I think we all need to finally understand there is not a divide called "mental" health and "physical" health. There is just health. If something is going wrong in the brain, something is wrong with the body - they are not separate entities.
I have bipolar type 2 and got into the keto diet seriously last year (on and off a year before that). I just Googled the mental health benefits and found the studies showing the link between keto diet and mental health. That convinced me to do keto. The diet made a huge difference in my mental health. It didn’t totally “heal me” as I still experience anxiety and delusions/hallucinations from time to time due to pre-menstrual exacerbation but it was not as debilitating as before that I had to quit my job and lie in bed for days or go through crying spells. Keto diet did minimize psychosis, hypomania and depressive episodes a lot. Since then, I’ve been able to hold a job for over a year and feel more stable than ever. Boxing and exercise also helped so much in managing my bouts of anxiety and depression.
Did you go off meds with keto or were you not on any medication when you went keto? Also curious,, did you ever lose insight and if so, does keto help you keep it?
what's shitty is that 80% of females live with hormonal imbalance...and regular dr's don't' wanna talk about that either... I'd get your hormones checked too.
@@lexamdelac28 No, I religiously took my medication up to now (on monotherapy using quetiapine). Not sure about what you meant by insight (might be a typo) did you mean weight? If so, yes I’ve lost the weight I gained from the meds. Lost 13kg slowly in a year from 68kg to 55kg (the ideal weight for my height).
@@midnull6009 Yep, that’s the plan. My therapist, who’s conducting a research on PME and PMDD in the Philippines, pointed it out too. Mental illness due to hormonal imbalance is so underdiagnosed. I intend to see an OB and endocrinologist soon, just figuring out how to fit it in my schedule at the moment.
@@sandyathome thanks for sharing! I do mean insight, like awareness of your mental health symptoms since you still get get psychosis so just wondering if keto helps you keep in touch with reality and not end up in the hospital. However, while I'm sure keto helps I bet quetiapine is helping too while you take it still.
Lol! Twenty years with mental illness. I was first diagnosed at age 21 with Major Depression with psychotic episodes. I'm now 81, still on medications and no longer consider getting off medications as Drs have convinced me the risk is too great. One psychiatrist suspected I was bipolar with very low manic levels...given my history it remains a distinct possibility. My most recent diagnosis is Schizoid Affective. After thirty years, I used to joke that I knew more about mental illness from the inside out than the psychiatrists knew from the outside in. So it is very interesting listening to this discussion. Not sure I will be here in five years to benefit from your research but delighted to know it's going on.
What an amazing guest and interview Lauren! This was so informative and educational. You are making a real difference in this world documenting your experience for treating mental health with the metabolic therapy and providing hope! You are an intelligent patient and collaborator and therefore are a forceful voice for others. What an accomplishment you have already achieved in your young life to be vulnerable and letting others learn or connect through your comprehensive experiences. I encourage your advocacy, it is so meaningful and as a viewer it is amazing to actually see and hear about your success in weaning from the medication. Emitting positive and continuing healing energy to you. ♥️
Brilliant interview Lauren and Ian. As a mum of a daughter with the same diagnosis as Lauren - Schizoaffective - I am very inspired. Our whole family is now moving to a keto lifestyle to support my daughter. We would never have thought of doing this without Lauren's Vlog. Huge thanks and keep on going. I would love to find out more about mct oil if you are able to talk about that on a video one day soon.
Just in my kitchen, making keto cookies, listening to your Iaim Campbell interview. I LOVE the lived experience interviews. Loved the panel from the conference in Austin, loved the interview you just posted with Iain! Thanks for sharing this, Lauren!
4 days into keto - some difficulties sleeping due to transition but it feels like a weight is coming off my mental shoulders, or taking off a heavy cloak.. severe ocd for me
well done !!! keep going .... getting into the groove of diet just gets better. We have a naturapath helping us as a keto coach. Also lots of help on line : Dr Berg / Dr Mindy Pelz. I'm helping my son and also doing diet. He also has extreme OCD with Schizophrenia 🙏👏👏👏👏❤️ we have good days, some not so but there's always tomz❤
👏👏👏Way to go!!! It's amazing you are noticing an improvement in days! I started five weeks ago. My mood has been stable for the last three weeks! It is like a miracle! Best wishes! You are going to do great!!! I have had Bipolar
Never having suffered with mental issues myself but knowing some people in my life who have, I have come to learn so much from you Lauren and your guests. It's been almost two years since I subscribed to your channel purely out of curiosity and from my own experiences with people in my life who did suffer. If nothing else, I can honestly say I myself have seen the positive leaps and bounds that you and your family have accomplished. YES, I have seen the bummer times too that you have endured. Life fo sho is not all gum drops and lollipops, but your progress has helped me in many ways to rethink how I approach situations now! Thank you for keeping The REAL in your REEL Lauren! Cheers From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋
My hypothesis on keto so far: glucose spikes tnf alpha in the brain, which causes more local hypercalcemia. So by avoiding glucose spikes with keto diet, you avoid triggering more brain calcium which is known to cause psych symptoms. Also, brain hypercalcemia impairs glucose metabolism in turn, so less energy/brain fog, but again won't affect ketone metabolism. Keto over time uses up more vitamin D, and D deficiency leads to urinary calcium loss. Why does it use up D? It has to be because ketones dial up the the immune system, which uses vit D.
