain health to promote safe and successful medication discontinuation.

  • Through a complete clinical review, blood work, and functional testing, Dr. Guthrie identifies which medications are necessary, which can be tapered, and what underlying problems can be directly treated instead.

  • Dr. Guthrie spends two full hours reviewing your full medication history, listening to your experience, and ordering necessary labs. He then builds a clear, step-by-step strategy for safe medication adjustment based on your individual needs.

  • It varies. Some men can begin adjusting soon after labs and evaluations are complete. Others may need a slower process depending on the number of medications and overall health. Every step is tailored to your individual needs.