You treated the mold. You killed the Lyme. You cleaned up your diet.

So why are you still sick?

In this episode of Medical Disruptors, Dr. E talks with psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Eleanor Stein—who spent nearly three decades navigating ME/CFS, Lyme disease, and chemical sensitivities before uncovering the missing link: the brain.

They dive into the Cell Danger Response, a survival mechanism where your mitochondria shut down when the body senses a threat, and don’t restart until they feel safe again.

It’s not enough to remove the trigger. If your nervous system is still sounding the alarm, your symptoms will stay stuck.

Dr. Stein explains how chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and hypersensitivity get wired into the brain—and how neuroplasticity allows them to be unwired.

This isn’t mindset work. It’s hard science.

Brain-level healing based on decades of research—and her own lived experience.

If you’ve been told your labs are “normal,” dismissed by specialists, or left wondering what you’re missing, this conversation connects the dots. Healing is still possible.

Not by doing more, but by helping your body feel safe enough to stop surviving and start healing.

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