Excellent. Thanks Ian for your openness and honesty. I live in the Scottish Borders, 1 hour from Edinburgh and have lived with a depressive illness for over 20 years. I'm 2 months in to following the Keto diet. It's been up and down to be honest. Really keen to help out your research in any way I could 😊🙏
Dr Cambell’s story rings true with me too. I also spent many years working in the creative industry and my bipolar was put down to “artist temperament”. After 25 years, last year I was diagnosed and have spent a year trying to stabilize myself with meds with mixed results. After watching your videos I decided to try medical keto and for the last 4 weeks I have been strictly following keto supported by my medical team. I was quite sceptical if it would work and I wasn’t convinced it was doing anything until Sunday. I broke keto by eating a slice of cheesecake- what a big mistake. It totally crashed my mood and I felt so agitated. Now I am not planning to “cheat” again, not worth it for me! Thanks for both of your work in this area, it’s helping people!
I realized the same thing. I didn't realize how much better I was feeling until I fell off the wagon from organic tortilla chips I went into a deep depression and saw how much better I had been doing.
Good for him...he articulates scenarios well...he is not speaking too much, and not his fault, about longitudinal results...my own experience involves a two year consistent increase of energy and clarity with Keto then lessoning...I do hope now, and feel so, that I have more calmness in my life during challenges with what I learned during that time engaged more with wellness... Kat Redfield Jamison's body of work/writing is well worth a person's time...I agree...
I've been trying to learn more about the comorbidities of sleep apnea and bipolar disorder. I'm curious about the role the ketogenic diet plays in reducing inflammation and whether or not that improves airways, possibly improving breathing during sleep.
I'm happy that you got good results with keto. I (bipolar II) once got on the keto diet, for weight loss reasons, and spiraled into a hypomania episode that got mixed and ended me up at the hospital. So it's not for me, but I'm glad it works wonders for others 🙂
@Kwirax I can't track anything unfortunately - I can't afford the equipment. So I'm winging it a bit. I can't involve professionals because nothing like this is provided on our NHS and I have no money to spend on private help 🤷♂
I think that's fine, as long as your making use of the vast free resources available and you could even try and educate your healthcare providers. You may even be able to get ketone monitors on prescription as my pharmacist explained to me. They just want you to be as safe as possible and don't want to be responsible for someone misinterpreting the information. Good luck.
I'm in a similar situation as far as lack of funds to hire quality heath care. My life has completely changed in five weeks! It would be easier to have professional help, but I am recovering! I believe you can too. Wish you could afford a blood ketone meter. I'm encouraged to see my readings each day. Wishing you the best!
Thank you @@77777sadie . I'm going to persevere, I realise that the change for the better may be slower than I expected, but this is definitely worth patience and persistence.
I love how this conversation talks about how there's this awkward gap between the med world and the clinical world aka quantitative vs. qualitative. I'm healing from a 7 year in and out of psychosis due to a research professor who was so out of touch with his emotions and made everything about research but NEVER opened up about anything personal so he would patronize me when I asked questions and would talk in paragraphs to confuse me.
I've watched several bipolar cast videos in the last year. So inspiring. This was a wonderful interview! Lauren can definitely chase her dreams with her newfound mental improvements. I am so curious to know what percent of people who go keto respond so look forward for more RCTs. I definitely trust peoples' lived experiences. I'd love to find a job where my lived experiences help a lot and I'm not pushed out - I've not disclosed my illness in any jobs I've been in out of people's advice (therapist or family would say I'd be discriminated against) but I wanted to tell sometimes; otherwise, I just quit jobs and went job hopping out of fear of relapse due to stress. Thanks for all your hard work Dr. Cambpell and Lauren :)
I have schizoaffective disorder. Keto does not seem to work for me. Every time I go low in carbohydrates I become extremely agitated. Although I have not done it for very long. Perhaps the agitation is a short term reaction and longer term it would go away.
