Category: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

Mast Cell Activation & Inflammation in Brain Disorders: How to Calm Things Down

5/17/2020

“Tree” - Cut paper, ink and acrylic on wood canvas, 12 x12” (by Courtney Snyder)

By Courtney Snyder, MD

This post goes out to those who are unknowingly deep in the throes of mast cell activation and/or brain inflammation.

Though our culture is only starting to consider psychiatric conditions as inflammation of the brain, if you or someone you know has panic attacks, depression, mood swings, ADHD, brain fog, chronic fatigue, PTSD, autism, cognitive issues or even dementia, then you know the destruction neuroinflammation plays in people’s lives.

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Mold Toxicity - Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, Brain Fog & Inattention

5/16/2019

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"Light Showers on Tidy Town" paper, acrylic on 24 x 48" canvas "Inspired by the coastal towns of Ireland."

By Courtney Snyder

One of the challenges of writing blog posts that explore root causes of brain related symptoms is that what we are learning is constantly evolving. There's so much we still and will never know. Another challenge - everything is interconnected. The best I can do is to write about these root causes separately. While some contributing factors can occur in parallel, one condition is often leading to other downstream conditions that themselves contribute to things like depressed mood, anxiety, mood swings, brain fog/inattention and so forth.

Mold toxicity is a perfect example. It can contribute to Pyrrole Disorder due the stress it puts on the body. It can lead to elevated copper by overwhelming one of the antioxidants in the body that regulates copper. Because it interferes with the immune system, it can lead to a susceptibility to candida/yeast, Lyme and its co-infections. It also frequently worsens mast cell activation (see last post). I consider it a root of the roots. In my daily work, I find mold toxicity to be very common. Here’s why -

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Hypermobility, RCCX Theory and One Journey From Illness Towards Wholeness

6/30/2017

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by Courtney Snyder, MD

The human body is a mystery. As much and as fast as we’re learning, we still know very little. This post is about a recent discovery. I call it a “discovery,” because I’ve lived out what this theory holds to be true, as have a number of patients I work with, and perhaps some of you reading this. RCCX theory is quite complex. The best I can do is share my personal experience with the hope that doing so will help make this information more accessible.

We all have traits that make us different - whether it’s our appearance, how we react to our world or the natural abilities we possess. Some traits, we may take pride in, others not so much. Ask me why I’m flexible and I’ll tell you I did gymnastics when I was young. Why do I have low blood pressure? I exercise regularly. My flat feet? Just one of those genetic things.

As a child I worried...a lot. In my second year of college, I could have been diagnosed with depression. I’m the kind of person who can’t watch Cirque du Soleil without turning away for fear I’ll witness someone plunge to their death.

Never had I imagined each of these traits could be related, or that they would foreshadow a ten year health struggle that I’m only recently coming out of.

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Mast Cell Activation & Inflammation in Brain Disorders: How to Calm Things Down

Mold Toxicity - Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, Brain Fog & Inattention

Hypermobility, RCCX Theory and One Journey From Illness Towards Wholeness

Courtney Snyder, MD

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