Many People Feel Their Mental Health Medications Don’t Work: There is a Better Way

If you have depression, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD, or other mental health issues, you may have tried countless drugs and still feel they don’t work.

You’re not alone.

There are several reasons that medications do not work for individuals and a lot of it comes down to genetics. There is an advanced technology that allows your practitioner to understand your DNA and which medications will and will not work for you specifically. Although this form of genetic testing is still considered theoretical, for the professional team at Hope & Harmony Holistic Health, it’s an important tool to determine what is best for their patients, and they believe it’s helped their patients tremendously.

You no longer have to try numerous mediations to find what works best for you. The guesswork is taken out of the equation, and that is due to the innovation of GeneSight®.

The Genesight® Test
GeneSight® Psychotropic is a pharmacogenomic test which means that it analyzes how your genes may affect medication outcomes. The GeneSight® test analyzes clinically important genetic variations in your DNA. Results can inform your provider about how you may break down or respond to certain medications commonly prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other psychiatric conditions.1

The GeneSight® test must be ordered by your healthcare provider and it is conveniently done in their office with a simple cheek swab.1

Over 1,500,000 individuals have taken GeneSight®, and many clinical studies have published efficacy reports in peer-reviewed journals. GeneSight® Psychotropic is the only psychiatric pharmacogenomic test backed by such extensive research.1

The genetic testing tells your practitioner if you are a low, medium or high responder to certain medications.

MTHFR Gene has a high incidence of depression
GeneSight®MTHFR, has added the latest addition to its pharmacogenomic test panel. GeneSight® MTHFR determines the alleles at the C677T polymorphism in the MTHFR gene to predict effects on folic acid conversion. An individual’s genetic inability to convert folic acid into l-methylfolate has been linked to higher incidence of depression.1 Patients with the MTHFR gene are particularly challenging to treat. This test is ideal for helping them receive viable care quickly. So if you struggle with your response to medications or just haven’t noticed improvement in your symptoms, this genetic alteration may be a factor. We can help you find out.

Treating the whole person matters.

Hope & Harmony Holistic Health, Inc.
You deserve hope and harmony in your life. At Hope & Harmony, the providers are committed to working with each person to live the healthiest life possible as defined by each individual. We use a team approach to holistic and functional health care to help you meet your goals, including reducing use of prescription medications. We have a variety of practitioners, working together under one roof, to provide you with assistance in general and functional medicine, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and nutrition coaching and counseling.

At Hope and Harmony Holistic Health, our core values are reflected by how. . .
• We treat every person as an individual with inherent worth and dignity.
• We provide holistic treatment choices rather than using medications as the first or only options.
• We prioritize the optimum quality of life for each and every client.
• We help every person achieve optimum health by becoming the best they can be in body, heart, spirit, and mind.
• We provide a safe space in a warm and welcoming environment.
• We, as providers, work collaboratively with each other and the client, to reach optimum health as defined by the client.

Because every person deserves to be the healthiest version of themselves, our purpose at Hope & Harmony Holistic Health is to help our patients discover what that means for them as individuals, and to make a plan for how to achieve their health goals.

We are committed to working with each person to reduce dependence on medications when possible and to design an individualized treatment plan to assist you in living the healthiest life possible as you define it.

Each of us at Hope & Harmony Holistic Health has struggled through mental and physical challenges that left us frustrated and hopeless at times — until we discovered the healing and nurturing strategies that are part of holistic health care. Now it’s time for us to give back to the community by helping everyone who comes to us to discover, or to rediscover, the hope that comes with living a healthy life that allows our bodies, minds, and emotions to live in harmony every day.

Hope & Harmony Holistic Health, Inc., is a safe and welcoming practice no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey.

If you are in need of a fresh new approach to your best health in general, functional, and psychiatric care, including psychotherapy or nutritional counseling, please contact Hope & Harmony Holistic Health today at 941-979-2952.

Tess Lambert, APRN, CMO
Tess Lambert, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, is our co-founder and serves as Chief Medical Officer. She began her medical career as a certified surgical technologist, then worked as a hospital floor nurse and an auto

transfusionist for several years. She has been a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner since 2009, and has worked in Michigan, Ohio, and Florida in a variety of settings, including inpatient and outpatient practices, extended care and rehab facilities, community mental health centers, and prisons. Tess’ passion is working closely with patients to help them live the healthiest life possible using a minimum of medications. She believes good care takes understanding, a willingness to listen and the need to think “outside the box” that we as providers can easily get stuck in.

Tess received an Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Owens Community College, a BA from the College of Mount St Joseph, and a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Toledo. In addition, Tess holds a Master’s of Theology from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. She refers to herself as a chronic student and never stops learning because she knows her patients’ health and happiness depends on it.

 

 

Source: https://genesight.com