Another special thank you to Metabolic Mind and Baszucki Group for all of the work they are doing to bring healing to as many people as possible, and for supporting me through this exploration and journey. My life has completely changed, and thank you doesn't feel enough. Follow @MetabolicMind (and more at www.metabolicmind.org/) to learn more about this new approach to psychiatry and to connect with and learn more from incredible researchers, clinicians, and lived experience advocates, all working toward understanding how to actually improve quality of life through metabolic health. An immense thank you to Nicole Laurent (mentalhealthketo.com/) for her knowledge and guidance in helping me most effectively improve my quality of life through this intervention. You were integral and I'm so grateful for your support. Thank you so much to everyone who has followed along on this journey over the last year. This has not been an easy paradigm shift, and I appreciate the meaningful dialogue, and openness to reframing what is possible in recovery of mental illness. If you are interested in our support groups, you can learn more and join here: Metabolic Therapies for Mental Disorders: www.metabolictherapysupport.com/ Schizophrenia Peer Support Community: www.schizophreniapeersupport.com
Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
You're "coming off of medication" journey is very inspirational. Even though there are people that are against it and don't believe it could be possible, we as humans are still very misinformed on a lot of information on life in general. So many people cling to information that cannot be proven 100% unless you are all knowing. And for so long Doctors have said there is no cure for schizophrenia. That just never sat right with me. All of existence is too big to think that they're will never be a cure for something. This video brings about new understanding of what could be possible to everyone. Thank you 🙏🏾 for not only documenting your experience but putting it out there into the world to show that there is hope for us. 🙌🏾
@@LivingWellAfterSchizophrenia Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, I’m Really Sorry, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, it’s my position reducing stress n healing trauma are also crucial in treating schizophrenia…
I dont usually write comments on this channel but I have followed you for a couple years and I’ve seen you struggling and suffering because of your illness. I just wanted to express how happy I am that things are going better for you now. I hope you will keep feeling great and I wish you well!
Like you, I recovered from severe psychosis and bipolar 1 through adopting an anti inflammatory keto diet. I’ve been med free for 8 years now, and although each day brings ongoing dedication and commitment to this lifestyle, what I’ve regained is incredible. Since my recovery I’ve got a great job, bought a house, and found love again. But above all I’ve found joy, hope, and happiness. I wish you well for your continued journey.
Thanks for sharing your story! Are you still on a consistent keto diet? And how much do you limit your carbs? I cant imagine cutting them completely. And how often did you experience psychosis symptoms?- if you don't mind me asking. My husband has bipolar w/psychosis, and he doesnt rly like medicine.
I really needed to see that. I’m going through a difficult time with my 13-year-old daughter, who is in the hospital suffering from schizophrenia. You gave me hope, and I’m grateful to you. You have helped me, and I’m sure many others will benefit as well. I will do my best to make it happen.
What wonderful news and what wonderful summary of a year and how much it means for the whole field of mental health care!! This is huge!! Congratulations.
I'm 37 years old and was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at 21 years old. I was genuienly fearful my life was over because every treatment that I tried either did not work or just 'took the edge of the symptoms'. I started ketogenic diet 4 months ago and I am in remission, in REAL recovery!. Merry Xmas LAUREN, Thank you so much for recommending the ketogenic diet - you were the first person I cam across talking about it for schizoaffective disorder
You are amazing and your family is amazing. I'm on insane amounts of anti-psychotics. Your videos gives me hope. I am so thankful for you. Just knowing you are doing better gives me hope.
I have been on medical keto as well and didn't think it would work. Like you, I was sceptical but I have a clearer mind now, rid of delusions, and back in the real world
My Christmas wish is that someday my son can be in the same place you are today. God bless you and your family. Thank you so much for sharing w the world.
Fantastic, from what you are saying you’ve lost from 2016-2024, 8 years of your life to this schizophrenia. Stay strong on the keto and live the rest of your life on the mountain tops, having already experienced the dark and heavy valleys
Very well articulated. Beautiful and happy family. Dont be angry about the information , the professionals are doing their best and this area is new and the professions are slow to change , this us why your videos are so important to disseminate such great methods
Lauren, THANK YOU for being so brave & vulnerable to share your journey. Your experience gives me hope for my son ❤ Don’t take the negative comments to heart. It’s fear that they need to work through.
This was a beautifully edited documentary. And very important to get the information out there. I'm so happy this year of trying out this new project has proven to be life-changing for you & Rob. 🙏 I never would've imagined this would be the result... I didn't even took it seriously in the beginning, to be honest. Congratulations to both of you.
I will offer up to you Lauren just how much you have opened my eyes. I've always been a knucklehead. A Class Clown, always seeking out the humor in life. No one in my immediate family or extended family have taken medication for psychological issues. Almost three years ago I found one of your videos in my YT recommendations. I watched, immediately subscribed and through these 3 years I have absorbed Yours, Rob's and the Kiddos story! The whole process opened my eyes to The Mental Health world. I'm more aware of others who struggle. I'm able to pick up on signs here and there. YOUR CHANNEL has made me a better person and I thank you. Mele Kahlikimaka to Your Family and Viewers in here! MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio👋
Thank you for this video! I’ve been on the keto diet for about a year and a half now, and it has improved my mood, energy, and mental clarity tremendously.
She's sharing her story with us, and for that, I'm grateful. To learn about her experience is a blessing. She's sharing what worked for her. No, this approach may not have the same effect on everyone, but it's nice to know that different lifestyle choices can potentially and positively impact somebody's quality of life who may be living with schizoaffective disorder. I wouldn't know to make those connections if it weren't for stories and testimonies like this. So, thanks, Lauren! ❤
I think people need to proceed cautiously, because how tempting is it for us to want to be able to take our last pill? Initially your title said "cured," and that really bothered me. I think this is going way too fast.
Recovery can never go too fast. From my perspective with schizophrenia personally, those around me are always a bit uncomfortable with how fast I get better on keto. The sad reality is , Lauren you included, the next person beside us will always usually measure their own self by using us a measurement stick.. schizophrenia kind of stumps a person, then suddenly they’re looking up at us? Bravo Lauren, keep fighting the good fight
Are people looking forward to medication withdrawal and dealing with all the brain injury being unmasked? I don’t think so. Most people avoid the withdrawal and keep taking the stuff. The ones that don’t want to take it are probably having adverse reactions and should stop it anyway and try keto or carnivore.
Thank you Thank you, for sharing your Journey. You have no idea how hopefull I feel after watching your Journey, thank you for sharing it. I live in México I hope One Day I will be off medications.I hope I can also heal. Please dont stop to do your videos. Greetings from México
You’re stable, your disorder isn’t gone and your message scares me on many levels. If you go off keto, will symptoms come back? If yes, then you’re stable and in remission, so amazing. I have a Thyroid disorder. I take meds and I’m stable, but I still have a thyroid disorder. - My son has SA and is stable on meds; no psychiatric symptoms, thank goodness. Keto is an option for those who can organize their food and ADLs. However, like an alchoholic in recovery, SA is still there, even when in remission.
Your statements are probably quite true. But wouldn't it be great if someone could change a part of their lifestyle and be rid of their debilitating symptoms for possibly the rest of their life, much like many diabetics do every day? If I had to choose between what I'm having for lunch or whether to live with the side affects of lifelong medication, it's pretty much a no brainer, especially if the side affects of diet change is other areas of improved health as well.
While the research is still ongoing, it seems clear that there are people where metabolic therapies can be tapered and a patient can be in complete remission without medication, there are people who need to continue metabolic therapy in order to manage symptoms and stay in remission, and there are people who need both medication and metabolic therapy in order to manage. Like everything, it is dependant on what is best for each person. While it isn't a cure all for everyone, this research, and what Lauren is doing to promote it, will be the future of mental health treatment with the ability to bring hope back to millions who have felt lost.
@@reinerschafer1708I agree 100%. It’s the “I’m cured” part, in my opinion, that may set others up to believe there is a cure. MI can be managed and a person can be symptom free. I enjoy Lauren’s channel and continue to watch and learn.
@@justindittburner216As we say in NAMI support groups, “we will never give up hope”. For those who are aware of their illness, there is always hope when new remedies are available. It is indeed personal to each person. However, the obstacle of Anosognosia (lack of insight due to the illness, which is not denial) prevents those with SMI from getting help in general.
EXCELLENT!!! Thank you so much for being the "poster child" for what it means to actually recover your mental health! (That took guts!) And I thank God you persevered!
As an old retired Psych nurse I've followed you this year with skeptical thoughts but praying for a "miracle" because I've only ever imagined management of mental illness. You are so inspirational and I'm so very happy that you proved my doubts wrong. Now I wonder what I could have offered my patients for all of those years. Bless you.
Please get real. A specific diet won't solve spiritual problems ; yes because skyzophrenia is actually demonic oppression, spirits attacking people ; so unless maybe you drink only Holy Water I don't think you can chase a demonic spirit with a keto diet. Demons do not fear unholy things.
