Is psychiatry ready to change?

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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.
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@LivingWellAfterSchizophrenia 4 месяца назад

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@zen7309 4 месяца назад

Its good that you're onto those psychiatrists for not taking good nutrition into account. You go gurl!

@SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarves 4 месяца назад

@@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?

@jmanonmakes 4 месяца назад

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.

@bipolarway 4 месяца назад

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.

@hanavanek1379 4 месяца назад

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.

@jeremy454 4 месяца назад

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. 👍🏼👍🏼

@mariansmith7694 4 месяца назад

I admire you, your strength, your honesty, your willingness to help others.

@Haliotro 4 месяца назад

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.

@77777sadie 4 месяца назад

We need more psychiatrists like you

@Haliotro 4 месяца назад

@@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!

@77777sadie 4 месяца назад

@@Haliotro definitely! No doubt you both will save many lives from an existence of misery

@okeefedelia6202 4 месяца назад

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?

@Haliotro 4 месяца назад

@@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!

@Hartlor_Tayley 4 месяца назад

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.

@akaurbesfren 4 месяца назад

it's nice to see ya shine, lauren! ❤

@ez2u1 4 месяца назад

You did just fine… Thank you for bringing this keto health care to the forefront…. HUGE MOVE

@robertwhiteley-yv1sy 4 месяца назад

So glad you’re doing better kiddo. Have a lovely weekend and all the best to the family.

@Maggies87 4 месяца назад

This was the best blog, Lauren. The future is a bright as your face is in this video.

@jules8029 4 месяца назад

Yes 🙌🏻

@AnaSanchez-xk1qe 4 месяца назад

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!!!

@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU 4 месяца назад

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

@steceymorgan814 4 месяца назад

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!

@Jennifer-bw7ku 4 месяца назад

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.

@patriaciasmith3499 4 месяца назад

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.

@steceymorgan814 4 месяца назад

Is he on instagram?

@Jennifer-bw7ku 4 месяца назад

Yes he is. dr.sporessss

@PeterCruzPosts 4 месяца назад

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.

@peachjane 4 месяца назад

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.

@80islandia 4 месяца назад

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.

@angelaplett8942 4 месяца назад

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 🙏❤️

@jeanpaultongeren125 4 месяца назад

A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain.

@johnsturdevant8786 4 месяца назад

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.

@sockvine35 4 месяца назад

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

@GizelleQuant 4 месяца назад

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?

@sockvine35 4 месяца назад

@@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!

@gray0721 4 месяца назад

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!

@77777sadie 4 месяца назад

So wonderful your son is doing better. It breaks my heart to see beautiful young people suffer from mental illnesses

@lisamellberg2892 4 месяца назад

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.

@henryzhao4622 4 месяца назад

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

@anniephantom6846 4 месяца назад

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

@caitlinhoey841 4 месяца назад

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.

@destinystar55 4 месяца назад

Incredible article. Thank you for sharing your story!

@kavitadeva 4 месяца назад

This is a true MIRACLE Lauren. A well deserved one. Your complete 💯 immersion has changed your life. I am thrilled for you and Rob.

@42cosmonauts 4 месяца назад

Thank you for representing other paths to treatment in mental health ❤

@christineknapp-phillips 4 месяца назад

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. 💞

@joshuawayneyork 4 месяца назад

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.

@ibdora05 4 месяца назад

I enjoy watching your videos. Even though I don't have schizophrenia, you help me feel more grounded.

@jules8029 4 месяца назад

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.

@CashMoneyMoore 4 месяца назад

Can't wait to see the videos with the researchers you mentioned. Also would love that diy keto meal recipe

@heathersmith6177 4 месяца назад

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! 🙌🏼

@jeanpaultongeren125 4 месяца назад

How is it helping for you / changed your life. Do you experience less negative symptons with schizophrenia.

@marcodallolio9746 4 месяца назад

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.

@SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarves 4 месяца назад

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.)

@marcodallolio9746 4 месяца назад

@@SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarves sure, a lot more brutal than dopamine antagonists, but the goals are the same, and so are the results in the long term

@balzdeep69 4 месяца назад

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.

@marcodallolio9746 4 месяца назад

@@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.

@Catlily5 4 месяца назад

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.

@jolenekindiak8849 4 месяца назад

Right on so proud of you!!!!

@piperlynne1 4 месяца назад

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.

