Neurotransmitter
Overview
Neurotransmitters are the chemicals that allow communication to occur in the brain. Different neurotransmitters allow and/or produce different functions. We can link various thinking, feeling and behavioral actions and states to various transmitters.
We discussed earlier there is a balance of these neurotransmitters. What happens if we become deficient or have too much of one or more of these? What causes these interruptions to the natural balance? How can we compensate and help our body rebuild and rebalance? Below is a table of the specific neurotransmitters that are involved with the our daily lives and affect our moods, feelings, ability to focus and concentrate, energy, self-confidence, and our pleasure.
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Toxicity
Schizophrenia like symptoms, voices “in your head”
Excessive sedation
Manic (extremely hyperactive), increased heart rate and BP
Deficiency
Reduced pleasure, reduced ability to feel attachment and love, lack of remorse about actions
Anxious, Racing thoughts, panic
Lack of energy, lack of drive, reduced focus on goals
Neurotransmitter
Dopamine
GABA
Norepinephrine
Amino
Acid
(Building
block)
l-phenylalanine
l-glutamine
l-phenylalanine
Genetics or Natural Depletion
Depleted by trauma. If mother and/or father had diminished dopamine this level can be passed on via genetics.
Depleted by trauma. Reduced levels in parents can result in DNA/RNA reduction of GABA in child.
Diminished dopamine results in reduce Norepinephrine
External/
Chemical Source of Depletion
Depleted by all stimulant drugs, Rx or otherwise. If stimulants, including nicotine and caffeine, used during pregnancy this can lower available dopamine in fetus.
Glutamine can be depleted by sedative drugs, including tranquilizers and alcohol
Depleted by stimulants of all kinds. Can be made inactive by marijuana.
Present in Foods
Lean beef, Shellfish, Fowl, Soy products
Glutamine can be found in lean beef & pork, Sesame seeds, Fowl, Sunflower seeds
Lean beef, Shellfish, Fowl, Soy products