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

Hormonal balance plays a powerful role in your mental health. When cortisol, thyroid, or sex hormones fall out of sync, it can affect mood, energy, sleep, and even food cravings. Through stress and hormone testing, functional psychiatry uncovers how these imbalances influence emotional well-being—helping you restore balance, resilience, and clarity from the inside out.

Depression is linked to neuroinflammation, gut health, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Learn how to address the root causes naturally and imp

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...