@@aor3220 that long huh? maybe you need more then just keto? paired up with hard core exercise? or just longer keto? but then again everybody is different. even if agitation/anxiety didn't ease maybe there are other positives you notice?
@midnull6009 I lost a lot of weight on keto but I cannot point to any particular psychological benefit. There is always the chance it's something I need to try for much longer than 5 weeks. As I said though the agitation on low carbohydrate was very bad.
There are a few studies studying someone who has a mental illness before keto and with keto, but any comparison to just having someone on a strict healthy diet? I know there are theories as to why keto might be making the difference, but is it really the keto?
I was on a strict mostly vegetarian diet before I went to the state hospital at age 15. We ate meat about once a week. My parents were seriously into healthy food. My mom cooked our food from scratch. We ate mostly organic whole grains and vegetables. No sugar was allowed except on Halloween and Easter. I was also running cross country and track. I ate that way from birth until age 15 when I was sent to a short term psychiatric hospital and then the state hospital. So this diet Lauren is doing is very different than the diet I ate growing up.
This is my third month into keto for Bipolar type one. The first month was like a miraculous coming back online of emotions, but now I need help. I am just constantly feeling kind of dry and tired. Sleep is so bad. I've read all the things about electrolytes, sodium, tryptophan, hydration, magnesium, calcium. I even tried having oatmeal one night before bed and I slept really hard but woke up so depressed so I haven't experimented with carbs since. Peanut butter before bed seems to help. I want that first month back, but even what's happening now on keto is somehow better how it was before. Can someone help me understand how to get back sleep quality, because it's perfect whenever I get a proper sleep.
So many thanks for making this video Lauren. As I live near London, I may be within reach of being involved in his research (I have bipolar 1). I am trying to make contact with him or his team. I am now 8 days into the ketogenic diet, this time with those recommended supplements. So far - I have not had the growing "electricity all over the body" feeling at night this time, so that's good news, it shows the supplements are doing something. In all other ways I feel the same as before, no change or improvement. Question - how long should I expect it to take before I feel the effects? (I realise that it does not work for everyone). I do have a suspicion that I have another condition which is causing me dire mental symptoms, so I'm ultimately open to that remaining unaffected by the keto diet.
I've heard from experts to spend 4-6 months on keto to really see how it works for you. I've also seen people online share that their friends or themself didn't feel mental heallth benefits until a year on keto. Some people swear by carnivore and say that's when they really felt helped, not on keto.
Hi Karsten, are you tracking ketones? For medical keto you should be aiming at between 3-6mmol. Def check up on glucose as well in the first weeks because it may be going too high, obstructing ketosis (eg due to medications). You also want to make sure glucose doesn’t drop too far. If difficulties getting these mmol ranges, either your ratios of fat to carb&protein are not right, or you might have eg carnitine deficiency. Do you have assistance from an RD or so?
@@Kwirax I can't track anything unfortunately - I can't afford the equipment. So I'm winging it a bit. I can't involve professionals because nothing like this is provided on our NHS and I have no money to spend on private help 🤷♂
Awesome interview. I hope you actually meet up with Dr. Jamison. Both of you. You are both so sweet, intelligent and impactful❤ I tried intermittent fasting and felt really good while on it. But fell off of it for many reasons. I’m going to do more reading on Keto and truly give it a try. Thank you both. I’m curious what you both think about the semiglutides. Do they help mood?
21:16 _"And I wish that I'd been told about this [diet] when I was 15, you know - it can completely change the trajectory of your life. _*_And people with Epilepsy know this, because if you put a young person on the Ketogenic Diet for 2 years very strictly, a significant proportion - maybe over 50% - will have no seizures for the rest of their life."_* Wow, what?! That is *insane.* Ppl in mainstream society know so little about this diet - I only heard about it in the context of the new 'health freak' or 'fitness freak' fads & nothing else. I had no idea it can be that effective medically...
Just keep in mind those children may have no continued seizures anyway. (Don't get me wrong; I believe in the keto diet for these advances. But I also know that some children can, and do, outgrow epilepsy.)
What was the name of the psychiatrist that Campbell brought up as a contrast to Freud, in terms of emphasizing biology? The name sounded something like "Amale Creplin", but that doesn't seem to correspond to anyone.
