What if your anxiety, brain fog, and exhaustion aren't mental health problems at all — but signals your body has been waiting for you to hear?
In this eye-opening episode of The Big Silence, Karena Dawn sits down with Dr. Eboni Cornish — Associate Medical Director at Amen Clinics and president-elect of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society — who is on a mission to find the why behind your symptoms, sharing the answers most doctors never even look for.
What if the anxiety, brain fog, and exhaustion you've been managing as mental health symptoms are actually your body flagging something physical — something that's never been investigated?
When mental health is treated as brain health, the entire conversation changes. Dr. Eboni Cornish shows us what's possible when we stop medicating symptoms and start asking why.
(02:15) Brain Health Is the Missing Piece of Longevity
● You can sauna, plunge, and lift — but if you're not sleeping, your brain can't heal
● Non-restorative sleep is the number one red flag your brain is under stress
● Hormones, cortisol, and fight-or-flight mode all disrupt sleep
● Supplements Dr. Cornish recommends: L-theanine, GABA, and magnesium
(18:31) Mold, Environmental Toxins & Your Mood
● Mold toxins cause inflammation that mimics depression, anxiety, and even dementia
● Some patients' mood symptoms resolved entirely after leaving a water-damaged building
● HLA gene testing can reveal whether your body can clear mold toxins or retains them
● Brain fog is a symptom, not a diagnosis
(33:49) Lyme Disease, Tick Bites & PANS/PANDAS in Kids and Adults
● Less than 50% of people with Lyme ever notice a tick bite or bullseye rash
● Lyme is a global disease, a "great imitator" that can present as depression, fatigue, or psychosis
● In kids, sudden personality changes after illness can signal PANS/PANDAS, an autoimmune neuropsychiatric response
Guest Resources
● Visit Dr. Eboni Cornish's website
● Find an ILADS-trained physician
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