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In this week's Wellness Wednesday episode, Evan's joined by Dr. Sarah Russo. Dr. Sarah Russo is a Pharmacist who has partnered with the Restore Patch. We dive into the topics of anxiety, depression, PTSD, sleep, and ADHD. Dr. Sarah Russo shares her insights on the mental health crisis in America, and how the Restore patch can be a promising alternative to the current prescriptions used to treat these mental health illnesses.

Tune in to learn more about the Restore patch and to hear about the exclusive offer that Dr. Sarah Russo is offering to all Elemental Evan listeners. As always I hope this episode provides you with beneficial information that you can apply to your life today and be on your way to better health. Also, be sure to subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform, leave a 5 star rating and review, and share it with your friends family and loved ones.

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Hey, what's going on, everybody.

Welcome back to the elemental Evan show.

Thank you all so much for tuning in on this beautiful wellness Wednesday today,

I'm joined by a very special guest.

As all of the guests on this show are very, very special and they all have

something very important to communicate to you and hopefully help you out in

your lives with whatever you're dealing with in terms of health and wellness.

Now in keeping with the mental health awareness theme of this month, which

although this episode will be coming out, I believe in the following month.

Uh, still nonetheless, I recorded it during mental health awareness month and

today's guest is actually going to be Dr.

Sarah Russo.

She's a pharmacist.

And in this episode, we are going to be talking a lot about

anxiety and depression, as well as a more natural alternative to.

Really helping to cure slash take care of slash benefit.

Anyone dealing with anxiety or depression.

Now being a pharmacist, Dr.

Sarah Russo was able to see that a lot of the current medications we have for things

like anxiety and depression can actually lead people to getting even worse.

And, you know, we see those commercials where.

Uh, some of the side effects can even include suicide, which is obviously the

thing we were completely trying to avoid.

If you are getting to a mental health.

Uh, state of feeling suicidal.

That is not where we want to be, obviously.

So while that is the current medication situation, and this is not me trying to

knock down all medications, because I do believe there are some medications out

there that have a lot of efficacy and also remember everyone's body is different.

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So of course I would never put it into a category of completely all being bad.

But nonetheless, I am all about finding things that are a little bit more natural

as well as having lower side effects.

And when I say natural here, of course, all pharmaceuticals are

in some way derive from nature.

Of course, everything is from nature.

Um, but I mean, something that's just a little bit more closer

related to a whole food source.

Um, similar to my supplements as well.

I usually try to take stuff that's closer to a whole food source.

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Sarah Russo is partnered with a company and they have found a way and

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No side effects.

Okay.

It's incredible.

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Sarah Russo.

And enjoy the show.

Welcome back to the Elemental Evan Show.

Thank you all for joining us on this beautiful episode today.

Today I'm joined by Dr.

Sarah Russo.

She is a pharmacist, as well as a rep for the Restore patch, which we're definitely

gonna dive into this topic today.

But overall, we're gonna talk a lot about.

Uh, anxiety as well as the mental health crisis that is going on here in the us.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, so welcome to the show, Dr.

Sarah Russo.

Thanks Evan for having me.

I'm excited to be here and to, um, teach everybody a little bit about some

holistic medication that we found to help people with mental health and anxiety.

, super excited to have you on and, um, what I want to start with is really just

kind of your story, like your background.

Um, I think that's very important and mm-hmm.

Uh, for myself as well, it's, it's why I do podcasting.

It's why I'm in the health and wellness sphere.

Right.

Um, so please, uh, start off with how you.

Found your way to where you're at now.

Um, what led you to be a pharmacist as well as to go

down this kind of holistic path?

Um, well, I've been a pharmacist for over 20 years.

Um, you know, back before it was like cool to be a pharmacist, so, um, you know, it

was a real hard program back in the day.

I don't know about now, but like, I went to the University of Connecticut,

so I still had my fun back in college.

And you know, I, I, I've had a very interesting journey.

Not only been a pharmacist, I've also been on tv.

You know, we went down different roads of interviewing country music

artists in Nashville to coming back.

To the pandemic.

And then I have my own podcast as well called Sessions with Sarah.

And that I started to get a lot of different, um, doctors, experts,

celebrities, come on, and we would talk about different things.

And through that journey you meet a lot of amazing people.

And I was doing some voiceover work for this company, which is Restore Patch.

And there was such a huge connection with the owners because what they came

up with for a holistic answer to mental health and anxiety is just so genius.

And I think it's going to change the way we treat, you know, veterans,

teenagers, people like myself with anxiety, um, down the road.

Yeah, no, that's, uh, definitely amazing.

