Ketogenic therapy changed my life. 10 years of suffering; now beginning to see the light- thanks to your journey. Well-formulated keto is a health revolution. Be blessed Lauren 🙏!
@kirakeynow Have you tried C8 Mct oil or Exogenous Ketones? They are key in the beginning, before the body had a chance to switch fuel systems, as C8 MCT oil bypasses the liver for minimal digestion, raising ketone levels quite significantly with only a few teaspoons. If that is not enough, exogenous ketones are even more bio-available, energy bombs needing no digestive process at all. That, with small doses of caffeine, and sleep hygiene such as no screen time in evenings & melatonin supplementation, truly made a difference. In my case different electrolytes had differing effects, feel free to try another to see if that makes a difference. Wishing you only the best!
@@kirakeynow RUclips erased my response. Oh well! I will try again! C8 MCT oil that bypasses most of the digestive tract as well as exogenous ketones for highly available energy sources. C8 mct oil alone can raise ketone levels significantly with only a few teaspoons. Also, different electrolytes have differing effects, if one has not had positive effects, feel free to try another; be careful to check that it provides full spectrum electrolytes: sodium, potassium, magnesium & calcium. That, with sleep hygiene such as limiting screen time after dark and supplementation with melatonin, made a massive difference. Wishing you only the best!🙏
@kirakeynow Then you are probably not eating enough fat. If you don't eat carbs you have to get energy from fat. Try increasing the fat, and also count the calories to find out whether you're eating enough. Too little fat or too little food in total are the most common causes of fatigue on keto.
Some of these comments are WILD... "She is probably in psychosis and unaware placebo affect", "Her eyes say she's struggling", I think people need to remember that they are leaving these comments on a real human being's profile, this isn't just some fictional character. If you genuinely have worry for Lauren, maybe think about how these comments may come across and at the very least, consider re-wording them in a way that you would be comfortable with her reading. You don't have to support her treatment plan or the trajectory her channel has taken if it doesn't align with your personal/mental health journey, but at the very least, can we uplift each other and not waste our/Lauren's time by spewing meaningless and unproductive comments that contribute nothing at all to the conversation?
These comments are ignorant and evil The people that think this are undiagnosed personality disorders Which is more a choice where as a brain illness is not
My wife just also got off anti psychotic after a 9 month tapering as well. I know that there are still many people believe in no way out of med, but we believe in you Lauren.
Lauren is giving us the step by step progress she’s made, supported by her team and psychiatrist, and so far so good. This keto treatment may not work for everyone, no treatment does. But it is absurd to suggest she’s “in psychosis”, it says a great deal more about those concocting these unfounded smears than it does anything about Lauren.
I am a psychiatric nurse and I work for a mobile crisis team. Today was a rough day. I went out on three calls and all were in active psychosis due to non compliance. Ive seen Psychotropic medication save lives but I also know it comes at a heavy cost. When I look at a clients med list I usually see a medication for High blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as well. I get it! I find your channel inspiring. Your voice is needed, thank you ❤
Yes, the correlation between metabolic syndrome and mental illness is huge. This signal gets lost when close to 90% of Americans are not metabolically healthy. Thank you for the work you do.
I started two years ago, and congrats. I am completely off meds as well, did it with docs help, was on 40-50 pills a day at the start. High fives us! The withdrawals are comically bad compared to what I was told to expect. I was so sick, for almost a year. I took the same drugs as you plus some additional sedatives at night and stims like Adderall in the morning. Missing one dose of Haldol used to send me into a spin I remember and then boom, I had to call my doc "doc, I am freaking out I feel over medicated." Anyway, I will try to follow your stuff and send this to my mother as well. Great job us, medical keto does work just like Chris Palmer claimed, and hopefully this can be a more mainstream option going forward. For me it has felt like walking up after a long twenty-year sleep. Now, what to do with our lives. 😊
I want to mention here, that Lauren has worked so hard! So hard every day to accomplish what she has accomplished. If you have ever tried to go on a diet and exercise plan, you know how much focus and determination it takes to stay on it. Lauren has embodied her healing journey literally! Many people in the comments think hat she just decided "oh I'm gonna go off my meds, and try this little exercise thing" . If you watch the videos from the start of her Metabolic therapy journey, you can see that this girl is up with her light visor on in the morning, she is exercising constantly, she is figuring out a meal plan that works, she is aware of when her life is causing increased stress and goes to therapy, then employs coping strategies given. If everyone can just acknowledge the frekin boss that she is..! Some people who are observing are triggered by the idea of doing something different, that is understandable. But Lauren is literally showing us the way back to our health and well-being! People who are lighting the way for others don't need haters. It's hard enough. If people were not brave enough to follow through with science backed, physician and therapist supported plans we would still be lobotomizing people with anxiety disorders. ...just saying.
It's hard for some people to start and stay on a ketogenic diet, but it gets easier as times goes by. After a while, it just becomes the norm. It would be good for Lauren to do a video on how "difficult" it is to stay on the diet and if that has changed over time.
Keto helps me so much when I adhere to the diet. I have been on it again and I definitely am planning on staying consistent with it as a metabolic therapy. Glad you’re continuing to feel great and sharing your process with us.
Your journey certainly is quite remarkable for many reasons. You bring to it a great deal of intelligence, self-awareness (of both your mental and physical states), a broad understanding of mental illness, and a significant amount of life experience. You may very well be a successful trailblazer. I truly hope so. But this will be a long journey and it's good to see that you're aware of that. Thank you for your posts. They are helpful and significant contributions to mental illness and self-care.
It’s actually due to people like Lauren who shared their journey that we were able to realise that symptoms that my mom were experiencing were withdrawal symptoms and not any mental illness or depression symptoms. It is usually the caregivers who are unwilling to change status quo and support the patient in this very hard journey . Thanks Lauren for sharing your story . After my mom’s experience with withdrawal, I wonder how many people actually have a mental health problem and how many have side effects
I live with paranoid Schizophrenia and I request you make a vlog about simple keto food for three different meals without pork, to take without tapering medicine. Thank You Louren, your videos are inspiring👏
Thank you Lauren. Your story gives me hope for my son who has schizoeffective disorder. I pray God watches over you and protects you through your journey. We love you!
Ten years after diagnosis: 50% of people with schizophrenia recover or improve to the point they can work and live on their own. Healthy diet, lifestyle, strong will and support are imperative for recovery. Lauren has made it!
Hey Lauren, after being diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2022, I found the medications to be quite harmful, in my perspective, due to the signs and symptoms associated. I believe this is all because of the medication, unfortunately, and I appreciate your ability to see both sides. I understand this video may be really difficult to share but I just want to say, the fact that you are able to safely taper and see the positives through your metabolic approach, is nothing less then inspirational. Thankyou for helping fight back against the institutions that are directly responsible for making my life so difficult to live.
I wish the hostile comments would stop. She has put like a hundred disclaimers about how you must not try this without a psychiatrist's supervision and how it is okay if you can't get off psych meds. She's talking about the difficulties she's faced during the de-prescribing process, and her worries too. Imagine being that transparent online about such a sensitive topic, and recieving bullying. I think the negativity comes from a place of envy, which is natural given how inaccessible it is to try this kind of alternative therapies. To me, especially as a nursing student, all this gives hope and is extremely interesting from a scientific standpoint.
@@alijane6675 but criticism is different from bullying, isn't it? Criticism aims to provide feedback that helps someone improve or grow. Whereas bullying is demeaning, or passive-aggressive, targeting personal qualities, appearance, or vulnerabilities. Understanding the difference is crucial to ensure that feedback is helpful rather than harmful.
Hello dear Lauren, my name is Emma, nice to virtually meet you 😊 I’ve been a happy subscriber for about two years now, and it’s been truly amazing to see your transformation happen in real time. When you announced that you were no longer experiencing symptoms of your disorder after such a short period of time fully immersed in this new lifestyle, I was truly stunned. With that, a question formed in my mind that I believe would make a very interesting video: what was it like, emotionally, going from having daily symptoms to having no symptoms at all in just two and a half months (if I am remembering correctly)? Obviously, I don’t want to be indiscrete through my question, so please feel free to ignore this comment if you do not want to answer. However, if you do feel like responding, it would be amazing to hear your thoughts on this matter ❤️ sending lots of love and a fast recovery for your anke 😉
Lauren, thanks for posting these videos. The side effects of antipsychotics are terrible. My sister developed diabetes, obesity and tardive dyskinesia from Geodon and the like. Yes, the meds alleviated the psychosis, but what a terrible cost.
i think its really inspiring and heartwarming seeing how far you've come in your journey you should be proud and it motivates me more to review my diet / meds
You have found what is working for you -excellent and you are so sharp you would recognize and act on any changes. Strong young successful women raising beautiful family thank you for keeping us with you ! You give hope to so many
Congratulations to you for these two months, sincerely! I will continue to check in with your updates, and wish you well in the upcoming months and years.
