I need to be more careful
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- An update on where I'm at after 6 months of using medical ketogenic therapy to treat my schizoaffective disorder. I share how and why I've become a little complacent and why I realize I need to be more careful.
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You hurt yourself with keto diet! Please quit keto and go vegan, trust me it will improve your condition.
Why would I pay $5 a month to talk to other schizophrenics? Also aren’t most schizophrenics in extreme poverty? So this is for the high class schizophrenics that aren’t homeless or broke the day after they get their ssi?
@Robert-tn7yz so smart. I know you can get through this, your so smart. You've helped me more than you know. Please don't ever give up mate.
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.sporees 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.sporees
I sincerely wish that there would be no negative comments on this video. Her journey and continued recovery are remarkable and it is in everyone's interest to trace the progress of her journey, as the ketogenic diet could be an additional tool in helping folks achieve better mental health outcomes.
Agree completely!
There is a reason why the Inuit - among other groups - have adapted to not be able to go into ketosis. It can be hazardous, especially long-term..
Furthermore, most people don't have the time, money, and access to quality assistance to do this right. Lauren's experiences are merely a single data point and not proof of anything. The placebo effect is real and needs to be accounted for. The keto space, among others, is filled with dangerous scam artists and as we have learned, people are really susceptible to misinformation so they need access to real professionals.
That said, I enjoy her videos and cheer her on, and hope it is at least helpful over the short term. Hopefully, she can take no more than low dosages of psych meds in the worst case. Psych meds have done severe damage to me so I am definitely cheering her on.
Yes. Stay discipline and focus on the diet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
except when I read that someone's autistic son is being forced on the diet bc his dad says so. I'm all about a holistic approach but keto isn't going to work for everyone.
This woman haa been destroyed by antipsycotics
Don’t listen to anyone who says “ told you so.” That’s horrible. You are on an amazing journey. We are with you on this journey. We’re all learning. Godspeed.
Who said told you so? Them peoples in and out the hospital and can’t hold a job or nothing.
From psychosis to ketosis 💯
That sounds so good!
very cool
😂 I keep getting these two mixed up in my brain.
Hopefully for metamorphosis
Love it!
You are doing wonderful. To be so vulnerable and to share your experience on here... I can't even imagine the people that you're helping and have helped and have helped. My brother has schizophrenia is why I unsubscribed. I haven't seen you in a while but you popped up and it's good to see that you're doing so well even if you're having a little bit of setback from changing your medication up. My brother is 57 and to this day refuses to take medication because he won't admit that he has schizophrenia. When he was younger I almost got him to get help several times but he never followed through. Now that he's gotten older luckily he's found a place where he's not homeless and is being helpful and has been housed for a few years. The prayers then straight up heartbreak for my brother over the years it's been hard on me I can't even imagine how it's been on him. I'm really proud of you and of him for choosing to stick it out and be helpful to others. I've struggled with major depression throughout my life off and on. I can only imagine how difficult it must be maintaining and sharing everything:)
I can well understand anyone avoiding the medications. They have awful long term and short term side effects, and antipsychotics can mean being in derealization constantly while on them. Which is like non existence.
Would your brother be more open to being on a special diet to improve his mental health? That doesn't require a stigmatising label or such severe side effects or being trapped due to withdrawal effects and an expectation that you'll stay on for life.
You're brother is sick and alone without you're accompany.Living sick+ alone is a hell.
@@silfernandez3048 my brother is 55 and he's not willing to do anything to help does his mental illness. I've been out this since he was 19 because he didn't have schizophrenia before that plus my brother does recreational drugs. The one thing I know I cannot do in this life is change anybody's mind and life if they don't to. I pray for my brother every night
@@silfernandez3048 he doesn't live alone. He helps out in the group home and he's pretty happy actually more than he's ever been because he is being helpful and he's needed
Can you tell us why he doesn't think he has schizophrenia? Does he belive someone is attacking him?
Maintenence phase is sometimes much harder than 'I'm seeing gains every day!" phase.