And, and, you know, In terms of, you know, this whole, uh, anxiety and just

the mental health crisis going on in America, and, you know, largely, I think

in many parts of the world, but mm-hmm.

Um, I like have you ever dealt with any, uh, anxiety or kind of

mental health issues of your own?

Uh, I, I know that for myself, I, I generally don't, uh, have.

Terrible anxiety mm-hmm.

Or depression or anything, which I, you know, knock on wood,

and I'm very grateful for this.

Right.

Um, but you know, there's definitely been episodes here and there.

Mm-hmm.

And, um, I, I think it's, uh, it's definitely for me, it's

something that like, I like to talk about and bring awareness to.

Mm-hmm.

But I actually haven't been super far down that road, whereas with.

Gut health.

I can talk for hours because I, that's another topic You've been through that.

Yeah.

That's another topic we can talk about sometime.

Um, well, it's, it's funny, I've always thought, like my mom's always

called me a warrior war, so I've always been a warrior my whole life.

But 2019, I was going to work, I was hit unexpectedly on the highway

and rolled down the highway three times and lived to tell about it.

But I did have a bad concussion, which made everything worse.

So this was like probably the first time in my life where I just felt I.

If you look at all, you go back to all my like TV shows, like I loved life.

I had so much energy and all of a sudden I didn't have that anymore.

And I still think to this day it's changed me.

You know, they talk about cte E people have, you know, football

players who have concussions.

I do think it changes your personality a bit.

So when I, I would not take any, personally for me, I would not take any

prescribed medications that are controlled substances because I see how people.

Um, are, when they're on them, they're really doped up.

They're numb to life.

They can't, like I've even had, um, a friend say, you know, One time I was

just panicking and I took one and she goes, I just felt like so numb to life.

They're in a, like a haze.

And then you become addicted to that feeling and then it's hard to

get off that kind of medication.

So I would never personally take something like that knowing that,

that that's how you could become.

I'm not looking to numb myself.

I just wanna be myself and have that energy level and like, Not worry

about everything because you know, when you get back in a car, you're

afraid somebody's gonna hate you.

Like it's strange thoughts that happen.

So when I started trying out the restore patch, which is actually a small, tiny

patch, I'm gonna show it to you guys.

Um, it has three M tapes, so it's really good.

So it, this one is the anxiety patch.

You put this on right behind your, um, neck here, and you

leave it on for three days.

And you know, at first I was like, is this really gonna stay on?

Like if you're taking a shower or whatnot?

But it's so sticky.

I actually have a hard time getting it off on the third day.

But what it does is it has this copper wire they came up with, like

if you have a, you know, you see on those infomercials, those copper

wire things for the knees, and it helps people ailments that way.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Well, with Einstein and like even Elon Musk with Tesla, they found

that copper, it has like these, like it works with energies.

So when you have a copper wire in here, it has no drugs.

But what it does is like when you are.

So anxious when you're in that anxiety realm, you hype.

I say like, I'm being really hyped right now.

I can't even focus.

I'm out of control like in my own head, but I don't tell people that.

But now I just did.

But, um, what it does is it works with the energies and sinks up.

So when you're hype like that, the copper wire works to calm you down.

So the two energies will come together to kind of calm you in your system.

So it's just like incredible what they've come up with to do that.

And it, it's drug free, so it doesn't have anything that's

making you exhausted or doped up.

It's just working with the energies and the frequencies within your own system.

So that's cool.

Wow.

Yeah.

No, that's, that, that is incredible.

Um, definitely something I'm, uh, curious to like, tell others to try.

Yeah.

Because, uh, like, and, and see what their, um, see what their results are.

But what really kind of intrigued me on that right now was.

Uh, so I'm a certified yoga in, uh, instructor.

Oh, cool.

I love yoga.

Yoga.

I miss my yoga.

Yeah.

Actually here recently I haven't done very much yoga, so I'm, I'm

definitely missing it as well.

Oh, okay.

But I, I, I remember during my, uh, during my yoga teacher training, they

had, uh, these things called vares, and they were made out of complete,

completely made out of coffee.

Okay.

And you would hold them around your head like this, stop and move them and yeah.

And so when you were saying that, I was like, that's so wild.

Because while you were doing that, it, it would kind of bring like a sense of calm.

And to me I was kinda like, why?

Maybe it's cuz I'm also like, right.

Yeah.

Like, exactly.

But it was, I was thinking like, maybe I'm just in such a meditative seat.

Yeah.

That that's why I'm feeling common and I'm by a beach in Thailand.

Like, yeah.

Hard to be not calm.

Exactly.

Right.