So many people do not have a decent psychiatrist, therapist, ketogenic therapist, let alone a care team. How do people find a decent psychiatric care team. Please List your ketogenic therapist or guidance in this regard. Thank you for all you do. You are quite amazing. I am very glad for you.
Yes this is the thing. I am very pleased for Lauren and very pleased myself tbh to see her doing so well - most people though don't have such great support unfortunately and often schizophrenic people become isolated from family and friends don't they - depending on where in the world they are they might not have good access to meds and doctors appointments either. Not much psychiatric or therapeutic help. I just wish that people struggling with such a difficult illness all had these things in place tbh because they absolutely deserve it.
Lauren was working with her regular psychiatrist as well as a ketogenic coach from The Metabolic Mind (she has named the coach in previous videos, I don't remember her name). You can go to their website, the Families and Peers tab, there's a directory. Many of the practitioners take insurance and do online visits, so you don't even need to live nearby.
Love this explanation from this wider perspective. Thanks for sharing your journey on metabolic therapy. So happy this has been therapeutic for you! Best wishes!
Great, Lauren! Thanks for the indepth withdrawal process! You would go down by higher percentages than I am able. I've been doing like 2-10% reductions every week or several weeks of olanzapine and my main withdrawal symptoms are anxiety, insomnia, and suicidal ideation, that tends to peak with pms - however, it's tricky because I was suicidal before I started keto and while I was on olanzapine treatment alone for schizoaffective (I felt suicidal often for several years I was on it). The suicidal ideation on this keto journey has been scary at times while tapering olanzapine and it makes me want to get off even more, but meanwhile, insomnia bothers me a ton too. I'm also experiencing migraine-like headaches while going lower, and seemingly temp dysregulation. I didn't know you could injure the brain though going too quickly. All videos are helpful; thank you!! ♥
Well done. Don't forget measuring your ketones. They should be between 1.5 and 4 according to Dr. Chris Palmer. Good luck. I think you wiĺl have great results.
This is a great story and experience. Thank you for sharing as always I think it would be helpful if you could get your doctors on your show so we could hear their take on all this for people that might be considering the same path you took. Blessings
Lauren's psychiatrist is not trained in metabolic psychiatry and does not use it as part of his treatment protocol from my understanding, so he's not going to go a show about it (she could not find one in her Province). She has had several doctors who do use metabolic therapy successfully on the show though.
wow this was so inspiring!! i want to try this too. thank you so much for shraring your journey with us. im sooo tired of taking meds!! i hope i can do this too!!
I think there is a place for medication like she mentioned and maybe not even acute settings but long term use if needed but on smaller doses if the ketogenic therapy is working. I can’t do 20 grams of carbs daily but I am still experiencing the benefits of this and I am still on a PRN psychiatric medication on a small dose and will need adhd medication for awhile. So there is a place for it and everyone’s journey is different.
My symptoms of schizophrenia are rather unique. When you mentioned the word, potentiation, it sounds familiar because I use two medications for treatment. One medication is a sedative, the other has a side effect of insomnia. Let me tell you, trying to not sleep in order to combat the sedation is a bit easier now. Since we introduced the second medication, my symptoms have slowed down quite a bit. I feel better with this medication combo. Because of the mild success, I am hesitant of making a reduction of any kind. Even though I know I don't need mood stabilizers. Or aggression suppression. I would entertain the idea of reducing the medication because of the sedation side effect.
I am so happy for your journey and this video giving transparency around your experience with a seriousness that is necessary. I really wish you would have slowed down, waited, and started with this disclaimer and withdrawal warnings first in the series of videos you started after your rebranding. Once again your channel, not mine. I am rooting for you and proud of your for challenging the status quo. I've deprescribed off very large/strong doses of medication like Seroquel. It's a journey indeed and I understand the great healing in alternative medicine as I'm a practioner/teacher. You've done something for yourself in this process for your own mind and even if you end up back on medication it's no failure on your part. We all have autonomy. Outside of your "obviously" comment this is a very mature approach I hope you continue with your channel, which drew me towards you in the first place. I look forward to seeing your journey as much as you take us. Keep growing Lauren🌻 & I wish you a healing recovery to your ankle💗
unfortunately in australia, unless you have private health cover, the mental health support is lacking. appointments are hard to get and there is a long wait between visits unless you are in crisis where a cat team come and take you to an acute ward. there is not a lot of talk around diet and body health in regards to mental health here. its a real problem. governments simply do not want to spend OUR dollars on mental health. i find this to be appalling and unfair. this channel is super interesting. thank you
Unfortunately, many of us patients are left alone and no doctor will help us in our journey. I realized long ago that I'm on my own and since then I'm myself searching for answers. Patient have to stop being "patient" and take action into their own hands. Because if I need to wait until they can cure me, I'll be dead before that happens.
Sarah along with good RUclips channels here are some peer reviewed papers that I have found freely available online that have been useful: 1. Yudkoff, M., Daikhin, Y., Horyn, O., Nissim, I., & Nissim, I. (2008). Ketosis and Brain Handling of Glutamate, Glutamine, and GABA. 2. Bostock, E., et al. (2017). The Current Status of the Ketogenic Diet in Psychiatry. 3. Sarnyai, Z., & Palmer, C. (2020). Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence. 4. Ricci, A., et al. (2020). Exploring the Mechanisms of Action of the Antidepressant Effect of the Ketogenic Diet. 5. Włodarczyk, A., Cubała, W. J., & Stawicki, M. (2021). Ketogenic Diet for Depression: A Potential Dietary Regimen to Maintain Euthymia? 6. Grajek, P., et al. (2022). Nutrition and Mental Health: A Review of Current Knowledge About the Impact of Diet on Mental Health. 7. Danan, E., Westman, E., Saslow, L., & Ede, G. (2022). The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients. 8. Shamshtein, D., & Liwinski, T. (2022). Ketogenic Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder: A Review of Neurobiological Evidence. 9. Dietch, J., et al. (2023). Efficacy of Low Carbohydrate and Ketogenic Diets in Treating Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Systematic Review and Implications for Clinical Practice. 10. Omori, K., Woo, M., et al. (2023). Exploring the Role of Ketone Bodies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. 11. Sethi, P., et al. (2023). Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial. 12. Calabrese, K., Frase, R., & Ghaloo, S. (2024). Complete Remission of Depression and Anxiety Using a Ketogenic Diet: Case Series. I would also suggest starting with reading a guide on how to evaluate the quality of research, effect size vs significance to spot p hacking and the like.
@@benjones1452 I follow a strict diet, I take supplements and I feel great after 1 year of the taper, not all the people have to suffer with that poisons all their lives.
@@benjones1452and many will be in remission only by tapering their meds, read more about the illness and the experiences of people, not only to the stupid psychiatric doctors, the mayority of that doctos only know about meds and nothing more.
I had to taper my psych meds on my own, because the psychiatry here in Sweden wouldn't help me with that. They wanted me to stay on my medication because it was conveniant to them, and I also think they don't have the experience to help patients get off their meds. I have had several backlashes doing it on my own, but it was the only way. Psychiatry in Sweden doesn't care about their patients, they just want to put them on meds and make them shut up.
Relapse is real and dangerous. I hope with a combination of keto and exercise and getting back to some more quality of life things turn around, that you can have some relief but be careful you only have one life, and it's precious for all that it might not feel like that sometimes.
@benjones1452 Yeah, I know. But now I'm at a point where I only need a very small dosage of my med so I can sleep. I will continue taking it until I can sleep without it. But I got rid of hoŕrible side effects by reducing the original dose to 5% of it and I feel much better. Carnivore helped me with that. I've been doing it for 2 years. I feel safe now.
One of my medications was dropped lower and other added. I think there was a change for better. Good to know that dropping medication too quickly can be hurtful to brains. I would like to hear doctors tell me more on side effects because I don't know so much. Learning and being aware of my situation myself has improved by watching videos of your and others experiences on schizophrenia. I eat little bit healthier foods and long term I want to start a healthy diet.