@technowey 4 месяца назад

Congratulations! You were helping people before. Now you're helping doctors help more people!

@80islandia 4 месяца назад

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 :)

@TibiSum 4 месяца назад

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.

@jessicadufort8762 4 месяца назад

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!

@heavenlee4117 4 месяца назад

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.

@TTIzzy1 4 месяца назад

Wow‼️ I’m so excited for you, and the rest of the psych world to learn new info based on your personal work‼️♥️🙏🏻

@wren1114 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing metabolic psychiatry!!

@carolinareddy6542 4 месяца назад

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!!

@myrnaedmisten599 4 месяца назад

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!

@brittanywilcox7377 4 месяца назад

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!

@laurakaras5100 4 месяца назад

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.

@Mack-i2u 4 месяца назад

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.

@laurakaras5100 4 месяца назад

@@Mack-i2u 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.

@laurakaras5100 4 месяца назад

@@Mack-i2u 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.

@Mack-i2u 4 месяца назад

@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.

@laurakaras5100 4 месяца назад

@@Mack-i2u 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.

@Hanni404 4 месяца назад

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.

@brittanywilcox7377 4 месяца назад

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.

@SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarves 4 месяца назад

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?

@chayawechter1883 4 месяца назад

Praying for your continued good health! So happy for you ❤.

@replaceablehead 4 месяца назад

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.

@westfield90 4 месяца назад

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.

@JimmyHagerstrom 4 месяца назад

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.

@westfield90 4 месяца назад

True

@ez2u1 4 месяца назад

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.

@Gondimgondim831 4 месяца назад

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

@DavidWayne-DescribeHealth 4 месяца назад

The insight about clinicians resisting having their identity challenged is exactly right.

@HeartlandShepherds 4 месяца назад

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.

@salzburg4321 4 месяца назад

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.

@stefaniewilliams8812 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing your life and doing this work. This is all incredible.

@nicentoasty 4 месяца назад

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.

@guinevere1974 4 месяца назад

It's great to hear that people's lived experiences are being listened to and accounted for, it's so important.

@treyannan7852 4 месяца назад

Yay,...Nice video too. Thank you Lauren

@AlexandraLaitta 4 месяца назад

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!

@mikemike-ck1pv 4 месяца назад

Great news god luck and keep on going to stop the patch u can make it happen ❤️😘👏👏👏

@mace9930 4 месяца назад

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.

@jeanpaultongeren125 4 месяца назад

yeh Im the same. But Im still wondering how I would feel if i'd be on full Keto.

@mace9930 4 месяца назад

@@jeanpaultongeren125 I still cheat and go off my diet sometimes :)

@Melissa-y2u 4 месяца назад

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. ❤️

@TorgerVedeler 4 месяца назад

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

@jemimalamb78 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing this with us all. I'm so excited about seeing more on your channel from you & guests. ❤

@loricat5606 4 месяца назад

I am very excited for the interviews! Thank you!

@lmagas-om9dp 4 месяца назад

I would be willing to try medical keto but knowing myself, I wouldn't be able to sustain the lifestyle longterm, and then what?

@pamelaparrish7002 4 месяца назад

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.❤️

@nicolehasperg 4 месяца назад

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.

@beezilneverleft3176 4 месяца назад

@@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.

@kathryndrew5618 4 месяца назад

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.

@williamkraemer8338 4 месяца назад

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.

@caitlinhoey841 4 месяца назад

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!

@MisconceivedPancit 4 месяца назад

I highly commend your calm demeanor considering what you've shared with us. I'm sure your audience is excited to see your commentary after the semposium!

@GhostIntoTheFog 4 месяца назад

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.

@Catlily5 4 месяца назад

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.

@Catlily5 4 месяца назад

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.

@GhostIntoTheFog 4 месяца назад

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.

@Catlily5 4 месяца назад

@@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.

@torrentialrage 3 месяца назад

This is so interesting. Really affirms my general career path.

@annieplourde1110 4 месяца назад

It is a huge paradigm shift, and it is challenging at first to sort through all the information out there and find the reputable science data through all the "woowoo" profit-driven misinformation. I understand the original scepticism and push back, that's how I felt when I first heard about it. Change is coming though. Not fast enough, but I think it will keep going in a positive direction. Thanks for addressing food during travels! I was curious about how it went. Thanks Lauren!

