BONUS: "The Sympathetic Spiral of Doom!” – The Fastest Way To Reset Your Nervous System & End Burnout with Dr. Scott Sherr | Menopause, Perimenopause & Mental Health

Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+

Cynthia Thurlow

Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

I am delighted to reconnect with Dr. Scott Sherr today. In our conversation, we explore the sympathetic spiral of doom that middle-aged women often experience during a pivotal time of life marked by constant shifts in mitochondrial health, hormones, and neurotransmitters. We explore what it is and how to reframe it, and offer advice on navigating that stage of life and setting the tone for the decades to follow. Join us for an empowering discussion where we share practical strategies to interrupt the spiral, reset your nervous system, avoid burnout, and shape the trajectory of your future. Troscriptions - ⁠https://troscriptions.com/discount/CYNTHIA10⁠ IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: Why the intense practices promoted by wellness trends are not advisable for stressed-out individuals The importance of having a flexible nervous system that can rise under stress and return to parasympathetic calm How calming the nervous system improves your mental clarity, focus, and decision-making ability Many stress reactions may be more about how we respond than the actual event that occurred The value of doing micro-resets to regulate your emotions quickly How sighing, prolonged exhales, humming, and gargling stimulate the vagus nerve and strengthen the parasympathetic system Sleep is essential for supporting mitochondrial function, mood, and the ability to handle stress Fight-or-flight mode may damage your cellular energy systems Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow Cynthia’s Menopause Gut Book is on presale now! Cynthia’s Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement Line Connect with Dr. Scott Sherr On his⁠ website⁠ Troscriptions - ⁠https://troscriptions.com/discount/CYNTHIA10⁠ ⁠Health Optimization Medicine ⁠⁠One Base Health⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Previous Episodes with Cynthia Thurlow and Dr. Scott Sherr Calm, Clear, & Balanced: How GABA & Progesterone Unlock Stress Relief & Hormone Harmony | S. Sherr The Future of Healing: HBOT, Methylene Blue & Cellular Regeneration | Dr. Scott Sherr

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast.
0:04.0	I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:13.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:28.8	Today, I had the honor of reconnecting with Dr. Scott Cher.
0:34.0	This is one of my highly vetted podcast interviews focused on Dr. Scott Scher's company called
0:43.4	Troscriptions. As I've stated earlier, this is our third discussion. He is a board certified
0:48.5	internal medicine physician with an additional certification hyperbaric oxygen medicine.
0:58.8	He is the CEO of Transcriptions, which is a line of physician-formulated,
1:04.5	pharmaceutical grade, and precision-dosed, buckle trokeys, containing novel ingredients like methylene blue, arrogant, and others in formulas for energy, focus, sleep, stress, immune
1:10.5	support, and more. Today we spoke at length
1:13.0	about the sympathetic spiral of doom and how mitochondrial dysfunction fuels chronic stress
1:18.6	disrupts GABA signaling and what we can do about it, the capacity of energetics and mitochondrial
1:25.1	health, the role of detox and methylene blue,
1:28.6	gaba stress in the midlife brain, the importance of the vagus nerve and parasympathetic tone,
1:34.3	how taking oral gaba and having it be effective can be a sign of leaky brain,
1:39.5	the impact of sleep, and my personal favorite rapid fire questions.
1:46.1	This is one of these invaluable conversations that you will likely listen to more than once. Dr. Scott-Share, such a pleasure to have you
1:53.0	back on the podcast. Cynthia, good to see you and thank you for having me again. We have so much
1:57.7	simpatico about where we grew up and where we trained. And before we started recording, we were talking about some terminology that you have framed
2:05.9	that I think is particularly relevant to my community, especially to middle-aged women.
2:11.8	Talk to me about the sympathetic spiral of doom.
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