I am happy for you but also concerned. Metabolic therapy is new and uncharted territory. So much goes in to a clinical study, one of the most important thing is to have a statistician who calculate how many patients one need to prove something, the study need to be design in a way that makes it possible to be replicated by others and get the exact same results. The rules and regulations surrounding this is very very very strict and when those are not followed, people's life and safety are at risk. Countless people have died or gotten hurt because some arrogant doctor skips a few steps because everything "seems fine" or "should work". In addition, people trust in science is harmed, as if we are the enemy for not doing things that seems so easy. the reason we don't take the easy way is because people can die. I love that you are "healed" and that you encourage others who are not helped by medicine, i am considering trying myself. However promoting something like this in this way is risking the safety of the people you inspire. Psychiatry is known for medicine with side facts and reluctance to take them. Countless people have felt that they don't think they need it anymore, stop taking it an then crashes. Please remember that horrible things can happen when you make psychiatry the "enemy" or an "obsticle" and people lose trust in evidence and medication.
You are making it very complicated. Just keep your GKI low and see what happens. Plus do it with people who know from experience what to do, who learnt the few things you need to know good enough. If you wait for the scientists , you may be dead by then.
@@charliepan4055 We are talking about People's life and safety. If something goes wrong it can get worse than ever. You are gambling with peoples health
Thank you for making this comment. It seems everybody in the comment section is full of enthusiasm for this treatment but I am worried that a lot of people will attempt to stop their medication due to Laurens recent success. I am happy for her that she feels good and that she made progress with keto diet but what I would recommend is staying on a low dose together with the diet. God bless you and good luck going forward.
@@charliepan4055 Because it is complicated. When you take short cuts in medicine people die. Short cuts that work makes others more inclined to test other short cuts that might not. Short cuts that doesn't work leaves the illness free reign.
Great! Thanks for sharing this! It's time to keep looking forward with optimism and the push towards more effective healthcare, in general. Maybe we'll see some prosecutions to satiate the anger and frustration, but this positive story is worth more than any retributive one, since it shows how much more you can and do enjoy your life. The positive externalities won't always be measurable, but I, for one, can tell you they are real and really appreciated. They will ripple. This is exactly what is needed. I wish you well and thank you! 😊
idk lauren, from another schizo spectrum person who has tried to reduce or go med free, maybe youre still struggling with the acceptance of our condition. my meds are not that intrusive and i hardly suffer symptoms because of them. it's a small price and one i'm willing and able to pay bc my meds are $5 and i dose for before bed so that i'm not drowsy in the day. the medicine does make you feel far away from everything sometimes, but it's nothing compared to relapsing.
I'm with you. I'm on medication, and I feel like myself again for the first time in longer than I can remember. My mind is clear, truly clear, for the first time since childhood. Low-dose Abilify (I'm very medication sensitive), 60mg of Cymbalta and 200mg of Lamictal has saved me, given me remission, and given me a second chance at living again. I'm so glad you're in a similar place, and am happy for you. 💜
I m very happy that it works for you, but you must know that people can have very different responses to medications. You realize there are people for whom medication does not work as well, right? Other therapies like this one are needed, and I don t understand the rush to shut down any attempt at figuring out other approaches especially when they re proven to be effective in so many patients.
How do you know all the damage it’s doing? Have you removed it? You can’t tell the damage it’s causing until you remove it. Most of my worst symptoms erupted tardive 4-12 months AFTER STOPPING.
Hey Lauren, i have followed your Keto journey closely and am so happy to see you looking so well. Disappointedly i have not experienced the same level of symptom reduction to the depression i suffer from. I think having a Keto coach like Nicole is key to getting the best out of keto diet. Having her problem solve and guide you made a massive difference i think. However i will stick to keto and see what happens in the future. Good luck 🤞🤞🤞 Merry Christmas 🎄 from Scotland xx
Myself as a long time athlete, D2 wrestler and still coach, boxing for 25 years, and a cyclist and lived with Schizoaffective since 2005 and tried keto for 2 years, keto will not heal you but it will definitely help some if you're diet was already horrible, and more so if you're in the higher functioning range . You're healed when you don't require further care. I truly wonder how many commenters defending the healed statement are actually diagnosed with Schizoaffective or Schizophrenia.
One of my concerns is that keto is strongly discouraged for people with an eating disorder and Lauren admits to dealing with one. I also wonder to what lengths she would go to hide a relapse with all of her family's income coming from her being "cured"
@Susanne-qp8vj what exactly are you trying (and failing) to say? Link the study, give me your crexentials and explain why you want to downplay something as serious as anorexia. I grew up with a young woman I was rather fond of who had anorexia and died of a heart attack in her early 20s. Lauren has so many issues on or off meds that even if she was cured of all symptoms it would mean very little because she doesn't have just schizophrenia. And if you are so bold as to quote a study I doubt you have read, please answer the second part of the question.
@Susanne-qp8vj oh, and I forgot to mention. I have schizoaffective disorder with anxiety and my work has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, The Stanford Social Innovation review and over 60 newspaper and magazine articles along with three mental health nonfiction books licensed by the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Library. I also teach creative writing in psychiatric wards.
I'm very happy for you, Lauren! This is very helpful. Around the middle to end of the last century, antipsychotic medication revolutionized the treatment of mental disorders, replacing interventions like lobotomy. Similarly, metabolic interventions like the ketogenic diet could be the beginning of a new revolution in how we treat and understand mental disorders like unipolar depression and the schizo-bipolar spectrum. I notice denial in comments, but skepticism implies hope and openness. If preliminary evidence suggests positive responses to treating mental illnesses, and there's strong evidence that the ketogenic diet can treat epilepsy (a neurological disorder), it's not enough to confirm its efficacy in treating neuropsychiatric disorders, but it's enough to give us reasonable hope. Who knows? Maybe in ten years, this approach will become the first-line treatment for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. Or perhaps it will become a valuable complementary therapy, widely recommended within the next five years. I've been following this channel for years because there are a few people in my family who have schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. It's impossible to deny the veracity of Lauren's experience. Greetings from Argentina. 😊
the public was sold the medical model & the DSM and then told it's about taking pills but there are clearly cases where an actual medical diagnosis can be considered or confirmed and cured or managed. as well as non-pill interventions that deal with understanding and integrating altered states of consciousness. and also the considerations of treatments like a diet. We need more confirmation of what happened to this person but it will take massive pressure to deal with the epistemic hubris of biopsychiatry.
Lauren, thank you so much for openly sharing your experience of mental illness over the past several years! You are a beacon of hope and resilience to countless people. Your recovery over the past year has been nothing short of miraculous. Congratulations on finding your way to improved health!
Amazing video and deep gratitude to Dr. Chris Palmer for his development of the metabolic model for mental health (building off of a wealth of knowledge from hidden/forgotten research). The connection between food, energy, ketones, and mitochondria will forever change the way our society and planet views human health and wellbeing - for the better.
You are such an inspiration of hope. I’m hoping to help my loved one who experiences manic episodes only and could lower his medication overtime following this plan. . Have a wonderful Christmas xxx
Metabolic therapy is the future of health. Full stop. The work you are doing both for yourself and for the world is helping to bring hope and healing to millions. For every person in the medical field that sees these videos and looks into the profoundly successful research coming out around physical and mental (but i repeat myself) health, there are countless patients that will be able to learn about this from their medical provider. With the position that Calley Means has worked into, I see a very bright future for the promotion of this research especially out of places like Stanford, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins that are already leading this movement. You're an inspiration and this is the exact message that the world needs to hear, even if it's hard to take for some.
Lauren, I’m impressed with your solution,I remember listening to your videos many years ago and now I see you’re almost solving this problem, congratulations on this wonderful experience and remember the Best is Yet to Come! A listener….Gigi
I've been watching your content for a couple years now, and I have to say, I'm so proud of you! And inspired. I have an appointment with a dietician coming up...
Thank you for sharing your experiences even in the face of so much objections and backlash. I really hope this spreads like wildfire and programs develops around the world to help support metabolic treatments. Also, I would love to see you on Soft White Underbelly. Would be a perfect place to share your story.
Lauren, I'm deeply happy for you and your entire family with this new capacity and the direction of your advocacy work. I managed bipolar II disorder for many years without medication building capacity through other ways that allowed me to accomplish a lot. I'd been a financial provider for a couple of years and my sole caregiver for many more so I picked up a lot of skills and expanded my capacity even while battling debilitating symptoms. Hence, medical interventions were complimentary to recovery not the cornerstone per se. Four years ago, a tougher hypomanic episode prompted me to see a psychiatrist and I found your channel to gauge medication experiences and shape my self advocacy in doctors' appointments. The goal was remission and best case scenario resuming a life without medications with even more capacity. I achieved that this year, not with a keto diet but a number of routine (exercise, health accountability partner) and environmental changes (live alone, no contact from triggering persons) that have allowed me to accomplish some of my biggest goals yet. I've been studying my body, symptoms and reactions to multiple stimuli for years so I've made a lot of informed decisions which may not be the case for everyone. I think the biggest lesson from your journey is to be brave enough to find what works for us as individuals so that we as patients can drive forward research in this area. Thank you so much for your service.
