When standard approaches haven't worked, it's worth looking deeper — both medically and physiologically.
Anxiety has many contributing factors — some psychological, some physiological. Hormone imbalance, thyroid dysfunction, and chronic stress can all worsen or even mimic anxiety symptoms.
For anxiety that hasn't improved with standard approaches, treatment-resistant options like ketamine therapy offer a different mechanism of action worth considering.
We start by ruling out physiological contributors — hormones, thyroid — before considering treatment options. For anxiety that hasn't responded to standard care — what's clinically considered treatment-resistant — closely supervised ketamine therapy is available.
Provider-led treatment for anxiety that hasn't responded to standard medications.
Explore Ketamine TherapyRuling out hormone and thyroid contributors that can worsen or mimic anxiety.
Explore Functional MedicineAnxiety isn't always purely psychological — hormones and thyroid function can make it significantly worse. We want to rule those out before assuming it's the whole story.
Reviewed for accuracy by McKell Johnson, FNP-BC, Clinical Director, and the Abbott Health & Wellness care team.
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A thorough evaluation and a real conversation with McKell Johnson, FNP-BC about what's next.