Cravings, mood instability, sleep disruption, and relapse risk are often biological — not just psychological. Functional medicine work, integrated into your Epic Journey engagement, finds the root-cause drivers and addresses them clinically.
Many of our clients arrive having "tried everything" — therapy, medications, treatment, willpower. What hasn't been looked at is the underlying biology. Disrupted gut microbiome driving inflammation and mood. Low thyroid or sex hormones tanking energy and resilience. Methylation defects affecting neurotransmitter production. Heavy metal toxicity from environmental exposure. Blood-sugar dysregulation mimicking anxiety and depression.
These aren't fringe ideas. They're the kind of root-cause work being done in functional medicine clinics treating the most complex cases — cases that conventional psychiatry has not solved.
Thyroid (full panel, not just TSH), cortisol rhythm, sex hormones, DHEA. Often the missing piece in depression, anxiety, fatigue, and craving patterns.
Microbiome composition, intestinal permeability ("leaky gut"), inflammation markers. The gut-brain axis is real and addressable.
Fasting insulin, HbA1c, hs-CRP, homocysteine, ferritin, full lipids. Chronic inflammation drives mood and craving — and most labs don't check for it.
MTHFR, COMT, MAOA and related polymorphisms. These affect neurotransmitter clearance, detoxification, and response to medications and supplements.
Environmental toxic load that conventional medicine rarely tests for. A real driver in chronic fatigue, brain fog, and treatment-resistant depression.
Urinary organic acids that reveal serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine production and turnover. Useful in matching the right medication or supplement protocol to the actual deficit.
Functional medicine is offered as a complement to — not a replacement for — your core Epic Journey engagement. The lab work and clinical consultations are handled by our partner functional medicine clinician. Preston coordinates the integration of those findings with your recovery work: medication and supplement protocols, dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and ongoing monitoring as your biology stabilizes.
This service is cash-pay only. Most labs cost between $800 and $2,400 depending on the workup. Initial consult + 90-day protocol planning is quoted separately. Exact pricing given on the consult.
You can't outwork a brain that's biologically dysregulated. The body work is non-optional.
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