@andrewoats 4 месяца назад

You persuaded me to try keto for my bipolar. It’s only been a few days so no real statistically significant data other than losing 6lbs of water weight. It’s very limiting because I’m also pescatarian but on the plus side I haven’t touched candy in the last few days which can only be a good thing! Fortunately I love salmon especially but all fish so happy to eat that almost every day.

@michaelblankenau6598 4 месяца назад

That won’t make the fish too happy to hear .

@silverc4s146 4 месяца назад

Love your content. Your dedication to us all is overwhelming. Thanks, Loren

@cosmotora 4 месяца назад

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.

@vsizmir8161 4 месяца назад

It's an excellent blog, you were able to be fully involved with your conference, that's the most important.

@nicolelaurentLMHC 4 месяца назад

Guido Frank is BRILLIANT! So glad you got to meet him.

@LAnimeMaster 4 месяца назад

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.

@themuslimsuperhero1 4 месяца назад

@zigziar 4 месяца назад

I started low carb many moons ago and my daughter suffered with Anorexia Nervosa; from my understanding when you go low carb / keto then eventually you mostly lose the craving for carbs (yes sugar meets many medical definitions of what is a drug) the massive reduction / total removal of carb craving impulses is a major factor in helping fellow sufferers cope better... One concept I think is very valuable, is "cut of the crap" food.

@beckymcguire8376 4 месяца назад

How exciting. So very happy for you!

@nickynisbet6247 4 месяца назад

Excellent thanks Lauren. You look really well xx

@freewill122 4 месяца назад

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.

@paulbreen8533 4 месяца назад

Initially I dismissed this experiment of yours as quack science but I'm getting more open minded.

@lynnseiler1878 4 месяца назад

You are changing the health field.

@sharonmclaughlin2258 4 месяца назад

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.

@LilDinoGuy 4 месяца назад

You know, for myself, I’m going to wait till more research comes out before asking my doctor about trying keto. But it makes me reflect a little- I wonder if there’s sexism involved when it comes to the extreme backlash people like you and the fashion creator Liz Seibert have gotten in your keto diets for mental illness (she also did it for GI problems). I understand the importance of skepticism, but it feels like a lot of people, when they hear women say “I feel mentally healthier than I’ve ever been, and have a better relationship with food/my body now,” so many people are quick to discount their experience, tell them they don’t know what is best for their mind and body.

@mihaitudorpopescu 4 месяца назад

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.

@suzannealsop3394 4 месяца назад

Bless you Lauren. This is fascinating stuff and interesting to see how mental health treatment might be changed in the future 🙏

@weareone5768 4 месяца назад

Yea, I really appreciate you sharing all of your journey! I’m diagnosed with BPD, and I don’t quite know what I think of my mental illness atm. It’s tough because my thinking changes and shifts and I have difficulty with not being able to resolve beliefs in my mind. I’m beginning to question and consider that my BPD is more biological rather than strictly environmental - it’s both, but I tend to just blame everyone around me for my symptoms, when my mind is wired a very neurodivergent and sometimes extremely irritable and uptight way.

@Yt1925jn 4 месяца назад

Apparently over 48% of patients with psychotic disorders also have OSA. Have you been tested for sleep apnea ?

@tcort 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@jessicamerced9116 4 месяца назад

You’re amazing! We love you! ❤

@Lipolimtown 4 месяца назад

Will psychiatry change is a difficult question. I see a psychiatrist and every instance of recommendation of doing things differently seems to be met with hesitation. Fact of the matter is no one has gotten better under psychiatry. Their medications and treatments just don’t work for the majority of people. People are desperate and “hopeless” as Chris Palmer has stated. People have first episode psychosis’s and their last resort is to seek the professional guidance of psychiatry only to find after years and endless amounts of money that they can’t do anything. People have lost their lives, people have lost everything. It’s a rare and “strange” set of symptoms but people deserve better! D2 and 5ht2a drugs do not intersect ata trauma and adress a pressing issue they do not treat complicated problems, they subdue and make people fat and die early. Will psychiatry change? They absolutely MUST change and I don’t think they will. While diet isn’t always the answer for everybody. Increasing mitocondria to treat mental disorders is the answer and so science must back and distribute medicines

