Robert Hedaya

B12 deficiency can cause panic attacks, and intramuscular B12 injection can rapidly resolve panic symptoms.

"A woman comes to me and she's having panic attacks. She has B12 deficiency. I give her injection. With the first injection, her panic is gone." (said at 0:00:00)

No published record matching the reported clinical case of panic attacks resolving immediately after a single vitamin B12 injection was located; this does not prove the claim false. While vitamin B12 deficiency is recognized to cause various neuropsychiatric manifestations, systematic reviews note that robust clinical trial evidence is lacking for B12 supplementation in major psychiatric disorders outside of correcting frank deficiency, and controlled studies have not established a specific association between cobalamin levels and isolated panic attacks.

• context: Low serum concentrations of vitamin B6 and iron are related to panic attack and hyperventi… (Acta medica Okayama 2013) · cited 9x in the literature

  "We measured each parameter in 21 PA or HVA patients and compared the values with those from 20 volunteers. We found that both Vit B6 and iron levels were significantly lower in the PA/HVA group than in the volunteer group. There was no significant difference in the serum levels of vitamins B2 or B12." (abstract, results, passage verified)

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• context: Vitamin B 12 Supplementation in Psychiatric Practice. (Current psychiatry reports 2024) · cited 11x in the literature

  "No robust evidence currently supports routine B12 supplementation for major psychiatric disorders. However, psychiatrists should be aware of the important risk factors for B12 deficiency and should be able to identify symptoms of B12 deficiency, which requires prompt testing, medical workup, and treatment." (abstract, conclusions, passage verified)

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Approximately one in five women have Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

"Now, what is it? One in five women have Hashimoto's thyroiditis." (said at 0:17:25)

No published record matching the claim that approximately one in five women have Hashimoto's thyroiditis was located; this does not prove the claim false.

Quantitative EEG measures electrical activity at 19 scalp points and standardizes findings against age- and sex-matched normative controls.

"Essentially, the quantitative EEG is we put a cap on a patient's head. We measure the electrical output at 19 points and it goes into the computer. It's really AI-driven. This is standardized against age- and sex-matched controls through the NIH database." (said at 0:18:54)

No published record matching the claim that quantitative EEG measures electrical activity at 19 scalp points standardized against an NIH age- and sex-matched normative database was located; this does not prove the claim false.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases oxygen delivery, nerve growth factors, stem cell mobilization, and capillary perfusion.

"And in in hyperbaric oxygen you're you're doing so many things: you're increasing delivery of nutrients, right? You're increasing delivery of oxygen. You're actually increasing nerve growth factors, your stem cell growth, right? Capillary perfusion, right?" (said at 0:46:12)

No published record matching the claim that hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases oxygen delivery, nerve growth factors, stem cell mobilization, and capillary perfusion was located; this does not prove the claim false.

Chronic peripheral infections can cause alterations in brain chemistry and increase glutamate excitotoxicity.

"infection in her mouth and as as you know the infection causes changes in the brain chemistry. Increases glutamate excitotoxicity." (said at 0:53:35)

No published record matching the claim that infection in the mouth causes changes in brain chemistry and increases glutamate excitotoxicity was located; this does not prove the claim false.

Genome-wide association studies show immune system and hormone signaling genes are prominent genetic risk drivers for psychiatric disorders.

"If you look at the the genetic studies on psychiatric illness, they're called genome-wide association studies, right? Uh where they look at millions of people and look what genes show up in psychiatric disorders. You know this, it's like the immune system and it's the hormones. Those are the big drivers" (said at 0:54:05)

No published record matching the claim that genome-wide association studies identify immune system and hormone signaling genes as the primary genetic drivers across psychiatric disorders was located; this does not prove the claim false.

A clinical cohort of patients with treatment-resistant depression treated with Dr. Hedaya's functional medicine protocol achieved a 100% improvement/recovery rate by 10 months.

"Everyone, the mean depression score at start, it was in the severe range, the low severe range, they all were better by 10 months... Just doing the functional medicine by four months when they're implementing the program—three months, four months—they start to get better and they steadily improve" (said at 0:58:44)

No published record matching the claim of a 100% improvement or recovery rate in a clinical cohort of patients with treatment-resistant depression treated with Dr. Hedaya's functional medicine protocol was located; this does not prove the claim false.