Since I started keto for my schizophrenia, and I'm realising there was more, depression, always anxiety and fear etc etc. I feel more present. If I can find out it was the diet that got me there I'm keto for life. Schizophrenia brings psychosis, for me I got very creative but I was off the planet.
Me too.
Psychology today magazine talks about this diet and how it’s really helping schizophrenic people
that's a magazine, not a health professional sitting across from you
It's becsuse animal fats are very healthy & nutritious. The brain thrives on fat, not on protein or carbs.
Hang in there Lauren. It will get better. Since I've been on Keto, people have been telling me that I look "healthier" and I'm more outgoing. Well worth the effort it takes to be on Keto!
Yes!
It’s really refreshing hearing how open you talk about your illness
My mother has it but would not admit it
Dr. Josef (also on RUclips) has a lot of good information about tapering psychiatric medication. Basically the last bit takes a long time.
Don't give up! You're doing so good. It sounds like a bit more of withdrawal is happening, even if you're not totally aware of every symptom. It takes some time for the brain to rewire after many years of medication.
Your courage is extraordinary. I’m still pulling for you!
Hey Lauren, it sounds like you’re doing the good work of asserting agency over the pieces you can while accepting the aspects you can’t control. That’s a very healthy approach. I want to second the comment normalizing life’s ups and downs. You’re a human living a human experience :)
As a fellow Canadian I feel you with the sleep; this time of year is always tough. It’s good to keep in mind that even though summer in the northern hemisphere is often affiliated with joy and sunshine, it’s still a seasonal change that affects those of us with mood stuff.
Sending encouragement and good vibes! ❤
You've made such progress and you're going to make more. But I'm so glad you're giving yourself time to heal. Everyday those ketones are restoring the brain
Oh gosh, i so relate to that feeling when you have a period of no symptoms and how quickly you can think you are 'healed'.. i have a different medical; condition but know exactly that thing. It is amazing how it happens even after a decade (for me) of being ill, how quickly one can forget, when feeling in a place of being well resourced, that there was ever anything challenging to deal with, and therefore get complacent about the practices that are helping you to feel the way you are feeling. I totally get it!!
Thank you for taking us through your journey. ❤
Im so proud of you lauren 🙌 even if you have a bump in the road you should stay strong, youre an inspiration.
My mom has schizophrenia and I got psychosis last december....my whole world shook and i started following your channel because of it. Youre a 💎 gem. I have learnt alot from you, self acceptance and healthy habits.
Youre doing your best, nobody is perfect ❤
Remember to only reduce the dosis 10 percent of current dosis. Then pause 4-6 weeks. Then down 10 percent of the new dosis. Wait 4-6 weeks and continue this way. If you notice strong withdrawal symptoms, reduce the dosis even slowlier (3-5 percent). It is the very last dosis which is very important to slowly reduce. The reason is simple: an increase from 0 to 20 mg gives a great effect on the brain. It is a very steep curve when doses are increased, so very early, one obtains almost 100 precent effect. The same curve must be followed backwards to zero again. Most people quit the last dose too quickly and therefore, they never manage to quit.
I believe this is what you really need to concentrate on...whilst the not tracking the ketones etc. as diligently is obviously important, I believe that you are perhaps minimizing how slowly and safely the medication needs to be reduced...especially when getting down to the lower doses. There is no rush. Cheers from Australia
She discussed this curve in an earlier video.
No need to give unsolicited medical advice
@@lucyscreamsintothevoid It's a comments section. I'll make comments as I choose. Being in a similar situation with psychiatric medications makes me empathetic for Lauren's situation. If SHE chooses to block my comment that is up to her... Not you. Your choice is to reply; my choice is to stand by my comment and move on.
I take excedrine for this. So I should cut it down by 10%?
I agree it’s not good to see yourself as “healed,” but not merely because it might make you complacent in continuing the treatment regimen that seems to be helping you.
Your brain is structured the way it’s structured. If the ketogenic diet is helping your brain to function in a way that is substantially less distressing, disruptive or harmful to you, then you’re not “healed,” “recovered,” “cured,” etc. You’ve simply implemented a support that has substantially improved your quality of life.
