Okay, so I think this is as good a place as any for this kinda thing. While I am not very health conscious about what goes into my eating and meal plans, I am always trying to be mindful of my mental and physical state.
I hope that this post could at least do the same for someone else as it has done so for me, or at least made me think about putting things in place to make corrections or adjustments to have a better life. So without further ado.
I came across this personality type assessment and didn’t think too much about it at first glance and actually put it off. After a few days I decided to push through and actually complete it. Turns out it is not at all what I thought and is purely scientific based. I became intrigued by it and followed through, as just like my job, it is somewhat reliant on psychological and physiological methods and behaviours.
Part 1 - Determining your dominant nature
So through this test, I established that I am serotonin dominant by nature. What this essentially means is that I get enough of these stimuli through my daily actions and decision-making processes and now we need to determine my deficiency.
Serotonin resynchronizes your brain while you sleep so you wake every morning with a fresh start.
Part 2 - Defining your deficiency
I needed to identify which biochemical I was deficient in. The result was quite apparent that I am GABA deficient, which is one of the inhibitors for neurotransmitters. So this is where I need to focus in order to maintain balance.
When your rhythm is thrown off by a GABA deficiency, you may begin to feel anxious, nervous, or irritable. Without enough GABA, your brain produces energy in bursts, which impacts your emotional well-being.
Part 3 - Deciding on an outcome
So while I was still sceptical about a lot of this, I did my own research and found on that some of my results were given this very “simple” test. I mean honestly, what could a basic true/false answers really tell me. Turns out a LOT. While these chemicals sound try and their practicality align with a lot of the life symptoms (problems) I am facing there needs to strike a balance right, I mean everything in life is a balance. So I need to balance my intake and supplement with that of my physical and mental nature. Stomach and brain in this case.
After talking to a clinician on these matters and gaining more information. Changing diet has always been an issue for me, after all, it’s expensive to eat healthily. What did come as a massive surprise was that supplements were readily available on the shelf or over-the-counter at most or any Clicks or Dis-chem.
As a result, my findings have been in the following areas:
- Determine what I am deficient in and supplement that in order to maintain balance rather than take supplements to cover a range of neurotransmitters
- Throw in a few more ingredients into my diet to supplement the GABA intake, eg. broccoli, sweet potato, kale, etc.
Possible supplements and or OTC meds include:
- L-PHENYLALANINE 1000MG
- INOSITOL 3000MG
- GABA 3000MG
- VITAMIN B COMPLEX SHOTS. 1 FULL 3ML VIAL A WEEK
So there you have it, I hope that this information can help or at least provide you with a different perspective or outlook and how or where to improve your life.
Another avenue this opened up to me is the way of peptides, though I still don’t know enough about that to fully understand or to start hooking into that way of life. I know @Flex is very health and fitness-orientated, perhaps his opinion can have some weight here.
Let me know if you found this interesting as I sure did, and I am happy to further discuss anything should anyone so require or need it. There are so many aspects to the different biochemicals, neurotransmitters, hormones, etc. and the body is a complex thing.