Good for you! I actually want to try this diet for my schizoaffective but I don't think I could afford it. The staff and coaches you have are great but probably come at a cost in the States. Our health care is expensive. I pay a copay to see a therapist or staff after the deductible is met while paying 400 dollars a month for medical and dental. (Its with reduced costs because of my income) It seems more important to get off these meds but much cheaper to avoid hospitals. My antipsych is 5 dollars a month. Those pros and coaches cost 80 per visit.😮
The reduction in her medication as the efficacy of her keto has had its metabolic effect is impressive. The keto is not intrinsically that expensive, in terms of the food itself. It all about having the spoons to set it up alongside the medication, plan the meals, getting family and doctor on side and seeing what happens. It is about being circumspect, about taking it easy, it's not about changing everything radically. Come from a place of caution and experimentation, and read stay up to date with the medical literature on places like Anna's archive, if you don't have access to other sources.
@@luneparadox That is true, as a Brit who enjoys this dream, it is easy to forget. However, I'm not convinced that to assume someone has no family is really that helpful.
@@luneparadoxall you need to do keto is internet. You don't need family or expensive coaches. It's all there, there are books you can download in pirate libraries, there are videos, there's everything you need. Keto isn't expensive, you can eat cheap chicken and eggs all day and some cheap veggies, and some spoons of coconut oil a day. And electrolytes, aka salt, magnesium and potassium.
Absolutely! I have been on carnivore, which also is a ketogenic diet, for 2 years and I have experienced more and more mental clarity, and I have the mental capacity today at 52, to analize my life, in a way that I couldn't when I was much younger.
She has videos w/doctors’ interviews on this, books, folks you could reach out to, but you might have to listen or read her content. Her channel is a font of knowledge.
If you are seeing a psychiatrist, it’s important to follow their advice regarding medication. As you age, managing your mental health with the right medication can help you stay mentally fit and healthy.
Meds is not the best solution to psychiatric illness because in the long run they can have a more and more negative effect even if they worked well in the beginning. I know that from my own experiance.
I agree in principle, but think that this is only part of the story, there is a middle way, you can start keto and then see what the effect it has. Lauren has an account of how it increases the effectiveness of her medication to the point it needed to be reduced.
Hey Lauren, I am almost off my medication. I still take 10mg. I have been treating my schizophrenia with keto and functional medicine. I do not have hardly any of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, like no delusions or hullicinations and i dont have any intrusive thoughts anymore. I do however have the negative symptoms like i have a lack of motivation, hardly any interest in socializing, completing tasks is hard and i also feel like my brain does not think as clearly as before i had schizophrenia. I was wondering if you feel comfortable sharing if you experienced any negative symptoms of schizophrenia and if they got better after you were totally off your medication?
Jokes on you, disrespectful people who write wils comments, your comments only make this channel more popular and hopefully more people will know about keto and try it.
Perhaps your medication has injured you and you experience withdrawal injuries and maybe even tardive injuries after coming off. “Withdrawal” is just brain change = brain injury being unmasked. No matter which class of drug. I was unknowingly injured by several classes of medications. No one tells you there are over 500 akathisia causing medications. No one tells you about withdrawal akathisia and tardive akathisia and all the other withdrawal and tardive injuries you can get after stopping these “medications”.
Do you get any weird feelings like you might be experiencing symptoms but it might just be your imagination because of the trauma of having to deal with them?
@@sbocaj22 unhelpful, CBG edibles are not at all recommended for a schizophrenic - CBGs for a schizophrenic is tantamount to playing Russian roulette, be careful! Once you are discounting/dismissing the appearance of symptoms as imaginary, one is closer to psychosis than one might imagine.
@@sbocaj22 this is very unhelpful, CBGs are not recommended for a schizophrenic. Once one is dismissing symptoms as imaginary, you are on a vert slippery slope.
This is very unhelpful, and CBGs are not recommended for a schizophrenic. Once one is dismissing symptoms as imaginary, you are on a very slippery slope.
Psychiatric medications can come with crappy side effects. It's not realistic for me to go off meds completely though. In crisis within a year. Have reduced the antipsychotic prescribed to me for sleep. I am diagnosed bipolar 1 without psychosis. Doctors strongly recommend I stay on the mood stabiliser. Doing keto is not an option for me. A restricted diet (gluten-free) for coeliac is already challenging for me on a low income. Plus I have food sensitivities including sensory.
There is an interview on RUclips with Dr. Iain Campbell, a scientist who studies Bipolar Disorders, who thinks so. He has high hopes that early intervention could prevent the onset of Bipolar.
@@Anyakk1995 This is based on his understanding of the disorder. There are no clinical studies. The interview is worth watching. He published in Nature on Bipolar Disorder.
That is a very interesting question, I can't imagine how you would design a study like that, but you might want to read Sethi, P., et al. (2023). Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial. I won't quote the paper here for obvious reasons, but its not difficult to get hold of.
Go to church and believe in the holey spirit. It really helps me with my anxiety attacks. Be aware of the spiritual realm. Cut out negative people too.
While it is wonderful that this helps with your anxiety attacks. Unsolicited recommendations to go to church and believe, to anyone who is feeling vulnerable without knowing them, is likely to have a negative outcome.
Not completely for me but somewhat, certainly some emotions have comeback strongly but others not so much, but I am upping the exercise and have been reading and watching Ollerton MD on RUclips with interest.
Hi my wife has been dignosed with physicosis and bipolar 1 and 2. I saw yoy youtube channel My Story living witg schizohernia. And i find it very very intresting i would like to get in touch with you to find out and how to cope with living with MENTAL HEALTH.
The reality is that not only are psychedelics not bad, as they are stigmatized to be, but they are actually 180 degrees opposite. They're not just neutral; they're amazing, and they are very important for the development of the human race. There's no distinction, really, between drugs and, for example, television, reading tabloid magazines, getting addicted to pornography, getting addicted to the internet, or getting addicted to greasy food. To me, all this stuff is just addiction, with different degrees of it. I'm very anti-drugs. Not only am I anti-heroin, cocaine, meth, and all this sort of stuff, but I'm even anti-alcohol, anti-smoking, anti-tobacco, anti-prescription drugs, and anti-eating sugar, drinking soda, and caffeine.
@@benjones1452 Enlightenment is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. So the bad news is that you don't have parachute, but the good news is that you discover there is no ground. And then you're just endlessly falling and you never reach the ground. So in a sense, what i'm asking you to do is to jump. And you don't want to jump. You're saying, I'm scared. I'm too scared to jump. And I'm saying, jump. God is telling you, jump, jump into infinite love and it's going to be great. But you're like, what if I kill myself and what if something else happens? I don't know. You just jump into infinite love. Take the leap of faith and you'll discover infinite love. And you're too scared to do it. But then eventually when you do it, then you're just going to discover that there's no ground. You're endlessly falling forever and it's great. But yeah, taking that leap is really difficult. It requires you to face your death. So of course, everybody is too afraid to do it. People are just to scared.
@@dmtdreamz7706 but confusing enlightenment with mania or psychosis is all too common, isn't it? "If you meet the Buddha in the street, k*** him," is a famous Zen koan, it was said I think by the 9th-century Zen master Linji Yixuan. He warns us not to accept or be complacent when it comes to spiritual growth and to realise that the Buddha-nature is already within you, which I conservatively interpret as not needing drugs to get there, meditation is the proscribed, less reckless, route.
@@benjones1452 On a certain level, we have a drug store in our brain, the neurochemicals that show up in flow: so dopamine, norepinephrine, anandamide, endorphins, and serotonin. If you were to try to cocktail the street drug version of that, right, you're trying to blend like heroin and speed and coke and acid and weed- and point is, you can't do it. It turns out the brain can cocktail all of 'em at once, which is why people will prefer flow to almost any experience on Earth. It's our favorite experience. It's the most addictive experience on Earth. Why? 'Cause it cocktails five or six of the largest pleasure drugs the brain can produce. We're all capable of so much more than we know. That is a commonality across the board. And one of the big reasons is we're all hardwired for flow, and flow is a massive amplification of what's possible for ourselves.
Diabetes is known to lower serotonin levels, even for prediabetics, and when I heard about keto, it does make sense, insulin resistance has also been associated with causing some mental health issues....anyway I find these videos very informative
While you are right that diabetes can lower serotonin levels, it is not this neurotransmitter that is implicated in schizoaffective disorder. Of courser lower serotonin levels might lead to lower mood, but in many people it doesn't. Personally, SSRIs have not helped me: exercise and the antipsychotic medication olanzapine have helped, and keto has kept me off olanzapine and well for over a year now.
