Dr. Scott Sherr

And if you don't have enough GABA around, you have more anxiety, you have more stress, you have more depression, and you can't sleep. Because GABA is really important in all the stages of helping you sleep better. It helps you with inducing of sleep, helps you with maintenance of sleep as well.

And if you don't have enough GABA around, you have more anxiety, you have more stress, you have more depression, and you can't sleep. Because GABA is really important in all the stages of helping you sleep better. It helps you with inducing of sleep, helps you with maintenance of sleep as well.

And so if you're GABA deficient, you're going to have a hard time falling asleep, you're going to have a hard time staying asleep. And so it's really important when you think about sleep to think about how much of an... It's really important to think about how we've put it sort of on this sort of like...

And so if you're GABA deficient, you're going to have a hard time falling asleep, you're going to have a hard time staying asleep. And so it's really important when you think about sleep to think about how much of an... It's really important to think about how we've put it sort of on this sort of like...

underneath the ground is something that's important and put up the pedestal of like being productive, you know, as being the most important thing that we do every day. But you're so much more productive and you're so much more ready to conquer your day, if you want to say it that way, if you've gotten better sleep in the process. And so I emphasize sleep a lot.

underneath the ground is something that's important and put up the pedestal of like being productive, you know, as being the most important thing that we do every day. But you're so much more productive and you're so much more ready to conquer your day, if you want to say it that way, if you've gotten better sleep in the process. And so I emphasize sleep a lot.

with my patients and I'm really leveraging the GABA system to do that in various ways with meditation, with breath work, especially near bedtime and trying to turn off the sympathetic nervous system. So getting off your bright lights, getting off your TVs and your screens, even if you have blue blockers and yellow blockers or whatever on you,

with my patients and I'm really leveraging the GABA system to do that in various ways with meditation, with breath work, especially near bedtime and trying to turn off the sympathetic nervous system. So getting off your bright lights, getting off your TVs and your screens, even if you have blue blockers and yellow blockers or whatever on you,

If you're still watching John Wick 3 before you go to bed, you're still not going to be ready for bed, man. I don't care what blue bockers you're wearing. So I really want all of my patients and people that I work with to take at least 30 minutes off of screens before they go to bed. And it is a very difficult thing for a lot of people, like scrolling right before they go to bed.

If you're still watching John Wick 3 before you go to bed, you're still not going to be ready for bed, man. I don't care what blue bockers you're wearing. So I really want all of my patients and people that I work with to take at least 30 minutes off of screens before they go to bed. And it is a very difficult thing for a lot of people, like scrolling right before they go to bed.

And then as soon as they wake up in the morning, the first thing they do is scroll on their phone to see what's going on, right? And this is how exactly not to do it in general. The more parasympathetic you can get, the better you're going to sleep. The more relaxation you can get before you can go to sleep, the better you're going to sleep and the better your sleep scores are going to be.

And then as soon as they wake up in the morning, the first thing they do is scroll on their phone to see what's going on, right? And this is how exactly not to do it in general. The more parasympathetic you can get, the better you're going to sleep. The more relaxation you can get before you can go to sleep, the better you're going to sleep and the better your sleep scores are going to be.

And so people have a hard time. I get it. I know in my life, people in my life, for a long time, it was once the kids go to bed, that's when the glass of wine comes out. That's when the beer comes out. And you think it's great. Alcohol is working on the GABA system. It's helping relax you. But the problem with alcohol is that it trashes your sleep.

And so people have a hard time. I get it. I know in my life, people in my life, for a long time, it was once the kids go to bed, that's when the glass of wine comes out. That's when the beer comes out. And you think it's great. Alcohol is working on the GABA system. It's helping relax you. But the problem with alcohol is that it trashes your sleep.

When it does, it binds to the GABA receptor very tightly and it depletes you with GABA very quickly. And then GABA is always in balance with another neurotransmitter called glutamate. Glutamates are primary excitatory neurotransmitter. And in the brain, it is converted into GABA using vitamin B6 and magnesium. And if you deplete your GABA very quickly with alcohol, for example,

When it does, it binds to the GABA receptor very tightly and it depletes you with GABA very quickly. And then GABA is always in balance with another neurotransmitter called glutamate. Glutamates are primary excitatory neurotransmitter. And in the brain, it is converted into GABA using vitamin B6 and magnesium. And if you deplete your GABA very quickly with alcohol, for example,

That's why you wake up two hours later with a massive headache because you have all this glutamine, glutamate, excuse me, in the brain. And that's your neurotransmitter that makes you awake and on and ready. And MSG syndrome right here, by going to a Chinese restaurant and having a bunch of MSG and getting headaches, that's from glutamate toxicity as well, or a lack of GABA to balance it out.

That's why you wake up two hours later with a massive headache because you have all this glutamine, glutamate, excuse me, in the brain. And that's your neurotransmitter that makes you awake and on and ready. And MSG syndrome right here, by going to a Chinese restaurant and having a bunch of MSG and getting headaches, that's from glutamate toxicity as well, or a lack of GABA to balance it out.

And so anxiety, stress, insomnia, these are all related to glutamate. imbalances where you have too much glutamate, some element of toxicity compared to the GABA in the brain. And so the key is to understand this is what's happening and then be able to try to support the system in various ways to help support the GABA system and to balance the glutamate and GABA levels.

And so anxiety, stress, insomnia, these are all related to glutamate. imbalances where you have too much glutamate, some element of toxicity compared to the GABA in the brain. And so the key is to understand this is what's happening and then be able to try to support the system in various ways to help support the GABA system and to balance the glutamate and GABA levels.