Um, but nonetheless, it, it did, uh, it did bring a sense of calm and uh, so it

was very interesting when you mentioned that there was that copper wire in there.

Mm-hmm.

Um, yeah.

And, and then on top of that as well, there's like the grounding pads that

you can have for your bed or for your work desk, which connect to the earth

and they're usually through copper.

Yeah.

Um, and so, and that like is decreasing inflammation.

So I, I see that there could definitely be, uh, something going on here, but

I'm very, very intrigued by that.

Isn't it cool to, to see Yeah.

Oh, it's amazing.

It's absolutely amazing.

And also I, I think, uh, What, what you mentioned with, you know, how

intense a lot of these drugs can be.

Of course, you know, um, each person is unique and if it works for you, great.

But I know that there are a lot of people out there who have a

lot of difficulty with addiction.

Mm-hmm.

With, um, also, like you said, like filling in that haze.

I mean, I, I played, uh, football back in high school.

Mm-hmm.

And I did.

I got a concussion.

Yeah.

I messed up my neck super bad, and I was out of it for a few days.

And so they gave me, uh, a Vicodin and a muscle relaxer.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, or a muscle relaxant.

Yeah.

Relaxer.

Yeah.

Yeah.

When I took it, I only took it, I took it one day and it totally put me out.

Mm-hmm.

Like I, my grandparents came over to take care of me, and I was like,

couldn't even, I was like, I'm done.

I need to go lay down.

Right.

Like, I can't focus.

Um, and I didn't take it after that cause I was just like,

yeah, it's, it's not for me.

Right.

Um, but yeah, so I, I'm, I'm.

All about hearing anything that is, you know, very low on the risk side.

Right.

Or the, uh, you know, potential, um, effects that it can have on you and, and

very high or even at least possibility of having some good outcome, you know?

Oh, no, I totally agree.

Yeah.

Um, and, um, the, not only like, well, mental health and anxiety, they have had

a couple studies with PST D and veterans.

And, um, the veterans that have taken and using, using this in replacement

for the medication that they've been prescribed, they're actually

doing better by using this patch.

Um, because mental health is like, that's 22% of people are suffering from that.

So we're talking 50 million people in the American culture, right?

So we have teenagers.

Number two, suicide is their, like, biggest killer because they're all

like, you know, they have anxieties, um, veterans, you know, 20 veterans

a day kill themselves by suicide.

So if we could come up with a better way of treating this without medication,

and sometimes that medication can bring on those suicidal deaths of

side effects, suicidal thoughts, and then this happens to them.

We live in a weird world, don't you think?

Like, When I was younger, I didn't have social media, so I I,

we didn't get bullied that way.

We just got bullied in school.

But, you know what I'm saying?

But it continues on.

It's just the mental health crisis for young kids and veterans I think is really,

really important to concentrate on.

Yeah.

Um, I, I, I a hundred percent agree and I was just, uh, I just saw

on a PBS news hour, uh, episode that was on, um, there was.

I can't remember what her titles were, but she was very qualified and

she was saying that there's a lot of studies out there right now stating

that, um, like over, around or over 60% of the American population, uh,

report feeling, uh, feeling lonely.

Mm-hmm.

Frequently, basically, so throughout their day.

Right.

So there's like 60% of the population that feels this disconnect, right?

This like, no, no sense of community, which is massive.

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, for myself personally, um, I, I, I attend a, a men's group.

And mm-hmm.

I kind of thought it was a weird thing at first, like, Hmm.

But the people were cool.

And so I just went for it and turned out to be like, one of the best things for me.

Like, um, of course I have my own friends and I love like, speaking

with them, but it's also nice to just go to this group and check in.

Yeah.

Uh, once a week and just kind of like, see where you're sitting

that week and, and what's going on.

And, and then everyone, uh, will chime in a little bit and, and give a little piece

of advice and just that camaraderie Right.

And kind of having that sense of connection.

Does wonders for the, for the mind and for the overall sense of wellbeing.

I mean, I would walk away from those, uh, meetings just feeling so much

lighter and, uh, it's incredible.

I, I think it's, it's something that we're really lacking right now.

Yeah, I mean, that's a great way to even like, get rid of your stress and anxiety,

you know, just getting out there and it's nice to step outside the box from your

regular friends and just like, talk to other people and see how things are going.

Um, I think that's really important as well too.

So I think that that's why you don't need anything.

You're, you're just busy doing all that.

It's just nice.

You always do feel better, you know, like if I see the same people over and over,

like your colleagues at work or anything.

Mm-hmm.

It gets kinda like stale, so then it's not fun, you know?

But yeah, I don't know.

It's just like I feel bad for all these kids growing up

in this kind of society now.

