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Functional Neurology vs. General Neurology
General neurology diagnoses disease; functional neurology evaluates how your nervous system performs. Here's which one fits your symptoms — and when you need both.
Can Eye Movements Help Detect ADHD?
Can Eye Movements Help Detect ADHD? Understanding Antisaccades and Executive Control
If you or your child has been struggling with att...
POTS vs Panic Attacks: Similar Feelings, Different Causes
When someone sits in front of me and says, “Sometimes I feel like I am having a panic attack, but I am not even scared,” I pay very clo...
Brain Fog After Stress, Burnout, or Overwork: How to Clear Your Thinking Again
Can stress cause brain fog? Yes. Dr. Chizari explains how stress and burnout affect focus and memory, how the two differ, and when fog deserves an evaluation.
Mood Swings, Irritability, and Anxiety After Concussion: What’s Normal, What’s Not
A concussion is more than just a physical injury; it can profoundly affect your emotional and psychological state. Many individuals who...
Can Anxiety Cause Vertigo and Dizziness?
Anxiety can cause dizziness, dizziness can cause anxiety, and working out which one is driving the other is a clinical question rather than a character question.
Clinic for complex neurological symptoms in Westlake Village
If you live in Westlake Village and you are dealing with symptoms that do not fit neatly into one diagnosis, you may feel like you are ...
Central vs Peripheral Vertigo: How to Tell the Difference
Peripheral vertigo comes from the inner ear and is usually treatable in a clinic room, while central vertigo comes from the brain and is a medical neurology and imaging question first
When Dizziness Needs Neuroimaging or Specialist Referral
An MRI for dizziness is not always the first step. Learn when a brain scan is needed, why a CT can miss strokes, and what a careful neurological exam adds.
Light Sensitivity (Photophobia): Why Bright Rooms Hurt
Light sensitivity after concussion is common and often eases. Dr. Alireza Chizari, DC, DACNB, explains why light can hurt, what may help, and when it is an emergency.