Wow! Congratulations! I was skeptical, but I thought you were going about it responsibly with the care of doctors. It's not like you were encouraging people to stop their meds cold turkey with no medical support. I have to say, I did not expect to see results this good, or for the results to last as long as they have. This is really impressive and encouraging. I hope it can lead to more studies and funding, so that more doctors can become knowledgeable on this and prescribe it to patients. If it's a viable treatment, people should have access to it. I don't know if you could speak before the legislature in Alberta or maybe to the Commons but I feel like getting your story to government people who make decisions about healthcare funding is important.
Yes more studies and funding would be great. Right now the majority of ongoing studies are being funded by one philanthropic family which I'm very sure the scientific community is grateful for, but they can only do so much. Wouldn't it be great though if the government would fund some research? Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies, who are the majority funders of the Food and Drug Administration (similarly in Europe and other western countries) have no interest in funding studies where the positive results would lead to major losses in revenue.
I'm glad the ketogenic diet seems to be working for you, but I'm very curious about the science behind this, because a lot of these statements throughout the video are quite vague. Some links to some studies or research would be helpful.
Lauren I am very happy to know your healing over the sickness that you have experienced since few years ago. I have followed your videos & I must say that i am very thankful for your sharing over the years. My daughter was diagnosed exactly like yours & she have gone thru same behaviour like you have mentioned. Your sharing have given me guidelines & knowledge on mental sickness. Thank you very much. GOD bless you and your family. I am so looking forward for my daughter recovery. It was very hard on her & us as a family. ❤❤❤
Pointing out something a public person is doing as irresponsible and inaccurate (e.g. saying she has schoziphrenia when she has sa bipolar type or saying healed when it is managed by rigorous medical diet and it only has been for a short time and even shorter time without meds) is not being "negative" or "jealous". I am not affected by any psychotic illness, yet I am still very concerned about how she is going about this, despite having gotten so much constructive feedback on her approach. What would be wrong with titles like "the year i managed my schizoaffective disorder symptoms with medical keto" or "the year I switched from psych meds to medical keto for my schizoaffective disorder"? Why would anyone make any claims on healing schizophrenia (which she doesn even have), instead of just taking their viewers along their personal journey so that the viewers are not misled about a cure being possible, discovered and applicable to anyone? Also, a lot of long term viewers have the feeling she is getting payed to promote keto which makes her other choices on how to incorrectly label her remission/ management of symptoms through diet as a cure and conflating schizophrenia with schizoaffective, even harder to stomach. I wish her all the best, at the same time I do not agree at all with her public approach.
I agree that her wording could be a bit more accurate. However, she tells anyone who wants to begin the Keto diet to do it under a doctor's supervision.
did you seriously say she never had schizophrenia? thats quite a sly thing to say seen as the amount of harship she's been through WITH SCHIZOAFFECTIVE disorder. (a combo of a mood disorder and schizophrenia). if you trust the medical literature so much why dont you say she had schizophrenia as the DSM clearly highlights schizoaffective people as having schizophrenia. are you saying someone with bipolar and schizophrenia is not someone with schizophrenia but someone with anxiety and schizophrenia is someone with schizophrenia?
Being paid to promote keto would be very indirect advertising bc it doesn't belong to a company. Also the number of patients with schizophrenia who would be targeted for the advertising would be small..... Sounds like a stretch. I doubt there is any evidence that its a sponsored message. Someone give some actual details about this and not just a vague accusation please.
Is using the term “healed” in this context not on some level similar to saying you are “healed” from a food allergy when you avoid that food? I am incredibly happy for you and the relief you are experiencing although with such a large audience I am concerned with the way you’ve worded the title. I truly hope that you will not dismiss concerned viewers comments as “hate”.
I think that's a valid but unnecessary objection. If you watch the documentary, there's no doubt about her use of the “healing” concept. Healing a condition implies that someone is free of symptoms because the problem has been solved, and in her case, the problem was metabolic dysfunction that affected her brain function. Her metabolic dysfunction went away, and her brain function improved, so technically, she did heal the condition. Even if she needs to eat in a specific way to avoid metabolic dysfunction, she can still use the term “heal”. We all need to eat in a specific way to prevent or reverse things like risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, and that doesn't mean we're all ill. If you need to eat in a more specific way to prevent things like schizophrenia symptoms, you're not ill, you're just more vulnerable. The issue may arise when, based solely on the title and without viewing the documentary, someone infers that she claims schizophrenia can be cured without ongoing specific care. However, it only takes minimal discernment to understand that Lauren's message does not convey that notion.
@@leoj2095 so well put!! i think a few people on here are concerned about the words heal and remission. But in the world of illnesses there are indeed many instances of people being healed as a result of a certain intervention that needs to be maintained in their life to keep them well.
I didn't know schizoaffective disorder was like a broken bone and could just be healed. How long did you go off the keto diet to determine you healed your mental illness? Or did you mean to make your title "the year I managed my schizophrenia symptoms with a change in diet"? It has to be one or the other.
Yes, you absolutely have a point. But the diet one considers as normal matters in this context. In my case, I have been on a low carb diet (I shouldn't call it keto but it's not far from it) for more than 6 years. I am still not convinced a high carb diet is a good choice for me and it never was. So, for me, low carb/keto/carnivore is normal. High carb is weird and possibly dangerous. I would go back to a "balanced high carb diet" only if I really had to (scarcity of food, etc.).
For many people a low carb diet is what their body is made for. If you eat low carb and it completely change your health it's because that is the way you SHOULD eat. And you have your whole life eaten in a way that is norm in our society but is not healthy. Keto is not medication, it's very natural and how humans have eaten for all of history before argiculture.
In a world where doctors say that diet has absolutely no therapeutic effect on psychosis, quibbling about the whether it will come back if she engages in the deranged diet that many theorize brought about the dysfunction in the first place kinda misses the point.
@@ElG-pg1ve well said. A whole food ketogenic diet is probably quite close to the way many, maybe even most humans ate for hundreds of thousands of years. The level of carbs now recommended in our guidelines just were not available except for very short periods of time, at which point we gorged on them to fatten ourselves up as much as we could. Never mind the refined carbs we now have available to us.
I also recovered from psychosis (drug-induced) through holistic methods. Anti-psychotics may help reduce psychotic symptoms, but it will not cure your psychosis. The mental health world is mad that you can recover from these “lifelong” illnesses. Well done for documenting all this Lauren! I will add, psychosis recovery is like addiction recovery. The recovery journey lasts forever.
this post is so exciting....just a few minutes in, you look radiant and healthy, and I love your hair!!!!! Can't wait to hear the results of your effort on Keto here. I've had some stints on this diet, and felt better, yet have not fully adhered. So looking forward to gaining some inspiration here as to what might be possible. thank you
The comments on this video make me very sad and a little angry. Lauren this documentary was amazing and has given me and others so much hope! I've currently been using medical keto to manage my schizoaffective disorder for about 5 months now, doing it properly for a couple months though, with promising results!😊 So grateful for you and your channel, especially with the education on metabolic therapies ❤️
I agree! Very disappointed there is so much hate! It’s just an alternative route and people need to give it a chance. It’s obviously not the way for everyone but works great for some.
100% agree! I was feeling the same way so I had to stop reading the comments. Some people want to stay stuck where they are and don’t have hope that this could help someone else.
These visuals are their style of editing for years. Long before they tried keto. People should also realise that "promoting keto" is like promoting exercise, in that there's no product to sell. She doesn't have a cook book or anything else you can buy from her, they're just promoting their journey & results on this, which can help many people.
Yeah! I've been following you since just before your start on Keto. Over that time, I have been delving into health practices beyond diet and exercise, to understanding circadian and quantum health. Our bodies are so connected to light and the production of energy. Food is one part, but light is another part of the story. I would love to see. you explore this as well.
Thank you Lauren for sharing your story! You are inspiring! My brother in law has bipolar 1 disorder and he’s in the hospital right now. He’s only 19 years old and it’s his 4th hospitalization and I hope that one day he can get on this keto diet. It’s very stressful and extremely heavy when he’s going through mania and psychosis. It’s really hard seeing him suffer.
Thank you! In spring, my body told me it wanted more protein and little sugar. I noticed my anxiety attacks were dramatically reduced. Since then, I get more protein and do nervous system building. This gives me more to think about! ❤
Mental health professional here. You are in remission, not healed. Healed would imply you could go back to your original diet with no ill effects. Also this is a cyclical illness. I would have waited at least another 6 month to a year before posting this video. Most mental health professionals, know that symptoms can go into remission for months and then another breakdown comes. Please be careful.
If schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is viewed as a condition that arises when unfavorable genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors-such as trauma and chronic stress-converge, it should be possible for the disorder to no longer manifest if epigenetic and environmental factors develop favorably. In preclinical studies, it has been demonstrated that ketogenic diets and stress-reducing measures can reverse epigenetic changes and stimulates mitophagy to recycle dysfunctional mitochondria.. This suggests that, after a certain duration of therapy, only the genetic vulnerability might remain. Ultimately, even the reintroduction of a balanced, whole-food diet - for example, a Mediterranean diet - might not necessarily lead to a relapse. I am confident that we will see positive surprises here as well. And if that is the case, it will be absolutely correct to use the term 'healing'. Regarding the cyclical nature of bipolar disorder, there are interesting new hypotheses about why the condition manifests in this way. I recommend the paper published in Nature Magazine, "The Metabolic Overdrive Hypothesis" by Campbell et al. It is available online and offers a completely new perspective on bipolar disorder, particularly mania, which manifests as an energy surplus and is accompanied by psychotic symptoms.
Mental health professional here. You also eat a certain diet. Keto is the default way of eating evolutionary. Psychologists should be open that it is likely they will have to make a shift. Prioritizing the microbiome and mitochondria first, after that there is a place for psychologists. This is not good for my job, but people are more important. For now they should at least tell clients that these possibilities exist. A good prebiotic mix with: PHGG 6g, patatostarch 10g, pectin 8g, psyllium 5g, ricebran 8g should also be tried. Big amounts , double amounts in first month, take with every meal to knock out the dysbiosis. 74g totaal for first month and all in good balance. Dont try probiotics or fermentation. Al individual ingredients have research too back it up. The mix doesnt have the highest science yet to back it up. But people need options right now.
We actually don't know that. Dr. Chris Palmer has indicated that after years of a medical ketogenic diet, some individuals can return to a modified version (such as a paleo diet) with no ill effects. So it may in-fact be 'healing' rather than just purely remission. However, this is TBD, and I don't think Lauren plans to do this soon.
@@charliepan4055 God bless you for being honest, when the mental health system and Big Pharma only care about the bottom line and don't care about eradicating mental illness when there is a profit from prescribing something to just get rid of symptoms, which leads to a lifelong dependency. I really wish you had a bigger platform.
Our young aduly child started the same approach you've been doing, around the same time. First several months were outstanding, but then THC was resumed (perhaps due to immature risk assessment). It seems to have been ongoing for the past several months, and while positive symptoms are not happening, negative symptoms abound. Still much better than if not well into ketosis, but it shows how challenging it can still be without stopping that. At least you have shown what can be done!
I don't know how you say it's cured you with only like 1 year of a keto diet? This could influence others to copy you hoping for the same results, myself included because I'm also schizoaffective and so is my father. It just sounda like my Dad going off his meds for the 30th time swearing up and down that something has cured him and he just ends up back in the hospital.
I can understand how you might feel that way. In our community, I have not witnessed much in the way of relapse when individuals remain in nutritional ketosis.
I think the problem is the words you are using. "Healed" schizophrenia implies that it is gone. From what we know about schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder they are chorionic relapsing/remitting disorders. You may be in a period of remitting, but relapse will likely happen. I hope for you that this is not the case and that your keto intervention has actually "healed" you but I am skeptical. My bipolar disorder relapsed while l am on keto, and has now remitted again after a year-,long depressive episode. I have been on medical keto the whole time.
@@stigmacrusher I have been on a low carb diet for 6 years. I think I spend most of my day in ketosis (no measurements). In the past 2 years, I started experiencing anxiety and depression. 4 weeks of carnivore did not help. Going on a high fat keto seemed to help a bit but did not resolve it and I did not persevere. What helped was mindfulness. I have my own method how to reach the mindful state of mind. I focus and force my brain to process sensory inputs (visual inputs generate a lot of activity). I think the descriptions how to achieve mindfulness are for relatively healthy people and not for people who's brains don't work because they are depressed. It is a guess but I think if I was on a high carb diet I would not be able to practise mindfulness at all. I know bipolar is much more than just depression but it is the only way I can relate.
I just want to add that : I think people might feel triggered because when you say you’ve healed your schizophrenia with keto, it can come across as implying that having schizophrenia is something that needs to be "fixed" or "cured," rather than something we learn to live with and manage. For many of us, this framing can feel offensive because it reinforces the idea that we’re inherently broken or less than, rather than accepting that mental illnesses are part of who we are. We’re constantly battling societal stigma-being labeled as crazy, whacko, or abnormal-and statements like this, even if unintentionally, can feed into that harmful narrative. It suggests that unless we "heal" from our condition, we’re not doing enough or we’re somehow failing. This can be especially hurtful for those of us who are doing our best with medication, therapy, or other treatments but still struggle with symptoms. It’s important to recognize that managing schizophrenia is already a huge accomplishment, and the idea of "healing" can put unfair pressure on people who are just trying to get through each day. But regardless of how you might come across as "ableist" personally i feel that it's unhealthy to pretend like mental illness or disabilities are something to aspire to have and should be inspirational.. I don't want to accept I have schizophrenia, I don't want to accept I have an incurable illness. If that makes me an ableist so be it... I hate this illness, and don't want it. We shouldn't be ashamed to say that, but yeah it can come across as rude LOL.
It's not just about rudeness, rudeness is a blatant strawman. This is blatant misinformation to wildly imply that the keto diet will "cure" schizophrenia. This will mislead a lot of desperate people. All of the papers lightly mentioned here aren't well funded, studied, haven't gone through rigorous methodology testing, peer review etc etc...
Her/their whole channel is just as you've described. Her first videos with her smiling from ear to ear, the poster child. I heard she stole the info from a schizophrenia awareness group and they won't have anything to do with her. She also quit the group when she wasn't elected to the board of directors. This channel is not realistic in relation to the very real struggles. It is insulting to peers. Her status, pretentious attitude and her "it's all about me" presentation...she is not "the voice" for mental health illness. Though she desperately tries to be. I can't stand to watch more than a few minutes of her presentations and I have to turn it off. I just come here for the comments She has a handful of YT accounts (who knows who they are?) that fly in and respond to comments that question. I've concluded that she, her husband and now her keto team are all narcissistic freaks aka communal Narcissism. At worst she's a danger to the community. At best she, husband (he has a channel portraying his polyamorous ex wife relationship, Incredible Life) and supporters are a great study of psychological narcissistic personality disorders and Cluster B. And the dark side of "philanthropy" via Michael Milken and The Baszucki Group (Roblox).
Have been following your inspiring channel for a long time. While I don't have any "diagnosis", I have been afflicted with modern life and the poor standard diet, like so many others. The keto diet has really improved things overall. I would be very interested in knowing precisely how your medical keto diet is different from the standard keto diet. That specific information seems to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world! What are some of the things you really have for your everyday dinners, for example. What recipes have you come up with for yourself when it comes to reality in your diet. What has worked the best for you when it comes to your meals on medical keto. You know, day to day reality on medical keto. Many of us would probably be very interested in that.
If you watch any interview with Dr. Chris Palmer, that question comes up regularly and he answers it quite well. It basically has to do wit the amount of calories of fat to protein and carb ratio. You need a higher fat ratio if you want to get and stay in the medical ketosis level. He explains it in more detail.
@@naomicox7583 My apologies. You are looking more for meal planning. I would assume any ketogenic recipes would work, like those on the Diet doctor website for instance, with possible adjustments of macros. But that would be individual dependant on how easily you achieve the proper ketosis level. Lauren for instance seems to achieve high ketosis much quicker than Rob, eating exactly the same thing. This is what a keto coach would be beneficial for. Good luck with your endeavours.
@@reinerschafer1708 Thank you for stepping in with your amazingly insightful and brilliant reply, but I was asking Lauren about her own ideas and what has worked best for her.
Didn’t you just post you were struggling like a month ago but really were avoiding trying meds again? Seems fishy. But now you are healed all the sudden. I get your trying to help people get to where you are. But they may end up losing everything they have trying. I’ve tried it. I’d be homeless. Lose my kids. And probably be in an institution. Be careful what you encourage.
I don’t comment this to be snarky. I don’t believe it’s curable. Maybe it can go into remission but it’s always an underlying illness. Just know many of us want to get off medication but absolutely cannot. This type of content encourages some people to try that absolutely need the medication. And they may lose everything in their life due to their downward spiral. I’ve done the ketogenic diet like you and while it made my symptoms less it didn’t eradicate them. This channel is dangerous for those suffering with schizophrenia the majority won’t have the same experience as you. I’ve also believed I was healed and it was a delusion. Sure all those things can lessen symptoms and that’s great to teach. But you’re only hurting your community telling them that they can be healed. I’ve been a devout follower since you started this channel. But now you are a danger to me and so many else I believe.
@ I’d believe that. She doesn’t look well in her current state in this video you can always tell by the eyes if you’re having issues. She looks like she’s doing way better in her past clips in this video. She just overall just not look healthy or sound healthy. I’m very concerned for her.