I kind of followed your path with ketogenic therapy, and I suspect that your regular physical activity may have played a role in supporting that threapy. If yout think that supporting role was a real thing, you may want to mention it in your further reports.
I'm really happy for you getting off your meds. I wish I could get off mine too. Now that you're off your meds you no longer need the keto diet. I think you should return to a normal diet and follow the canada food guide. People have died from going on the keto diet.
No no. Noone has died from keto. Keto is our proper human diet. Inuits eat a ketogenic diet all their lives and they don't have any of the modern diseases we have in the modern world. It is because of keto that Lauren has been able to get rid of her meds because keto is making her feel much better. If she goes back to a carb rich diet she will most likely get back her psychiatric symptoms. She must stay on keto.
@emilwilczewski it's because she's off those toxic meds that she feels better, not because she's on a keto diet. The pharmaceutical industry and the mental health people feed people lies and they bind people by force to take harmful medications which cause physical dependance so they can fund their rich lifestyles and their expensive cars. The so called symptoms of schizophrenia are actually side effects of the medication used to treat schizophrenia. They have everyone brain washed. Rich Piana died from the keto diet, and another bodybuilder spoke of how dangerous the keto diet is.
Lauren is not alone. Check the bibliography for this treatment by medical psychiatric professionals, medical school professors before you speak about this rx.
Pyschiatrists don't want us to actually get better. They want us to stay hooked on their drugs for life and to never search for the root of the cause so that they can profit off our illnesses forever
Perhaps, they might and they have good reason for the most part, but all psychiatrists are able to diagnose when a patient is overmedicated, if you were to start keto safely: with nutritional advice and the right supplements, they might naturally adjust your treatment plan. Or, perhaps, just wait, and keep reading, there are some very good studies underway and some useful studies already concluded: 1. Nutrition and mental health: A review of current knowledge about the impact of diet on mental health, Grajek et al., 2022, 2. Exploring the role of ketone bodies in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, Omo, 2023; 3. Exploring the mechanisms of action of the antidepressant effect of the ketogenic diet, Ricci et al., 2020; 4. Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence, Sarnyai & Palmer, 2020; 5. Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial, Sethi et al. 2023; 6. Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients, Albert Danan, Eric C. Westman, Laura R. Saslow and Georgia Ede 2022; Good luck.
But she did give a very comprehensive warning and breakdown of her journey, she literally opened with one, did you even bother to listen to it? Let me ask you why your voice without a reasoned or informed or even vaguely diligent analysis should be listened to?
@@kornik1234 I think what is worrying you is that this is real but that it may either not work for you, or is unavailable to you, or that you are perhaps too disheartened to try it. In Dante's inferno, Virgil warns against falling asleep in hell, symbolising spiritual complacency or succumbing to despair.
So sick of this dangerous, disingenuious crap. I went from loving her, to being critcal of her new keto content, and now I just plain dislike her as a person. You are not a miracle of modern psychiatry. Also, please disclose your sponsorship with metabolic mind.
Find Dr. Josef Witt Doerring and hear about his work tapering patients injured by their medications. Find Nicole Lamberson PA and hear about her benzodiazepine injury and her work for the award winning documentary “Medicating Normal”. Find Mark Horowitz and hear about his antidepressant injury and his work with hyperbolic tapering and the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. Find Jill Nicken at the Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research. You can find me there as well. Medications don’t solve chemical imbalances, they create them. I am the proof. I’ve had chronic akathisia for years. Now I have tardive dystonia on top and a benzodiazepine injury on top of that. It’s hell on earth.
It’s hard to see others improve when one is stuck, it’s only natural - but she’s doing so well isn’t she and her family have her back which is wonderful.
Why don’t you leave instead of being a piece of shit and writing something like this. Why is that even necessary if you’re not happy with her progress or what she’s doing then just leave
Not necessary, I tapered my medications too, was very difficult but I did it! Right now I'm great, so I know that Lauren will be great too in the future.
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Ketogenic therapy changed my life. 10 years of suffering; now beginning to see the light- thanks to your journey. Well-formulated keto is a health revolution. Be blessed Lauren 🙏!
how do you deal with low energy in the first weeks? I always quit because I get extremely fatigued, no matter how much fat and electrolytes I eat :/
@kirakeynow Have you tried C8 Mct oil or Exogenous Ketones? They are key in the beginning, before the body had a chance to switch fuel systems, as C8 MCT oil bypasses the liver for minimal digestion, raising ketone levels quite significantly with only a few teaspoons. If that is not enough, exogenous ketones are even more bio-available, energy bombs needing no digestive process at all. That, with small doses of caffeine, and sleep hygiene such as no screen time in evenings & melatonin supplementation, truly made a difference. In my case different electrolytes had differing effects, feel free to try another to see if that makes a difference. Wishing you only the best!
@@kirakeynow RUclips erased my response. Oh well! I will try again!
C8 MCT oil that bypasses most of the digestive tract as well as exogenous ketones for highly available energy sources. C8 mct oil alone can raise ketone levels significantly with only a few teaspoons. Also, different electrolytes have differing effects, if one has not had positive effects, feel free to try another; be careful to check that it provides full spectrum electrolytes: sodium, potassium, magnesium & calcium. That, with sleep hygiene such as limiting screen time after dark and supplementation with melatonin, made a massive difference.
Wishing you only the best!🙏
@kirakeynow Then you are probably not eating enough fat. If you don't eat carbs you have to get energy from fat. Try increasing the fat, and also count the calories to find out whether you're eating enough. Too little fat or too little food in total are the most common causes of fatigue on keto.
@@kirakeynow Did you make sure you were getting enough electrolytes? That seems to be a game changer for many going through the transition.
Some of these comments are WILD... "She is probably in psychosis and unaware placebo affect", "Her eyes say she's struggling", I think people need to remember that they are leaving these comments on a real human being's profile, this isn't just some fictional character. If you genuinely have worry for Lauren, maybe think about how these comments may come across and at the very least, consider re-wording them in a way that you would be comfortable with her reading. You don't have to support her treatment plan or the trajectory her channel has taken if it doesn't align with your personal/mental health journey, but at the very least, can we uplift each other and not waste our/Lauren's time by spewing meaningless and unproductive comments that contribute nothing at all to the conversation?
You are quite right. ❤
These comments are ignorant and evil
The people that think this are undiagnosed personality disorders
Which is more a choice where as a brain illness is not
Sorry!! You forget how draining it is for the family!!! Everyone gets affected.
Yes!!!
@@Cansquared her family seems to support her decision. her husband has been supporting her thru this process
Keto has helped me so much. I would of never tried Keto had it not been for this channel. Thanks Lauren!
Same same.
Ditto
Same
My wife just also got off anti psychotic after a 9 month tapering as well. I know that there are still many people believe in no way out of med, but we believe in you Lauren.
Lauren is giving us the step by step progress she’s made, supported by her team and psychiatrist, and so far so good. This keto treatment may not work for everyone, no treatment does. But it is absurd to suggest she’s “in psychosis”, it says a great deal more about those concocting these unfounded smears than it does anything about Lauren.
I am a psychiatric nurse and I work for a mobile crisis team. Today was a rough day. I went out on three calls and all were in active psychosis due to non compliance. Ive seen Psychotropic medication save lives but I also know it comes at a heavy cost. When I look at a clients med list I usually see a medication for High blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as well. I get it! I find your channel inspiring. Your voice is needed, thank you ❤
Honestly, your experience with these issues lends a great deal of authority to your contribution here.
Yes, the correlation between metabolic syndrome and mental illness is huge. This signal gets lost when close to 90% of Americans are not metabolically healthy. Thank you for the work you do.
Lauren you're awesome! Such a beacon of hope!!
Been watching this channel sporadically for years. This was really happy to see, all the recent videos documenting your recovery!
