Your Symptoms Are Not a Lexapro Deficiency: Root-Cause Healing for Anxiety and Depression

Justin Kempf

Uncover the deeper biological imbalances behind anxiety and depression without relying on meds that mask the root cause.


Your Symptoms Are Not a Lexapro Deficiency: Root-Cause Healing for Anxiety and Depression


Anxiety and depression are at all-time highs. And yet, so is the prescription rate for antidepressants like Lexapro. Something doesn’t add up.


If antidepressants were truly solving the root of the problem, wouldn’t we see more long-term resolution and fewer people suffering?


Instead, we see a growing number of patients feeling numbed out, emotionally disconnected, or frustrated that they still don’t feel like themselves even after months or years on medication.


We’ve been led to believe that if we feel anxious, low, or unmotivated, we must have a “chemical imbalance” that can only be fixed by a pharmaceutical. But is that the full story?


Let’s ask a better question:

What is the body trying to tell us through these symptoms?


Because anxiety, brain fog, mood swings, poor sleep, and chronic fatigue are not random. They are signals. And when we mute those signals without understanding what’s driving them, we risk ignoring serious root imbalances like:


  • Inflammation in the brain and gut
  • Cortisol and adrenal dysfunction
  • Chronic infections or mold exposure
  • Nutrient depletion (often worsened by SSRIs themselves)
  • Disrupted circadian rhythms and poor mitochondrial health



Lexapro doesn’t address any of that.


Yet this has become the first-line response in modern medicine: a diagnosis in 10 minutes and a prescription in 30 seconds. But medication without investigation is not a solution it’s symptom management.


This isn’t to shame anyone who’s taken medication. For some, it’s been a lifeline. But if you’ve been told “this is just how you are” or “you’ll need this for life,” and something inside you knows there has to be more… you’re right to question it.


Your body isn’t broken. And your symptoms are not a Lexapro deficiency. They are a wake-up call to look deeper.




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