GABA Deficiency

GABA ensures that brainwaves operate in harmony, in rhythm, which results in bodily calm. The symptoms, conditions and treatments related to GABA, and glutamine amino acid precursor, deficiencies are:

Symptoms related to loss of brain rhythm

Carbohydrate craving, trembling, twitching, hyperventilation, flushing, tachycardia, palpitations, sweating, cold or clammy hands, parasthesia, chest pain or discomfort, restlessness, blurred vision, tinnitus, abnormal sense of smell, abnormal odors, lump in throat, butterflies in stomach, unusual allergies

Conditions related to loss of brain rhythm

Anxiety, hypertension, cystitis, gastro-intestinal disorders, tinnitus, PMS, seizures, bi-polar disorder

Multi-modal treatments for a calmer brain

Natural Treatments:

A complex-carbohydrate diet provides an excellent source of glutamine which the brain needs to keep itself calm. If supplemented with the appropriate nutrients, a natural approach for treating initial GABA deficiencies results:

• Carbohydrate craving: B-6, Calcium carbonate, Magnesium Oxide, Chromium, 5hydroxytryptophan, L-carnitine, dl-Phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-glutamine, Rhodiola rosea
  
  
• Anxiety and anxious symptoms (which include trembling, twitching, palpitations, flushing, sweating, cold or clammy hands, irritable bowel, restlessness, lump in throat, butterflies in stomach), tinnitus, gastrointestinal disorders: (frequency: afternoon and evening) Inositol, GABA, Glycine
  
  

• Hypertension, mood swings: (frequency: afternoon and evening) Inositol, GABA, Glycine
  
  
• Bi-polar disorder: (frequency: morning, afternoon, evening) Inositol, GABA, Glycine
  
  
• Seizures: (frequency: four times daily) Inositol, GABA, Glycine
  
  
• PMS: Niacin, B-6, Folic Acid, B-12, Pantothenic acid, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Magnesium Oxide, Chromium, 5-hydroxytryptophan, dl-Phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-glutamine, Rhodiola rosea

Hormonal Treatments: (Physician should check for dosage/contraindications)

Progesterone, Pregnenolone

Pharmaceutical Treatments: (Physician should check for dosage/contraindications)

Ambien, Topamax, Valium, Dilantin, Depakote, Klonopin, Xanax, Ativan, Phenobarbital, Mysoline