I started two years ago, and congrats. I am completely off meds as well, did it with docs help, was on 40-50 pills a day at the start. High fives us! The withdrawals are comically bad compared to what I was told to expect. I was so sick, for almost a year. I took the same drugs as you plus some additional sedatives at night and stims like Adderall in the morning. Missing one dose of Haldol used to send me into a spin I remember and then boom, I had to call my doc "doc, I am freaking out I feel over medicated." Anyway, I will try to follow your stuff and send this to my mother as well. Great job us, medical keto does work just like Chris Palmer claimed, and hopefully this can be a more mainstream option going forward. For me it has felt like walking up after a long twenty-year sleep. Now, what to do with our lives. 😊
I want to mention here, that Lauren has worked so hard! So hard every day to accomplish what she has accomplished. If you have ever tried to go on a diet and exercise plan, you know how much focus and determination it takes to stay on it. Lauren has embodied her healing journey literally! Many people in the comments think hat she just decided "oh I'm gonna go off my meds, and try this little exercise thing" . If you watch the videos from the start of her Metabolic therapy journey, you can see that this girl is up with her light visor on in the morning, she is exercising constantly, she is figuring out a meal plan that works, she is aware of when her life is causing increased stress and goes to therapy, then employs coping strategies given. If everyone can just acknowledge the frekin boss that she is..! Some people who are observing are triggered by the idea of doing something different, that is understandable. But Lauren is literally showing us the way back to our health and well-being!
People who are lighting the way for others don't need haters. It's hard enough. If people were not brave enough to follow through with science backed, physician and therapist supported plans we would still be lobotomizing people with anxiety disorders. ...just saying.
... thanks for just staying :).
It's hard for some people to start and stay on a ketogenic diet, but it gets easier as times goes by. After a while, it just becomes the norm.
It would be good for Lauren to do a video on how "difficult" it is to stay on the diet and if that has changed over time.
@benjones1452 :) 💗
Keto helps me so much when I adhere to the diet. I have been on it again and I definitely am planning on staying consistent with it as a metabolic therapy.
Glad you’re continuing to feel great and sharing your process with us.
Your journey certainly is quite remarkable for many reasons. You bring to it a great deal of intelligence, self-awareness (of both your mental and physical states), a broad understanding of mental illness, and a significant amount of life experience. You may very well be a successful trailblazer. I truly hope so. But this will be a long journey and it's good to see that you're aware of that. Thank you for your posts. They are helpful and significant contributions to mental illness and self-care.
It’s actually due to people like Lauren who shared their journey that we were able to realise that symptoms that my mom were experiencing were withdrawal symptoms and not any mental illness or depression symptoms. It is usually the caregivers who are unwilling to change status quo and support the patient in this very hard journey . Thanks Lauren for sharing your story . After my mom’s experience with withdrawal, I wonder how many people actually have a mental health problem and how many have side effects
I live with paranoid Schizophrenia and I request you make a vlog about simple keto food for three different meals without pork, to take without tapering medicine. Thank You Louren, your videos are inspiring👏
There are plenty of keto channels on RUclips with lots of yummie recipes. Check out Ketogenic woman.
Thank you Lauren. Your story gives me hope for my son who has schizoeffective disorder. I pray God watches over you and protects you through your journey. We love you!
Ten years after diagnosis: 50% of people with schizophrenia recover or improve to the point they can work and live on their own. Healthy diet, lifestyle, strong will and support are imperative for recovery. Lauren has made it!
You are very strong, your husband always holds your hand❤ , role model for many struggling with this. Thank-you for sharing your experience.
I’m getting ready to start my journey with keto and getting off my antipsychotics. Thank you for leading the way! You inspire me!
Be super careful, good luck, share your experience.
@@nicolatutera8713 get as much family and professional support as possible, download and read the papers and read the literature & good luck 🥰
Hey Lauren, after being diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2022, I found the medications to be quite harmful, in my perspective, due to the signs and symptoms associated. I believe this is all because of the medication, unfortunately, and I appreciate your ability to see both sides. I understand this video may be really difficult to share but I just want to say, the fact that you are able to safely taper and see the positives through your metabolic approach, is nothing less then inspirational. Thankyou for helping fight back against the institutions that are directly responsible for making my life so difficult to live.
I wish the hostile comments would stop. She has put like a hundred disclaimers about how you must not try this without a psychiatrist's supervision and how it is okay if you can't get off psych meds. She's talking about the difficulties she's faced during the de-prescribing process, and her worries too. Imagine being that transparent online about such a sensitive topic, and recieving bullying. I think the negativity comes from a place of envy, which is natural given how inaccessible it is to try this kind of alternative therapies. To me, especially as a nursing student, all this gives hope and is extremely interesting from a scientific standpoint.
I totally agree?
Well said
Criticism isn’t bullying, unless you’re 6.
@@alijane6675 but criticism is different from bullying, isn't it? Criticism aims to provide feedback that helps someone improve or grow. Whereas bullying is demeaning, or passive-aggressive, targeting personal qualities, appearance, or vulnerabilities. Understanding the difference is crucial to ensure that feedback is helpful rather than harmful.
Hello dear Lauren, my name is Emma, nice to virtually meet you 😊 I’ve been a happy subscriber for about two years now, and it’s been truly amazing to see your transformation happen in real time. When you announced that you were no longer experiencing symptoms of your disorder after such a short period of time fully immersed in this new lifestyle, I was truly stunned. With that, a question formed in my mind that I believe would make a very interesting video: what was it like, emotionally, going from having daily symptoms to having no symptoms at all in just two and a half months (if I am remembering correctly)? Obviously, I don’t want to be indiscrete through my question, so please feel free to ignore this comment if you do not want to answer. However, if you do feel like responding, it would be amazing to hear your thoughts on this matter ❤️ sending lots of love and a fast recovery for your anke 😉
Thank you for sharing. I will study more about it. Best of luck with your adventure.
I’m so grateful for your journey Lauren, and for our keto coach, Nicole 💜 best wishes, from Italy
Always so impressed and inspired by Lauren’s strength, courage and vulnerability. Lauren is one of my top favourite human beings! ❤
Lauren, thanks for posting these videos. The side effects of antipsychotics are terrible. My sister developed diabetes, obesity and tardive dyskinesia from Geodon and the like. Yes, the meds alleviated the psychosis, but what a terrible cost.
i think its really inspiring and heartwarming seeing how far you've come in your journey you should be proud and it motivates me more to review my diet / meds
Nice to hear your update. I appreciate all the hard effort you put into the replacement therapy. I do hope the best for you. Thank you.
You have found what is working for you -excellent and you are so sharp you would recognize and act on any changes. Strong young successful women raising beautiful family thank you for keeping us with you ! You give hope to so many
You're doing better than I. I'm proud to of you. You give me hope.
Congratulations to you for these two months, sincerely! I will continue to check in with your updates, and wish you well in the upcoming months and years.
So many people do not have a decent psychiatrist, therapist, ketogenic therapist, let alone a care team. How do people find a decent psychiatric care team. Please List your ketogenic therapist or guidance in this regard. Thank you for all you do. You are quite amazing. I am very glad for you.
Yes this is the thing. I am very pleased for Lauren and very pleased myself tbh to see her doing so well - most people though don't have such great support unfortunately and often schizophrenic people become isolated from family and friends don't they - depending on where in the world they are they might not have good access to meds and doctors appointments either. Not much psychiatric or therapeutic help. I just wish that people struggling with such a difficult illness all had these things in place tbh because they absolutely deserve it.
Lauren was working with her regular psychiatrist as well as a ketogenic coach from The Metabolic Mind (she has named the coach in previous videos, I don't remember her name). You can go to their website, the Families and Peers tab, there's a directory. Many of the practitioners take insurance and do online visits, so you don't even need to live nearby.
Amen @@dominicaaaaa5547
There's a website called Metabolic Mind that you can show yr GP to serve as a guide as how to support you .
@@dominicaaaaa5547 This is sadly very true.
Love this explanation from this wider perspective. Thanks for sharing your journey on metabolic therapy. So happy this has been therapeutic for you! Best wishes!
Great, Lauren! Thanks for the indepth withdrawal process! You would go down by higher percentages than I am able. I've been doing like 2-10% reductions every week or several weeks of olanzapine and my main withdrawal symptoms are anxiety, insomnia, and suicidal ideation, that tends to peak with pms - however, it's tricky because I was suicidal before I started keto and while I was on olanzapine treatment alone for schizoaffective (I felt suicidal often for several years I was on it). The suicidal ideation on this keto journey has been scary at times while tapering olanzapine and it makes me want to get off even more, but meanwhile, insomnia bothers me a ton too. I'm also experiencing migraine-like headaches while going lower, and seemingly temp dysregulation. I didn't know you could injure the brain though going too quickly. All videos are helpful; thank you!! ♥
thanks for sharing in detail how it went
Dear Laureen, I’m on keto sixth day and I have great hopes. Thank you for introducing this therapy to me.
