10/2/2015 1 Test Don’t Guess: Neurotransmitters Uncovered NPO Conference Tamara Owen, RN, MS, PMHNP 503.788.7726 October 8-10, 2015 at Sunriver, Oregon Testing can help you: • Provide rapid symptom relief, improving compliance • Pinpoint the root cause of health issues for long- term positive outcomes • Shorten the time to wellness
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Test Don’t Guess: Neurotransmitters Uncovered
NPO Conference
Tamara Owen, RN, MS, PMHNP503.788.7726
October 8-10, 2015 at Sunriver, Oregon
Testing can help you:
• Provide rapid symptom relief, improving compliance
• Pinpoint the root cause of health issues for long-term positive outcomes
• Shorten the time to wellness
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www.tamaraowen.com503.788.7726
Understanding the role of neurotransmitters and key players
Inhibitory Neurotransmitters
• Serotonin: mood, appetite and sleep
• GABA: primary inhibitory neurotransmitter -necessary to feel calm and relaxed
• Glycine: like GABA, helps to calm and relax the body
• Taurine: important for proper heart function, healthy sleep and promoting calmness
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• Epinephrine (Adrenaline): important for motivation, energy and mental focus
• Norepinephrine (Noradrenaline): important for mental focus, emotional stability and endocrine function.
• Dopamine: responsible for feelings of pleasure and satisfaction, also muscle control, muscle function, and GI issues.
• Glutamate: primary excitatory neurotransmitter necessary for memory and learning.
• PEA (phenylethylamine): important for focus and concentration.
• Histamine: helps control sleep-wake cycle, plus energy and motivation.
Excitatory Neurotransmitters
Cortisol and DHEA
• Cortisol: primary glucocorticoid produced by the adrenal gland. Regulates body’s stress response.
• DHEA: produced by the adrenal glad and is a precursor to estrogens and androgens.
Why Test?Patients may present with the same complaint, but associated imbalances differ. (Anxiety Illustration)
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Treating a patient’s specific imbalances provides symptom relief, improving compliance.
(Fatigue illustration)
Results also provide insight into the root cause of symptoms, shortening the time to wellness
and reducing costs (Insomnia illustration)
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Physical Stress
Psychosocial Stress
Exposures to toxins
HormonalShifts
EmotionalStress
Poor diet,medications
Persistentimmune
activation
Addressing the root cause allows you to fully restore balance and health
Root Causes/ Contributors
Assessment and Testing
HPA axis and neurotransmitters
Inflammation/Oxidative Stress
Hormone andneurotransmitter
interactions
Toxins Genetics Lyme’s Disease
Stress -the primary contributor
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
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impacts adrenal output…but it isn’t just about DHEA and c