Is psychiatry ready to change?
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2024
- I had the incredible opportunity to attend, and speak on a lived experience panel, a symposium on metabolic psychiatry in Austin, Texas this week. I learned so much and am feeling so inspired about what feels like the future of psychiatry. In this video, I share my thoughts around this monumental shift that needs to take place in psychiatric care, and reflections from my own experience and sharing publicly on this channel.
Thank you so much Baszucki Group for involving me in this event and for everything you're doing to mobilize and propel this movement forward.
I understand that this intervention may not work for absolutely everyone. But there is no denying from my own experience, the experiences I've heard from others, and emerging research, that this is something really big.
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Its good that you're onto those psychiatrists for not taking good nutrition into account. You go gurl!
@@zen7309 It's kind of like the way that teachers are expected to teach children to bank and garden. What about parents teaching their children how to eat properly and make a budget. Why is it always falling on other people to be responsible for teaching the basics. Now it's a psychiatrist's job to create your food menus?
I’m sooooop happy that Keto and metabolic therapy is helping you. This is the best kept secret from the establishment medicine societies. It’s time for a change.
You're aware that the (first) water driven car was invented 50+ years ago, right?
Capitalism doesn't care about anything other then $$$. And the americans love their capitalism even more than they love their church.
Find a way where they can make the same money of people on KETO then they do of their pills, that's the only solution i'm afraid.
True
I was just recently diagnosed with bipolar 2 at almost 60 yrs of age. I have a lot of trouble tolerating meds. Your channel has been so helpful to me. Thank you.
I’m bipolar 2 as well, meds don’t work on me either so I’m moving towards changing my lifestyle habits to improve my life. I’ve been trying a set of supplements that seem helping me! I’m here to share my experience with you.
See also information about iodine insufficiency and mental illness ( because it affects thyroid which affects all the metabolism…). Dr Brownstein … has a long practice. There is often a link eve thought not apparent at first.
I'm a psychiatrist in training. Glad to relay that for the first time I've heard some psychiatrists talk about metabolic psychiatry, and reportedly there was a talk about keto for Bipolar disorder at the most recent APA (American psychiatric association) meeting.
Also, I'm planning to go into private practice and my brother in law is starting a company that will make software/an app to help connect psychiatrists with patients and monitor their progress if keto is prescribed.
We need more psychiatrists like you
@@77777sadie thank you. My brother in law and I are going to be teaming up and trying to change the system from the inside. Wish us luck!
@@Haliotro definitely! No doubt you both will save many lives from an existence of misery
Hi! That's amazing to hear! Hopefully we are the generation that brings about a revolution, or at least major renovations.
Do you have a public professional page where I could follow you and/or the app development?
@@okeefedelia6202 let me get back to you all with the official company name soon! If I don't reply within a month, prompt me again!
The way you are participating in all of this and expanding your life tells everyone all they need to know about how effective keto is for you. 👍🏼👍🏼
I admire you, your strength, your honesty, your willingness to help others.
So glad you’re doing better kiddo. Have a lovely weekend and all the best to the family.
You did just fine… Thank you for bringing this keto health care to the forefront…. HUGE MOVE
Lived experience is very underused and ignored in schizophrenia studies. Happy that you had an overall positive experience in expressing yourself authentically and being understood.
it's nice to see ya shine, lauren! ❤
This was the best blog, Lauren. The future is a bright as your face is in this video.
Yes 🙌🏻
You look healthier and your whole vibe is higher. It’s amazing how you’ve found a greater meaning purpose through all of this. Inspirational really. Thanks for sharing your journey.
A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
I just discovered your channel. I have a 16 yo daughter who’s been experiencing auditory hallucinations. After seeing my mother and sister suffer with schizophrenia you can imagine how terrified I feel about my daughter’s future. Your channel has given me HOPE. Thank you!!!
I don’t know if this will make sense to anyone else, but just knowing about these new approaches is TREATMENT for me. I have plenty of medical trauma from previous methods. Just knowing these new approaches are finally getting the recognition they deserve has cured some of my paranoia and anxiety.