Well done. Don't forget measuring your ketones. They should be between 1.5 and 4 according to Dr. Chris Palmer. Good luck. I think you wiĺl have great results.
Make sure you get enough electrolytes to help you with the "keto flu" for the first week or two.
This is a great story and experience.
Thank you for sharing as always
I think it would be helpful if you could get your doctors on your show so we could hear their take on all this for people that might be considering the same path you took.
Blessings
Lauren's psychiatrist is not trained in metabolic psychiatry and does not use it as part of his treatment protocol from my understanding, so he's not going to go a show about it (she could not find one in her Province). She has had several doctors who do use metabolic therapy successfully on the show though.
They would never ever do that. They don’t agree with her treatment.
@ I was referring to her actual doctors etc
You are in no uncertain terms a safe and TRUSTWORTHY highly valuable trusted contributer in the care team !
So brave so awesome !!!!
Big news for those of us living w mental illness
Thank you !!!
wow this was so inspiring!! i want to try this too. thank you so much for shraring your journey with us. im sooo tired of taking meds!! i hope i can do this too!!
I think there is a place for medication like she mentioned and maybe not even acute settings but long term use if needed but on smaller doses if the ketogenic therapy is working. I can’t do 20 grams of carbs daily but I am still experiencing the benefits of this and I am still on a PRN psychiatric medication on a small dose and will need adhd medication for awhile. So there is a place for it and everyone’s journey is different.
My symptoms of schizophrenia are rather unique. When you mentioned the word, potentiation, it sounds familiar because I use two medications for treatment. One medication is a sedative, the other has a side effect of insomnia. Let me tell you, trying to not sleep in order to combat the sedation is a bit easier now. Since we introduced the second medication, my symptoms have slowed down quite a bit. I feel better with this medication combo. Because of the mild success, I am hesitant of making a reduction of any kind. Even though I know I don't need mood stabilizers. Or aggression suppression. I would entertain the idea of reducing the medication because of the sedation side effect.
For me I’m doing very well on my current antidepressant with little to no side effects so I’m probably going to stick with what’s working so far.
Exactly, what works is what works.
I am so happy for your journey and this video giving transparency around your experience with a seriousness that is necessary. I really wish you would have slowed down, waited, and started with this disclaimer and withdrawal warnings first in the series of videos you started after your rebranding. Once again your channel, not mine. I am rooting for you and proud of your for challenging the status quo. I've deprescribed off very large/strong doses of medication like Seroquel. It's a journey indeed and I understand the great healing in alternative medicine as I'm a practioner/teacher. You've done something for yourself in this process for your own mind and even if you end up back on medication it's no failure on your part. We all have autonomy. Outside of your "obviously" comment this is a very mature approach I hope you continue with your channel, which drew me towards you in the first place. I look forward to seeing your journey as much as you take us. Keep growing Lauren🌻 & I wish you a healing recovery to your ankle💗
unfortunately in australia, unless you have private health cover, the mental health support is lacking. appointments are hard to get and there is a long wait between visits unless you are in crisis where a cat team come and take you to an acute ward. there is not a lot of talk around diet and body health in regards to mental health here. its a real problem. governments simply do not want to spend OUR dollars on mental health. i find this to be appalling and unfair. this channel is super interesting. thank you
There are resources, you are a tenacious and intelligent person, and you WILL find a way through this.
Unfortunately, many of us patients are left alone and no doctor will help us in our journey. I realized long ago that I'm on my own and since then I'm myself searching for answers. Patient have to stop being "patient" and take action into their own hands. Because if I need to wait until they can cure me, I'll be dead before that happens.
Sarah along with good RUclips channels here are some peer reviewed papers that I have found freely available online that have been useful:
1. Yudkoff, M., Daikhin, Y., Horyn, O., Nissim, I., & Nissim, I. (2008). Ketosis and Brain Handling of Glutamate, Glutamine, and GABA.
2. Bostock, E., et al. (2017). The Current Status of the Ketogenic Diet in Psychiatry.
3. Sarnyai, Z., & Palmer, C. (2020). Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence.
4. Ricci, A., et al. (2020). Exploring the Mechanisms of Action of the Antidepressant Effect of the Ketogenic Diet.
5. Włodarczyk, A., Cubała, W. J., & Stawicki, M. (2021). Ketogenic Diet for Depression: A Potential Dietary Regimen to Maintain Euthymia?
6. Grajek, P., et al. (2022). Nutrition and Mental Health: A Review of Current Knowledge About the Impact of Diet on Mental Health.
7. Danan, E., Westman, E., Saslow, L., & Ede, G. (2022). The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients.
8. Shamshtein, D., & Liwinski, T. (2022). Ketogenic Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder: A Review of Neurobiological Evidence.
9. Dietch, J., et al. (2023). Efficacy of Low Carbohydrate and Ketogenic Diets in Treating Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Systematic Review and Implications for Clinical Practice.
10. Omori, K., Woo, M., et al. (2023). Exploring the Role of Ketone Bodies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.
11. Sethi, P., et al. (2023). Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial.
12. Calabrese, K., Frase, R., & Ghaloo, S. (2024). Complete Remission of Depression and Anxiety Using a Ketogenic Diet: Case Series.
I would also suggest starting with reading a guide on how to evaluate the quality of research, effect size vs significance to spot p hacking and the like.
It is appalling, you are quite right!
I am so happy for you.
I'm glad you are doing so well. Have you thought about sharing the recipes you use to follow a medical ketogenic diet. I'd appreciate it.
Thanks for listing the withdrawal symptoms.
Good for You! I'm happy that you are happy and healthy now. I tapered my antipsychotic medications too and the first month was very hard for me.
@@benjones1452 I follow a strict diet, I take supplements and I feel great after 1 year of the taper, not all the people have to suffer with that poisons all their lives.
@@benjones1452and many will be in remission only by tapering their meds, read more about the illness and the experiences of people, not only to the stupid psychiatric doctors, the mayority of that doctos only know about meds and nothing more.
I had to taper my psych meds on my own, because the psychiatry here in Sweden wouldn't help me with that. They wanted me to stay on my medication because it was conveniant to them, and I also think they don't have the experience to help patients get off their meds. I have had several backlashes doing it on my own, but it was the only way. Psychiatry in Sweden doesn't care about their patients, they just want to put them on meds and make them shut up.
Relapse is real and dangerous. I hope with a combination of keto and exercise and getting back to some more quality of life things turn around, that you can have some relief but be careful you only have one life, and it's precious for all that it might not feel like that sometimes.
@benjones1452 Yeah, I know. But now I'm at a point where I only need a very small dosage of my med so I can sleep. I will continue taking it until I can sleep without it. But I got rid of hoŕrible side effects by reducing the original dose to 5% of it and I feel much better. Carnivore helped me with that. I've been doing it for 2 years. I feel safe now.
Very good @@emilwilczewski
One of my medications was dropped lower and other added. I think there was a change for better. Good to know that dropping medication too quickly can be hurtful to brains. I would like to hear doctors tell me more on side effects because I don't know so much. Learning and being aware of my situation myself has improved by watching videos of your and others experiences on schizophrenia. I eat little bit healthier foods and long term I want to start a healthy diet.
Congrats!! 🎉
18:13 Thank you for sharing your experience. Best wishes to you!
Please Dont Judge Just Talk to your Doctors Always Peace Lauren Warmly Chris
Good for you! I actually want to try this diet for my schizoaffective but I don't think I could afford it. The staff and coaches you have are great but probably come at a cost in the States. Our health care is expensive. I pay a copay to see a therapist or staff after the deductible is met while paying 400 dollars a month for medical and dental. (Its with reduced costs because of my income) It seems more important to get off these meds but much cheaper to avoid hospitals. My antipsych is 5 dollars a month. Those pros and coaches cost 80 per visit.😮
I hear you. Universal Healthcare is a DREAM I hope you and I and millions of others have one day. Sending you 💕
The reduction in her medication as the efficacy of her keto has had its metabolic effect is impressive. The keto is not intrinsically that expensive, in terms of the food itself. It all about having the spoons to set it up alongside the medication, plan the meals, getting family and doctor on side and seeing what happens. It is about being circumspect, about taking it easy, it's not about changing everything radically. Come from a place of caution and experimentation, and read stay up to date with the medical literature on places like Anna's archive, if you don't have access to other sources.