Dr. Campbell, we all love and admire you!! Please, encourage Lauren to follow her dreams. She is very smart and well articulated. If she want to study (she tried twice, she should do it. Will you encourage her?! Thanks
I feel like I’m eating more now 🙏🙏 and daily for the last 4 days idk if I’m having anything improve in my mood changes yet because I going to take a month for me to tall but I can so say I feel okay rn and I’m back to living a good lifestyle for me with gym and exercise like hiking and in that way I improve a hold lot unless I’m experiencing hypomania
This is interesting. Lauren,I can tell when you and others with schizoaffective ,are doing well by their appearance. I've noticed that when people aren't well,they seem to do wild things with their hair color or jewelry. I think others have noticed it,too. I'm confused as what what was his course of study for his pHd? I know quite a few people suffering from bipolar I disorder that work important 9 to 5 jobs. It is much more prevalent than one may think.
People with schizophrenia don't always go hand in hand. There are a number of qualifying symptoms (like delusions) that can tick off that box that doctors always seem to using. Lately the medical world has been using 'SZ with psychosis' indicating that not everyone with SZ also has psychosis. It sounds to me like you might want to get a very thorough evaluation. Some of the new meds work really and don't make you feel drunk all the time. Best of luck!!
I can't do a keto diet because I crave sugar and carbs too much. But I CAN eat healthier. Like more fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, whole grains, low fat milk, and home cooked Mediterranean diet recipes.
Should there be a metabolic breakthrough by some researcher effectively treating BiPolar and other illnesses without drugs, might not that researcher be putting him or herself in personal danger? Would not BigPharma act to shut down such a breakthrough?
Thanks for the shout out! I'm going to start sending more because I always have questions that don't seem to be answers. You did a great job with this one. Here's one that you might not want to cover since you aren't old yet but I am in my 50s now and trying to set things up when I really am old. Does anybody know of a SZ who is in their 60s or 70s? Is that because of taking anti-psychotics for such a long time?
hello my name is Nathan feissel and I live on BC Canada heading to Saskatchewan soon and im reaching out hoping you can help I been struggling my intire life and hoping someone can help me with the resources I need and someone to talk to
@@Catlily5 I have been reported to have to Manic episodes and they have reportedly happened only when I am in a good mood. Odd part is that implies they wear off without intervention
@@timinri They usually go away faster and are less severe with intervention. Manic episodes will go away without intervention but severe mania can cause many negative events and brain damage.
Ive heard it could treat epilepsy. It could be the placebo effect. Ex. Although people have high blood pressure and medicine is a bummer would you trust a treatment that is risky and could kill you?
The extrmee high have never been fun nor happy time when i have my highs. Ur so manic with highs its like energy bursts that last a while rather then a high of a good thing is what ur thinking im bi polar 2.
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Went to Edinburgh last year and we met the nicest people
I think we all need to finally understand there is not a divide called "mental" health and "physical" health. There is just health. If something is going wrong in the brain, something is wrong with the body - they are not separate entities.
This beautiful young lady has done a monumental service to mankind.
I have bipolar type 2 and got into the keto diet seriously last year (on and off a year before that). I just Googled the mental health benefits and found the studies showing the link between keto diet and mental health. That convinced me to do keto. The diet made a huge difference in my mental health. It didn’t totally “heal me” as I still experience anxiety and delusions/hallucinations from time to time due to pre-menstrual exacerbation but it was not as debilitating as before that I had to quit my job and lie in bed for days or go through crying spells. Keto diet did minimize psychosis, hypomania and depressive episodes a lot. Since then, I’ve been able to hold a job for over a year and feel more stable than ever. Boxing and exercise also helped so much in managing my bouts of anxiety and depression.
Did you go off meds with keto or were you not on any medication when you went keto? Also curious,, did you ever lose insight and if so, does keto help you keep it?
what's shitty is that 80% of females live with hormonal imbalance...and regular dr's don't' wanna talk about that either...
I'd get your hormones checked too.
@@lexamdelac28 No, I religiously took my medication up to now (on monotherapy using quetiapine). Not sure about what you meant by insight (might be a typo) did you mean weight? If so, yes I’ve lost the weight I gained from the meds. Lost 13kg slowly in a year from 68kg to 55kg (the ideal weight for my height).
@@midnull6009 Yep, that’s the plan. My therapist, who’s conducting a research on PME and PMDD in the Philippines, pointed it out too. Mental illness due to hormonal imbalance is so underdiagnosed. I intend to see an OB and endocrinologist soon, just figuring out how to fit it in my schedule at the moment.
@@sandyathome thanks for sharing! I do mean insight, like awareness of your mental health symptoms since you still get get psychosis so just wondering if keto helps you keep in touch with reality and not end up in the hospital. However, while I'm sure keto helps I bet quetiapine is helping too while you take it still.