Additionally, I would refer to it as just that (a support), rather than an “intervention,” because you are the one who achieved this goal. You are the one managing your diet and monitoring your levels. Your medical team is there to assist and support you, of course, but no one rode in a white horse to “intervene” and save you from yourself. You’re the one who’s in the driver’s seat and has put in the work. You should be extremely proud of that.
I don't think we know how far the healing can go yet. If this is truly a disease of mitochondira dysfunction, as Dr. Chris Palmer is suggesting, who is to say that correcting that mitochondria dysfunction may not eventually lead to a completely "normal" brain function? We can have cautious hope.
Thank you for always being so real Lauryn about you’re mental health journey no matter what comes
Well done ❤I believe alot of people probably can live off meds but will never know become there doc never offer them that support and /or they are too afraid to leave meds behind or wish to endure the withdrawal journey. Ur amazing and brave foe showing people there's more to mental illness than having to suffer on medication.nit saying people aren't free to choose these journey but antipychotic meds can be very evil on a body and if I had to choose I'd also at least try to get off them. Ur looking great.all.the best ❤❤❤❤
UR DANGEROULY MISLEADING AND FOOLISH TO BE GIVING UNEDUCATED GENERALIZATIONS LIKE A DOTING GRANDMOTHER!!!
Agree. Also relatives see one bad episode and get frightened and pressure their relative to go on meds and stay on them permanently.
Rather than seeing that as a route out of crisis to stability, in order to change lifestyle, to then be in a place to reduce medication carefully, with or without strict diets such as keto.
Medications can be necessary, but they are not food, even though we are omnivores. That means in a sense they're poisons. No one would choose to stay on chemotherapy for a lifetime. Same with antipsychotics.
It would be so sad to lose you and the channel from Utube. Keep getting better Lauren,.Thnkx for the video.
I appreciate this nuanced conversation. I think you get so many negative comments because people are sensitive to societal med shaming (not coming from you) and group you in with it. You are very honest about what a lifestyle treatment looks like - it’s not easy. There is no “just” change your diet.
For many of us with serious mental health challenges, this requires VERY rigid, VERY time intensive regimes. I take meds because I don’t want to have to be perfect all of the time. I want to occasionally go on vacation and stay up late and have a piece of cake or a beer. I’m happy for those who have moderate challenges that can be treated with a “good enough” lifestyle, OR have severe challenges AND are happy living like a monk. To each their own.
The problem comes when people pretend that severe challenges can be solved with a moderately healthy lifestyle. If you have real challenges and want to do a lifestyle treatment, you have to be willing AND able to be near perfect 100% of the time.
Sometimes it just takes a can do attitude…
@natas12rm While an optimistic mindset is certainly very advantageous in most aspects of life, a balanced or realistic mindset is what is needed for successful mental health recovery. 🙂
@@samdoyle5155 what would a balance look like to you?
@@natas12rm hmm. Not so sure about that.
@@india1422 why not?
As you become closer to "normal," you become casual just like us "normies." I'm TD2 diabetic and the "bookkeeping" is really a drag sometimes, and with schedule changes and all.... takes time and energy. But when I track more closely I do better. ... you and I each have to make the decision for ourselves to stick with it for our better future. I'm so so glad things are going as well as they are for you. Less meds! Feeling better! But then, brain fog... If everything was 100% perfect I would worry about your falling off the step completely. Ups and downs are the usual way. You are doing so well and your sharing this, good and bad, is bound to help other people or their families who may be wondering if this or something like it would help them. I think we commenters have said this before but it's true!
Keep at it Lauren! You’re an inspiration! Have a great day 😊❤️
If you’ve been FEELING good, that’s all that matters. God bless Lauren!🩷
Rooting for you! Although I know very little about the keto diet or ketosis, I find it fascinating and watched your whole video. It sounds like you know what you want to change to get a better result. Keep going! Your family looks beautiful!
