Neurotransmitter Level Testing: The Key to Understanding Mental Health Better
When we generally discuss mental illness, we may consider stress, lifestyle, or genetics—but here's an interesting perspective: your brain's "chemical texting system" can be quietly influencing your feelings and behaviours. Just as your phone requires a good signal to work, your brain requires the proper balance of neurotransmitters to calm you, focus you, and make you happy. When those signals get jumbled up, your mood and energy take a drastic nosedive. Mental illness has been one of the largest health issues of the modern age. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 1 in 8 adults worldwide has a mental illness, and conditions related to stress are on the increase. Lifestyle and environment are their contributors, but an oft-overlooked contributor is neurotransmitter imbalance—a break in the brain's chemical messengers that control mood, energy, attention, and stress response. Here's an interesting fact you might not know: Did you know that there ar...