u/personesque

That's basically it, like the title says. I'd been taking GABA for months because it was helping me sleep. Then I ran out, and didn't bother to re-order, because I was getting tired of taking so many supplements. After a week without GABA I felt like I needed to be tranquilized, my anxiety was so high. Just a chronic, unending persistent sense of panic in the background of every minute of every day. After another couple weeks, I remembered that I had stopped taking GABA. So I re-ordered it. Took 3 x 500mg caps, twice in one day. Next day, woke up feeling sane.

Some potential explanations: Mycotoxins disrupt GABA directly. Trichothecenes and other toxins interfere with GABA-A receptor function — the primary inhibitory receptor system in the brain. When GABA signaling is suppressed, the nervous system loses its main brake, leading to hyperarousal. Mycotoxin neuroinflammation also drives excess glutamate release — the excitatory counterpart to GABA. So you're getting hit from both sides simultaneously: glutamate up, GABA down. 

Just try GABA. It's inexpensive (like $15 for 300 caps, NOW brand w/vitamin B6). Could be mind altering.