Hopefully you get back to where you were feeling more in the start of the keto journey soon! Withdrawal is stressful and these antipsychotics are so powerful while tapering - I even feel the withdrawal at times and I'm going annoyingly slowly. It is a lot to juggle (these metabolic therapies) but unless they come up with some magic pill with no side effects, I'm going the metabolic and keto route and might need to take a very low dose medicine which I'm a bit nervous of how I will find out I need to take something or not b/c I dread any psychosis. Good luck deciding your taper! Thanks for sharing - you are still so on top of it!!! Go you!!
Wishing you the best, speaking as an old mental patient.
You are a very brave lady. I understand withdrawal from psych meds and it’s so frustrating, as well as is tracking a diet. Much respect ma’am.
Hey Lauren, i just want to thank you for sharing this treatment with us, im so thankful and feel lucky to hear this might work for me too.
Thank you for your honesty and openness. You are truly a beautiful person. While I don’t struggle with mental illness, I do struggle with weight, and it’s important to stay the course with ketosis for me as well. It’s easy to slack off, but it’s not that hard to stay on track either. The key is probably mindfulness, which would likely be useful in many aspects of our lives. You can do this! I can do this!
Having mental health problems for 47 years , and also reducing my medication as well, I'm not in denial that I need help with medication. Keto is a helper , not a cure . Please take your medication as prescribed by your doctor or health care physician.
You mean highly effective drugs like lithium or imipramine right? Because I'm not seeing people on those, I'm seeing people on rubbish that has tiny effect sizes.
Lithium has an effect size of around 0.85 in acute mania. That's pretty close to full remission.
Full remission isn't just some casual word to be tossed around. You yourself seem to be arguing that her illness is too severe to be treated with diet alone. Well ok, so how do you explain her getting results that mimic that of lithium. I know you'll say "oh but it's just one person", thinking no doubt that science is all about large trials with lots of people because you can have flukes right? Wrong, whether you can have "fluke" depends entirely on the illness being treated.
Max Fink and Bernard Carroll, demonstrated that melancholia, a very specific disease state that can be tested for using laboratory methods, dexamethasone suppression test and sleep EEG, is highly placebo resistant, so placebo resistant that placebo just flat out does nothing in these patients. Would you like to guess the specific type of depression people with Schizoaffective disorder suffer from? Melancholia, see the work Bernard Carroll on that point.
Now Carroll's teacher was a man called John Cade, the person who rediscovered lithium treatment in bipolar. After Cade came Mogens Schou who immediately recognised lithium's potential, why? Because of it gigantic effect size. Schou took one look and realised the effect size was so, so gigantic that you didn't really need to run trials, it was that effective that it just worked. What did Schou's detractors say, they said, that lithium is a salt, a natural health supplement. The most important drug ever discovered in mental health was poo poohed as a supplement.
So we have a placebo resistant disease, melancholia that responds to the highly effective compound called lithium and to imipramine and to ECT. We know those treatments work for three reasons, 1) the gigantic effect size of those interventions, it's close to a "Lazarus effect", well not quite, lorazepam in catatonia is Lazarus effect, but if you read Max Fink or Mogen Schou you'll see what I mean.
So what about keto, well it must work, for the exact same reason we know ECT, lithium, imipramine work and lorazepam in catatonia for that matter, because the disease is placebo resistant and because the patient "gets up" after receiving the drug. You don't need a giant randomised control trial for such a massive effect. RCTs are for situations where there is reason to suspect a fluke may be possible. There is very little possibility that Lauren, a person with severe Schizoaffective disorder, which science has demonstrated is placebo resistant, could just by some accidental fluke have psychosis and melancholia vanish and not return. It's true that it's a cyclical illness, so time will be the ultimate proof, but don't be so sure, you may just be witnessing what Cade witnessed with lithium, an effect so pronounced as to leave no doubt regarding efficacy.
For some people, medical keto absolutely is a cure.
Guess you haven’t seen the paper about the woman who’d lived with schizophrenia for 50 years, couldn’t live alone, had a court appointed caretaker, on multiple meds, etc - but once she went on medical keto under dr supervision, she went into FULL remission, lived on her own, and went off all psych meds. The study followed up 10 years later and she was still on keto, and still in full remission.
