Laboratory testing may be used as a psychiatric decision-making tool to evaluate possible contributors to mood, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognition, libido, motivation, and nervous system regulation.
Bring your recent lab results
Patients are encouraged to bring their most recent lab draws and results, including testing ordered by primary care or another specialist. Reviewing the values and trends together can add useful context and may help avoid repeating tests unnecessarily.
Why laBS may matter for mental health symptoms
Some patients feel tired, foggy, unmotivated, anxious, or not like themselves even when a standard visit focuses only on medication.
Common symptoms we may review
- Fatigue and low energy
- Brain fog
- Low motivation
- Poor sleep
- Anxiety and depression
- Libido concerns
- Concentration problems
Common lab categories
When clinically appropriate, labs may include:
- Thyroid markers
- Vitamin D
- B12 and folate
- Magnesium
- Iron and ferritin
- Metabolic markers such as glucose, A1c, insulin, and lipids
- CBC and CMP for safety monitoring
- Hormone patterns when clinically relevant
How we use laBS
- To better understand possible physiologic contributors to mental health symptoms.
- To inform individualized psychiatric treatment planning.
- To monitor response and safety during treatment.
- To identify when referral to primary care or a specialist may be appropriate.
How Lab-Informed Care fits your treatment
Lab-informed psychiatric care is part of a broader plan that may include medication management, therapy-informed care, lifestyle support, and off-label hormone-informed support.
What laBS can and cannot tell us
Laboratory testing at Meadowlark Mind & Body is a psychiatric decision-making tool. Labs can help identify patterns that may contribute to mental health symptoms and guide treatment planning, but do not diagnose medical disease on their own or replace medical diagnosis.
Lab-informed care does not replace primary care, emergency care, endocrinology, cardiology, gynecology, urology, pediatrics, or other specialty medical evaluation. Maintain routine care with your primary-care clinician and appropriate specialists. If results suggest a condition requiring outside follow-up, we discuss next steps and coordinate referrals when appropriate.
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