Betsy Hendricks MD at the AR Center

03/22/2026

I’ve been quiet.

I’ve been quiet here on facebook but have been active with communicating directly with my patients.
I’m just dropping in to say that I am still seeing patients and I have been writing.

I’ve been writing on my Patreon page. You can see the posts there and see that I periodically write about what I have been learning, figuring out. But I don’t think the information that I have been writing there is easy to navigate.

So most of my recent writing time has gone into a series of 3 books. I’m organizing the information from the Patreon page to make it more user friendly.

I’m old enough to remember the show where one character said to the other, “you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”.

These books are my ‘splainin’ books. I use these books to help explain why I use the methods that I do in evaluating and treating my patients.

Chronic inflammatory illnesses aren’t just about the symptoms you feel. To address the symptoms, we work on addressing what is causing the symptoms. Whether it is Fibromyalgia or Allergies, ME/CFS or Dysautonomia, Hypermobility Syndromes (that are not gene-linked) or MCAS, Long Covid or Chronic Lyme - it appears that all roads lead back to Neuroinflammation and the systemic manifestations of this.

We learn about Neuroinflammation and why understanding about Glutathione and Glutamate is important. We learn where Glutathione comes from, what might influence how much you have available, and why that matters.

I am not at an academic center or employed by a major medical center. I’m just a small town doc who has been working with people with chronic illnesses for more than 20 years and I’ve learned a few things along the way.

I have some “not conventional” ideas about the initiators and drivers of the Neuroinflammation. I’m sure that I don’t have all of the answers, maybe not any of them! But we are seeing a positive impact with this approach.

To truly understand this root illness with these multiple different manifestations, I think we will need to step back from our specialists boxes in medicine, from Rheumatology, Cardiology, Neurology, Immunology - and look at the root driver. Our specialists can be vital for helping to manage the illness, but the illness does not exist only in each of their boxes. At least one aspect of this root driver may be in the fields of Pulmonology and Gastroenterology.

If nothing here resonates with you, just keep scrolling.

If you want to learn more about what I am talking about, you are welcome to look at my Patreon page.

You can go to my website and find a link to my bookstore page where you can order the first book.

My website is:
betsyhendricksmd DOT com

You can also find the link to my Patreon page on my website.

I’ll put the link to my website in a comment.

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11/22/2025

Glutamate and migraines. Glutamate and brain changes.

News Release 15-Nov-2025

Low-glutamate diet linked to brain changes and migraine relief in veterans with Gulf War Illness
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105155

"raises the question of whether a low-glutamate diet could also benefit the wider population of migraine sufferers"

"Glutamate, which is found in high levels in processed foods and also occurs naturally in some foods like tomatoes and mushrooms, is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system, where it is known to play a role in mediating pain."

I've heard people before say they react to MSG.

07/28/2025

06/08/2025

Glutamate. Many of my patients can tell you about Glutamate and why I talk about it so much. It's not just about the chronic pain, it has to do with neuroinflammation and many of the symptoms we see in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and other chronic inflammatory conditions.

"University makes 'ground-breaking' discovery offering hope for chronic pain sufferers"

https://news.stv.tv/north/aberdeen-university-ground-breaking-discovery-brings-hope-for-chronic-pain-sufferers

2-minute video clip plus article from Scottish TV news features woman with &

See my earlier Facebook post linking to the press release here:
https://www.facebook.com/TomKindlonMECFS/posts/pfbid0BKPhZDzaeWvvv5aGGk9hRS1t3t5cZvUwpeeDojJ41uLNtWLaDo8zTCdmVuihb61gl

05/19/2025

The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks about autistic people.

03/31/2025

And what causes the mitochondrial dysfunction in the muscle? There is evidence of a link to neuroinflammation. I'm writing about neuroinflammation and chronic inflammatory illnesses on my Patreon page.

Repost from
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Former ME Research UK-funded researcher Prof. Dr Carmen Scheibenbogen and Prof. Dr Klaus Wirth summarised muscle research on individuals with ME/CFS, and those with long COVID with post-exertional malaise (PEM). The studies related to skeletal muscle (type of muscle that attaches to bone and helps with movement).

Tap link in bio read more

03/31/2025

Amazing. I think someone has been thinking outside the box.

The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically embedding it in the eye

03/18/2025

For those of you who are old enough to remember, what was your diet like in the 1980s?

03/12/2025

More exciting news!
Fund raising with coffee for Accessibility Across Arkansas!
You can help fund the Trackchair program with your morning brew!

The Everyone Belongs Outdoors Blend is available for a limited time at Round Mountain Coffee in Conway!

Can't make it to Conway? Order online! https://www.roundmountaincoffee.com/product/give-back-blend/359

20% of each bag sold will be donated to Accessibility Across Arkansas to help support our mission.

03/10/2025

Exciting news!