Lol! Twenty years with mental illness. I was first diagnosed at age 21 with Major Depression with psychotic episodes. I'm now 81, still on medications and no longer consider getting off medications as Drs have convinced me the risk is too great. One psychiatrist suspected I was bipolar with very low manic levels...given my history it remains a distinct possibility. My most recent diagnosis is Schizoid Affective. After thirty years, I used to joke that I knew more about mental illness from the inside out than the psychiatrists knew from the outside in. So it is very interesting listening to this discussion. Not sure I will be here in five years to benefit from your research but delighted to know it's going on.
What an amazing guest and interview Lauren! This was so informative and educational. You are making a real difference in this world documenting your experience for treating mental health with the metabolic therapy and providing hope! You are an intelligent patient and collaborator and therefore are a forceful voice for others. What an accomplishment you have already achieved in your young life to be vulnerable and letting others learn or connect through your comprehensive experiences. I encourage your advocacy, it is so meaningful and as a viewer it is amazing to actually see and hear about your success in weaning from the medication. Emitting positive and continuing healing energy to you. ♥️
Brilliant interview Lauren and Ian. As a mum of a daughter with the same diagnosis as Lauren - Schizoaffective - I am very inspired. Our whole family is now moving to a keto lifestyle to support my daughter. We would never have thought of doing this without Lauren's Vlog. Huge thanks and keep on going.
I would love to find out more about mct oil if you are able to talk about that on a video one day soon.
Just in my kitchen, making keto cookies, listening to your Iaim Campbell interview. I LOVE the lived experience interviews. Loved the panel from the conference in Austin, loved the interview you just posted with Iain! Thanks for sharing this, Lauren!
4 days into keto - some difficulties sleeping due to transition but it feels like a weight is coming off my mental shoulders, or taking off a heavy cloak.. severe ocd for me
well done !!! keep going .... getting into the groove of diet just gets better. We have a naturapath helping us as a keto coach. Also lots of help on line : Dr Berg / Dr Mindy Pelz. I'm helping my son and also doing diet. He also has extreme OCD with Schizophrenia 🙏👏👏👏👏❤️ we have good days, some not so but there's always tomz❤
👏👏👏Way to go!!! It's amazing you are noticing an improvement in days!
I started five weeks ago. My mood has been stable for the last three weeks! It is like a miracle! Best wishes! You are going to do great!!!
I have had Bipolar
Hang in there! It gets better!
@@77777sadie thanks so much for the specifics, I’ll keep my mind waiting on a change around 2 weeks or so then!
@@caitlinhoey841 thank you!
Thanks!
Never having suffered with mental issues myself but knowing some people in my life who have, I have come to learn so much from you Lauren and your guests. It's been almost two years since I subscribed to your channel purely out of curiosity and from my own experiences with people in my life who did suffer. If nothing else, I can honestly say I myself have seen the positive leaps and bounds that you and your family have accomplished. YES, I have seen the bummer times too that you have endured. Life fo sho is not all gum drops and lollipops, but your progress has helped me in many ways to rethink how I approach situations now! Thank you for keeping The REAL in your REEL Lauren! Cheers From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋
My hypothesis on keto so far: glucose spikes tnf alpha in the brain, which causes more local hypercalcemia. So by avoiding glucose spikes with keto diet, you avoid triggering more brain calcium which is known to cause psych symptoms. Also, brain hypercalcemia impairs glucose metabolism in turn, so less energy/brain fog, but again won't affect ketone metabolism.
Keto over time uses up more vitamin D, and D deficiency leads to urinary calcium loss. Why does it use up D? It has to be because ketones dial up the the immune system, which uses vit D.
Excellent. Thanks Ian for your openness and honesty. I live in the Scottish Borders, 1 hour from Edinburgh and have lived with a depressive illness for over 20 years. I'm 2 months in to following the Keto diet. It's been up and down to be honest. Really keen to help out your research in any way I could 😊🙏
Really contemplating trying this ketogenic diet to see if my anxiety/depression improves. Thank you for this Lauren & Dr. Iain.
Hi Amy, did you try the keto diet? Best wishes
I can relate in so so many points to both of you... Thank you so much Lauren for the video! 🎉
Dr Cambell’s story rings true with me too. I also spent many years working in the creative industry and my bipolar was put down to “artist temperament”. After 25 years, last year I was diagnosed and have spent a year trying to stabilize myself with meds with mixed results. After watching your videos I decided to try medical keto and for the last 4 weeks I have been strictly following keto supported by my medical team. I was quite sceptical if it would work and I wasn’t convinced it was doing anything until Sunday. I broke keto by eating a slice of cheesecake- what a big mistake. It totally crashed my mood and I felt so agitated. Now I am not planning to “cheat” again, not worth it for me! Thanks for both of your work in this area, it’s helping people!