For some people, psych issues actually ARE metabolic issues, in their brains - and so metabolic solutions are required. It’s ok that that hasn’t been the case for you, but you aren’t everybody.
I agree
Meanwhile, psychiatrists are taking up ketosis and finding that it’s working for their patients. Doctor Christopher Palmer is seeing real progress in sixty-percent of his patients. Things are changing for the better, but many people won’t like that. Not being supportive of someone’s success is a sickness all on its own.
Even though I’m skeptical of using dietary changes as a treatment for mental health conditions, I’m very happy that you’ve made progress. The idea that there’s anyone here rooting against you is just wild. 😒
Wishing you all the best, you have come so far on this journey and wonderful to see what a positive impact it has had on your life
Thanks! Youve helped me tremendously.
So glad you're making progress! Keep going 😊 Praying for you!
I’m so proud of you and your faithfulness to this journey as well as sharing it w/the world. You are brave and making a world of difference.
Very inspirational message -- even to those of us not suffering from illnesses; as good as you feel, just imagine feeling so much better if we paid attention to a few simple things ;)
Stay strong! We’re so proud of you!! ❤
Makes sense to feel well & do less esp w/o tons of support, the world following same foods & routines! I'm SO happy for you!!! Keep your supporters incl not pushovers nearby!
I'm so sorry there are people meticulously waiting for you to fall back into psychosis. It's very upsetting
This might explain a lot of things. My mental illness started getting drastically better to the point I had my medication lowered at about the same times I started laying off on the carbs and eating more fruits and vegetables. I atributed it to because I've been more physically active and getting more sunlight before. I have the same mental illness btw.
Be aware that fruits and vegetables have carbs!
@@india1422yes, root vegetables including potatoes and carrots are heavy with carbs and some fruits are loaded with fructose sugar.
I hope this finds you well - Your reflections are always so helpful. The part about dropping dosage of meds and the effects resonated with me. Looking forward to learning more about your journey!
I see there are a lot of people curing themselves with carnivore diet. I also see the benefits of coconut oil with its MCT that absorbs into the blood and feeds the brain with instant ketogenic energy. Laren you are looking well and I believe you are on the right track. Keep inspiring.
You are my hero. Thank you for all that you do.. You saved my life and have given me hope.
You look and sound really well. GOD bless you for sharing this . Xx
Day 21 of medical keto for my schizoaffective disorder and I am finally figuring things out with the diet! Lol I finally bought some natural peanut butter, only peanuts and salt, instead of jiff and NO MORE keto snacks!(x are sugar free energy drinks allowed?? A lot of them have sucralose in them and idk if that's bad on medical keto!?
Goat milk
Nuts not peanuts
Avocado tuna olive oil omega3 bluberries strawberry eggs schrimps fish chiken goat cheese
@@mariamaboumia9284 why no peanuts? 🤔
@@lexisjones8109peanuts especially roasted have a somewhat higher carb content than other types of nut.
@@lexisjones8109 Peanuts are pretty high in carb! Are you keeping your total carb under 20 per day? That's the most strict version but will definitely produce ketones
I love your honesty, Lauren. It would be a shame if people got the impression that all they had to do was start eating bacon, eggs, cheese and avocados and their mental illness will be cured. It takes effort. Is it worthwhile? Only people like you who are going through this and experiencing this can tell us that...and I think you are doing a good job doing just that.
Kind words! Speaking as one whose life has been changed by Medibolic Thearpy, I can say it is soooo worth the hard work and sometimes frustration.
For what it’s worth your affect seems a lot better! Not zombieland that can typically happen when others have dopamine antagonists. I have been on psych meds since the late 90’s. I am still adjusting medication and dose. Now i have a neurologist involved as well. His test detected an unspecified autoimmune disorder. Anyway, it’s depressing just having to consider the possibility that I’m going to be tweaking med doses for the rest of my life.