@louisehogg8472 4 месяца назад

First episode psychosis is usually a symptom of prolonged stress and exhaustion topped off with chronic loneliness. And after a change of scenery to somewhere safe to relax, and enough sleeping pills to catch up on sleep, should be treated accordingly. That is, with lifestyle changes and addressing trauma. It's rarely a symptom of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

@Lipolimtown 4 месяца назад

@@louisehogg8472 I don’t think it’s fair to say it’s rarely a symptom of schizophrenia. Doesn’t it often transition to schizoaffective or schizophrenia because it just doesn’t get treated correctly or entirely? Heavy marijuana use during stressful times can also cause schizoaffective…along with other co factors. I agree though but all these conditions, bipolar with psychotic features, schizoaffective, schizotypal are all so closely intertwined. Point is also there are NO effective or meaningful treatments whichever way

@louisehogg8472 4 месяца назад

@@Lipolimtown Apparently up to 99% of psychotic episodes will resolve themselves eventually without antipsychotic meds too. According to the psychiatrist I saw, they can be deliberately induced in any healthy person, simply by depriving of sleep completely for 2-3 days. In this country they've almost completely stopped diagnosing fresh cases of schizophrenia. Partly fashion in psychiatry (which tells you a lot about how reliable diagnosis is!) and partly being blamed on previous levels of lead pollution. (Initially lead pipes, then leaded petrol). Partly because they ARE now told to treat a first episode as a standalone brief psychotic episode, medicated with antipsychotics only until six months after breakthrough symptoms resolve. (In reality they still tend to medicate for up to two years, but certainly not permanently). I'm not saying there are no cases, but they've found psychosis is actually a pretty common stress symptom, and often passes unreported. If anything, transition into a permanent diagnosis was happening because the medical profession was over diagnosing, labelling, adding further trauma via medication side effects, coercive treatments, and not supporting patients to reduce their stress level. Drug induced psychosis is increasing, yes. Hash and cocaine I think?

@Lipolimtown 4 месяца назад

@@louisehogg8472 yeah, that’s what I associate Schizotypal with. Schizophrenia symptoms in healthy people. A lot of it is amphetamine anhedonia in my opinion. Reactions to negative bipolar symptoms. It’s good that treatment centers aren’t diagnosing a portion of these conditions! It only makes people more reclusive pensive and hopeless. Cat ownership can also cause schizophrenia. Yes Marijuana, amphetamines, stress, anhedonia, abuse, cyrcadium disruptions are all the things that cause these rare conditions. While in my opinion Keto/carnivore is great and it’s great that it’s working so well for Lauren its not the answer for everyone

@Lipolimtown 4 месяца назад

@@louisehogg8472 yes, amphetamines, marijuana, abuse, bipolar disorder, exhaustion like you said, circadian disruptions, depersonalization, hanging out in poor enviorments, cat ownership of all things. These are the things that cause psychosis and sometimes or sometimes not transition to Schitzotypal or schizophrenia. That’s really interesting and good that that’s the way those situations are being treated in your country. People need more respect, less of the “studying” of people and better fricken treatments for god sakes

@billyblackburn864 4 месяца назад

love you and love some forward thinking psychiatry. im donw to 50mg of seroquel and 40mg prozac and i bike to work for exercise but Im still scared to stop the AP med altogether because last time ended in jail. and that can really screw you up in so many ways.

@Catlily5 4 месяца назад

That is good that you are being cautious.

@leam1425 4 месяца назад

I'm roughly 4 weeks keto now, boyfriends more supportive, even tries to buy me keto friendly. My skin isn't dry and flaky anymore, which makes me think I had a wheat allergy...not sure?! I have halved my anti psychotic in that time, under supervision of course. My Nurse practitioner said it's an anti inflammatory diet and approves. So far so good, I find I am eating more fiberous vegetables and just better over all. No weight loss though, which I was kinda hoping for but I'm still within a healthy BMI just would be nice but not my main goal. Overall it's going well was a bit pricey at the beginning ( cost of food is soo high in New Zealand) but not too bad now i"m set up. Will buy ketone monitors when I get into more of rhythm.

@catherinel2020 4 месяца назад

Can't wait to hear more on this topic!

@kathfennemore1131 4 месяца назад

You're amazing and doing amazing things for those of us who are just spectators. You're really lucky you haven't struggled with weight gain. Will keto help with this? I keep reading it can, but I'm aware it's a really difficult thing to do.