9 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Your Brain’s Natural Anti-Anxiety Chemical
The most effective methods to increase GABA aren’t what most health experts recommend.
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5 min readNov 8, 2024
At three in the morning, she sat in her poorly lit bedroom. Her heart hammering against her chest. Her ideas surged wildly, one slamming into the other like storm waves.
Her mother’s health. The unanswered emails. The presentation tomorrow. Everything spun in an infinite circle.
She was unaware that her brain’s low GABA levels caused her neuronal circuits to fire without their usual brake mechanism. Therefore trapping her in a continual state of overdrive.
This is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system: GABA. Technically, gamma-aminobutyric acid.
It helps in lowering neuronal excitability across the nervous system. You can call it a neural brake, therefore regulating and directing brain activity.
What happens when we are low in GABA?
- Low GABA causes your brain to fail in terms of proper power down. Imagine attempting to sleep with a light that won’t turn off — that’s low GABA brain. You could lay awake for hours, ideas running wild even from physical tiredness. When sleep…