Keto can be helpful for autoimmune disorders as well ❤️ check out some of the research
@@sassysequence thank you i will. I just don’t think I can climb over the dilemma I face. Insurance will pay 100% for conventional treatments and if I do anything else then I have to pay and I’m on SSI. I see a rumatologist in August about testing positive for autoimmune so I’m not gonna worry about it till then.
I think everything you do is absolutely right - except for one aspect: the tendency for athletic extremes. Yes to this approach - but prolonged "medical keto" (so few carbs that body is forced to use ketones, for months?!) NO! . Yes aerobic exercise - but marathons?! NO!. Yes being aware of your food intake - but tracking like a bodybuilder?! NO! I received much encouragement from your channel and have also succeeded to slowly reduce my medication. But with extreme keto? NO! I did come up on my own with a healthy rule that it is probably best to eat like you do everyday just leaving out the "empty carbs" (rice/bread/potatoes etc). So I go to the wonderful Indian restaurant and simply don't eat the rice. It's interesting that I came up, too, separately, with a kind of Carbohydrate Restriction Regime. Here I am, taking a few meds occasionally on demand, "living well as a person with experience in psychosis" without any of the extreme stuff. So it would be advisable to come back to us viewers after you have finished this escapade and discuss openly the much more pressing questions: what EXACTLY leads to a schizophrenia remission RELIABLY? SCIENTIFICALLY? HOW did OTHERS, the MAJORITY, orchestrate their successful remmission/ med reduction? I tell you honestly: I am in no position to adhere to medical keto and run marathons like you do. Even in my teens I would not have been able to do it. So I have no idea why you insist on these superhuman-like approaches as a panacea. Is it to boost the channel, the personal brand? I think for Everyone who may be confused and frustrated on their schizophrenia journey it is important to know: NO! Such extrems are not a requirement. NO! You are not having psychotic episodes because you have not been training and disciplined like Arnold or Lauren (often quite the opposite instead). NO! You are not symptomatic because you are a lazy or whatever person! Which leads to a much more profound finding of all of this: YES! It can be so easy and light to recover from schizophrenia! YES, LETTING GO of panic and effort and self-accusations etc. might be part of the way to healing! YES - just leave out the rice. YES, just have one bagel, in the evening. My intuition is that consistent moderation is much more common and effective and feasible on the path of recovery than this hyper-athleticism. So please go back some day to your original message of HOPE! Yes, schizophrenia is a terrible disease if continuously escalating. But once you know how it works, and what works, and that it works, "Living Well With Schizophrenia" becomes easy and natural. That is the grand message of HOPE in our age: All the panic, the escalations, etc etc...are completely unnecessary. IF ONLY we had all been correctly informed already in the prodromal phase - none of the medical drama would have been necessary, for ANY of us... 🌻
Thanks 🙏 for your honesty Lauren. Keep going 💪 x
Good on you thanks for the videos I'm schizo too
There used to be advice on the uk mind website for tapering off antipsychotics, at the correct rate which was dependant on how long you have been on your meds, so it would probably be sensible to very slow. But I’m really impressed with how well u are doing, I really dislike taking meds, but at the moment I think I’m stuck with them
Remember even us so called "normals" don't feel good every day.
Wise words.
That's so very true.
Exactly, life's ups and downs.
Truth
Yes but you have to realize this is schizophrenia she's dealing with. Be aware of the stark difference in the way she processes things. 'normals' are individually unique and complex just as divergent minds are. These videos are just her personal journey and she's probably well aware of what you just said, considering she has a husband that's "normal". Idk what your implying with your comment but whatever I tried
Hi Lauren, or to anyone looking to taper slowly off meds in small increments, I suggest looking up tapering strips, you need a doctors order to get them on prescription but they are a safer option to taper slowly.
No tracking not enough calories possibly? That would explain your lack of energy
Diet is not the only thing to consider. Exercise can affect ketone levels in your body. Here’s how:
Ketone Metabolism: Ketone metabolism is a natural process that occurs when the body burns fat for energy instead of glucose. This metabolic adaptation can happen during periods of fasting, low carbohydrate intake, or intense exercise where glycogen depletion occurs. When glucose levels are low due to reduced dietary intake or physical activity, insulin response decreases leading to increased fatty acid oxidation and ketone production.
