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Root-cause, personalized care for adults & children
๐ŸŒฟFunctional & integrative medicine
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10/09/2026

PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day

10/08/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“/๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก?!

Because navigating autism shouldn't mean having to figure everything out on your own.

Last month, Casie, NP, jumped into our Bayou Autism Connection Group to share some of her biggest takeaways from the MAPS Conferenceโ€”and this is just a glimpse of the education we're bringing to our families!

We've made some exciting changes to make our group more accessible than ever!

For just $25/month, you'll receive:

โ€ข Unlimited group messaging with Heidi & Casie, Nurse Practitioners
โ€ข An on-demand autism education library you can access anytime
โ€ข Quarterly LIVE educational events covering autism, functional medicine, emerging research, and more
โ€ข Access to a supportive community of families learning together

And the best part? You do NOT have to be an established patient to join!

Our mission is simple: Education. Empowerment. Root Cause Solutions.

We believe that when parents have access to education, they're better equipped to ask questions, advocate for their children, and make informed decisions.

Ready to join us?

Comment "AUTISM" below and we'll send you the link to get started!

*This group is for education and community support and does not establish a provider-patient relationship.*

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.One conversation worth having: ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข...
10/07/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

One conversation worth having: ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.

These are chemicals that can interfere with hormone signaling in the body โ€” and because breast tissue is hormone-sensitive, reducing unnecessary exposure is one way we can support long-term wellness.

This does not mean living in fear or throwing everything away overnight.

It means learning where exposures commonly come from, understanding how they can impact hormones, and making small swaps when possible.

๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

Stay tuned for our carousel breaking down what endocrine disruptors are, where they show up, and how to start lowering your exposure.

*Educational purposes only. This does not replace individualized medical care, cancer screening, diagnosis, or treatment.*

10/05/2026

๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ž?

Casie is sharing more education from the MAPS Conference โ€” this time breaking down information parents can bring back to their childโ€™s provider.

One of the biggest takeaways?

For children with autism, the conversation does not stop at the diagnosis. There may be underlying factors worth asking about.

In this reel, Casie covers three big areas discussed at MAPS:

๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

These are not small conversations โ€” and they may be areas where deeper testing, better questions, and individualized support can help move the needle.

Parents deserve education.
Families deserve options.
Children deserve providers who are willing to look deeper.

๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

Tag a parent who needs to hear this.

*Educational purposes only. This does not replace individualized medical care, diagnosis, or treatment. Please work with your childโ€™s healthcare provider for personalized recommendations.*

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก -- ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?Your annual breast screening is not some...
10/01/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก -- ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Your annual breast screening is not something to put off โ€” and for some women, especially those with ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž, it may be worth asking whether additional imaging has a role.

A ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ uses sound waves to create images of breast tissue. It is often used alongside a mammogram when a closer look is needed for women with dense breasts or higher breast cancer risk.

Why does density matter?

Dense breast tissue can make mammogram images harder to interpret because dense tissue and potential abnormalities can both appear white on X-ray. For this reason, some women may benefit from a conversation with their provider about supplemental screening options, such as ultrasound, based on their personal risk factors.

This month, use it as your reminder to:

๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ
๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
๐€๐ฌ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ
๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž

Early detection is key.
Knowing your options matters.

*Educational purposes only. This does not replace individualized medical care, screening recommendations, diagnosis, or treatment. Always follow up with your healthcare provider for breast cancer screening guidance.*

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž.On Tuesday, we were talking about one of our favorite โ€œearly clueโ€ mark...
09/30/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž.

On Tuesday, we were talking about one of our favorite โ€œearly clueโ€ markers: ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž.

Homocysteine is an amino acid made during normal protein metabolism. Your body is supposed to break it down and recycle it with the help of nutrients like ๐๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐๐Ÿ”, ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž.

When homocysteine starts trending above optimal โ€” often around 10 ยตmol/L or higher in our functional lens โ€” it can be a sign that the body may need support with methylation, nutrient status, cardiovascular health, inflammation, and long-term brain health.

So how do we find it?

๐€ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ.

And what do we do if itโ€™s elevated?

We look deeper. We may assess nutrient status, nutrition, stress, sleep, lifestyle, genetics, gut health, and supplement needs. Then we create a personalized plan to help bring the body back into better balance.

This is why in-depth lab review matters.

At Bayou Functional Medicine, we offer ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐š-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ & ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐š, ๐…๐๐-๐‚ for patients who want a deeper look at their health, prevention, and long-term wellness.

Call ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ to schedule with Anna.

Educational purposes only. Lab interpretation and recommendations should be individualized with a qualified healthcare provider.

09/29/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.

In this Testimony Tuesday reel, Casie walks through a case of a 30-year-old male who came in struggling with ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ , ๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

After a deeper workup, we found:

๐‹๐จ๐ฐ-๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž
๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
๐‹๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ
๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž

Homocysteine is an inflammatory amino acid marker that can give us insight into methylation, B-vitamin status, cardiovascular risk, and brain health. Research has linked elevated homocysteine with cardiovascular and cognitive risk, and some prevention-focused reviews suggest levels above ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ยต๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ/๐‹ may be worth addressing with nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation.

The best part? Simple interventions made a huge difference.

In just ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ, his symptom questionnaire score improved from ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

His sleep disturbances improved.
His panic attacks resolved.
His brain fog and fatigue improved.

For him, the game changers were ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Now heโ€™s transitioning into wellness. Addressing root cause solutions matters!

๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ.

Educational purposes only. This does not replace individualized medical care, diagnosis, or treatment.

09/25/2026

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09/25/2026

๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.

One of Casieโ€™s biggest takeaways from MAPS:

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ฅ.

Autism can have different contributing factors for different children โ€” genetics, seizures, infections, PANS/PANDAS, gut dysbiosis, yeast or Clostridia overgrowth, inflammation, and more.

Casie also shares new functional testing options discussed at MAPS, including autism-focused organic acid testing, and why root-cause care matters.

Her message to parents:
๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.

There are always ways to help your child and your family move forward.

A diagnosis is not the finish line.
It can be the beginning of deeper understanding, better support, and hope.

Tag a parent or loved one who needs this reminder.

Educational purposes only. This does not replace individualized medical care, diagnosis, or treatment.

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