I realized the same thing. I didn't realize how much better I was feeling until I fell off the wagon from organic tortilla chips I went into a deep depression and saw how much better I had been doing.
Good for him...he articulates scenarios well...he is not speaking too much, and not his fault, about longitudinal results...my own experience involves a two year consistent increase of energy and clarity with Keto then lessoning...I do hope now, and feel so, that I have more calmness in my life during challenges with what I learned during that time engaged more with wellness...
Kat Redfield Jamison's body of work/writing is well worth a person's time...I agree...
Thank you both for sharing your stories and being so open, It has helped me immensely! 👍🏻
So happy about this! Thank you!
I've been trying to learn more about the comorbidities of sleep apnea and bipolar disorder. I'm curious about the role the ketogenic diet plays in reducing inflammation and whether or not that improves airways, possibly improving breathing during sleep.
What a great Interview Lauren, thank you.
Amazing content! I'm so glad that this research is happening in the UK!!
So keen to see what the clinical trials come out with. Even keen to be a participant!
Thank you
I was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and my psychiatric recommended the keto diet. Loving the videos about it. I hope it will help me.
Hi there, if you don’t mind me asking, how old are you and have you been trying the keto diet? Best wishes to you.
Such a great interview
Hey Lauren, I'm interested in whether detox methods other than ketogenic diet can help improve symptoms. Thanks 💚
You look better and healthier. Keep going. You are an inspiration
38:00-39:35 Very uplifting message... 🙏 I hope things go acc to plan in the next 5 years.
Good on you both!
Please do more interviews, they're super informative. Great video!
Thanks for this video!
I'm happy that you got good results with keto. I (bipolar II) once got on the keto diet, for weight loss reasons, and spiraled into a hypomania episode that got mixed and ended me up at the hospital. So it's not for me, but I'm glad it works wonders for others 🙂
Excellent video! Thank You
Nice to see people take charge of their recovery in a way that's healthy and not so chemically based.
Agree❤
How long did it take you guys to overcome the insomnia from keto adaptation?
@Kwirax I can't track anything unfortunately - I can't afford the equipment. So I'm winging it a bit. I can't involve professionals because nothing like this is provided on our NHS and I have no money to spend on private help 🤷♂
I think that's fine, as long as your making use of the vast free resources available and you could even try and educate your healthcare providers. You may even be able to get ketone monitors on prescription as my pharmacist explained to me.
They just want you to be as safe as possible and don't want to be responsible for someone misinterpreting the information. Good luck.
I'm in a similar situation as far as lack of funds to hire quality heath care. My life has completely changed in five weeks! It would be easier to have professional help, but I am recovering! I believe you can too. Wish you could afford a blood ketone meter. I'm encouraged to see my readings each day. Wishing you the best!
Thanks @@leam1425 . I've let my docs know, and I will enquire with them about what I can get on prescription.
Thank you @@77777sadie . I'm going to persevere, I realise that the change for the better may be slower than I expected, but this is definitely worth patience and persistence.
I’d be quite happy to offer some free support :)
I love how this conversation talks about how there's this awkward gap between the med world and the clinical world aka quantitative vs. qualitative. I'm healing from a 7 year in and out of psychosis due to a research professor who was so out of touch with his emotions and made everything about research but NEVER opened up about anything personal so he would patronize me when I asked questions and would talk in paragraphs to confuse me.
Working for R star AND doing a PhD at the same time is no joke. This man is literally a superman
15:17 Oooh, he's one of the researchers in the clinical trial Stanford did & published a paper on this April!
I've watched several bipolar cast videos in the last year. So inspiring. This was a wonderful interview! Lauren can definitely chase her dreams with her newfound mental improvements. I am so curious to know what percent of people who go keto respond so look forward for more RCTs. I definitely trust peoples' lived experiences. I'd love to find a job where my lived experiences help a lot and I'm not pushed out - I've not disclosed my illness in any jobs I've been in out of people's advice (therapist or family would say I'd be discriminated against) but I wanted to tell sometimes; otherwise, I just quit jobs and went job hopping out of fear of relapse due to stress. Thanks for all your hard work Dr. Cambpell and Lauren :)
Where can I find out more about the keto diet, can you recommend a website or book
I have schizoaffective disorder. Keto does not seem to work for me. Every time I go low in carbohydrates I become extremely agitated. Although I have not done it for very long. Perhaps the agitation is a short term reaction and longer term it would go away.
