1013 - 5 Vagus Nerve Dysfunction Symptoms (& How To Fix It)
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
If you're dealing with unexplained digestive issues, chronic stress, low libido, or irregular heart rate, your vagus nerve may be involved. In this video, I've compiled the most common signs of vagus nerve dysfunction and how it impacts everything from inflammation to brain function. You'll also learn practical ways to support and stimulate your vagus nerve naturally through lifestyle strategies, targeted nutrition, and gut-focused therapies.
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📌Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:29 GI issues
03:51 Stress & cognitive dysfunction
07:19 Impaired libido
08:15 Heart rate & blood pressure issues
09:06 Inflammation
09:32 Lifestyle changes
18:29 Vagus nerve devices
27:51 Nutrition recommendations
31:59 Probiotics
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| 0:00.0 | Within about two weeks of Jasmine starting the vagus nerve stimulating device and the electrolytes, |
| 0:04.8 | she saw a dramatic improvement in her insomnia, where she was now sleeping six to seven hours |
| 0:10.4 | per night. Her heart palpitations have also improved significantly as well as her anxiety. |
| 0:15.3 | To the point where now she is no longer on the anxiety antidepressant medication, and I want to |
| 0:20.1 | quote Jasmine, she had let us know, |
| 0:22.0 | these treatments have been a game changer. I'm beyond grateful for these recommendations, and I'm |
| 0:26.2 | starting to feel like myself again. |
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| 0:57.8 | Now, it's probably fairly obvious that there's a connection between stress and digestive function, or, said another way, the brain and digestive function. |
| 1:04.3 | So if you're someone who notices you have sensitive digestion, your bowels are irritable as an IBS. |
| 1:11.7 | You don't do well with, |
| 1:19.8 | let's say, dairy, or carbs, or you're quick to experience reflux, or you have supplementary bowel disease or pain or constipation. There's varying levels of research suggesting imbalances and |
| 1:26.5 | dysfunction in that parasympathetic chain |
| 1:28.7 | or the vagus nerve are what, at least in part, underlies these conditions. |
| 1:32.9 | And we do have, I think most importantly, interventional data showing us that vagal nerve |
| 1:39.5 | simulation can help with all these conditions. |
| 1:42.0 | One observational study of over 12,000 individuals found that people |
| 1:47.2 | with moderate to high stress levels had a two times greater risk of GERD. Quoting, |
| 1:55.2 | individuals exposed to higher levels of stress are more likely to have GERD symptoms. Therefore, stress reduction |
| 2:03.1 | should be an important part of GERD symptom management. One study looked at GERD patients, |
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