The Dr. Hyman Show · 2025-09-15 · 75 min · 13,930 words

From Chemical Imbalance to Metabolic Breakthrough: A New Path for Mental Health

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Coming up on this episode of the Dr. Hyman Show, that you you know I want to drive home is that you really are dealing with some of the underlying biology of the inflammation in the brain. And whether it's autism or Alzheimer's or ADD or depression or schizophrenia, if you biopsy the brains, they're all inflamed. Before we jump into today's episode, I want to share a few ways you can go deeper on your health journey. While I wish I could work with everyone one on one, there just isn't enough time in the day. So I built several tools to help you take control of your health. If you're looking for guidance, education, and community, check out my private membership, the Hyman Hive, for live Q<unk>A's, exclusive content, and direct connection. For real time lab testing and personalized insights into your biology, visit Function Health.

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Um Uh you know, another common paradigm is stress and trauma. And there's no doubt that trauma and neglect, abuse in childhood. Can cause mental disorders. Not only in childhood, but all throughout life.

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