Yeah.

And, and so what, what do you think is kind of the, cuz obviously like

anxiety and depression, these are terms that when I was young and I'm

sure when you were young it was kind of like stuff you didn't really hear

too much about, like maybe occasion it was taboo, nobody talked about it.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe that's what it was.

Maybe nobody talked about it.

It was taboo and that's why we didn't hear from that.

Yeah.

So it just swept under the rug.

Yeah.

I mean, yeah, going to therapy was like taboo.

People don't talk about, people talk about it all the time now, so maybe

that's what's brought it to the forefront, but we know that that's there.

Um, another thing too is like, we know like people are sleeplessness.

We have sleep patches too for people, and then we have an a H D.

A d h D one coming out too.

Speaking of kids, kids are overmedicated with these Adderall prescriptions.

That's another topic for another day.

But, um, I think a lot of adults too, when there was an Adderall mm-hmm.

Crisis the last few months where it's in a shortage right now.

The main patients calling, looking for it, were adults.

It's like, okay, we, we, wow.

So we're getting, like with the America, we have such access and

we have pharmaceutical companies pushing, pushing, pushing.

Cuz the dollar, the bottom line's a dollar.

So, you know what restore patch is done is they're gonna probably,

I feel like, break that world.

So, you know what I mean?

It's, it's gonna be wild to get people to know about it, but it's really incredible.

To have these patches right now.

Yeah.

Well, It, it starts with this, it starts with you, uh, doing exactly what

you're doing right now and, and, and speaking from the mountaintop as much

as you can to, to spread this awareness.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

And, uh, I'm curious, so in terms of the, you were saying like, okay, so

like you have one for anxiety, one for, uh, ADHD coming out and, uh, for sleep.

Uh, so in terms of the patches, like is it.

Uh, you said the anxiety one has like copper wiring in it.

Do they all have the copper?

Mm-hmm.

Are, are there other things that are in the patch?

Like how do, do you know really, uh, like what the differences are on those?

I, they do change like the, um, copper wire in each patch, but that is something

I always am like, I wish, um, John a Lotti, one of the creators would be here

cuz that guy could talk to you about kinetics and the physics of it all.

So I don't know how they change it up in each patch, but I've

tried them except for the adhd.

But even the sleep one is great too.

That one you put on your wrist here and you have to put a little

band over it to keep that on, but you leave that on for three days.

A lot of women like who are in menopause too, like they have sleep problems.

They wake up at three in the morning, so it's really great patch for them.

But it's all holistic, it's all drug free, and honestly, there's no side effects.

Like how incredible.

And if you're feeling better with that, I think that's a great thing.

They have a 60 day money back guarantee, so like, you have nothing to lose here,

just try it if you're feeling this way.

Yeah, yeah.

No, uh, anything that has.

Zero side effect.

It's zero effect.

This is absolutely, yeah.

I mean it's uh, if people are so willing to try stuff that

has a crazy side effect to it.

Mm-hmm.

You know, but, um, I always, I like to say, if you can start.

You know, at the minimum, right?

Like something that's gonna have very low, like side effects, right?

Causal, anything like that, that should probably be where you should start, right?

Like Correct.

Try those out.

See, see what happens.

If it works for you, amazing.

Right, right.

If it doesn't, okay.

Move to the next thing.

Mm-hmm.

Um, but in terms of, of seeing anxiety and depression, I know

we were just saying like maybe it was just swept under the rug.

Right?

But do you think that it is, uh, Largely in part to social media, like

what, what, what do you really see as being kind of the main cause of

this rise in anxiety and depression?

I think everybody's comparing themselves to each other.

Take Instagram for example.

I'm guilty of it too.

I've a pretty decent following, but like I'll be like, Oh wait, I'm

not as skinny as that girl anymore.

And then I have to like, bring myself to reality.

Stop comparing myself and be like, okay, I'm 20 years older.

I was just that skinny back then too, so, haha.

Like, look at me, I'm doing fine in my forties.

You know what I mean?

Um, but everybody, like, for me that's sometimes I'm looking amazing too.

Thanks.

But like comparison wise, it's just like, that's what people are doing.

So you have kids that are like trying to compete with, um, Right

now on TikTok, the, the biggest star is this girl Alex Earl.

Well, Alex Earl has had, and, and no, this is no dis, but she's had, you know,

a lot of plastic surgery, her nose, her, her boobs, she's even had her lips done.

So these kids, and she's out partying and drinking all the time.

But these kids are like wanting to have that lifestyle.

The social media makes you want that, but she comes from a more

privileged background than most people.

So she's, you know what I mean?