That makes sense to me. Even though I know medical keto is not for me, knowing that psychiatry's core beliefs (false fixed beliefs??) are being challenged feels like justice.
Lauren, you are such an inspiration. The new challenge will be a collective, entrenched way of thinking. May you and Chris prevail in this very difficult search for the truth. This is cutting edge science IMO. Being in the forefront of this is very exciting and challenging. Your high IQ and conscientiousness is no longer handicapped. Your challenge has made you stronger IMO.
I totally support this approach and think it is mind blowing.... but I wonder how many people struggling can follow such a strict diet? I think this really needs to be addressed in some way to help people who just feel overwhelmed and incapable of following it.
I think another of the biggest problems is money. If you struggle with mental illness you often also struggle with money and keto is a very expensive diet. I have around 120€ per month for food. I simply can't afford it. The cheapest food that fills you up are carbs. Eggs, meat, dairy products, veggies are all very expensive. Fish and meat is something I almost never buy, because it's too expensive.
To eat healthy keto I think you would need around 220-250€ a month here. I simply can't afford it.
When we finally had our adult son and brother back in our lives (he'd been on the streets for 8 years) and got a diagnosis (schizoaffective with bipolar) one of the 1st things we did was get him eating more healthy. The more proper medications and regular visits with his care team have helped him into living a more symptom free life. What really seems to aid to so much more quality of life has been going Keto. Because of my profession I was aware of what it could do to help in other health conditions so we decided to try it and its amazing to see the results! Not a cure by any means but my son has a life now! Can look to a future and
not just coping to exist. Always work with your care team because eveyone is different. But here's to a better tomorrow in how all of us, whether you or a loved one, help to change the perspective on mental health!
So wonderful your son is doing better. It breaks my heart to see beautiful young people suffer from mental illnesses
So appreciate you taking the time to share what you were able during this busy time. You are a blessing to our family and so many, thank you for giving us hope 🙏❤️
Since going through Menopause, and already having Bipolar 2 Disorder I have observed how my diet has an impact on my health .
I am trying hard to take baby steps of selecting food to keep me well.
Thank you for helping to change psychiatry.
Hey Lauren, I have been watching your channel for years. When I first saw a vid of yours mentioning keto, I was knee jerk sceptical. But watching your new videos, you seem like you’re doing so incredibly well after starting this, as a viewer I can’t deny the change. And that led me down the rabbit hole about medical keto, so I went to my psych team and they supported me to start. On day 5 now 🤞it works for me as well! I have bp2 btw
Fantastic! I hope you continue to reap the benefits of the ketogenic diet with the help of your team.
How are you enjoying it so far?
@@GizelleQuant I tried for a week - felt great actually, probably because it triggered hypomania tho. But then had quite intense heart palpitations so out of cautiousness I stopped. Onto it again now after running it past my doctor. This time will have more electrolyte supplementation and also take it easy until hypomania passes!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I’ve had hellish OCD and panic, no joke, as bad as Howard Hughes… no exaggeration. Phobia of medication. This is giving me hope alongside the extensive things I’ve done like constant exercise, routines, sleep focus, etc
I wish you had come to California, I would love to meet you in person, your videos have helped me navigate the treacherous waters that are schizophrenia with 2 of my closest friends who have schizophrenia. They have little to no family support so for me to understand what they are going through a little better makes all the difference and allows me to be a part of their lives. Thank you so much for being so transparent and showing us the good, the bad and (there's no ugly 😂), I truly mean it. I've been watching your channel for almost 4 years now and whether you know it or not you are changing lives and helping people and you are appreciated.
This is a true MIRACLE Lauren. A well deserved one. Your complete 💯 immersion has changed your life. I am thrilled for you and Rob.
Thank you! I have so much respect for your journey. As a former oncologist nurse, I left the system and changed my focus to diet, lifestyle for healing. Replenish the body. Remove the toxins. 💞
I enjoy watching your videos. Even though I don't have schizophrenia, you help me feel more grounded.