Exercise Intensity: The type of fuel your body uses can vary depending on the intensity and duration of the activity you are doing. When you’re cruising along at a comfortable pace, your body will primarily use glucose (sugar) from carbohydrates as its source of fuel. However, when you push yourself harder during exercise, such as during high-intensity workouts or endurance training, your body begins to rely more on ketones.
Glycogen Depletion: Moderate-to-high intensity exercise will help deplete your glycogen stores, so you achieve ketosis more quickly. Glycogen is excess glucose (sugar) your body stores in your liver and muscles. To produce a meaningful level of ketones in your bloodstream, your glycogen (stored carbohydrates) must be low enough.
Increased Ketone Production: Exercise has long been known to increase ketone production, even in people without diabetes. Increases in fat mobilization and increased blood flow to the liver during exercise promotes increased fat uptake to the liver and the conversion of fat first to acetyl-CoA and then to the ketone body acetoacetate.
Madam, please, I don't want communication of negative thinking, you have a lot of faith, recognizing there is no cure for Depression, strength for patience through action, always depression and positive thinking about life... hug madam. I love you so much
Depression can certainly be cured. Been there, done that.
However it's not depression she has but schizoaffective disorder.
Mercy and peace be bequeathed upon you.
This is definitely the major challenge for me. I don't have enough time to meticulously track every single meal I take 😢
The bed time creeping toward later hours - I know that so well. It's really difficult for me to keep going to bed early every day. If the sun set at 11pm where I live I'd still be in the garden until it's really dark. Just today, I was transplanting flowers after work till 9:15pm (the sun sets at 9:30pm) and completely missed the window that I have reserved for music practice. :-)
I'm cheering you on, but I'm not gonna start to celebrate for awhile. Whenever I go completely off my meds everything seems find until about 6 months. Then wham all of a sudden I find myself out of my mind. I never tried your diet so I don't know how it might of changed me. Is there a downside healthwise to stay on a keto genic diet? And then of course the cost to maintain such a diet. Either downside is better then being on meds so I wish you the best Lauren! You deserve to experience a symptom free life!
"Is there a downside healthwise to stay on a keto genic diet?" Not much that anyone knows of. The state of ketosis was most likely the default state for most humans for most of our evolutionary time.
Just remember Lauren isn’t simply “going off her meds” (which has swiftly ended in disaster for her in the past, too) - she’s replacing the meds with something ELSE. That’s important.
I'm loving this new content!! I'm hoping that you can teach us more on how to do Keto correctly, recipes, things to buy,( what not to do), ect.. thank you for sharing this info. BLESSINGS TO YOU!! ❤️❤️🌷🌷
In ketosis , I lost lots of weight but replaced my mood stabilizer for B6 and B12. But i was going hay wire when my psychosis got worse. But grind doesnt stop must keep going. You can do Lauren! We can only take it one day at a time. You can win this.
"Another fantastic video! I always learn something new from your channel."
Sending you love and positivity! You are doing great!
Glad you realized this before things getting out of hand. I think one thing you might consider is that you did the marathon and that seems to be too much or depletes the metabolic healing you’ve worked on. I know some endurance athletes use Keto but I’ve heard of others using it for mental health that also cannot overdo the strenous physical exercise without having issues. It is a balancing act but so very worthwhile if you can put that mental health into remission & enjoy a good life with Rob & your kids. Much love ❤️
I do not have psychosis but I do have other health issues. Keto works for so many things and I too have found that there is no room for becoming complacent in my health journey. That in and of itself is exhausting. Having to be cognizant of every single decision and not letting your guard down. It can be difficult. But I have to remind myself, not being healthy is difficult too. Then I have to choose which difficult I want.
Can you stay on 20mg for a little bit while tracking macros again? 6 months before going off of them completely? I assumed that keto is a permanent lifestyle. My doctor said that my schizoaffective is permanent too. Just take it one day at a time. 😊
Nobody is perfect, we all have good & bad days, just keep learning & improving.
