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EmotionalMed
Chicago, IL
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Bio
My name is Dr. Brian Lynch. A Family Doctor that has specialized in addictions and the emotional aspects of life.
Worked in private practice and part time in a variety of settings, esp. in the area of industrial medicine.
I have lived in the city of Chicago, Ill since 1982.
My residency was done at St. Mary’s of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago.
I have been involved in Medical Ethics and did course work in that area at Loyola University.
I was board certified for a time in Disability Evaluation and many years in Family Practice.
Of most interest to me now is how we have been neglectful of our emotions. Toward that end I have written extensively and run a Face Book page - Affect Psychology. Anyone may join @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/AFFECTPSYCHOLOGY/
see : brianlynchmd.com
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Family Medicine
Addiction Medicine
Psychiatry
Licenses
United States: Illinois
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
261 Answers
69 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Greed: Doctors , unfortunately , are no different than anyone else. But not all doctors and probably not the majority of doctors are greedy . There is a gene... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Shane in medicine: I understand what you're saying. This is probably the most unrecognized problem in medicine and in life in general. This feeling of stuckness that you... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Diarrhea: My rule has been that if a person has something physically wrong for three or more days they should see someone. Here are a few causes: irritable bowe... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Cigarettes: From american lung association:
“there are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 4, 000 chemicals. At lea... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
PTSD: I know the diagnosis can have legal and social consequences as well financial consequences. Most importantly treatment is based on diagnosis . I would... Read More
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A 65-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Blood pressure: Blood pressure is a measure the pressure in your blood vessels that carry the blood from your heart, much like water pressure in a pipe but in the bl... Read More
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A 67-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Age and site: As we get older these colors can be hard to distinguish one from the other.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Left side pain: Left upper side pain can be many many things. First what do you mean by the side , people mean different things. You need to be examined with a detail... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Fear humiliation: This is a great question. The study of humiliation, anger, shame and bullying and the role of all of of our emotions in life in general has made grea... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Ethics: Ethics is a arm of philosophy that deals with what "we should do. "nowmost people would think that's just opinion. It is opinion but a considered opi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Being nervous: I cannot say in your particular case but it might be a way to distract yourself from some overwhelming feeling. I see anxiety as one or many of these... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Smoking: In absolutely no positive way. The technicalities are too great to give here. See. :http://m.Hopkinsmedicine.Org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/car... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Transplants: This is in the realm of what's called medical ethics; "what should we do?" that said this is probably one of the most honorable and eth... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Smoking: Within literally minutes of not smoking your lungs improve. You might well have a cough for a while, this should be of no concern. Over several month... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Right sided pain: Most important point is you need to seek help and be examined. We would need to know, especially given your age , many things such as your social habi... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Suboxone: This is the proverbial rock and a hard place. Not a lot of options. If you can stick with it. If you have the time and the money and support that&#x... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Subs ; pain: It does work for pain. The drug Buprenorphine was developed as a pain medicine and later found to be useful as a detoxing agent. In the United States ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Marijuana and skin: It's a complicated question thc can increase testosterone levels a bit this could affect acne.
External smoke is like cigarette smoke it's bad for ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Peanut allergy?: Hi, best to see an allergist if possible especially if the child is getting sick.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Anxiety Suboxone: It sounds like you've had trouble with benzo's if so you should not go back on them. People think there is an absolute contraindication for using benz... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Drug test: See : http://en.M.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/drug_test
5 panel drug test tests for:
amp-amphetamines
coc-cocaine
bzo-benzodiazepines
opi-opiates
t... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Possible emergency: I answer you because i think you might be in an emergency situation so you should talk to someone immediately, a physician , or seek help immediately.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Marijuana and antibiotics: Marijuana seems to be a gray area here as we don't know whether you're taking it legally. It. Sounds like you may have been told not to smoke with met... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Drinking and heart: Alcohol can have a direct toxic effect on the heart tissue, the very tissue that istrying to heal. It would probably be a good recommendation not to d... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Controlled substances: Everyone is different. These are small doses but i know nothing about why you taking them or who you are . I hope you have prescriptions for these an... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Tylenol (acetaminophen) and liver: These are general recommendations :the general recommended is you take a maximum of 4000 mg of Acetaminophen in 24 hours
. If you take 12 of the pi... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Birth control: You need to discuss this with your prescribing doctor . The general recommendations are not to take pills and smoke. The risk of a clot increases with... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Shame: My view is that when people seem shameless they are anything but shameless. People defend themselves against the feeling of shame, this can be running... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Shame: I'm sorry you're having this trouble. I have to presume that you haven't done anything about it yet? So there is much that can be offer... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Energy drinks: It's very hard to say if the rashes from the energy drink. Have to know exactly what drink it was and if there's any reported occurrence of rash. You ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Being tired: Hello,
being lethargic is one of the most common complaints of patients.