Good eating habits, no alcohol, taking care of yourself in terms of sleeping well, being part of something which is greater than the own person... there is nothing new about that. People has recoverd from mental illness without changing their life habits completely. I think that is really unrealistic for most of the people.
Congratulations! You were helping people before. Now you're helping doctors help more people!
Omg hi! I am from Austin and I'm so glad you went to the symposium! And yes--Austin is a great place to eat with dietary restrictions! I wish I could have gone and shared my lived experience with metabolic psychiatry; I'm so l glad you were able to. It's so strange to experience something that's considered "fringe" or cutting edge and having such positive results. You just want to scream it from the rooftops!
I can't express just how thankful I am that you are documenting your progress and raising awareness about how diet can affect mental illness. In 2018, I had an episode of psychosis, depression, and total insomnia that lasted months. I went from neurologist to psychiatrist, bouncing around aimlessly and desperate to find relief. It wasn't until an encephalitis specialist that requested an endoscopy. An endoscopy? I was so confused, but she pressed the importance between diet and mental health. I was so skeptical until I went on a strict anti-inflamatory diet and saw incredible results. I would not have believed it worked; I saw positive effects quickly. I am currently on a modified paleo diet, and it helps so much. I received a bipolar diagnosis and have been taking seroquel 300mg--the marriage of diet and the correct meds has done wonders for me. It has been such a frustrating trial and error to figure out what works for me, but I am in a good place. I completely understand the grief; I wish diet wasn't considered so "woo woo" as I feel like it would have helped me so much to have this information as a kid. I grieve so much time I lost to psychotic and depressive episodes. The following is an article I wrote for Medium in 2019:
medium.com/no-end-in-sight/gluten-psychosis-how-my-diet-almost-killed-me-and-put-me-in-a-psych-ward-twice-cb1a633d1bd5
It’s very impressive that you were able to fix a lot of your symptoms with diet.
I used to live in Austin, and I miss it. I hope you’re enjoying living there.
Incredible article. Thank you for sharing your story!
This is groundbreaking research and I’m so excited for it. My sister and I suffer from a multitude of mental illnesses and so did my mom and nothing has worked well enough for us to return to work. We want to have normal lives so badly but we’re debilitated by our ailments . This new research has given me hope.
I've been thinking a lot lately about how pharmaceutical companies play role in encouraging doctors to prescribe psychiatric meds.
I'm wondering how much of the resistance to this movement might be because of how much money these companies would stand to lose if people found solutions to their illnesses through diet changes rather than prescription medication.
Have you read a book called 'Cracked'? It's relevant.
100%. The psychiatrist manual keeps expanding with each edition , the more diagnosis they can come up with the more profit . Doctors have researched and there is no proof that depression is caused by chemical imbalance . If they lie about that they will lie about any and everything .
Can't wait to see the videos with the researchers you mentioned. Also would love that diy keto meal recipe
That’s an interesting point about clinicians needing to shift their identities and beliefs. Complicating this is the extent to which coercion and casual dehumanization exist within the medical model. The possibility of new therapies would involve seeing a client as a person holding possibilities of empowerment and recovery as opposed to a lost cause to be controlled. This shift is a stark contrast to the current paternalistic mindset, and may also involve admission of guilt and feelings of shame.
Lauren, conferences are inspiring and I’m glad you had this experience. Metabolic Mind still seems a bit echo-chambery to me but I’m willing to entertain their messaging and research as part of the broader project toward mental health reform, which for me would also involve non-biological improvements like cultural competency, trauma competency, and abuse literacy.
Hope you had a good flight back to Alberta and wishing you continued progress on your medical keto journey :)
It's fantastic that you have found what works for you. I hope it continues to work for you as time will tell whether this therapy is a good long term therapy. It is so exciting to see some new treatments for people with mental illnesses.
Lauren, I can envision a time when you have millions of subscribers and become TRULY an “influencer” in a big way. You are on a groundbreaking journey. Learn to wear your power well and with humility. Go girl!
