Is Your Anxiety a GABA Issue? (and not serotonin) | EP 364

The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Scott Sherr, a board-certified internal medicine doctor and expert in integrative and hyperbaric medicine. He’s shining a light on a little-known brain chemical called GABA — often described as your brain’s “off switch.”

Dr. Sherr believes GABA deficiency is one of the most overlooked drivers of mental fatigue, stress, and sleep issues today. And more importantly, he shares powerful, practical ways to support GABA naturally — beyond just popping supplements. We’re talking cutting-edge tools like medicinal mushrooms (a.k.a. fungiceuticals), targeted lifestyle shifts, and more.

For full show notes and transcript: https://drgundry.com/dr-scott-sherr

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast, where Dr. Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking research from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone.
0:11.1	Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific advancements and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long, happy life.
0:24.2	What if the real reason behind your anxiety, insomnia, and burnout isn't in your mind, but it's in your neurotransmitters?
0:32.9	Welcome back to the Dr. Gundry podcast. Today, we're exploring a critical and shockingly overlooked piece of the health brain puzzle GABA, the brain's off switch.
0:44.9	While dopamine and serotonin often dominate the headlines, a deficiency in GABA may be one of the culprits behind the skyrocketing issues of stress, depression, sleep disorders,
0:57.0	and even dependence on anti-anxiety medications.
1:02.0	My guest today is Dr. Scott Schurr, a board-certified internal medicine physician
1:07.0	and one of the world's leading voices in integrative and hyperbaric medicine.
1:11.6	He's on a mission to bring GABA deficiency into the spotlight and offer real practical
1:16.6	solutions for restoring neurological balance, not with pills, but through advanced tools like
1:23.6	fungaceuticals and precision lifestyle modifications. We'll be unpacking how GABA works,
1:30.1	why supplementing with it often fails, and how you can truly support your brain's natural ability
1:36.2	to rest, reset, and recover. If you're ready to opt out of the cycle of overstimulation and
1:43.5	burnout and take back control of your brain,
1:46.0	you've come to the right place.
1:47.9	Stay tuned. We'll be right back.
1:52.0	A true crime podcast.
1:54.1	It got me upset because this is someone's kid and someone knows she's got.
1:58.6	That takes a different approach.
2:00.4	It was shocking for something like this to happen in our little town.
2:05.6	Focusing on the communities affected by life-shattering crimes.
2:08.6	It made news throughout the entire region that these two people had been shot while they slept in such a safe community.
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