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Psychiatric Diagnoses That Suggest Specific Nutrient Imbalances

Psychiatric Diagnoses That Suggest Specific Nutrient Imbalances

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Courtney Snyder MD
Feb 01, 2024
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If a boy has been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, I expect them to be undermethylated (a methyl folate imbalance). If a woman has a history of postpartum depression, I expect her copper to be high. These are just two examples of specific diagnoses that can highly suggest the presence of a particular nutrient imbalance. In this newsletter I’ve pulled together such diagnosis - imbalance pairs in one list.

Though I will often use the term “root causes” for things like nutrient imbalances, sources of inflammation and toxicity, we can’t always say definitively that something “causes” something else.   What we do know is that these imbalances exist, we can usually predict which imbalances will show on lab testing, we know how the specific nutrient imbalances impact neurotransmitter functioning and we know that when we correct the imbalances, symptoms usually improve. 

If you’re new here - Welcome! You may find these links useful:

Overview of “Root Causes”

Descriptions of Common “Root Causes”

Labs for Evaluating Brain Symptoms

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