Most people think Gabapentin “treats” nerve pain. But here’s the part no one tells you: Gabapentin doesn’t fix the nerve. It doesn’t fix the injury. It doesn’t fix the system. It only turns down the electrical volume. And when the volume comes back up? The pain is still there, because the reason the nerve was screaming never got addressed. That’s where the real story begins. If your nerve pain feels like: - burning - buzzing - zapping - pins‑and‑needles - random lightning strikes - pain that moves - pain that makes no structural sense it’s almost never “just a nerve problem.” It’s usually a system problem. And there are nine different physiological systems that can create nerve pain, each with its own signature pattern. Here’s the part that gets wild: The #1 cause of nerve pain isn’t compression. It isn’t injury. It isn’t “neuropathy.” Let's go deeper. Most people think Gabapentin “treats” nerve pain. It doesn’t. Gabapentin doesn’t repair nerves. It doesn’t fix the injury. It doesn’t rebuild the system that created the pain in the first place. What it does is turn down the electrical volume inside the nervous system. And that’s a very different thing. So what is actually happening? Your nerves talk using electricity. Your brain interprets that electricity as sensation. When the system gets overwhelmed, inflammation, stress, nutrient deficits, blood sugar swings, mitochondrial fatigue, mechanical compression, the signals get LOUD. Gabapentin steps in and says: “Let’s just not send as many signals.” Not better signals. Not healthier signals. Just less. It’s like dimming the lights in a room with faulty wiring. The flickering stops, but the wiring is still faulty. Why people feel relief Gabapentin reduces: - electrical over‑firing - sensory amplification - central sensitization (the brain turning up the gain on everything) So yes, the symptoms quiet down. But the reason the system was screaming? Still there. Still active. Still shaping the next flare.

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THE SYMPTOM YOU’RE IGNORING IS THE ONE TRYING TO SAVE YOU ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASS YOU WILL EVER READ Let me tell you something a little uncomfortable. Most people don’t get blind sided by a health crisis. They get warned, repeatedly, and they ignore every single signal because no one ever taught them how to read their own physiology. Your body has been trying to save your life in ways you’ve written off as: - ‘just stress’ - ‘getting older’ - ‘my personality’ - ‘I’m just tired’ - ‘this is normal for me’ No. It’s not ‘normal.’ It’s compensation. And compensation always has an expiration date. Tonight’s class is about the moment before the crash, the moment where your physiology stops whispering and starts raising hell. Most people miss that moment. Most people don’t recognize the pattern until it becomes a diagnosis. Most people don’t realize their “annoying symptoms” were actually their lifesaving early-warning system. Functional medicine doesn’t wait for the cliff. It shows you the edge long before you get there. Let's look at the difference between functional/nutritional medicine and traditional medicine. Why Functional Medicine Feels So Different (and why your body likes it) Most people think medicine is about fixing what’s broken. But your body doesn’t wait until it’s broken to start talking. Here’s the real difference: Traditional medicine asks: “Is this a disease yet?” Functional medicine asks: “What’s the physiology doing, and why is it struggling?” That one shift changes everything. If you’ve ever been told “your labs are normal” this is important. “Normal” labs only tell you one thing: You haven’t crossed the danger line yet. They don’t tell you: - why you’re exhausted - why your mood swings - why your digestion is unpredictable - why your hormones feel chaotic - why your brain fog shows up at the worst times - why your body is compensating instead of thriving Those aren’t “mystery symptoms.” They’re early signals that your physiology is under load.

Someone on Skool offered to make stickers of my son that died and Simcha. I had to send her pictures of both of them. Just want to share this one of my son. She called him "Hollywood handsome." I think she is right. I miss him so much!

Few people know that I am part owner of some race horses. Caldera was my first horse and was #10 in the lineup to go to the Kentucky Derby last year. A couple of races before the Derby, a horse next to Caldera rammed into the sided of him, taking him to his knees. He didn't go to the Derby 😭 Yesterday was his first race back after a year. He is big, beautiful, and powerful. Here is that race! He is #1 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1978374422785760