I support your decision to go off of antipsychotics fully. They are overprescribed! I had a severe, treatment-resistant psychotic break in 2012. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder during hospitalization to treat the psychosis. I did not agree with the diagnosis and in 2014 I went off of all antipsychotic medication. I have been free of psychosis for over 12 years off of nearly all psychiatric medication. What my therapist and I think had in 2012 was a PTSD-related psychosis. Image what would have happened if I had listened to all the fear-mongering psychiatrists in 2014 who told me that I would never be able to exist without antipsychotics. In many ways, I have achieved my highest level of overall successful functioning post-antipsychotics. I have learned to meditate, exercise, sleep with stability, care for my needs, eat well, and process my life trauma because of the healing relationship I have built with my therapist. No medication could ever offer than kind of love and support.
Lauren - don’t listen to a single person that slings foolish anger, questions or jealousy your way. You need not suffer such hopelessly unhappy individuals. Congratulations on your successes - the overwhelming majority of people are ECSTATIC for you both.
A bit contradictory, as saying "medical keto" yet also saying disillusioned with the medical model & the doctors who are "supervising" you don't know much about it. Also, these kind of illnesses tend to be episodic. I have been in a state of ketosis after I was very ill after a surgery. My breath had a sweet smell like nail polish acetone & I lost 10kg off my then slim frame. Burned all my fat stores in a short time as under extreme stress & starvation. I would not deliberately want to put myself into that state. Didn't you say you are diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type? Why keep saying schizophrenia?
I think Lauren knows what schizoaffective is like, and that it is episodic and everything. She has been living with it more than a decade. I think she have learned a lot about her illness and now sees how metabolic therapy helps her. So I believe in what she says
Also you forget she does the diet with medical experts and supervision. Your state of ketosis after you were ill is not the same as a well managed medical ketogenic diet
@@BipolarCourage she made a video about this question quite a long time ago, i think it has something to do with the fact that since schizoaffective disorder is schizophrenia plus a mood disorder component, and therefore within the same realm, and that average person has more of an awareness of the term schizophrenia and therefore it kind of functions as a bit of an umbrella term. I am just going by memory of what she has said though...you wpould have to search her channel for the video where this is questioned. Also often she does actually say "mental illnesses like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder" in her videos, hence covering both terms together.
I wont begin to understand what you went through and where you are now. People are saying it's dangerous to go off your meds, but I trust you know yourself better than anyone and you are earnest about your feelings and your experience. Miracles do happen. Very happy for you, Lauren. Keep flourishing. Prospera.
Another special thank you to Metabolic Mind and Baszucki Group for all of the work they are doing to bring healing to as many people as possible, and for supporting me through this exploration and journey. My life has completely changed, and thank you doesn't feel enough.
Follow @MetabolicMind (and more at www.metabolicmind.org/) to learn more about this new approach to psychiatry and to connect with and learn more from incredible researchers, clinicians, and lived experience advocates, all working toward understanding how to actually improve quality of life through metabolic health.
An immense thank you to Nicole Laurent (mentalhealthketo.com/) for her knowledge and guidance in helping me most effectively improve my quality of life through this intervention. You were integral and I'm so grateful for your support.
Thank you so much to everyone who has followed along on this journey over the last year. This has not been an easy paradigm shift, and I appreciate the meaningful dialogue, and openness to reframing what is possible in recovery of mental illness.
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Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
You're "coming off of medication" journey is very inspirational. Even though there are people that are against it and don't believe it could be possible, we as humans are still very misinformed on a lot of information on life in general. So many people cling to information that cannot be proven 100% unless you are all knowing. And for so long Doctors have said there is no cure for schizophrenia. That just never sat right with me. All of existence is too big to think that they're will never be a cure for something. This video brings about new understanding of what could be possible to everyone. Thank you 🙏🏾 for not only documenting your experience but putting it out there into the world to show that there is hope for us. 🙌🏾
@@LivingWellAfterSchizophrenia Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Sorry,,, Keto is only one ☝️ way to recover from Schizophrenia… Also include,,, Worlds poorest Countries heal Schizophrenia,,, Dr.Aaron Becks CBT,,, Sweden’s Open Dialogue,,, Any Cardio 3 days weekly, other sports 2 days weekly, rest 2 days weekly,,, I’m Really Sorry, it’s my position, Stress Management is also crucial, and treating any Trauma also using Dr.Aaron Becks CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, it’s my position reducing stress n healing trauma are also crucial in treating schizophrenia…
I dont usually write comments on this channel but I have followed you for a couple years and I’ve seen you struggling and suffering because of your illness. I just wanted to express how happy I am that things are going better for you now. I hope you will keep feeling great and I wish you well!
me too, it's been wonderful to watch the transformation :)
@@kathryndrew5618100% agree. So inspiring to watch Lauren's journey!
Like you, I recovered from severe psychosis and bipolar 1 through adopting an anti inflammatory keto diet. I’ve been med free for 8 years now, and although each day brings ongoing dedication and commitment to this lifestyle, what I’ve regained is incredible. Since my recovery I’ve got a great job, bought a house, and found love again. But above all I’ve found joy, hope, and happiness. I wish you well for your continued journey.
God bless you on you journey !!!
Wow. Thank you for sharing this - amazing to read of someone with a sustained multiple years period of health using this therapy!
I could never bring myself to get medications. I found exercise makes it all go back to normal
@@ZeroAlpha1173you were misdiagnosed then
Thanks for sharing your story! Are you still on a consistent keto diet? And how much do you limit your carbs? I cant imagine cutting them completely. And how often did you experience psychosis symptoms?- if you don't mind me asking. My husband has bipolar w/psychosis, and he doesnt rly like medicine.
I really needed to see that. I’m going through a difficult time with my 13-year-old daughter, who is in the hospital suffering from schizophrenia. You gave me hope, and I’m grateful to you. You have helped me, and I’m sure many others will benefit as well. I will do my best to make it happen.
What wonderful news and what wonderful summary of a year and how much it means for the whole field of mental health care!! This is huge!! Congratulations.
congratulations! so happy for you to have been brave enough to give this a chance and then realize this super positive outcome
I'm 37 years old and was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at 21 years old. I was genuienly fearful my life was over because every treatment that I tried either did not work or just 'took the edge of the symptoms'. I started ketogenic diet 4 months ago and I am in remission, in REAL recovery!. Merry Xmas LAUREN, Thank you so much for recommending the ketogenic diet - you were the first person I cam across talking about it for schizoaffective disorder
You still need meds...
@@NinaLawson-h6s Wish you could be happy for @ao3220 and Lauren and so many others that this ketogenic regime has helped completely.
@NinaLawson-h6s I'm on welbutrin and low dose quetiopine. I have not decided yet whether to stay on them or come off
@@NinaLawson-h6sno, she doesn’t need the poisons!
@@NinaLawson-h6s you need to mind your own business
You are amazing and your family is amazing. I'm on insane amounts of anti-psychotics. Your videos gives me hope. I am so thankful for you. Just knowing you are doing better gives me hope.
So happy for you. You deserve this, everyone deserves this ♥
I have been on medical keto as well and didn't think it would work. Like you, I was sceptical but I have a clearer mind now, rid of delusions, and back in the real world
My Christmas wish is that someday my son can be in the same place you are today. God bless you and your family. Thank you so much for sharing w the world.
I have the same diagnosis as Lauren and after 4 months of ketogenic diet schizoaffective disorder is in remission
@@aor3220 comment on my comment please
Fantastic, from what you are saying you’ve lost from 2016-2024, 8 years of your life to this schizophrenia. Stay strong on the keto and live the rest of your life on the mountain tops, having already experienced the dark and heavy valleys
So Happy😁
for you Lauren.
It's so wonderful.
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May You,
Rob and All
your loved ones have a lovely Christmas.
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Very well articulated.
Beautiful and happy family.
Dont be angry about the information , the professionals are doing their best and this area is new and the professions are slow to change , this us why your videos are so important to disseminate such great methods
It would appear that the medical profession is extremely slow to change, especially if it means prescribing less or no medications.
Lauren, THANK YOU for being so brave & vulnerable to share your journey. Your experience gives me hope for my son ❤ Don’t take the negative comments to heart. It’s fear that they need to work through.
This was a beautifully edited documentary. And very important to get the information out there.
I'm so happy this year of trying out this new project has proven to be life-changing for you & Rob. 🙏 I never would've imagined this would be the result... I didn't even took it seriously in the beginning, to be honest. Congratulations to both of you.
I will offer up to you Lauren just how much you have opened my eyes. I've always been a knucklehead. A Class Clown, always seeking out the humor in life. No one in my immediate family or extended family have taken medication for psychological issues. Almost three years ago I found one of your videos in my YT recommendations. I watched, immediately subscribed and through these 3 years I have absorbed Yours, Rob's and the Kiddos story! The whole process opened my eyes to The Mental Health world. I'm more aware of others who struggle. I'm able to pick up on signs here and there. YOUR CHANNEL has made me a better person and I thank you. Mele Kahlikimaka to Your Family and Viewers in here! MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio👋
Thank you for this video! I’ve been on the keto diet for about a year and a half now, and it has improved my mood, energy, and mental clarity tremendously.
