Holistic Psychiatry Podcast Courtney Snyder MD

Candida is the most common fungi in the microbiome. Several factors, including antibiotic exposure, can lead to its overgrowth and colonization in the gastrointestinal tract. Brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, depression, mood swings, insomnia, carbohydrate cravings, and gastrointestinal symptoms (especially constipation) are common symptoms. Children with candida overgrowth are often diagnosed with ADD.
In this episode, I will discuss 10 factors that can make it difficult to move beyond candida overgrowth, including:
* Low zinc
* Mold toxicity and metal toxicity
* High blood sugar
* Lack of movement and exercise
* High stress & catecholamines
* High cortisol
* High estrogen
* Poor gut motility
* Low digestive enzymes, stomach acid and bile acids
* Low beneficial bacteria

For the referenced previous podcast episode on candida:
Candida, Carb Craving & Brain Symptoms
https://courtneysnydermd.substack.com/p/candida-carb-craving-and-brain-related-fde
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Hypermobility - having one or more joints that bend further than normal -is a surprisingly common trait in those with brain symptoms.  Using RCCX theory, I’ll attempt to explain why this may be. RCCX is a gene module (cluster of genes) that appears to be at the foundation of many psychiatric conditions and complex chronic health conditions, such as mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Hypermobility - a red flag for an RCCX vulnerability - does not have to be present for someone to be impacted by brain symptoms.
For a more detailed explanation of Dr. Meglathery’s work, as well as a list of associated conditions, visit RCCX Theory at: http://www.rccxandillness.com/
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Exercise has been found to be as effective as SSRIs and as effective as psychotherapy for depression.*
In this episode, I’ll discuss:
* The mood-enhancing chemicals we receive from our body and brain when we move and exercise. 
* The ways exercise improves our cognition and protects our brain as we age.
* The types of movement and exercise.
* Exercise Intolerance
* How we can mentally move beyond all-or-none thinking, avoid overdoing it and learn to meet our body where it's at.
* "The Effects and Mechanisms of Exercise on the Treatment of Depression” https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.705559/full
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According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, 75% of people rank fear of public speaking as their number one fear.
In this episode, I discuss:
* The impacts of this common fear
* Surprising tools that can help decrease anxiety before and during a speaking event
* Ways to avoid and manage freeze if it happens 
* Medication and nutrient-based interventions that can be helpful if needed
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What is Functional Medicine?
“An integrative, biology-based approach that promotes healing and wellness by focusing on the bio-chemically unique aspects of each patient, and then using individually tailored interventions to restore balance. This approach focuses on understanding the fundamental physiological processes, the environmental inputs and the genetic predispositions that influence health and disease. The interventions aim to address the root causes.”
In the case of Functional Medicine Psychiatry, such interventions are aimed at promoting healing and wellness for those with brain symptoms such as depression, anxiety, mood swings, fatigue, brain fog, hyperactivity, cognitive impairment, social communication deficits and/or psychosis.
In this episode I’ll discuss:
* The advantages and disadvantages of mainstream medicine
* Characteristics of many who seek out functional medicine
* Benefits of functional medicine
* Risks of functional medicine
* How these risks can be mitigated by functional medicine physicians and those seeking this type of treatment
Mentioned in this episode - A Thousand Miles - How I Became a Holistic Psychiatrist
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Psychiatric symptoms normally are not caused by a specific gene. Instead, certain genes, or rather genetic variants, raise our vulnerability to developing depression, anxiety, mood swings, brain fog, hyperactivity, angry outbursts and psychosis
In this newsletter, I hope to demystify the various ways this can happen.
I’ll discuss:
* The relationship between genes and the proteins they code for
* The role of methylation and oxidative stress in gene expression
* The types of proteins that are especially important in brain health
* Examples of variants that can impact neurotransmitter functioning and thus symptoms
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