• Negative racing thoughts
• Inability to sleep
• Sleeping all day
  
• Lack of concern for your friends or family
•  Weight gain/weight loss
• Low energy

Depression effects every aspect of your life. From motivation to overwhelming negative thoughts. It paralyzes your ability to live fully. Depression effects more than 30 million Americans which are currently using antidepressant and anti-psychotic drugs to “cure” mental illness. Depression can be a result of neurotransmitter imbalances, which is relatively easy to remedy. The proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain is crucial to feeling good.

Early physicians did not use drugs to treat depression, they actually used lifestyle changes and took a good long look at the diet. Much different than the paradigm of our mental health community today. It may seem strange that these mental health doctors used to look at the gut. You might be wondering why they would look at the gut for a brain issue. The truth is, around 90% of neurotransmitters are made in the gut.

Not a single study has shown that depression is solely a neurotransmitter deficiency. The brain can also be affected by other organ systems. Unregulated blood sugar (either high or low) can cause bouts of depression or melancholy. One of the effects of low functioning thyroid, even while medicated, can cause brain fog and depression.

Depression is not only a “brain issue” and/or neurotransmitter issue. Depression is relaying a message to you that your body is deficient or lacking in some area that needs to be addressed, like a warning signal.

Our bodies are made up of a compilation of intricate systems that function together. If we have an issue in one organ system, it is likely that other organ systems are not functioning properly on a sub-clinical level. Meaning, blood work numbers may not be out of range enough to detect a problem in a standard medical model. So even if you don’t feel well, you may still hear the dreaded words, “you are normal” or maybe you have tried antidepressants and they aren’t quite doing the trick. We can help you in supporting your overall health – setting goals to get you well and address areas in the “grey zone” including, but not limited to, depression.