She's sharing her story with us, and for that, I'm grateful. To learn about her experience is a blessing. She's sharing what worked for her. No, this approach may not have the same effect on everyone, but it's nice to know that different lifestyle choices can potentially and positively impact somebody's quality of life who may be living with schizoaffective disorder. I wouldn't know to make those connections if it weren't for stories and testimonies like this. So, thanks, Lauren! ❤
Congratulations Lauren! So awesome you accomplished this 🎉
I think people need to proceed cautiously, because how tempting is it for us to want to be able to take our last pill? Initially your title said "cured," and that really bothered me.
I think this is going way too fast.
Recovery can never go too fast. From my perspective with schizophrenia personally, those around me are always a bit uncomfortable with how fast I get better on keto. The sad reality is , Lauren you included, the next person beside us will always usually measure their own self by using us a measurement stick.. schizophrenia kind of stumps a person, then suddenly they’re looking up at us? Bravo Lauren, keep fighting the good fight
Are people looking forward to medication withdrawal and dealing with all the brain injury being unmasked? I don’t think so. Most people avoid the withdrawal and keep taking the stuff. The ones that don’t want to take it are probably having adverse reactions and should stop it anyway and try keto or carnivore.
It’s because the dEmOnS nEEd tHe SuGaR! 😂😂 but seriously, is that why?
Thank you Thank you, for sharing your Journey. You have no idea how hopefull I feel after watching your Journey, thank you for sharing it. I live in México I hope One Day I will be off medications.I hope I can also heal. Please dont stop to do your videos. Greetings from México
You’re stable, your disorder isn’t gone and your message scares me on many levels. If you go off keto, will symptoms come back? If yes, then you’re stable and in remission, so amazing. I have a Thyroid disorder. I take meds and I’m stable, but I still have a thyroid disorder. - My son has SA and is stable on meds; no psychiatric symptoms, thank goodness. Keto is an option for those who can organize their food and ADLs. However, like an alchoholic in recovery, SA is still there, even when in remission.
Your statements are probably quite true. But wouldn't it be great if someone could change a part of their lifestyle and be rid of their debilitating symptoms for possibly the rest of their life, much like many diabetics do every day?
If I had to choose between what I'm having for lunch or whether to live with the side affects of lifelong medication, it's pretty much a no brainer, especially if the side affects of diet change is other areas of improved health as well.
While the research is still ongoing, it seems clear that there are people where metabolic therapies can be tapered and a patient can be in complete remission without medication, there are people who need to continue metabolic therapy in order to manage symptoms and stay in remission, and there are people who need both medication and metabolic therapy in order to manage. Like everything, it is dependant on what is best for each person. While it isn't a cure all for everyone, this research, and what Lauren is doing to promote it, will be the future of mental health treatment with the ability to bring hope back to millions who have felt lost.
@@reinerschafer1708I agree 100%. It’s the “I’m cured” part, in my opinion, that may set others up to believe there is a cure. MI can be managed and a person can be symptom free. I enjoy Lauren’s channel and continue to watch and learn.
@@justindittburner216As we say in NAMI support groups, “we will never give up hope”. For those who are aware of their illness, there is always hope when new remedies are available. It is indeed personal to each person. However, the obstacle of Anosognosia (lack of insight due to the illness, which is not denial) prevents those with SMI from getting help in general.
@@LLB-CCmaybe there IS a cure. And metabolic therapies can cure these illnesses. We don’t know yet
EXCELLENT!!! Thank you so much for being the "poster child" for what it means to actually recover your mental health! (That took guts!) And I thank God you persevered!
There are many of us who have achieved remission. We aren't selling or sponsored by antipsychotics. Look at her sponsors.
you cannot recover from a mental illness. you can only be in remission 0:02
As an old retired Psych nurse I've followed you this year with skeptical thoughts but praying for a "miracle" because I've only ever imagined management of mental illness. You are so inspirational and I'm so very happy that you proved my doubts wrong. Now I wonder what I could have offered my patients for all of those years. Bless you.
I just talk about it to people when I can.
Please get real. A specific diet won't solve spiritual problems ; yes because skyzophrenia is actually demonic oppression, spirits attacking people ; so unless maybe you drink only Holy Water I don't think you can chase a demonic spirit with a keto diet. Demons do not fear unholy things.
As a family doctor working in France, I live this video so, so inspired... merci for what you do !!! this is so needed ...
I am happy for you but also concerned. Metabolic therapy is new and uncharted territory. So much goes in to a clinical study, one of the most important thing is to have a statistician who calculate how many patients one need to prove something, the study need to be design in a way that makes it possible to be replicated by others and get the exact same results. The rules and regulations surrounding this is very very very strict and when those are not followed, people's life and safety are at risk. Countless people have died or gotten hurt because some arrogant doctor skips a few steps because everything "seems fine" or "should work". In addition, people trust in science is harmed, as if we are the enemy for not doing things that seems so easy. the reason we don't take the easy way is because people can die. I love that you are "healed" and that you encourage others who are not helped by medicine, i am considering trying myself. However promoting something like this in this way is risking the safety of the people you inspire. Psychiatry is known for medicine with side facts and reluctance to take them. Countless people have felt that they don't think they need it anymore, stop taking it an then crashes. Please remember that horrible things can happen when you make psychiatry the "enemy" or an "obsticle" and people lose trust in evidence and medication.
You are making it very complicated. Just keep your GKI low and see what happens. Plus do it with people who know from experience what to do, who learnt the few things you need to know good enough. If you wait for the scientists , you may be dead by then.
@@charliepan4055 We are talking about People's life and safety. If something goes wrong it can get worse than ever. You are gambling with peoples health
Thank you for making this comment. It seems everybody in the comment section is full of enthusiasm for this treatment but I am worried that a lot of people will attempt to stop their medication due to Laurens recent success. I am happy for her that she feels good and that she made progress with keto diet but what I would recommend is staying on a low dose together with the diet. God bless you and good luck going forward.
@@charliepan4055 Because it is complicated. When you take short cuts in medicine people die. Short cuts that work makes others more inclined to test other short cuts that might not. Short cuts that doesn't work leaves the illness free reign.
I can't wait! This is revolutionary! God bless you, Lauren 💜
All the best Lauren! :)
Amazing video Lauren! Thank you for sharing your story and inspiring us!
Lauren I’ve been following your journey and id like to say GOOD ON YOU! I’m so proud to hear you are healed! ❤🎉
Your courage is amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Great! Thanks for sharing this! It's time to keep looking forward with optimism and the push towards more effective healthcare, in general. Maybe we'll see some prosecutions to satiate the anger and frustration, but this positive story is worth more than any retributive one, since it shows how much more you can and do enjoy your life. The positive externalities won't always be measurable, but I, for one, can tell you they are real and really appreciated. They will ripple. This is exactly what is needed. I wish you well and thank you! 😊
I am so happy for you and your family Lauren. Thank you for so honestly sharing your experiences with us over the years.
idk lauren, from another schizo spectrum person who has tried to reduce or go med free, maybe youre still struggling with the acceptance of our condition. my meds are not that intrusive and i hardly suffer symptoms because of them. it's a small price and one i'm willing and able to pay bc my meds are $5 and i dose for before bed so that i'm not drowsy in the day. the medicine does make you feel far away from everything sometimes, but it's nothing compared to relapsing.
If it is working, please don't change.... The most valuable part of this is knowing there is other way to
Treat this illness and you have a choice!
I'm with you. I'm on medication, and I feel like myself again for the first time in longer than I can remember. My mind is clear, truly clear, for the first time since childhood.
Low-dose Abilify (I'm very medication sensitive), 60mg of Cymbalta and 200mg of Lamictal has saved me, given me remission, and given me a second chance at living again.
I'm so glad you're in a similar place, and am happy for you. 💜
I m very happy that it works for you, but you must know that people can have very different responses to medications. You realize there
are people for whom medication does not work as well, right? Other therapies like this one are needed, and I don t understand the rush to shut down any attempt at figuring out other approaches especially when they re proven to be effective in so many patients.
She has definitely struggled with acceptance of her illness since this channel began.
How do you know all the damage it’s doing? Have you removed it? You can’t tell the damage it’s causing until you remove it. Most of my worst symptoms erupted tardive 4-12 months AFTER STOPPING.
Hey Lauren, i have followed your Keto journey closely and am so happy to see you looking so well. Disappointedly i have not experienced the same level of symptom reduction to the depression i suffer from. I think having a Keto coach like Nicole is key to getting the best out of keto diet. Having her problem solve and guide you made a massive difference i think. However i will stick to keto and see what happens in the future. Good luck 🤞🤞🤞 Merry Christmas 🎄 from Scotland xx
Try to avoid processed keto foods.
Did you confirm ketosis with testing blood levels?
Myself as a long time athlete, D2 wrestler and still coach, boxing for 25 years, and a cyclist and lived with Schizoaffective since 2005 and tried keto for 2 years, keto will not heal you but it will definitely help some if you're diet was already horrible, and more so if you're in the higher functioning range . You're healed when you don't require further care. I truly wonder how many commenters defending the healed statement are actually diagnosed with Schizoaffective or Schizophrenia.
