GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, is the most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. While GABA is an amino acid, it is classified as a neurotransmitter and helps induce relaxation and sleep. It balances the brain by inhibiting over-excitation. GABA contributes to motor control, vision, and many other cortical functions. Anxiety is also regulated by GABA.
A few years back a doctor ordered a neurotransmitter test on me to see what my levels were at, in hopes to help find a medication that worked for me. The doctor never talked to me about the results just said take supplements. I have since changed doctors but had recently obtained the results of my past neuro test. I was wondering if anyone knows much on how to interpret the results. I am trying to figure out a new anxiety medicine that would work best for me. My results were:
Epinephrine: 5.
i had my doc visit yesterday. the 1st item he said was bad bad were my neurotransmitters. i'll give my levels vs optimal if ne1 wants. he started the TAAT with using neuroscience travacor. i visited their website for a brief description and its used to increase seratonin. that would make sense. my serotonin is 88.3. optimal range for serotonin is 200 - 415 mcg/ g Cr (idk what Cr means). the other supp he gave me is kavinace and this is 4 gaba support.
Bupropion (Wellbutrin) is a NDRI (norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake Inhibitor). Reuptake Inhibitors are thought to block the reabsorption (reuptake) of the targeted neurotransmitter by certain nerve cells in the brain. This theoretically leaves more of the neurotransmitter in the brain.
If you have low levels of neurotransmitters to begin with these medications either will not work well or work for a while then stop working.
s the causes of depression? Does it relate to the neurotransmitter? Diazepam is an anti-depressant? It enhances the effect of GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the GABA A-receptor. After binding to the receptor, may i know what's the next mechanism? GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter? If GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, how does diazepam can cause anti-depress? I heard that it can treat seizure?
Mainstream medicine has lost sight of the fact that nutrients in our diet are the precursors of neurotransmitters, just as nutrients make up 100% of the body. Amino acids are the precursors to every neurotransmitter, with the exception of acetylcholine."
"How can you tell if your feeling of depression or the blues is a serotonin or norepinephrine problem?
“Research suggests that OCD involves problems in communication between the front part of the brain and deeper structures of the brain. These brain structures use a neurotransmitter (basically, a chemical messenger) called serotonin.
Same thing goes for neurotransmitter tests. Some people think neurotransmitters are only happening in the brain but they in all your body and so leave trace all over your body including the kidneys and a ratio will be completed with the result to give you a pretty accurate result.
The question is: do you really wanna pay 400$ to know that? Will it haves impact on deciding wether or not you will take medications?
Did your symptoms change after you started taking the Cymbalta? I noticed that you listed poor memory, fatigue, weakness, depersonalization (feeling like you can or are moving arms while driving), feeling like you have to think about speaking or moving (confusion). Are you having symptoms since starting the Cymbalta, such as sweating, rapid or uneven heartbeat, muscle rigidity (especially in the legs-cramping or burning in legs or staggering walk)?
Another is that when you take a drug that takes over from the natural occuring neurotransmitter, the natural occuring neurotransmitter, goes dormant, and after a while of continued use they may even cease regenerating and die off. It takes a while for the body to begin producing them again, and restore the natural function the neurotransmitter provides.
You can take multivitamins B complex vitamins especially with vitamin b6, Calcium and Magnesium.
All psychiatric medication which alters the level of neurotransmitter levels in your brain is bound to cause side effects when withdrawing as a result of the influence and changes of neurotransmitter levels. Geodon alters dopamine, and dopamine is responsible for movement (so your shaking hands may be the result of changes in dopamine seen through withdrawal), as well as several of the other symptoms you mention.
Are you seeing a pdoc or doctor at all for your med withdrawal?
Now that I have high ALT i come to think that this may be the reason of my problems as ALT somehow affects the metabolism related to amino acids that also serve as neurotransmitter in the brain. I have also been tested for viral hepatitis and none have been revealed in my blood.
when I thought something painfully,the allergic phen— become serious.Recently I find a kind of neurotransmitter called Histamine that probably be the main anaphylactogen.For this kind of compound could contribute to allergic phen— like hard to breathe,coughing,sneezing,tickling.For it is a kind of neurotransmitter,I think there must be some reasons that it is intensly related to mind.
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