Aniron Functional Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry

12/04/2025

As the days get shorter and sunlight decreases in the fall and winter, rates of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and sleep disturbance increase. This pattern is well-documented in the medical literature and is partly driven by changes in light exposure that affect the brain’s circadian rhythm.

This is not just a “vitamin D issue.” Reduced exposure to natural light disrupts the circadian rhythm, which regulates sleep, cortisol release, melatonin production, and many hormone systems in the body. When this internal clock becomes misaligned, it can contribute to mood disorders, low energy, brain fog, appetite changes, and poor sleep.

Light therapy (bright light therapy or “happy lamps”) is an evidence-based treatment for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders. Research shows that daily morning exposure to 10,000-lux light therapy can significantly improve depressive symptoms, support healthy sleep patterns, and improve energy levels. Wearable light therapy devices that deliver targeted light to the eyes have also been shown to affect circadian regulation.

Used correctly, light therapy can support mental health, sleep quality, and overall well-being during low-sunlight months.

12/02/2025

Someone reached out to me recently and asked how I’m different from other Functional Medicine providers.

She told me she hadn’t had good experiences and that surprised me, so I asked why. She said every provider had her fill out long intake forms (which I also use), but then they assumed they already knew what was wrong with her and didn’t really listen. That surprised me even more—because in Functional Medicine, what a patient says matters just as much, if not more, than lab results.

I asked her another question: “Were they cash-based or insurance-based?”
She said, “I never paid—insurance covered everything.”
And there was my answer.

This is why I don’t take insurance. You have to work in healthcare to truly understand this from the provider side. When you take insurance, you are required to follow their rules—what you can treat, how you can treat it, and how much time you’re allowed to spend. Providers are not paid for doing what’s best for the patient, only for what insurance allows. Many deliver excellent care within those limits, but they are still working inside someone else’s system.

True Functional Medicine takes time. It isn’t rushed visits, quick diagnoses, or a single lab report. It’s about learning who a person really is, identifying root causes, and developing a personalized plan—not a protocol.

I know providers who have taken insurance and been audited or fined for doing the right thing and trying to get paid for it. I’ve also been told directly, “If you take insurance, you have 20 minutes.” That is not how I practice. Ask my patients how much time they get.

Real Functional Medicine is not rushed, not cookie-cutter, not standardized by insurance rules. It is built around the patient—not the system. That’s why I don’t take insurance.

This is also why I will join a separate practice to offer insurance-based psychiatric care. I want care to be accessible. But it will be conventional psychiatry—and it will feel like practicing with one hand tied behind my back.

We don’t operate as a cash-based practice out of greed. We do it because this type of medicine requires advanced training, time, and clinical freedom. And you cannot serve two masters if your patient is meant to be at the center of care.

12/01/2025

I’ve officially renamed my practice to:

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Aniron Functional Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

This name reflects the care I truly provide—treating the whole person, not just symptoms.

My approach combines Functional Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry to uncover root causes of illness, including nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, inflammation, gut and thyroid dysfunction, genetics, immune issues, and environmental factors such as mold exposure.

I also work with complex neuroimmune conditions such as PANS and PANDAS and plan to begin offering autism diagnostic services in 2026, an area where care is greatly needed and deeply meaningful to me.

For patients who want targeted care, I’ve added focused visits as an option instead of a full comprehensive workup.

Functional Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry services are offered out of network so care can remain personalized and free from insurance limitations.

For insurance-based psychiatric care, I will also be seeing patients at Journey Within in Pleasant Grove, providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted therapy.

All psychiatric and mental health services are expected to begin around February–March 2026, following licensure and insurance credentialing.

11/05/2025

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11/04/2025

When I was struggling with extreme fatigue, hair loss, awful brain fog, I met with an OB/GYN who told me that insurance wouldn’t cover hormones and then charged me $400 in addition to the cost of hormone pellets—that’s a story for another time.

That was completely false!!!!

He just made easily $200 or more in profit out of those alone.

Insurance does cover hormones and much more. My patients get over 30 different tests done, all covered by insurance, because I code them properly.

This is why I have patients complete detailed intake forms—to justify the lab panel, which would otherwise cost between $4,500 and $5,000.

So please, keep looking for the right provider—someone who listens and takes the time to understand and find the root cause of your symptoms and issues.

11/01/2025

Growth and Change are in the Air -

We are excited to share that Aniron Wellness is rebranding! What began as a small concept has grown into something much larger, thanks to your support. To continue serving you with whole-person, root-cause care, we are transitioning to a new name and restructuring our services to better provide comp...