So these kids, Are these kids are seeing this stuff projected and they wanna

be like these people, and then that makes 'em feel sad about themselves.

Or like, I'm not as pretty as this person, but there's a lot of

manufacturing that goes into that person too, or kind of financials.

So I think that's really hard for a lot of the kids, especially girls.

Yeah.

And I, I definitely feel like with social media, and I mean, I think everyone to

a degree is pretty much guilty of this.

Mm-hmm.

But it's like, it really is kind of a highlight of your life.

Yep.

Right.

It is kind of the peaks of every moment of the best food, of the best trip.

Uh, you know, it's, it's not the long hours you're putting in at work.

Nope.

It's not, um, the difficulty in your relationship.

It's, you know, it's not all of the, the hardships.

No.

And for me, I think.

You know, we talk about, um, kind of like being overly stimulated and

getting all these dopamine hits.

Yeah.

And really just focusing on the good.

Right.

We get on there, we just see all this, wow.

Why, why is that so good for them?

And blah, blah, blah.

And then that comparison kicks in.

Mm-hmm.

And, you know, it's like we, we fail to remember all of the hardship

that everyone goes through and, you know, it's actually necessary.

Like, it's okay to have times of.

Of difficulty and of boredom, right?

Mm-hmm.

Like, I mean, that's a part of being a person.

Like there's boredom.

They're, you know, a kid, you go outside, Hey mom, dad, I'm bored.

Go outside day.

Exactly.

They don't do that.

They don't do that.

Exactly.

And, and so I think that's, I, I think that plays a really crucial role in, in

our mental health because, It's important for us to remember that like, life is

not gonna be beautiful all the time.

It's not gonna be the most amazing meal and the best time outside.

It's gonna be moments of, I'm bored, I'm working hard, I'm tired.

I need to go to bed at nine o'clock today cause I need to be up early.

Whatever, you know, whatever it may be.

It's, it's, uh, it's a total balance.

And I think that's something, um, I've really been trying to realize

within myself is, is to just enjoy kind of those lulls and, and

understand that it's gonna make.

The good times feel all the time.

I know.

I, every moment doesn't gonna have a peak, you know what I'm saying?

Like, I, I agree with you.

Like, sometimes there's not gonna be a million things going on.

Or even if, like you snee a snapshot of anybody doing a story, I,

it's, it's not, they may not even be having fun, let's be honest.

But it's just for fun, you know?

Make it look like it.

Yeah.

But yeah, I know.

It's just hard, you know, for the, and then like, you know, if you have the

veterans coming home, you know, a lot of them have seen terrible things overseas.

I'd love that.

You know, not only do we have these patches, I love that they have rehabbed,

you know, and they should do this more, is rehab more dogs that, you know,

California has the overpopulation of dogs.

Why aren't we pulling them out of the shelters and training

them to be PSTD dogs for.

Veterans, there's so many things we could do better as a society,

especially for veterans who went overseas to fight for a freedom, right?

Like honestly, like we are very lucky to live here.

Do you ever notice too?

Everything's breaking news so everything's like thrown in your face?

Well, not everything's breaking news, you know, uh, train catching

on fire here in Boston, which happens often cuz the M B D socks here.

Um, It's not breaking news.

You know what I mean?

So we're constantly stimulated.

It's just overstimulation and it, it, it does, it makes me

anxious even thinking about it.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

No, absolutely.

And, and I completely agree with you on the, the whole,

uh, P T S D of our veterans.

I mean, that is something that needs to.

Be like extreme that that is breaking news.

Right?

Right.

I mean the, the suicide rate going on, I mean, that is breaking news.

20, this is not okay.

20.

That's the day.

That's insane.

You know?

Oh, it's, no, it's, yeah.

I, I, I believe isn't it like more people die from suicide than

actually like in the war, right.

Like, I'm fighting.

Right, right.

Um, so I it is, it's, it's not okay.

And, uh, definitely I.

I'm all four.

Getting the dogs out of the shelters and making 'em into PTs.

Yeah, we got one right here.

He's like sleeping upside down on us.

He's one of my three.

Yeah.

For those of you not watching the YouTube video, there is this cutie pie on her

lap just hanging out, uh, being there for, I dunno who's supporting, who has

this moment, but I'm holding him up.

He got neutered last week, so he is still a little tired.

Yep.

It's all right.

Uh, no, but definitely I'm, I'm all for that.

Dogs are, yeah, dogs are amazing and, uh, such a great form of support for sure.

Now, in terms of a.

Uh, yeah.

Let's say like for a veteran coming back with PTs d what, what do you

recommend as being some of the best things for someone going through that?

Um, I, I, did you say there was a patch for that as well?