Psychiatry hasn't changed in 2 centuries. The diagnostic categories and the technical jargon have changed, the treatments have a less brutal appearance, but the function of psychiatry as an institution hasn't. The internal contradiction between the desire to help people who are suffering and the social function to suppress problematic behaviors and emotions, that contradiction will keep sitting comfortably at psychiatry's core for as long as it exists.
Actually I believe in 1975 they were doing thousands of lobotomies. I don't know if you are aware of how brutal that is but I would say we've come a long way. (I would dare to say psychiatry has changed.)
@@hahaitisallgood sure, a lot more brutal than dopamine antagonists, but the goals are the same, and so are the results in the long term
I've heard people express similar sentiments before, but I take issue with them because they assume this position of psychiatry being a paternalistic institution that surreptitiously tries to geld people into submission to society, or deprive them of their agency or whatever. Psychiatry exists for the same reason as oncology, dermatology, toxicology, etc. exists, people want to cure what ails them, whatever it may be. You can misconstrue any of these fields' goals as being part of an institution that's trying to control you, make you a slave to society, or take control of your body, but people seem to be very sensitive because this particular field treats your mind. It's always good to be cautious when having a medical intervention, but believing that psychiatry has this systemic, nefarious motive to control people is just borderline conspiratorial thinking.
@@balzdeep69 you've heard it before because it's a position that's almost as old as psychiatry itself, at least a couple of centuries. Anti-psychiatry had it's time in the light in the 60s and 70s, but it's always been around. Your position and mine are not new.
However I didnt get there though exposure to anti-psychiatry theory. I've worked in mental health for more than a decade now, and when I started I shared your beliefs (I assume you subscribe to the biomedical model of mental illness), but after experiencing psychiatry from the other side, hearing psychiatrists discuss cases when patients are not around, I've changed my mind, now I share the position that social control, pressure from families and communities to suppress shameful or uncomfortable behaviors, are the most relevant factors in decision-making, and not the well-being and the future of the patient, especially when it comes to forced treatment.
Anti-psychiatry might be conspiratorial, but simply looking at psychiatry like it was any other branch of medicine is simplistic. Psychiatry is fundamentally different from other branches of medicine, in many aspects. Its objects of treatment are not biological in nature, and its decision making is much more influenced by societal factors (ie the enforcement of social norms).
One could argue that we need non-judicial institutions of behavioral control, and I'd be fine with that argument, I might even agree, and that would be an honest defense of psychiatry. Sometimes people are out of control, but don't commit any crime, so we need other forms of intervention, like sedation through dopamine antagonists.
But trying to make it look like other forms of medicine, which historically has always been a major worry of psychiatrist, is disingenuous.
It has changed a lot. I agree there is a tension between helping people and protecting society. But certainly the methods of treatment are better.
So thrilled for you Lauren! “Brain Energy” and “Metabolic Mind” changed my life as well in Dec. 2022! Thrilled that therapeutic ketosis is working so wonderfully for you too. Thank you for sharing your journey! You are helping so many people by sharing your progress in real time. Keep going! 🙌🏼
How is it helping for you / changed your life. Do you experience less negative symptons with schizophrenia.
I’m glad medical keto is working so well for you! However, I think it’s overly optimistic to think the majority of the population will be able to commit to this lifestyle over the long term especially in this food environment. Most people fail diets even when it’s good for their health and they feel better and I don’t think we know how to overcome that yet. Medicine has to meet patients where they are at and offer treatments that will help them and they can be successful at. I think it’s for this reason that doctors are hesitant to jump to keto because it’s hard enough to follow for most let alone people who are struggling with their mental health. With that said more research is great and it should be an option I just think a lot of people would struggle with keto especially over the long haul.
I think it's odd to say this is "too much to ask," but then what's the alternative? A lifetime of unemployment, disability, fractured relationships, hospitalization, and a lower life expectancy? All so you can eat pasta and bread?
If metabolic therapies are the answer, then this is where our focus and energy should be going in treating disorders like schizophrenia.
