Gary Brecka

These are catecholamines in the brain.

Catecholamines are the four neurotransmitters that are involved in the fight or flight response.

They're norepinephrine, epinephrine, ephedrone and dopamine.

One of those we call adrenaline as well.

And so think of hormones like adrenaline, dopamine.

Dopamine, the main driver of behavior, you know.

Adrenaline is what happens when we're hopped up, you know, epinephrine, norepinephrine.

So these are the same cascade of neurotransmitters that are involved in a fight-or-flight response.

So if you have this gene mutation which ladies listen up, not the vast majority but about 42% to 44% of you have this gene mutation in addition to the MTHFR gene mutation.

But when you have this gene mutation you have a tendency to go to bed tired,

But when you go to sleep, your mind keeps you awake.

So you lay there and you ruminate on the dumbest little thoughts.

You just have these most innocuous little thoughts.

Did I get everything on my grocery list?

Did my belt match my shoes?

Did I return that email?

She has show tunes going through her head, she tells me.

I'm sorry.

So these catecholamines, when they rise, they also trigger anxiety.

This is why anxiety very often doesn't have a specific trigger, meaning you can't always point to the trigger that causes it.