One of my concerns is that keto is strongly discouraged for people with an eating disorder and Lauren admits to dealing with one. I also wonder to what lengths she would go to hide a relapse with all of her family's income coming from her being "cured"
@@LeifGregersen "Therapeutic ketogenic diet as treatment for anorexia nervosa", Frank et al., Frontiers in Nutrition, 2024
@Susanne-qp8vj youtube, what is the ketogenic diet, 475,000 views
@Susanne-qp8vj what exactly are you trying (and failing) to say? Link the study, give me your crexentials and explain why you want to downplay something as serious as anorexia. I grew up with a young woman I was rather fond of who had anorexia and died of a heart attack in her early 20s. Lauren has so many issues on or off meds that even if she was cured of all symptoms it would mean very little because she doesn't have just schizophrenia. And if you are so bold as to quote a study I doubt you have read, please answer the second part of the question.
@Susanne-qp8vj oh, and I forgot to mention. I have schizoaffective disorder with anxiety and my work has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, The Stanford Social Innovation review and over 60 newspaper and magazine articles along with three mental health nonfiction books licensed by the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Library. I also teach creative writing in psychiatric wards.
You are incredible person. I watched your vids of 12 months ago and I cried. Now I celebrate with you. Love always
I'm very happy for you, Lauren! This is very helpful.
Around the middle to end of the last century, antipsychotic medication revolutionized the treatment of mental disorders, replacing interventions like lobotomy. Similarly, metabolic interventions like the ketogenic diet could be the beginning of a new revolution in how we treat and understand mental disorders like unipolar depression and the schizo-bipolar spectrum.
I notice denial in comments, but skepticism implies hope and openness. If preliminary evidence suggests positive responses to treating mental illnesses, and there's strong evidence that the ketogenic diet can treat epilepsy (a neurological disorder), it's not enough to confirm its efficacy in treating neuropsychiatric disorders, but it's enough to give us reasonable hope.
Who knows? Maybe in ten years, this approach will become the first-line treatment for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. Or perhaps it will become a valuable complementary therapy, widely recommended within the next five years.
I've been following this channel for years because there are a few people in my family who have schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. It's impossible to deny the veracity of Lauren's experience.
Greetings from Argentina. 😊
Well said
Ketogenic diet also puts Type 2 diabetes in remission! I hope the next big thing in treating all illnesses is heavy duty nutrition therapies.
excellent comment!!
the public was sold the medical model & the DSM and then told it's about taking pills but there are clearly cases where an actual medical diagnosis can be considered or confirmed and cured or managed. as well as non-pill interventions that deal with understanding and integrating altered states of consciousness. and also the considerations of treatments like a diet. We need more confirmation of what happened to this person but it will take massive pressure to deal with the epistemic hubris of biopsychiatry.
Lauren, thank you so much for openly sharing your experience of mental illness over the past several years! You are a beacon of hope and resilience to countless people. Your recovery over the past year has been nothing short of miraculous. Congratulations on finding your way to improved health!
Amazing video and deep gratitude to Dr. Chris Palmer for his development of the metabolic model for mental health (building off of a wealth of knowledge from hidden/forgotten research). The connection between food, energy, ketones, and mitochondria will forever change the way our society and planet views human health and wellbeing - for the better.
Thanks Lauren. I hope you all have a great holiday.
You are such an inspiration of hope. I’m hoping to help my loved one who experiences manic episodes only and could lower his medication overtime following this plan. .
Have a wonderful Christmas xxx
Metabolic therapy is the future of health. Full stop. The work you are doing both for yourself and for the world is helping to bring hope and healing to millions. For every person in the medical field that sees these videos and looks into the profoundly successful research coming out around physical and mental (but i repeat myself) health, there are countless patients that will be able to learn about this from their medical provider. With the position that Calley Means has worked into, I see a very bright future for the promotion of this research especially out of places like Stanford, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins that are already leading this movement. You're an inspiration and this is the exact message that the world needs to hear, even if it's hard to take for some.
Happy you added "full stop". Wasted words. 🙄
Happy Holidays❤ and THANK YOU ☝️😇👍
Excited! Mental health is physical health!!
Lauren, I’m impressed with your solution,I remember listening to your videos many years ago and now I see you’re almost solving this problem, congratulations on this wonderful experience and remember the Best is Yet to Come! A listener….Gigi
I've been watching your content for a couple years now, and I have to say, I'm so proud of you! And inspired. I have an appointment with a dietician coming up...
Hope you get a good one! Many dietitians are still operating with the old mindset based on the food pyramid
Thank you for sharing your experiences even in the face of so much objections and backlash. I really hope this spreads like wildfire and programs develops around the world to help support metabolic treatments. Also, I would love to see you on Soft White Underbelly. Would be a perfect place to share your story.
Lauren, I'm deeply happy for you and your entire family with this new capacity and the direction of your advocacy work. I managed bipolar II disorder for many years without medication building capacity through other ways that allowed me to accomplish a lot.
I'd been a financial provider for a couple of years and my sole caregiver for many more so I picked up a lot of skills and expanded my capacity even while battling debilitating symptoms. Hence, medical interventions were complimentary to recovery not the cornerstone per se.
Four years ago, a tougher hypomanic episode prompted me to see a psychiatrist and I found your channel to gauge medication experiences and shape my self advocacy in doctors' appointments. The goal was remission and best case scenario resuming a life without medications with even more capacity. I achieved that this year, not with a keto diet but a number of routine (exercise, health accountability partner) and environmental changes (live alone, no contact from triggering persons) that have allowed me to accomplish some of my biggest goals yet.
I've been studying my body, symptoms and reactions to multiple stimuli for years so I've made a lot of informed decisions which may not be the case for everyone. I think the biggest lesson from your journey is to be brave enough to find what works for us as individuals so that we as patients can drive forward research in this area. Thank you so much for your service.
I’m so happy you Lauren! Both you and Rob are such a TEAM ❤ Don’t stop coming here for us with other issues like epilepsy and more. 🙏🏼🌹
Wow! Congratulations! I was skeptical, but I thought you were going about it responsibly with the care of doctors. It's not like you were encouraging people to stop their meds cold turkey with no medical support. I have to say, I did not expect to see results this good, or for the results to last as long as they have. This is really impressive and encouraging. I hope it can lead to more studies and funding, so that more doctors can become knowledgeable on this and prescribe it to patients. If it's a viable treatment, people should have access to it. I don't know if you could speak before the legislature in Alberta or maybe to the Commons but I feel like getting your story to government people who make decisions about healthcare funding is important.
Yes more studies and funding would be great. Right now the majority of ongoing studies are being funded by one philanthropic family which I'm very sure the scientific community is grateful for, but they can only do so much. Wouldn't it be great though if the government would fund some research? Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies, who are the majority funders of the Food and Drug Administration (similarly in Europe and other western countries) have no interest in funding studies where the positive results would lead to major losses in revenue.
I'm glad the ketogenic diet seems to be working for you, but I'm very curious about the science behind this, because a lot of these statements throughout the video are quite vague. Some links to some studies or research would be helpful.
Read the book: Brain Energy by Christopher M. Palmer M.D. He explains it in detail.
A very important account of a journey toward healing. Thank you!!!
Thanks for sharing Lauren. I hope metabolic therapy and a ketogenic lifestyle continues to work well for you!
So so happy for you and your family!!! Congratulations ❤
Really happy for you!! You sound great & are very committed to your health & wellness - keep going❤
Thank you for this video!
Lauren I am very happy to know your healing over the sickness that you have experienced since few years ago. I have followed your videos & I must say that i am very thankful for your sharing over the years. My daughter was diagnosed exactly like yours & she have gone thru same behaviour like you have mentioned. Your sharing have given me guidelines & knowledge on mental sickness. Thank you very much. GOD bless you and your family. I am so looking forward for my daughter recovery. It was very hard on her & us as a family. ❤❤❤
Pointing out something a public person is doing as irresponsible and inaccurate (e.g. saying she has schoziphrenia when she has sa bipolar type or saying healed when it is managed by rigorous medical diet and it only has been for a short time and even shorter time without meds) is not being "negative" or "jealous". I am not affected by any psychotic illness, yet I am still very concerned about how she is going about this, despite having gotten so much constructive feedback on her approach. What would be wrong with titles like "the year i managed my schizoaffective disorder symptoms with medical keto" or "the year I switched from psych meds to medical keto for my schizoaffective disorder"? Why would anyone make any claims on healing schizophrenia (which she doesn even have), instead of just taking their viewers along their personal journey so that the viewers are not misled about a cure being possible, discovered and applicable to anyone? Also, a lot of long term viewers have the feeling she is getting payed to promote keto which makes her other choices on how to incorrectly label her remission/ management of symptoms through diet as a cure and conflating schizophrenia with schizoaffective, even harder to stomach. I wish her all the best, at the same time I do not agree at all with her public approach.