@@benjones1452 this a very privileged take...not everyone has family.. or doctors they can afford to see regularly
@@luneparadox That is true, as a Brit who enjoys this dream, it is easy to forget. However, I'm not convinced that to assume someone has no family is really that helpful.
@@luneparadoxall you need to do keto is internet. You don't need family or expensive coaches. It's all there, there are books you can download in pirate libraries, there are videos, there's everything you need. Keto isn't expensive, you can eat cheap chicken and eggs all day and some cheap veggies, and some spoons of coconut oil a day. And electrolytes, aka salt, magnesium and potassium.
Meds or without that is mental health 👍🏼
I'm curious, does this treatment also help with cognitive (e.g., executive) functioning?
Absolutely! I have been on carnivore, which also is a ketogenic diet, for 2 years and I have experienced more and more mental clarity, and I have the mental capacity today at 52, to analize my life, in a way that I couldn't when I was much younger.
Yes, this is commonly talked about by many. Just go to any ketogenic or carnivore (a form of keto) group and you will see this.
my son's psychiatrist is open to the idea but knows nothing about it. Where does he find the protocol for this diet?
She has videos w/doctors’ interviews on this, books, folks you could reach out to, but you might have to listen or read her content. Her channel is a font of knowledge.
Are you sponsored by Metabolic Mind, Lauren?
If you are seeing a psychiatrist, it’s important to follow their advice regarding medication. As you age, managing your mental health with the right medication can help you stay mentally fit and healthy.
Meds is not the best solution to psychiatric illness because in the long run they can have a more and more negative effect even if they worked well in the beginning. I know that from my own experiance.
I agree in principle, but think that this is only part of the story, there is a middle way, you can start keto and then see what the effect it has. Lauren has an account of how it increases the effectiveness of her medication to the point it needed to be reduced.
I’m optimistic that mental illness along with T2 diabetes can be better managed by diet instead of pills.
Hey Lauren, I am almost off my medication. I still take 10mg. I have been treating my schizophrenia with keto and functional medicine. I do not have hardly any of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, like no delusions or hullicinations and i dont have any intrusive thoughts anymore. I do however have the negative symptoms like i have a lack of motivation, hardly any interest in socializing, completing tasks is hard and i also feel like my brain does not think as clearly as before i had schizophrenia. I was wondering if you feel comfortable sharing if you experienced any negative symptoms of schizophrenia and if they got better after you were totally off your medication?
These take the longest to come back, good luck - exercise, & meditation is helping me to get in touch with feelings and motivation again.
Jokes on you, disrespectful people who write wils comments, your comments only make this channel more popular and hopefully more people will know about keto and try it.
You should probably put a disclaimer up that this won't work for everyone. I tried once and almost died.
there are multiple disclaimers in the video and the video description already
Should...and did.
0:36 is like a disclaimer i think. g
Did you even watch the video
Perhaps your medication has injured you and you experience withdrawal injuries and maybe even tardive injuries after coming off. “Withdrawal” is just brain change = brain injury being unmasked. No matter which class of drug. I was unknowingly injured by several classes of medications. No one tells you there are over 500 akathisia causing medications. No one tells you about withdrawal akathisia and tardive akathisia and all the other withdrawal and tardive injuries you can get after stopping these “medications”.
If harrasing comments continue i personally would not read them. Just post your video.
Do you get any weird feelings like you might be experiencing symptoms but it might just be your imagination because of the trauma of having to deal with them?
i'm autistic, not schizophrenic, but I have this experience. CBG edibles have really helped me with these feelings tho
@@sbocaj22 unhelpful, CBG edibles are not at all recommended for a schizophrenic - CBGs for a schizophrenic is tantamount to playing Russian roulette, be careful! Once you are discounting/dismissing the appearance of symptoms as imaginary, one is closer to psychosis than one might imagine.
@@sbocaj22 this is very unhelpful, CBGs are not recommended for a schizophrenic. Once one is dismissing symptoms as imaginary, you are on a vert slippery slope.
This is very unhelpful, and CBGs are not recommended for a schizophrenic. Once one is dismissing symptoms as imaginary, you are on a very slippery slope.
Psychiatric medications can come with crappy side effects. It's not realistic for me to go off meds completely though. In crisis within a year.
Have reduced the antipsychotic prescribed to me for sleep. I am diagnosed bipolar 1 without psychosis. Doctors strongly recommend I stay on the mood stabiliser.
Doing keto is not an option for me. A restricted diet (gluten-free) for coeliac is already challenging for me on a low income. Plus I have food sensitivities including sensory.
Remarkable story. Her keto path was somewhat expensive. Does anyone have a low cost keto method?
Food-wise or for coaches and for a psychiatrist?
@GizelleQuant coaching is very expensive. She has posted links to coaching in previous videos.
But keto Is not that expensive, at least for me
@@JoeSmith-pu9hi Is there a reason why you think you would need coaching?
WOOOOOGHOOOOOOO! ❤
Do you think Keto can prevent onset of Bipolar entirely from those at risk?
There is an interview on RUclips with Dr. Iain Campbell, a scientist who studies Bipolar Disorders, who thinks so. He has high hopes that early intervention could prevent the onset of Bipolar.
@@Susanne-qp8vj Wow! I need to watch that interview. I really hope this is true for our next generation. Thank you for sharing!
@@Anyakk1995 This is based on his understanding of the disorder. There are no clinical studies. The interview is worth watching. He published in Nature on Bipolar Disorder.
That is a very interesting question, I can't imagine how you would design a study like that, but you might want to read Sethi, P., et al. (2023). Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial. I won't quote the paper here for obvious reasons, but its not difficult to get hold of.
Go to church and believe in the holey spirit. It really helps me with my anxiety attacks. Be aware of the spiritual realm. Cut out negative people too.
While it is wonderful that this helps with your anxiety attacks. Unsolicited recommendations to go to church and believe, to anyone who is feeling vulnerable without knowing them, is likely to have a negative outcome.
@@benjones1452How do you know that? Spirituality works for many people.
Hey Lauren does anhedonia go away?
Definitely! It has for me. I've been doing carnivore(which also is a ketogenic diet)for 2 years and I feel much more joy in life than before.
Not completely for me but somewhat, certainly some emotions have comeback strongly but others not so much, but I am upping the exercise and have been reading and watching Ollerton MD on RUclips with interest.
Hi my wife has been dignosed with physicosis and bipolar 1 and 2. I saw yoy youtube channel My Story living witg schizohernia. And i find it very very intresting i would like to get in touch with you to find out and how to cope with living with MENTAL HEALTH.
lauren could you research jesse inchauspe's glucose controlled diet, maybe you could try that?
The reality is that not only are psychedelics not bad, as they are stigmatized to be, but they are actually 180 degrees opposite. They're not just neutral; they're amazing, and they are very important for the development of the human race.
There's no distinction, really, between drugs and, for example, television, reading tabloid magazines, getting addicted to pornography, getting addicted to the internet, or getting addicted to greasy food. To me, all this stuff is just addiction, with different degrees of it.
I'm very anti-drugs. Not only am I anti-heroin, cocaine, meth, and all this sort of stuff, but I'm even anti-alcohol, anti-smoking, anti-tobacco, anti-prescription drugs, and anti-eating sugar, drinking soda, and caffeine.
Suggesting psychedelics is not simply unhelpful, it's dangerous for anyone who has been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.
@@benjones1452 Enlightenment is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
So the bad news is that you don't have parachute, but the good news is that you discover there is no ground. And then you're just endlessly falling and you never reach the ground.
So in a sense, what i'm asking you to do is to jump. And you don't want to jump. You're saying, I'm scared. I'm too scared to jump. And I'm saying, jump. God is telling you, jump, jump into infinite love and it's going to be great. But you're like, what if I kill myself and what if something else happens? I don't know. You just jump into infinite love. Take the leap of faith and you'll discover infinite love. And you're too scared to do it. But then eventually when you do it, then you're just going to discover that there's no ground. You're endlessly falling forever and it's great. But yeah, taking that leap is really difficult. It requires you to face your death. So of course, everybody is too afraid to do it. People are just to scared.
@@dmtdreamz7706 but confusing enlightenment with mania or psychosis is all too common, isn't it? "If you meet the Buddha in the street, k*** him," is a famous Zen koan, it was said I think by the 9th-century Zen master Linji Yixuan. He warns us not to accept or be complacent when it comes to spiritual growth and to realise that the Buddha-nature is already within you, which I conservatively interpret as not needing drugs to get there, meditation is the proscribed, less reckless, route.