It is also one of the most more difficult problems to solve to everyon... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Supplements: You ask can you take them? There are thousands of supplements some are harmless, some are beneficial, and some very dangerous. Some are illegal. If ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Drinking: Not to be funny but not drinking the medical establishment has stated that the maximum for males is 3-4 drinks maximum a day. Pre-hydration and anti-i... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Hi Pulse : Yes that's a bit high; your rate should be around 72. That's said normal is considered between 60 -100/ minute. That said i've never seen very many p... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Subutex: No you cannot. Subutex blocks the receptors for all other opiates. I don't want to presume why your asking this question. If you're in treatment for o... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Addiction: A good deal is going on. A very small percentage of people have a genetic propensity to get addicted. Whether that is your case or not your brain has ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Dear and water: All alcohol can cause constipation depends on the amount and the amount of hydration that you accompanied the beer with. All things in moderation.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Smoking: The short answer is yes it can affect your health. Any amount of smoking affects the tissues of your lungs and your heart and vascular .System. I have... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Smoking: I'm not sure what you mean by "chest pressure." smoking causes all kinds of changes in your blood vessels and in your heart as well as in your lungs. ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
2nd hand smoke: Do what you can to demand (not the best word) that you are entitled to a smoke-free environment. I know this can be extremely difficult. You should no... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Fear/death: Fear of death is probably the number one reported fear in the general populace. The question is how intense is your fear and how much time does it tak... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Shame: Shame is as a spotlight shining on what went wrong. It is information it does not mean you are bad-might lead to feelings of being ashamed and guilt... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Shame: Shame is a basic needed feeling. From very early in our life we start to have a relationship with this feeling. Shame is telling us that the world is ... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Height: Hi , based on the information you give it's very hard to say. Even with good information it's very hard to say. We are the height we are. Each of us... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Blood sugar: These types of evaluations are always subtle. Blood pressure can fluctuate a great deal. Gen. Someone of your age should have a blood pressure under ... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Panic: Hi, try to think of a basic set of feelings that we feel are in innate. The list is anger , fear , distress, disgust, shame , interest, joy and surpri... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Energy drinks: I would agree with the previous answer. That said i would just ask you to ask yourself why do you feel the need to take these drinks? I am certainly ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Lynchanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Alcohol: There was. A great public-service commercial and it said "if you think you have a problem with drinking you do." i' m sorry you need to ask this quest... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Too much water: It would be highly unlikely to get "gas " from drinking too much water. You certainly might belch. I don't want to presume but there's really no reas... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Vomiting : No! not normal. You need to tell whoever is responsible for you. You need a through examination. Good luck!
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May 1, 2019
Dr Brian Lynch has been my Dr for over 8 years. I can not even begin to explain the way he has impacted my life. He has help me through the best of times and even more importantly the worst of times.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Lynch is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Lynch is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks. I was given both to try for pain and the benzo works better fo
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Im from Brockton Mass im not sure of a good place that will help me
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I live in Illinois, the er just keeps discharging me, frustrated.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of La Salle Mexican School of Medicine, Mexico
Graduated 1983MD
Awards
Top Family Physician, Second Place, Illinois - Spring
2014
HealthTap Founding Doctor
Affiliations
Silvan S. Tomkins Org.
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