Dr. Scott Sherr

When I talk to my patients, the one thing I emphasize a lot is the breath work piece. Now, if that's part of the meditative practice, all the better, but I don't even think it's necessary to start off with, to be honest. I mean, if people think meditation's too woo-woo, I get that. That's not about not having thoughts. It's just about observing your thoughts, really, in meditation.

And then there's other stages, of course, if you wanna go there, but in general,

And then there's other stages, of course, if you wanna go there, but in general,

And then there's other stages, of course, if you wanna go there, but in general,

breath work and just prolonging your exhales so there's the three breathing patterns i teach my patients are either box breathing something called four seven eight so you breathe in for four you hold for seven you breathe out for eight or i do the three five the three minutes the three seconds in and five seconds out there's a lots of other permutations of this and there's lots of other ways to do it i have a good friend of mine

breath work and just prolonging your exhales so there's the three breathing patterns i teach my patients are either box breathing something called four seven eight so you breathe in for four you hold for seven you breathe out for eight or i do the three five the three minutes the three seconds in and five seconds out there's a lots of other permutations of this and there's lots of other ways to do it i have a good friend of mine

breath work and just prolonging your exhales so there's the three breathing patterns i teach my patients are either box breathing something called four seven eight so you breathe in for four you hold for seven you breathe out for eight or i do the three five the three minutes the three seconds in and five seconds out there's a lots of other permutations of this and there's lots of other ways to do it i have a good friend of mine

named Brian McKenzie, who does a lot of work with CO2 tolerance. And these are called breath holds. And so you can learn about doing this and increasing your CO2 tolerance. And that also improves your stress over time. But I think that's secondary to just learning how to exhale for longer than you inhale. That will be transformative if you can do it on a consistent basis.

named Brian McKenzie, who does a lot of work with CO2 tolerance. And these are called breath holds. And so you can learn about doing this and increasing your CO2 tolerance. And that also improves your stress over time. But I think that's secondary to just learning how to exhale for longer than you inhale. That will be transformative if you can do it on a consistent basis.

named Brian McKenzie, who does a lot of work with CO2 tolerance. And these are called breath holds. And so you can learn about doing this and increasing your CO2 tolerance. And that also improves your stress over time. But I think that's secondary to just learning how to exhale for longer than you inhale. That will be transformative if you can do it on a consistent basis.

And I think what it comes down to is when you're looking to enhance the GABA receptor itself, what you want to do ideally, like from a supplementation perspective is number one, remember that GABA supplements don't work actually. GABA supplements are, GABA itself is a too big of a molecule to get across into the brain. And as a result of that, if it does work for you,

And I think what it comes down to is when you're looking to enhance the GABA receptor itself, what you want to do ideally, like from a supplementation perspective is number one, remember that GABA supplements don't work actually. GABA supplements are, GABA itself is a too big of a molecule to get across into the brain. And as a result of that, if it does work for you,

And I think what it comes down to is when you're looking to enhance the GABA receptor itself, what you want to do ideally, like from a supplementation perspective is number one, remember that GABA supplements don't work actually. GABA supplements are, GABA itself is a too big of a molecule to get across into the brain. And as a result of that, if it does work for you,

GABA is getting through because you have a leaky blood-brain barrier, and that's also called a leaky brain. Now it sounds scary, but in essence, that just means oftentimes that you have a leaky gut. Leaky gut is when your gut's allowing things into the system that shouldn't get in there.

GABA is getting through because you have a leaky blood-brain barrier, and that's also called a leaky brain. Now it sounds scary, but in essence, that just means oftentimes that you have a leaky gut. Leaky gut is when your gut's allowing things into the system that shouldn't get in there.

GABA is getting through because you have a leaky blood-brain barrier, and that's also called a leaky brain. Now it sounds scary, but in essence, that just means oftentimes that you have a leaky gut. Leaky gut is when your gut's allowing things into the system that shouldn't get in there.

And as a result of that, you're getting more inflammation in the system, and that also can affect the blood-brain barrier and cause a leaky brain. So when you are supplementing to improve GABA levels, you want to be improving them by using compounds that enhance the GABA receptor, but not using GABA itself.

And as a result of that, you're getting more inflammation in the system, and that also can affect the blood-brain barrier and cause a leaky brain. So when you are supplementing to improve GABA levels, you want to be improving them by using compounds that enhance the GABA receptor, but not using GABA itself.

And as a result of that, you're getting more inflammation in the system, and that also can affect the blood-brain barrier and cause a leaky brain. So when you are supplementing to improve GABA levels, you want to be improving them by using compounds that enhance the GABA receptor, but not using GABA itself.

So what you can use there, for example, are things like kava and even some of the cannabinoids like CBD and CBG. These work on the GABA receptor, enhancing the binding of affinity for GABA to bind to that receptor too. But in addition, you also want to use something that's going to bind to the GABA receptor at the GABA site as well.