@@benjones1452 On a certain level, we have a drug store in our brain, the neurochemicals that show up in flow: so dopamine, norepinephrine, anandamide, endorphins, and serotonin. If you were to try to cocktail the street drug version of that, right, you're trying to blend like heroin and speed and coke and acid and weed- and point is, you can't do it. It turns out the brain can cocktail all of 'em at once, which is why people will prefer flow to almost any experience on Earth. It's our favorite experience. It's the most addictive experience on Earth. Why? 'Cause it cocktails five or six of the largest pleasure drugs the brain can produce. We're all capable of so much more than we know. That is a commonality across the board. And one of the big reasons is we're all hardwired for flow, and flow is a massive amplification of what's possible for ourselves.
Diabetes is known to lower serotonin levels, even for prediabetics, and when I heard about keto, it does make sense, insulin resistance has also been associated with causing some mental health issues....anyway I find these videos very informative
While you are right that diabetes can lower serotonin levels, it is not this neurotransmitter that is implicated in schizoaffective disorder. Of courser lower serotonin levels might lead to lower mood, but in many people it doesn't. Personally, SSRIs have not helped me: exercise and the antipsychotic medication olanzapine have helped, and keto has kept me off olanzapine and well for over a year now.
I dont believe this is possible 😮 , wow
I kind of followed your path with ketogenic therapy, and I suspect that your regular physical activity may have played a role in supporting that threapy. If yout think that supporting role was a real thing, you may want to mention it in your further reports.
Exercise is definitely a form of metabolic therapy, and I mention this lots!
She says that in the video, come on, at least see the video.
@@dfms3485 Sorry, I watched the video and must have been half-asleep - I missed the reference to physical activity- Agrrrrh-
I'm really happy for you getting off your meds. I wish I could get off mine too. Now that you're off your meds you no longer need the keto diet. I think you should return to a normal diet and follow the canada food guide. People have died from going on the keto diet.
No no. Noone has died from keto. Keto is our proper human diet. Inuits eat a ketogenic diet all their lives and they don't have any of the modern diseases we have in the modern world. It is because of keto that Lauren has been able to get rid of her meds because keto is making her feel much better. If she goes back to a carb rich diet she will most likely get back her psychiatric symptoms. She must stay on keto.
Keto is a treatment for her condition, if she stops it the therapeutic effects are lost, read up on it Nathaniel before giving nutritional advice.
@emilwilczewski it's because she's off those toxic meds that she feels better, not because she's on a keto diet. The pharmaceutical industry and the mental health people feed people lies and they bind people by force to take harmful medications which cause physical dependance so they can fund their rich lifestyles and their expensive cars. The so called symptoms of schizophrenia are actually side effects of the medication used to treat schizophrenia. They have everyone brain washed. Rich Piana died from the keto diet, and another bodybuilder spoke of how dangerous the keto diet is.
@@benjones1452 you think I know less about it than you, but you're actually wrong
@@nathanielmitchell4174 yes I believe I might, perhaps you'd like to make your case and we shall see won't we?
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Yesterday, there were dozens of comments against this. Today, they are gone.
Again…disclose your sponsorships.
They're not gone, they're just lower down the list bc they've been massively downvoted, lol. All your 4-5 main comments are still there, for example.
Lauren is not alone. Check the bibliography for this treatment by medical psychiatric professionals, medical school professors before you speak about this rx.
I feel like maybe psychiatrists in Canada are different than in US. My doctor would vehemently oppose this if I mentioned it to him.
Change your doctor if possible
Pyschiatrists don't want us to actually get better. They want us to stay hooked on their drugs for life and to never search for the root of the cause so that they can profit off our illnesses forever
Her ‘team’ is all new. Her original treating psychiatrist very much disagrees with this.
@@alijane6675the mayority of psychiatrists will be oposed to this beacause this types of therapies represent less money for them.
Perhaps, they might and they have good reason for the most part, but all psychiatrists are able to diagnose when a patient is overmedicated, if you were to start keto safely: with nutritional advice and the right supplements, they might naturally adjust your treatment plan. Or, perhaps, just wait, and keep reading, there are some very good studies underway and some useful studies already concluded:
1. Nutrition and mental health: A review of current knowledge about the impact of diet on mental health, Grajek et al., 2022,
2. Exploring the role of ketone bodies in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, Omo, 2023;
3. Exploring the mechanisms of action of the antidepressant effect of the ketogenic diet, Ricci et al., 2020;
4. Ketogenic Therapy in Serious Mental Illness: Emerging Evidence, Sarnyai & Palmer, 2020;
5. Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial, Sethi et al. 2023;
6. Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients, Albert Danan, Eric C. Westman, Laura R. Saslow and Georgia Ede 2022;
Good luck.
no bodily inflammation🔥 and 🧠's partial excessive firing⚡️ anymore‼️
great👍😁
Inflammation is often a culprit, or so I read.
You are irresponsible to upload this without extreme warnings, and information from the vast majority of psychiatrists who disagree with you.
The psychiatrists disagree with her beacuse this information affects their economy 🤣.
But she did give a very comprehensive warning and breakdown of her journey, she literally opened with one, did you even bother to listen to it? Let me ask you why your voice without a reasoned or informed or even vaguely diligent analysis should be listened to?
She also does not disclose that she is being compensated by metabolic mind. Has yet to address it.
@@kathrynquinnstreeter4238 Bc she's not.
Crazy stuff, she gropes in the dark, hoping to find some miracle cure for her condition. Let's just hope this will not end badly.
Well, it seems as she already has found a miracle cure. To feel well without medication is a fantastic achievment.
@@emilwilczewski I got a feeling she fakes it. Her eyes and facial expressions are really worrying to me.
@kornik1234 Ha ha! You can think what you want.
@@kornik1234 I think what is worrying you is that this is real but that it may either not work for you, or is unavailable to you, or that you are perhaps too disheartened to try it. In Dante's inferno, Virgil warns against falling asleep in hell, symbolising spiritual complacency or succumbing to despair.
@@benjones1452 I don't suffer schizophrenia or any other mental disorder that I know of, but thank you for your colourful input ;)
Why did u want to quit everything???
the first part of this video L explained her med side effects.
Beacuse that drugs are poisons, maybe?
The meds are expensive and can give you dementia in the future.
The meds are expensive and can give you dementia in the future.
@dfms3485 there's no science behind dementia theory.
So sick of this dangerous, disingenuious crap. I went from loving her, to being critcal of her new keto content, and now I just plain dislike her as a person. You are not a miracle of modern psychiatry. Also, please disclose your sponsorship with metabolic mind.
It might be better for your peace of mind to just leave the channel.
Find Dr. Josef Witt Doerring and hear about his work tapering patients injured by their medications. Find Nicole Lamberson PA and hear about her benzodiazepine injury and her work for the award winning documentary “Medicating Normal”. Find Mark Horowitz and hear about his antidepressant injury and his work with hyperbolic tapering and the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. Find Jill Nicken at the Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research. You can find me there as well. Medications don’t solve chemical imbalances, they create them. I am the proof. I’ve had chronic akathisia for years. Now I have tardive dystonia on top and a benzodiazepine injury on top of that. It’s hell on earth.
It’s hard to see others improve when one is stuck, it’s only natural - but she’s doing so well isn’t she and her family have her back which is wonderful.
Why don’t you leave instead of being a piece of shit and writing something like this. Why is that even necessary if you’re not happy with her progress or what she’s doing then just leave
You are supporting her by commenting. That’s how it works here on RUclips. If you don’t like it. Move on
Yes this is very dangerous
What is dangerous? She did everything the way she's supposed to.
She is probably in psychosis and unaware placebo affect
Not necessary, I tapered my medications too, was very difficult but I did it! Right now I'm great, so I know that Lauren will be great too in the future.
@ i doubt it the severity of symptoms and back to back hospitalizations I doubt it you may be unmedicated but still symptomatic
Are you suggesting that placebo is why she’s well?
@ yes in her mind
The withdrawal takes 3 months to appear people are different
Her eyes say she's struggling!
Really what are her eyes saying to you, perhaps you should discuss this experience with your psychiatrist.
@benjones1452 says you're being rude
@@Cansquared no her eyes do not say they are being rude stop talking
@@jameson1465 She's spreading misinformation
@Cansquared stop hatin