That you, that um Yep.

That you guys have as well, but that's the anxiety aside from that?

What other, yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, okay.

A lot of them have used, there's a really good story on the restore.

Website.

Um, and it was a veteran and he, you know, was suffering severe P S T D, probably one

of the biggest hits that we've had on it.

But he tells us, you know, truth, you know, it's truth.

He's not making up a story.

It's not paid advertising.

Um, It changed his life.

He's never felt better.

He doesn't take any of those prescribed medications anymore and it's just life

changing and you know, to just feel doped up in, in your head all the time.

It's just not good for them.

So I think we're too quick in the medical world to just throw them on medications.

You know, having something like this more and more, I feel like more physicians

to find out might be more interested in turning to this and trying it.

I mean, you have nothing to lose, like I said, because you don't, you're

not giving them something that's gonna nullify their personality.

They're going to feel better and it's just something you wear on the

your back that nobody can really see.

So, I don't know, it's just a really incredible, you know, thing

to see how this man transformed.

But we even get in like, A lot of testimonials from older people

who just feel so much better with these patches and they talk about

how it's been such a game changer.

Um, one of my mom's friend actually was like, I have to try these.

Should I try these?

Is this one of those like paid promotions?

I go, no, I actually believe in this, so I think you should give it a shot.

She even wrote a letter into them.

She's like, I can sleep better.

I don't feel like I'm on edge.

So there is like, like I said, it's 60 days money back guarantee.

You have nothing to lose.

You're not gonna interact with any medications you're taking

now with your heart or thyroid.

It's just, it's simple.

It's just a simple way.

I think with the way that the pharmaceuticals are run here in the

United States, they just wanna make their money so nobody ever really

looks and searches for an alternative.

So when the veterans do come home, they go to counseling and immediately are

thrown on all these dulling medications.

Yeah.

And so for, for someone looking to get some of these patches mm-hmm.

From Restore, what would be, what would be the best route of, of obtaining those?

Is this something that you have to get, um, like a prescription for?

Mm-hmm.

Or is it able that you could just purchase it online?

Uh, how would someone go about them?

Um, you can actually purchase them online@restorepatch.com.

Uh, but for your listeners, they do, they are running a special for your podcasters,

so you go to restore patch.com/podcast.

And you can get a couple samples of like the anxiety, sleep, whatever

one you wanna give a shot to.

So, I mean, look at that.

You do not even spend any money.

That's how much we believe in this product.

We, we don't, it's not all about the money.

We want you to see how it works.

And then if also, if you wanna just, if you find that you love it, you just go

to the, um, checkout and put podcast 25, you'll get 25% off your order as well.

So we just wanna get the word out there.

We want people to feel better and less medicated.

Yeah.

No, that's, that's incredible.

Um, thank you also for providing that information.

We'll make, we'll make sure to, that'd be great.

Yep.

As well.

Yep.

Yeah, like I said, anything that has a low, uh, side or

risk for side effects mm-hmm.

Is like high on my list.

So, uh, absolutely.

Going to make sure we have that linked.

And I also wanted to ask you though, so for let's say, because I know the

younger generation is definitely the generation being hit hardest with, uh,

aside from veterans obviously, but being hit hardest with anxiety and depression.

Um, so.

What would you recommend as being some of the best practices for.

I don't know, a 14, 15 year old, uh, you know, really going through it

and just having a hard time dealing with a lot of anxiety or depression.

What would be your top recommendations to, to that kid?

Uh, what, yeah, in terms of Yeah, just overall lifestyle, I guess

I would say definitely, like I am guilty of this as well, so.

Limit your time on TikTok.

Stop comparing yourself.

Um, if you're feeling something off and you're just not feeling good, I was

always lucky, like I could talk to my mom.

I would go to my mom.

If you have a friend, just discuss it out.

Get off that, like social media, it's not real.

So talk about your feelings, you know, like you said, like go join a group.

Go do something you're passionate about.

Get outside.

You're like, A teen who likes to go fishing, get out, go fishing this summer.

You know what I mean?

Just do something that's just not sitting on your phone and scrolling because you

lose so much of your life and your time.

I'm guilty of it too.

I'm sure you are too.

You have like beyond TikTok and I'm like, where did the last two hours go?

Who am I?

Right?

Um, just live your life and do what you want.

Don't compare yourself seriously.

It's not worth it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think to that I would also, um, I would definitely highlight, you

know, get outside mm-hmm too and get that, get the exercise a lot.

Um, I think that's great.

I did that a lot.

Was awesome.

Yeah, I, I, people, people underestimate the power of walking, but, you know,

it's really, it's like the most basic form of movement for our body, our body

demands and, and expects us to, to travel.