@@user-qd8ou9lo4x You may feel that way, but how many people fail following a ketogenic diet? You need a very motivated patient.
I’m not saying it shouldn’t be offered as a treatment or research shouldn’t be done, but we need to be realistic and acknowledge how many people will struggle to maintain this. If it was a simple as follow this diet we wouldn’t have the obesity epidemic we do.
@@user-qd8ou9lo4x I’m not saying it shouldn’t be offered or that research shouldn’t be done, rather that compliance is hard. It takes a very motivated patient. Most people don’t stick to diets long term and medical ketosis in particular can be very strict.
If dietary interventions were so easy we wouldn’t have the obesity epidemic we do.
@laurakaras5100 I imagine if most people were having hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia (that led to unemployment, etc.) due to certain foods, I doubt we'd have many issues with diet compliance. Most would start to see certain foods as toxic and change their diet.
I'm not saying this will be easy for people, but if it does actually work, I think it's a lot more life-changing than an overweight person trying a new diet to lose weight.
@@user-qd8ou9lo4x Perhaps, stopping the hallucinations and delusions will be enough to maintain compliance. I still think it takes a specific type of person to maintain a diet like this, not to mention a strong support system helps a lot.
I'm glad you stayed in the present to intake information and experience that is so important to you. I hope you aren't too worried about documenting one video. What you learned is going to filter out to your audience over time. This is also about us as people, gaining healing by connecting with others who share our passion. I love going to conferences and rejuvenating by being around people who are working to affect change, also. The day to day grunt of supporting people living with psychiatric DX and out own stales and we need this time. I don't live with Schizophrenia, but CPTSD and DID have me struggling to stay in the present. I imagine you have a lot of medical trauma and if you want to stay well in your work, you deserve to bask in joy and connection and the now feeling.
Fantastic feedback - so hopeful that despite struggling to get support for over 6 months that there'll be a GRAND opportunity for loved ones here trying metabolic therapy ...much love and blessings Lauren!!
I’m so excited for you!! I’m a big believer in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. I can’t wait for the med field to catch up and provide the guidance and support we need to really implement. Big pharma is shaking in its boots- expect a fight from them and insurance companies. The trick is getting it taught in the med schools. Once it’s taught there insurance companies will begin to pay for the support people need to implement these changes. Can you imagine checking yourself into an inpatient facility and they employed keto as a matter of course? So many thoughts- so exciting!
The diet industry at large is to blame for a lot of the damage done to the average person's relationship with food. And it has long failed to be successfully combated by the medical system at large because the average doctor doesn't get enough education on nutrition. We need to start adding nutritionists and neurologists to the list of doctor's those who have psychiatric issues see.
Did you know that over 800 million people in the world are starving to death. Food is not a medical cure. Nutrition can be studied by doctors all you want. Is the doctor going to provide food for you all to eat to your nutritionally best? Who can afford to eat like this? This is really a meat-based diet. Beef is a fantastic source of protein and fats, making it a staple in the keto diet. Does anyone know that this diet consists of lot of very expensive food. So who is paying for all this nutrition?
Question: Is psychiatry ready to change? Answer: If there is a lot of money to make. In other words, probably not. Unfortunately, the Big Pharma and American Medicine machines aren't about to let that happen.
God bless you, Lauren, and may your voice reach far and long into the world of Mental Healthcare.
It's quite a surreal thing. I've always been very hardnosed about this type of thing, so when my wife responded to keto I had real cognitive dissonance. It's really made me question everything.
Right on so proud of you!!!!
Wow‼️ I’m so excited for you, and the rest of the psych world to learn new info based on your personal work‼️♥️🙏🏻
Praying for your continued good health! So happy for you ❤.
I would be willing to try medical keto but knowing myself, I wouldn't be able to sustain the lifestyle longterm, and then what?
Thank you for sharing your life and doing this work. This is all incredible.
What a joy to hear about how this has/is helping you. This is so exciting! I’m amazed at how much our diets affect us.
Thank you for sharing metabolic psychiatry!!