I've had negative experiences with paranoia when starting ketosis. Push through because it goes away
sounds like withdrawal symptoms
@midnull6009 perhaps but I did do keto for 5 weeks and the agitation/anxiety did not ease in that time frame
@@aor3220 that long huh? maybe you need more then just keto? paired up with hard core exercise? or just longer keto? but then again everybody is different.
even if agitation/anxiety didn't ease maybe there are other positives you notice?
@midnull6009 I lost a lot of weight on keto but I cannot point to any particular psychological benefit.
There is always the chance it's something I need to try for much longer than 5 weeks. As I said though the agitation on low carbohydrate was very bad.
Great interview
There are a few studies studying someone who has a mental illness before keto and with keto, but any comparison to just having someone on a strict healthy diet? I know there are theories as to why keto might be making the difference, but is it really the keto?
I was on a strict mostly vegetarian diet before I went to the state hospital at age 15. We ate meat about once a week. My parents were seriously into healthy food. My mom cooked our food from scratch. We ate mostly organic whole grains and vegetables. No sugar was allowed except on Halloween and Easter. I was also running cross country and track. I ate that way from birth until age 15 when I was sent to a short term psychiatric hospital and then the state hospital.
So this diet Lauren is doing is very different than the diet I ate growing up.
This is my third month into keto for Bipolar type one. The first month was like a miraculous coming back online of emotions, but now I need help. I am just constantly feeling kind of dry and tired. Sleep is so bad. I've read all the things about electrolytes, sodium, tryptophan, hydration, magnesium, calcium. I even tried having oatmeal one night before bed and I slept really hard but woke up so depressed so I haven't experimented with carbs since. Peanut butter before bed seems to help. I want that first month back, but even what's happening now on keto is somehow better how it was before. Can someone help me understand how to get back sleep quality, because it's perfect whenever I get a proper sleep.
Your Body Is adapting to the Diet but I suggest two Things First Exercise at Night so you feel tired and Sleep
Or the Second One Dont Be so Drastic With Sugars Carbohydrates 0 grs 0 %
@@robertohidalgo782 21g oatmeal at night has seemingly reversed the issue. Thanks for your reply
So many thanks for making this video Lauren. As I live near London, I may be within reach of being involved in his research (I have bipolar 1). I am trying to make contact with him or his team.
I am now 8 days into the ketogenic diet, this time with those recommended supplements. So far - I have not had the growing "electricity all over the body" feeling at night this time, so that's good news, it shows the supplements are doing something. In all other ways I feel the same as before, no change or improvement.
Question - how long should I expect it to take before I feel the effects? (I realise that it does not work for everyone).
I do have a suspicion that I have another condition which is causing me dire mental symptoms, so I'm ultimately open to that remaining unaffected by the keto diet.
I've heard from experts to spend 4-6 months on keto to really see how it works for you. I've also seen people online share that their friends or themself didn't feel mental heallth benefits until a year on keto. Some people swear by carnivore and say that's when they really felt helped, not on keto.
Interesting, thank you @@lexamdelac28 .
Hi Karsten, are you tracking ketones? For medical keto you should be aiming at between 3-6mmol. Def check up on glucose as well in the first weeks because it may be going too high, obstructing ketosis (eg due to medications). You also want to make sure glucose doesn’t drop too far. If difficulties getting these mmol ranges, either your ratios of fat to carb&protein are not right, or you might have eg carnitine deficiency. Do you have assistance from an RD or so?
@@Kwirax A test reply - RUclips keeps deleting my replies.
@@Kwirax I can't track anything unfortunately - I can't afford the equipment. So I'm winging it a bit. I can't involve professionals because nothing like this is provided on our NHS and I have no money to spend on private help 🤷♂
Awesome interview. I hope you actually meet up with Dr. Jamison. Both of you.
You are both so sweet, intelligent and impactful❤
I tried intermittent fasting and felt really good while on it. But fell off of it for many reasons.
I’m going to do more reading on Keto and truly give it a try.
Thank you both.
I’m curious what you both think about the semiglutides. Do they help mood?
21:16 _"And I wish that I'd been told about this [diet] when I was 15, you know - it can completely change the trajectory of your life. _*_And people with Epilepsy know this, because if you put a young person on the Ketogenic Diet for 2 years very strictly, a significant proportion - maybe over 50% - will have no seizures for the rest of their life."_*
Wow, what?! That is *insane.* Ppl in mainstream society know so little about this diet - I only heard about it in the context of the new 'health freak' or 'fitness freak' fads & nothing else. I had no idea it can be that effective medically...
Just keep in mind those children may have no continued seizures anyway. (Don't get me wrong; I believe in the keto diet for these advances. But I also know that some children can, and do, outgrow epilepsy.)
