Dr. Nicole Cain explains how excess glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter, can trigger panic attacks, anxiety, and fibromyalgia-like pain. Five signs point to elevated glutamate: heightened pain sensitivity, mental overstimulation, physical restlessness and tics, attention problems, and obsessive thoughts.
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Sometimes anxiety doesn't come from the brain, it comes from the body. Let's talk about Glutamate Think of glutamate as your over excited best friend. It wakes you up, energizes you. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. This means that when glutamate levels rise, more messages are conveyed more quickly through the brain and body. Glutamate is important. It helps you wake up. It helps you feel and think and get things done. It helps you remember things. But balance is key, right? Just like if your hyperactive bestie has too many energy drinks, too much glutamate can be a huge problem. Here are five signs that your glutamate levels may be the cause of your symptoms. How many of these do you have? 1. Increased sensitivity to pain like in fibromyalgia. 2. Mental and emotional overstimulation like in panic and anxiety. Number three Physical restlessness, need to move your body, even ticks and spasms. Number four Difficulties with attention Think attention deficit and or hyperactivity disorder. And number five is obsessive compulsive thinking. Do you deal with your brain sending you lots of intrusive, obsessive recurring thoughts? Over the coming days, I'm going to be doing a series all about glutamate, so be sure to like follow, subscribe and share with anybody that you think would benefit from this information. To learn more, click in the link in the bio.