Love your content. Your dedication to us all is overwhelming. Thanks, Loren
The insight about clinicians resisting having their identity challenged is exactly right.
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!
Thank you for sharing this with us all. I'm so excited about seeing more on your channel from you & guests. ❤
I love you Lauren amd I love what you do. Hearing about your journey has made a big difference in mine. Blessings to you and your family!
You are so lucky to be living at this time of new insights into and treatment options for SZ and related disorders. For some people, it's basically too late.
I can't wait for tour guests to have a word on your channel, Lauren. Thank you for sharing all this with us.... even though I had the Brain Energy book I didn't know how to get started
Hi, I'm Lawrence Diamond, I have type 2. Bipolar and personality disorders, but I'm a Muslim and writer, so no surprises there. I spent a year and a half in the hospital. I love what you are doing, bunny ears from Scotland.
Lauren, you look beautiful and like you are thriving 🥰 YOU are a virtual testament on how holistic type measures should be considered and practiced by the medical providers in the western world. We are literally beholden to our medical practitioners because the way they practice medicine is mainstream. However just like every other industry or profession, change is essential and must include evolving. This symposium could not have chosen a more appropriate and intelligent human to speak to them about your experiences and this journey. Congratulations on an incredible opportunity!
I am very excited for the interviews! Thank you!
Its evolving, its correcting itself, we have just started basically 400y ago
Yay,...Nice video too. Thank you Lauren
If you haven’t read it, I recommend Thomas Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions“, which describes how new paradigms emerge in science. It’s a dry read, but does discuss how new ideas and theories emerge in science, are tested, and if they work better than the old ones, come to replace them. I will warn you that it can be hard to get through, but is well worth the effort.
I continue to hold you in the light
It's great to hear that people's lived experiences are being listened to and accounted for, it's so important.
I've been mainly adhering to a Paleo Vegetarian diet since 2001 (I eat eggs). I suppose it qualifies as a type of metabolic therapy. I've found that eating eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds (along with proper supplements) is salubrious and healthy for me. I am usually clear headed, and I can engage in activities that I want to do. I'm fond of organic foods in general. I'm not in ketosis, but my blood tests are mostly normal.
yeh Im the same. But Im still wondering how I would feel if i'd be on full Keto.
@@jeanpaultongeren125 I still cheat and go off my diet sometimes :)
Thank you for representing other paths to treatment in mental health ❤
Guido Frank is BRILLIANT! So glad you got to meet him.
Psychiatry definitely needs to change. Diagnosed general anxiety in the mid 2000s. My psychiatrist would see me for 15 minutes per session every six months. Write up the scrips for effexor and ativan and send me on my way. After being hospitalized two years ago for major depressive disorder/recurrent with anxious distress I have a team that treats me. A counselor that actually listens and provides feedback and a psychiatric nurse practitioner to manage my meds. A two pronged approach to my mental health. They're great.
You’re amazing! We love you! ❤
Lauren- I had the same diagnosis and changed to a biological medical regime. I was told I was ready to get tardive dyskinesia if I did not stop meds. It took 14 years to be completely med-free. Don't withdraw from meds too fast.
The problem is the money people make off of the accepted protocol,when more and more people use metabolic treatment for mental health… as it works and that is through slow persistence the change will come.
So glad to see how much this has changed our life for the better. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It has been a huge influence on me considering the trajectory I want to take my career as a psychotherapist. I'm not at a stage to make changes yet, but I want to go back to school, get my PsyD, and now I want to look into learning about keto therapy as well and how to possibly incorporate that in getting my degree. Might have to do the two separately which is fine.
I used to live in Austin. It’s such a cool city! 🌆 Where did you go to eat? Austin is known for BBQ which is also usually medical keto friendly!
I saw you running around Town Lake! I use to run across that little bridge too. I hope someone posts the panel you were all on! I want to watch it :)
It’s so great to see a video on Austin and mental health. It’s smart to take your ideas there. In the book Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell he talks about how Austin is the type of city where ideas grow and trends start. It’s probably a great place to get metabolic psychiatry on the map in a big way!