Mm-hmm.

Like, that's why we have two legs and moving this, this, uh, manner.

But, uh, definitely I think getting outside and, uh, you know, having.

Sunlight, you know, natural sunlight coming on you and, and being able

to get your hands in the dirt or your feet on the earth and, and,

uh, breathing in the fresh air.

I think, I think that's really, uh, underrated.

And, you know, I, I definitely, you, you mentioned community, uh, we've

spoken about that a bit, but I always highlight that with all the blue

zones in the world, you know, they're trying to look at diets and all these

different things and sure, there are factors that play a role, but the number

one thing that they're finding is.

Every single one of those has a very strong community.

Mm-hmm.

It's connection with their neighbors, connection with their friends,

connection with their family.

They sit down and eat dinner together every single night.

You know, they have a chair open for someone if they want

to come visit, you know, and, and they just, they all connect.

They're not sitting behind a car steering wheel.

Eating fast food, right?

Like in traffic like that is, that is not community.

That's the exact opposite.

And I think, um, you know, it's, it's important for us to focus on

food, you know, nutrition, diet, uh, exercise, all those things.

They are important, but at the core of it, like we are, We, we demand that

we have community, like we need that, you know, it's, it's very therapeutic.

And, um, yeah.

So thank you for, for mentioning, um, those few things because I, I think

those, those are super, super important.

And, and not only that, but they're very addicting, right?

Social medianess, it's very addicting.

Uh, like I said, two hours gone, gone.

It can happen so easily.

Yep, I know.

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

Yeah.

It's, it's like actually scary, right?

Like we have figured out how to really, uh, we have shorter attention

spans now, but we know how to grab those really, really fast.

I know.

Um, so yeah, uh, definitely a little bit scary, but also we, we have methods

of, of getting around that and, uh, it's important for us to focus on that.

Great.

It's so true.

Um, yeah.

Yeah.

Um, but yeah, and so.

Uh, I, I'm not sure.

Is there any other types of, um, so I've mainly spoken just about anxiety

and depression, but is there any other, like you were spoke speaking about adhd.

Mm-hmm.

Um, you know, what, what are these other things that we're really struggling with

right now in terms of mental health?

Yeah, that's another one.

Like adhd.

People take Adderall, they're like mummifying, their whole system.

They're never hungry.

Um, so you're not, you're not.

Natural anymore.

People who are on that sometimes get more angry too.

So there, and a lot of, and, and another thing, adults have

that, but with the kids, a lot of parents, like kids are kids, right?

So if I see somebody putting a five year old on a Ritalin or

Adderall, I think there's a problem.

Kids are kids, they're gonna be wild, send them outside, have them

run around, blow off the steam.

Um, it's just not.

Why are you stimulating a five year old with an Adderall or even a 10 year old?

Why don't we focus on what you know, let them be a kid and if they're get

older and they still have these issues, I mean, You can put a patch on that.

You know what I mean?

We, so the A D H D patch that's coming out from Restore has, um,

one of the psychologists has been using it with a couple of her kid

patients, and they're paying attention.

They're more focused and they're not getting those side effects

of having the Adderall as well.

So Adderall's a stimulant, so they're always gonna be like on, and

it's just not healthy for anyone.

So, If we have, again, like another way with a copper patch that you

place on every three days that can keep you focused, I think

that is just amazing as well.

So there's a lot of things coming down the pipeline with Restore patch

that are just simply incredible, but I, I don't know if I'm allowed yet to

talk about them, but I know the a d one I'm allowed to talk about, cause

that's coming out very, very soon.

If it hasn't already launched this week, I'm not sure.

Gotcha.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And that's definitely, um, that is a topic that I don't know

very much about is A D H D.

And, um, uh, yeah, I, I know, uh, Like you were just saying, like people using

the prescription as an adult, I think a lot of 'em are usually using them,

not necessarily cause they need it.

Um, in college you definitely know a lot of people using it for studying and stuff.

Uh, so you can definitely see the abuse there on that.

But, Uh, yeah, so I, I definitely would love to see, um, when this patch rolls

out and see how well it's working with, um, a lot of these people who are dealing

with ADHD because yeah, it is, it's, it's, uh, it's something that, you know,

can have a lot of, a lot of benefit for, uh, these kids and, uh, and, and

adults as well who are dealing with it.

Um, but yeah, it's incredible.

I, I love to hear this, I love to see that there's alternatives coming out to, uh,

a lot of these, you know, what I would say are, I guess more like modern issues.

Uh, like we said, they could have been swept under the rug and always,

and we just didn't know about it.

