From Oura rings to mega-lab panels, health tech is everywhere. But are these tools helping you heal—or just making you anxious? In this guide, Dr. Teresa breaks down how to use digital platforms, trackers, and wearables without letting them run the show.

If you've plateaued despite antimicrobials, detox, or the "perfect" diet—your nervous system might be the missing piece. In this post, Dr. Teresa explores how brain retraining tools like Primal Trust™ can calm overactive fight-or-flight circuits, restore immune flexibility, and help patients finally move forward.

Before advanced testing or complex protocols, there’s a core set of lifestyle shifts that lay the groundwork for healing. In this guide, Dr. Teresa outlines the essential habits—hydration, food, sleep, air, and more—that regulate immunity, support detox, and restore energy in chronic illness.

When Your Brain Can’t Get Folate—Even if Your Labs Say You’re FineIf every detox leaves you foggy, anxious, or exhausted, your mitochondria may be blocking a key nutrient from reaching your brain: folate. Dr. Teresa explains how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to Cerebral Folate Deficiency—and how folinic acid and targeted support can gently unlock healing.‍

In chronic infections and IACIRS, energy crashes and hypersensitivity often signal deeper mitochondrial stress. Dr. Teresa walks you through how to assess, stabilize, and repair your mitochondria—so treatment becomes more tolerable, and healing actually sticks.

From statins to SSRIs, some common prescriptions appear to have antifungal side effects—whether doctors realize it or not. In this blog, Dr. Teresa explores how these “accidental antifungals” might explain symptom improvements in patients with chronic illness, and what it means for treating Candida on purpose.

When a child’s psychiatric symptoms follow an infection, many parents suspect PANS/PANDAS—only to be met with medical skepticism. In this post, Dr. Teresa explores why the resistance runs deeper than data, and what needs to change in our understanding of brain-immune health.

Mindset isn’t just emotional—it’s biological. In this post, Dr. Teresa explores how beliefs shape inflammation, hormones, and immune response, especially in complex chronic illness. Learn why protecting your peace is part of the treatment plan.

Struggling with fatigue, cycle changes, or hormone resistance? In chronic illness, the real driver may be IL-6. Dr. Teresa explains how this inflammatory signal disrupts hormones—and how to restore balance.

For children with PANS or PANDAS, even “gentle” supplements can backfire. In this post, Dr. Teresa explains why multi-strain probiotics often cause flares—and why Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is the safest place to start.

Fatigue, brain fog, and cold hands—but your TSH looks fine? In this post, Dr. Teresa explores why chronic infections and CIRS often disrupt thyroid signaling long before labs show it—and what real healing requires.

Is Sluggish Lymph Holding Back Your Healing? Brain fog, puffiness, sinus congestion, and feeling worse after detox might not be random—they could signal lymphatic stagnation. In this post, Dr. Teresa shares practical tools to get your lymph moving and support deeper healing.

IL-6 is more than a lab number—it’s a real-time read on your immune system’s state. Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal explains how to use it as a guide in treating CIRS and IACIRS, and why understanding this signal can unlock real healing.

Chronic symptoms often don’t begin with a single diagnosis—they begin with a storm of infection-triggered immune dysregulation. In this in-depth post, Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal introduces the IACIRS model and explains why healing requires more than symptom management—it requires rethinking chronic illness from the inside out.

If you feel like you’re doing all the right things and still not getting better, you may be stuck downstream—managing symptoms without addressing the real causes. In this story-based post, Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal walks you through what it really means to heal at the root.

What if your healing is stalled not because you're missing a treatment—but because your body still thinks it's in danger? Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal explains the science of the Cell Danger Response and how to help your system shift out of survival mode and into real recovery.

Tried every gut protocol and still stuck? It might not be just your gut. Learn why true healing starts upstream—with your immune terrain, not your microbiome.

Standard blood tests missing something? This groundbreaking French study found that nearly 90% of chronically ill patients had detectable infections—many not Lyme. It’s not about testing harder—it’s about testing smarter. Learn what this means for chronic illness recovery and how sample type and timing can change everything.

Obsessed with your sleep score? You might be losing rest trying to perfect it. Discover how tracking can disrupt your sleep—and what actually works instead.

For those struggling with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)—especially in the context of CIRS, mold illness, or chronic infections—Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) offers a powerful midstream intervention. While it doesn’t address the root cause, it can reduce reactivity, lower inflammation, and make upstream treatment more tolerable. Learn how it works, what the research says, and whether it might be the missing piece in your healing strategy.

Lab work can be a helpful guide—but it's not the whole story. Learn which biomarkers we track in chronic illness, what they really tell us, and how your symptoms still lead the way.

Bitten by a tick? Don't wait and wonder. Learn exactly what to do, what symptoms to watch for, and why early action can make all the difference.

Methylated B vitamins are often recommended for MTHFR mutations—but for patients with CIRS, they can backfire if introduced too soon. Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal explains why these “helpful” nutrients sometimes trigger flares—and how to support methylation safely and strategically.

Are EMFs making chronic illness worse? Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal unpacks the emerging science on how electromagnetic fields may amplify microbial activity—and what you can do to protect your health without panic or overwhelm.

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro offer short-term weight loss—but at what cost? Dr. Teresa Birkmeier-Fredal unpacks the risks, rebound effects, and why true healing requires more than symptom suppression. A must-read for anyone considering GLP-1s.