@@beezilneverleft3176 Fair point
What was the name of the psychiatrist that Campbell brought up as a contrast to Freud, in terms of emphasizing biology? The name sounded something like "Amale Creplin", but that doesn't seem to correspond to anyone.
Emil Kraepelin
@@Susanne-qp8vj Thanks. It really seems a shame that I'd heard so much about Freud and had never heard about him.
Dr. Campbell, we all love and admire you!! Please, encourage Lauren to follow her dreams. She is very smart and well articulated. If she want to study (she tried twice, she should do it. Will you encourage her?! Thanks
28:20 You're making a huge difference, Lauren & Rob!!
Id love to hear the neurotransmitter song 😅
I feel like I’m eating more now 🙏🙏 and daily for the last 4 days idk if I’m having anything improve in my mood changes yet because I going to take a month for me to tall but I can so say I feel okay rn and I’m back to living a good lifestyle for me with gym and exercise like hiking and in that way I improve a hold lot unless I’m experiencing hypomania
This is interesting. Lauren,I can tell when you and others with schizoaffective ,are doing well by their appearance. I've noticed that when people aren't well,they seem to do wild things with their hair color or jewelry. I think others have noticed it,too. I'm confused as what what was his course of study for his pHd? I know quite a few people suffering from bipolar I disorder that work important 9 to 5 jobs. It is much more prevalent than one may think.
Very interesting 🤔
People with schizophrenia don't always go hand in hand. There are a number of qualifying symptoms (like delusions) that can tick off that box that doctors always seem to using. Lately the medical world has been using 'SZ with psychosis' indicating that not everyone with SZ also has psychosis. It sounds to me like you might want to get a very thorough evaluation. Some of the new meds work really and don't make you feel drunk all the time. Best of luck!!
I can't do a keto diet because I crave sugar and carbs too much. But I CAN eat healthier. Like more fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, whole grains, low fat milk, and home cooked Mediterranean diet recipes.
You really need to be in a state of ketosis in order to experience the mental health benefits ❤️
It's Edinburgh not Edinboro
Should there be a metabolic breakthrough by some researcher effectively treating BiPolar and other illnesses without drugs, might not that researcher be putting him or herself in personal danger? Would not BigPharma act to shut down such a breakthrough?
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Thanks for the shout out! I'm going to start sending more because I always have questions that don't seem to be answers. You did a great job with this one. Here's one that you might not want to cover since you aren't old yet but I am in my 50s now and trying to set things up when I really am old. Does anybody know of a SZ who is in their 60s or 70s? Is that because of taking anti-psychotics for such a long time?
I know someone in their late 60s. Stable but has insomnia, depression, limerence, apathy and indecisive.
I know some schizophrenic people in their 60's and a few in their 70's. I go to a program for mentally ill people.
Have you got "The Real Meal Revolution"? Has some GREAT recipes in it!
What if a person is in denial about their diagnosis? Wanting them to understand they need help
hello my name is Nathan feissel and I live on BC Canada heading to Saskatchewan soon and im reaching out hoping you can help I been struggling my intire life and hoping someone can help me with the resources I need and someone to talk to
Sorry to all if it seems like I have not responeded - I answer all of your replies to my comments, but RUclips randomly deletes them.
Was he ever hospitalized? I have been hospitalized multiples times and I still hold a career.
9:10 fascinating how a bipolar patient couldnt experience happiness? Extreme highs and sometimes extreme lows must have “fun” in the extreme Highs.
Manic episodes can be so much agitation that you don't have much fun sometimes.
@@Catlily5 I have been reported to have to Manic episodes and they have reportedly happened only when I am in a good mood. Odd part is that implies they wear off without intervention
@@timinri They usually go away faster and are less severe with intervention. Manic episodes will go away without intervention but severe mania can cause many negative events and brain damage.
I hate fast food, takeout and most restaurants.
Does keto put schizotypal into remission
It can play a major role but there are multiple other things that will need to be put in place
Yes
Ive heard it could treat epilepsy. It could be the placebo effect. Ex. Although people have high blood pressure and medicine is a bummer would you trust a treatment that is risky and could kill you?
@@JayValmire no way keto is gonna kill you. or anyone
It's possible, but schizotypal PD is considered a personality disorder which makes things a bit more complex.
The extrmee high have never been fun nor happy time when i have my highs. Ur so manic with highs its like energy bursts that last a while rather then a high of a good thing is what ur thinking im bi polar 2.
I think you need a name update... Living Well WITHOUT schizophrenia
She still has a mental illness. She is just using a diet instead of meds to treat it.
Thank you @lexamdelac28, interesting!
Thanks!