We've always obviously had Yeah.

And, uh, but maybe it was just in lower quantity, who knows?

But nonetheless, it's really amazing to see, uh, that we're finding

ways to address these issues.

So, yeah.

Um, yeah, I'd love to hear that.

Um, Dr.

Sarah Russo.

Is there any other topics that we have not touched on that you want

to, uh, take a moment to speak about?

I'm, I, I'm, I'm loving.

Oh, I love that.

Um, no, I mean, this is great.

Um, the other one too, I do wanna mention about the restore patch, sleep patch.

Like, I think that's great for people who wake up at 3:00 AM.

Um, it will keep you constantly asleep.

I will say when I've used the anxiety patch myself, I get better sleep

on that than I have in a long time because I overprocessed I'm always

thinking, um, like I said, when I have the anxieties, I'm like, worrying

about tomorrow when you shouldn't.

What are you gonna do about it?

But, It helped me sleep as well.

So there's so many great things about these and, and you know, a lot of holistic

medication back in like the 18 hundreds was a really great way to heal as well.

So, and it's funny, you know, Ibel, you know, don't discount the medications and

the prescriptions we have, but sometimes, you know, you're putting chemicals in

your body that you don't even know what it's gonna react or do in a couple years.

So it's always nice to try.

I mean, you have nothing to lose, like I keep saying honestly, by trying this out.

It's not, no chemicals, nothing.

Yeah.

Just a copper wire that's gonna calm you down.

That's so amazing.

Yeah.

And, and I agree with the anxiety.

The anxiety can definitely lead to difficulty.

Right.

Getting to bed, you know, a lot of people have that issue where, uh, they

get anxious when they lay down and then it's very difficult when that mind

starts turning to shut it off at night.

So, Um, that's incredible.

Dr.

Sarah Russo.

Uh, yeah.

I would love to open up this last, uh, moment here on the podcast to allow

you to share any of your socials, okay?

Any place where people can connect with you, uh, find you, and, uh, also, um,

where they can find the restore patch.

I know you already mentioned it, but feel free to mention it again.

And, and I will have all of this linked in the show notes, but please take the

phone, um, if you have any questions about anything you've heard here.

Feel free to reach out to me on my socials.

I'm very active on my Instagram and TikTok, so it's at Dr.

Sarah one.

On one.

So it's like the one and then on one, um, all my socials are on there.

Um, that is my title on everything.

And also I did forget if you hit migraines too.

Restore patch also has a migraine patch.

Cause I kind of have one today and I was like, Ooh, oh, I forgot about that.

Um, that's one you can put on the back of your neck for three days

and it helps with migraine symptoms.

Because when you get a migraine, that can knock you out.

Last Saturday it was so hot and humid here in Boston and rainy,

it was like the worst day.

I had one of the worst migraines.

So, um, that's an also available too.

But if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me on my socials.

Again, we have a great opportunity for your listeners today,

restore patch.com/podcast.

If you wanna try out any of the migraine sleep.

Adhd, they're all there.

And then if you wanna purchase 'em, we're also giving you a 25%

off discount with Podcast 25.

That's amazing.

Yeah.

And thank you for mentioning the migraine one, cuz that is, I'm like kinda have

one today and I forgot to mention it.

That's why I keep turning.

I'm like, my lights are like, whoa.

You know when you're taping a podcast.

Yeah, and that, that'll definitely do it.

Um, but I, I definitely appreciate you bringing that up because yeah,

a ton of people deal with he minor headaches, migraines, all of it,

and nope, none of them are fun.

Um, yeah, so thank you for bringing that up.

And uh, also the generous offering as well, the free sample pack

as well as the um, the 25% off.

That's incredible.

Yeah.

Thank you for, we'll grab those guys cause you're gonna guy and I'm like crazy now.

Yeah, no, absolutely.

And, and, uh, the fact that you can literally try a sample that's amazing.

That's like the best thing, uh, that you can possibly offer on,

on a show is, is, uh, that's.

Yeah.

And, and I think that that says it right there.

Uh, Dr.

Sarah Russo, thank you so much for, for joining Of course us on the show today.

And, uh, we'll definitely keep in touch.

Everyone, please go find her and connect with her if you have any questions.

Um, she definitely can provide you with all this information and, and I'm probably

gonna reach out to you as well about, Hey, uh, well, what would be best for this one?

Absolutely.

Anytime.

Thank you, you very much.

It was a pleasure being here.

Thanks so much.

Yeah.

Thank you Dr.

Sarah Russo, everybody you know the motto of the show.

It's connect to your elements and do everything with good intentions.

Thank you all for tuning in today.

Have a great one.