I think that is a good idea to look at the diet similarly to medication.
I believe in you
Dr Palmer stated in his book it can take anywhere from 2 to 5 years in ketosis to achieve mitochondrial healing. You got this Lauren, I'm hopeful because of your documenting of your experience!
same thing was being said By Abraham Hoffer about Niacin therapy that it would take a couple of years. But the truth is far from that.
I’m so proud of you!!
Seasonal and just sunlight matters a lot doesn't it.
11pm sunset? Wow, that's not just Canada, that's way up North
In Scotland we have very late evenings too
@@india1422 Yeah it's just most Canadians aren't that far north. 11pm in June is close to Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Great ! and also, Dr Georgia Ede's book is very good; she's a psychiatrist.
Hey I messaged you about keto some time ago. Cool to hear that you tried it!
❤ you look more mentally alert. Keep up the good work!
Don't forget hormones! If I'm not feeling great mentally, a lot of the time I check the app I use to track my cycle and it's always around the same days every month
True! I get a dip in mood right after I ovulate, then another a few days before my period.
Being as regimented with the medication withdrawal is just as important as the food, etc. side of things. I believe you may be minimalizing the withdrawal effects (ongoing) that the large drop in medication will have done. Really focusing on doing the withdrawal, particularly when down to lower doses, is VITALY important. Please do as much research on this as every other aspect. There is no hurry. Cheers from Australia.
this is soo awesome. thx you for documenting this!!!!!
I wish you can get off your medication. 💊 I belive also that you need to be careful. Psychiatric medication is really strong… when I tried to stop taking it for depression psychosis I suffered so much. I think waiting for stop the medication make you feel anxious. I think patience is the key. I just realized that certain food like peanut butter makes ma very tired. I think is because there is a lot of magnesium in it. Even some ketovero food I need to be careful.
I saw a video recently about how some keto foods can still spike your blood sugar.
So glad this is working for you
Would the carnivore diet perhaps work more effectively than keto diet? Just curious as I listen to others stories on carnivore. Bless your journey❤
Proud of you
Wish you luck girl^^
I am looking forward to studies comparing the ketogenic diet to a healthy diet (low sugar, no processed foods, balanced nutritional profile). All of the studies I have read so far have just compared people with mental illness before and after starting keto, but we know that most people (including if not especially people with severe mental illnesses) do not adhere to healthy diets. Even Lauren, who has always seemed incredibly physically healthy to me, has admitted to having a drink regularly prior to starting this journey.
That said, this video reminded me that when they start doing those trials, they really will have to put some kind of controls around sleep and exercise, even the kinds of exercise people are doing. Those factors could really skew results because that do have such a heavy bearing on our metabolic health.
It will be fascinating to see how this research develops, and hopefully they find a way to make it accessible to those who are not functioning at such a high level.
Wouldn't be nice if all the meds came in 5 mg pills?.......less side effects happening with a 20 mg drop. You're probably way ahead of me, but Metabolic Mind said a compounding pharmacy would be able to do that.
Thank you❤
Could also be that if you are not tracking, you could have a calorie deficiency or a protein/vitamin/mineral deficiency... Not necessarily only ketone levels effecting how you feel ❤
You’re doing great. We had to do Lion Diet, but it’s working well. A friend is on Lion diet too and is off all meds for two years now. She slowly tried adding things back in. One thing at a time and seeing how she feels.
I should probably get back to tracking again too… I’ve been tracking macros and ketones a lot less. Thanks for the inspiration!
I know exactly what you mean by that feeling of "i´m healed" way too early into the process
Its human for the energy levels to go up and down during the year, it happens to all of us. Especially to us who have children. The body also needs downtime for healing to happen, perhaps both your body and brain needed the extra rest the last few week. Hope you will feel better very soon 💖
Girl, you need to track your food if you're trying to treat your schizophrenia with lifestyle adjustments, especially nutrition. I take a lot of medications and I still have symptoms. I was inspired to ask about metabolic therapy but my psychiatrist says schizophrenia isn't curable through lifestyle alone.