How exciting. So very happy for you!
It's an excellent blog, you were able to be fully involved with your conference, that's the most important.
Bless you Lauren. This is fascinating stuff and interesting to see how mental health treatment might be changed in the future 🙏
I wish I had seen this sooner. I have so many recommendations for restaurants and activities in Austin. My hometown! I left because of Texas politics but Austin is still great. Next time. I hope you’re doing well. ❤️
Thanks!
Excellent thanks Lauren. You look really well xx
I am going to discuss metabolic interventions with my psychiatrist on Monday. Thank you for sharing your journey!
I love how you did this, your videos are getting better and better noticeably in terms of filming and mounting technique too. And the content is useful even for people who don't live with schizophrenia, like me :D, this channel brings me many insights into how to live a healthier life and preventing degenerative disorders.
Thank you so much, Lauren, for sharing this leg of the journey--got the Brain Energy book Friday, and just got to Part Two today...nearly four years of Long COVID health crisis as of the end of this month, which has turned into a staggering mental health journey, with both new diagnosis bipolar/schizoaffective potential diagnosed out of the gates..."settled" four years later on "PTSD"...ALL along, I have been saying, "Something has gone fundamentally WRONG with my METABOLISM here...someone NEEDS to GET CURIOUS with me on this fact, PLEASE!!!" FODMAP diet, estrogen replacement have only recently helped me START to finally BEGIN to "turn the page" on this health crisis...hypothyroid seems to be the next thread to follow (if anyone will allow thyroid antibodies test, while TSH still comes up "low normal--PLEASE DO NOT make me wait until thyroid DIES to get support/treatment!)...along with rapid climb in A1c...hospital nutritionists do NOT offer Medical keto...I will continue the search, thanks to your informative help! Many heartfelt thanks, beyond words.❤️
I have been having debilitating mental health issues since Covid in January. No one listens to me that something is seriously wrong with the way my brain is working since then. I have always had some anxiety but now I have had debilitating anxiety and ocd and times I don’t know where I am. This has been pure torture. I’ve been reading Dr Palmers book and it gives me hope.
@@nicolehasperg There can be a post-infection inflammatory process related to psychiatric symptoms. It happened to me after a bacterial infection (I had debilitating anxiety, depression, and insomnia for weeks.) Look into gut-rebuilding and anti-inflammatory foods, and pre/probiotics. I worked with a clinical nutritionist.
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Concise delivery of your profound journey. Lauren, you’re well spoken and clearly so obvious that the ketogenic diet is working! ❤
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Initially I dismissed this experiment of yours as quack science but I'm getting more open minded.
Can't wait to hear more on this topic!
Just had a thought about how it all makes sense. We use anticonvulsants as normothymics, keto once was developed as epilepsy treatment regimen - anticonvulsant if we stretch, also I know from veterinary world that liver vein bypass in dogs can cause secondary epilepsy, I have a reason to believe it works for human as well - metabolic and neural connected again, and all around the same area. I know it is a very big stretch, but still - at least it deserves a look and further research.
Great news god luck and keep on going to stop the patch u can make it happen ❤️😘👏👏👏
You are changing the health field.
Although I’m not schizophrenic and can’t speak to your precise lived experience, I can speak to the neurodivergent experience more generally and have some respectful feedback.
First, you’re absolutely right that the lived experience of patients needs to be valued. One can’t tailor treatments appropriately if they treat those in their care without voice or agency. No one able to speak for themself needs anyone else speaking over them.
Regarding identity, again, I can’t speak to your lived experience. As an AuDHDer, I consider being Autistic and ADHD to be integral parts of who I am. I embrace the traits that bring me joy and try my best to manage and accommodate those that bring challenge. Even though I realize that your neurotype must bring substantially more challenge than mine, it still may be liberating to acknowledge that your brain is wired differently than a neurotypical person’s and that doesn’t make you diseased or broken.
