Functional Medicine Blog

How Heavy Metals, Chemicals, and Toxins Can Worsen Anxiety, Depression & Fatigue At Your Functional Health in Austin , we recognize that mental health isn’t just shaped by thoughts or emotions—it’s also shaped by your environment . Every day, we’re exposed to substances that can subtly affect brain chemistry, hormones, and detox pathways. From heavy metals and mold toxins to pesticides and air pollutants, these exposures can disrupt neurotransmitter balance and energy metabol

Your gut and brain are in constant communication. When inflammation or imbalances disrupt the gut microbiome, it can affect mood, focus, and emotional resilience. Through gut health and inflammation testing, functional psychiatry uncovers how your digestive health influences anxiety, depression, and overall mental health—helping you heal from the inside out.

This article explains how elevated homocysteine levels can contribute to mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, OCD, & even dementia.

Anxiety and depression - from the functional medicine perspective There's an accelerating mental health crisis with rising rates of...