Look at the term “intervention,” for example. That’s used to describe treatments or therapies (including abusive ones) a lot in the Autistic space, and I reject it, because it’s not only a very pathologizing synonym for treatment, but it also implies that the individual has no autonomy or agency and that those treating them need to “intervene.”
Again, I realize our experiences are not a 1:1 comparison. I just think it’s time to jettison the medical model of disability and not see ourselves (or allow others to paint us) as “mentally ill.” We’ll never truly be autonomous or be able to see ourselves with the respect we hope others will if we buy into that.
I am AuDHD and mentally ill. I don't think that you have the right to tell us what to call ourselves. The brain is a physical organ in the body and can be ill. What if diabetic people said "I am not sick, I just have a bodily difference. I don't need treatment. I can eat all the sugar I want."
Mental illness is more like diabetes and less like autism.
Plus, we can be autonomous and see ourselves with respect even though we are mentally ill. Would you suggest that to someone who was physically ill? It is ridiculous to imply that someone is not worthy of respect if they are sick. That is a very ablist attitude. People are worthy whether they are ill or not.
I made it extremely clear I wasn’t making a 1:1 comparison between being AuDHD and being schizophrenic and was just making general observations from a neurodivergent perspective. I also wasn’t implying that someone labeled “mentally ill” should be looked down upon; my point was that pathologizing anyone (including oneself) is generally bad, regardless of one’s neurotype or condition. Your response was extremely combative and vitriolic and there was absolutely no need for such overt hostility. Best of luck in your journey.
@@GhostIntoTheFog Yes, I got very angry with your comment.
I have been diagnosed with mental illnesses since age 14. The mental health community has been working hard to get people to see mental illnesses as physical illnesses because the brain is a physical organ that can have problems just like the rest of the body.
You seem to be trying to see mental illness as a difference rather than an illness. This is dangerous and could lead to people not taking medication when they need it. I had some friends die because they stopped taking medication and did dangerous things like end their life, start using drugs and alcohol instead of medications until they died, etc. So after seeing people die, I get angry at your suggestions.
There are no medications specifically for autism so what you are saying is not as damaging to the autism community. But it is damaging to the mental health community.
The medical model is wrong in that it sees no positives but for mental illness the medical model is right to suggest medications for severe mental illness. I live with severe mental illness. I am speaking to help protect people who are in my community.
Interesting vlog. Can’t wait to hear from your guests. My first question when I started watching was how to maintain the Keto diet while traveling. Glad that it proved to be a non-Issues.
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I loved this vlog Lauren! Thanks!
I think focusing on the body and emotions is the necessary precursor for mental left brain logical thinking health. Everyone has certain body traumas that in turn connect to emotional dysfunction . I do body healing like TRE tapping etc, look into Iain McGilchrist and Margaret Paul Inner Bonding. You will never fix your thinking with thinking alone. Some of my own schizophrenic delusions have occurred because of childhood trauma and repressing childhood sexual abuse. That is not to say that the left brain experience like the yang to yin is not still real and important, but per Iain McGilchrist the right brain is the master and the left the emissary. People with Schizophrenia are stuck k in the left brain that is where they have always felt more comfortable and where they ran away from trauma (if you are an enneagram 5 you can relate) and so that is where the problems and repression shows up- predominantly in thoughts.
i love seeing you shining so much, and getting to be a part of your passion for science and research and teaching - as in, i remember you talking on videos ages ago about how on one hand it was so sad that you couldn't pursue your career as a researcher or professor (if i remember vaguely right) because of your mental illness but had been able to acknowledge that the way this youtube channel has evolved has allowed you to do something like it, only different.
And as i watched This video it felt exciting to know all of this previous info and to witness you getting to take your own passions to the next level whilst also having such an incredible experience of renewed capacity and vitality. It's super inspiring and makes me happy to see you doing this Lauren, yay :)
I have an autoimmune/neurological disorder called M.E. and it probably has a Strong metabolic component and i think maybe could benefit from medical keto too, i need to look into that and see if there is any research or are any examples of it working for my condition.
This is amazing. Congratulations!
Welcome to Texas! ❤
Your words comfort me