I agree that her wording could be a bit more accurate. However, she tells anyone who wants to begin the Keto diet to do it under a doctor's supervision.
did you seriously say she never had schizophrenia? thats quite a sly thing to say seen as the amount of harship she's been through WITH SCHIZOAFFECTIVE disorder. (a combo of a mood disorder and schizophrenia). if you trust the medical literature so much why dont you say she had schizophrenia as the DSM clearly highlights schizoaffective people as having schizophrenia. are you saying someone with bipolar and schizophrenia is not someone with schizophrenia but someone with anxiety and schizophrenia is someone with schizophrenia?
@@rockabillymuffinLauren has several sponsorships she does not disclose.
Being paid to promote keto would be very indirect advertising bc it doesn't belong to a company. Also the number of patients with schizophrenia who would be targeted for the advertising would be small..... Sounds like a stretch. I doubt there is any evidence that its a sponsored message. Someone give some actual details about this and not just a vague accusation please.
wow! I remember you from a while back, great stuff Lauren !
I’m so happy for you ❤
Is using the term “healed” in this context not on some level similar to saying you are “healed” from a food allergy when you avoid that food? I am incredibly happy for you and the relief you are experiencing although with such a large audience I am concerned with the way you’ve worded the title. I truly hope that you will not dismiss concerned viewers comments as “hate”.
I think that's a valid but unnecessary objection. If you watch the documentary, there's no doubt about her use of the “healing” concept. Healing a condition implies that someone is free of symptoms because the problem has been solved, and in her case, the problem was metabolic dysfunction that affected her brain function. Her metabolic dysfunction went away, and her brain function improved, so technically, she did heal the condition.
Even if she needs to eat in a specific way to avoid metabolic dysfunction, she can still use the term “heal”. We all need to eat in a specific way to prevent or reverse things like risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, and that doesn't mean we're all ill. If you need to eat in a more specific way to prevent things like schizophrenia symptoms, you're not ill, you're just more vulnerable.
The issue may arise when, based solely on the title and without viewing the documentary, someone infers that she claims schizophrenia can be cured without ongoing specific care. However, it only takes minimal discernment to understand that Lauren's message does not convey that notion.
@@leoj2095 so well put!! i think a few people on here are concerned about the words heal and remission. But in the world of illnesses there are indeed many instances of people being healed as a result of a certain intervention that needs to be maintained in their life to keep them well.
Thank you for sharing your story Miss West
You are a light ✨🙏🏼
Keep sharing 🙌🏼
I didn't know schizoaffective disorder was like a broken bone and could just be healed. How long did you go off the keto diet to determine you healed your mental illness? Or did you mean to make your title "the year I managed my schizophrenia symptoms with a change in diet"? It has to be one or the other.
Yes, you absolutely have a point. But the diet one considers as normal matters in this context. In my case, I have been on a low carb diet (I shouldn't call it keto but it's not far from it) for more than 6 years. I am still not convinced a high carb diet is a good choice for me and it never was. So, for me, low carb/keto/carnivore is normal. High carb is weird and possibly dangerous. I would go back to a "balanced high carb diet" only if I really had to (scarcity of food, etc.).
For many people a low carb diet is what their body is made for. If you eat low carb and it completely change your health it's because that is the way you SHOULD eat. And you have your whole life eaten in a way that is norm in our society but is not healthy. Keto is not medication, it's very natural and how humans have eaten for all of history before argiculture.
In a world where doctors say that diet has absolutely no therapeutic effect on psychosis, quibbling about the whether it will come back if she engages in the deranged diet that many theorize brought about the dysfunction in the first place kinda misses the point.
@ImNoclue I'm actually quibbling about her use of the word "healed".
@@ElG-pg1ve well said. A whole food ketogenic diet is probably quite close to the way many, maybe even most humans ate for hundreds of thousands of years. The level of carbs now recommended in our guidelines just were not available except for very short periods of time, at which point we gorged on them to fatten ourselves up as much as we could. Never mind the refined carbs we now have available to us.
I also recovered from psychosis (drug-induced) through holistic methods. Anti-psychotics may help reduce psychotic symptoms, but it will not cure your psychosis.
The mental health world is mad that you can recover from these “lifelong” illnesses.
Well done for documenting all this Lauren!
I will add, psychosis recovery is like addiction recovery. The recovery journey lasts forever.
What holistic methods did u use ? ♡
Yay. 🙂 You look really great, healthy and come across really well balanced. Well done. Ü
This was a very good documentary. This gives me hope. Thank you so much for giving this information.
this post is so exciting....just a few minutes in, you look radiant and healthy, and I love your hair!!!!! Can't wait to hear the results of your effort on Keto here. I've had some stints on this diet, and felt better, yet have not fully adhered. So looking forward to gaining some inspiration here as to what might be possible. thank you
Merry Christmas Lauren wishing you all the best health wise for the future 🙏
The comments on this video make me very sad and a little angry. Lauren this documentary was amazing and has given me and others so much hope! I've currently been using medical keto to manage my schizoaffective disorder for about 5 months now, doing it properly for a couple months though, with promising results!😊 So grateful for you and your channel, especially with the education on metabolic therapies ❤️
God bless you on your journey !!!
@@arlenefisher1164 thank you!!
I agree! Very disappointed there is so much hate! It’s just an alternative route and people need to give it a chance. It’s obviously not the way for everyone but works great for some.
100% agree! I was feeling the same way so I had to stop reading the comments. Some people want to stay stuck where they are and don’t have hope that this could help someone else.
So happy for you! Thank you for sharing your experience. Praying this will help other people ♥️🙏🏻
The visuals are like a pharmaceutical ad, but they’re promoting the keto diet.
She’s just a keto influencer at this point
It is a bit unnerving how spot on this is. Down to the slo mos of plants and the "hopeful" guitar music in the background. Not super documentary-like.
These visuals are their style of editing for years. Long before they tried keto.
People should also realise that "promoting keto" is like promoting exercise, in that there's no product to sell. She doesn't have a cook book or anything else you can buy from her, they're just promoting their journey & results on this, which can help many people.
Agree.
She is being paid by Metabolic Mind for this nonsense. I refuse to believe otherwise.
Yeah! I've been following you since just before your start on Keto. Over that time, I have been delving into health practices beyond diet and exercise, to understanding circadian and quantum health. Our bodies are so connected to light and the production of energy. Food is one part, but light is another part of the story. I would love to see. you explore this as well.
Excellent. A fine video.
Thank you for documenting your journey! You are very brave and inspiring 💖
We have missed you, so excited to watch this !!
Heh go find my other comment, if you hid it the second after I hit send.....
Karma will get you next lifetime all I'ma say
Thank you Lauren for sharing your story! You are inspiring! My brother in law has bipolar 1 disorder and he’s in the hospital right now. He’s only 19 years old and it’s his 4th hospitalization and I hope that one day he can get on this keto diet. It’s very stressful and extremely heavy when he’s going through mania and psychosis. It’s really hard seeing him suffer.
Thank you! In spring, my body told me it wanted more protein and little sugar. I noticed my anxiety attacks were dramatically reduced. Since then, I get more protein and do nervous system building. This gives me more to think about! ❤
Truly amazing. I’m so happy for you ♥️
Mental health professional here. You are in remission, not healed. Healed would imply you could go back to your original diet with no ill effects.
Also this is a cyclical illness. I would have waited at least another 6 month to a year before posting this video. Most mental health professionals, know that symptoms can go into remission for months and then another breakdown comes.
Please be careful.
If schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is viewed as a condition that arises when unfavorable genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors-such as trauma and chronic stress-converge, it should be possible for the disorder to no longer manifest if epigenetic and environmental factors develop favorably.
In preclinical studies, it has been demonstrated that ketogenic diets and stress-reducing measures can reverse epigenetic changes and stimulates mitophagy to recycle dysfunctional mitochondria.. This suggests that, after a certain duration of therapy, only the genetic vulnerability might remain. Ultimately, even the reintroduction of a balanced, whole-food diet - for example, a Mediterranean diet - might not necessarily lead to a relapse.
I am confident that we will see positive surprises here as well. And if that is the case, it will be absolutely correct to use the term 'healing'.
Regarding the cyclical nature of bipolar disorder, there are interesting new hypotheses about why the condition manifests in this way. I recommend the paper published in Nature Magazine, "The Metabolic Overdrive Hypothesis" by Campbell et al. It is available online and offers a completely new perspective on bipolar disorder, particularly mania, which manifests as an energy surplus and is accompanied by psychotic symptoms.
Mental health professional here. You also eat a certain diet. Keto is the default way of eating evolutionary.
Psychologists should be open that it is likely they will have to make a shift. Prioritizing the microbiome and mitochondria first, after that there is a place for psychologists. This is not good for my job, but people are more important. For now they should at least tell clients that these possibilities exist.
A good prebiotic mix with: PHGG 6g, patatostarch 10g, pectin 8g, psyllium 5g, ricebran 8g should also be tried. Big amounts , double amounts in first month, take with every meal to knock out the dysbiosis. 74g totaal for first month and all in good balance. Dont try probiotics or fermentation. Al individual ingredients have research too back it up. The mix doesnt have the highest science yet to back it up. But people need options right now.
As a Bipolar Schizoaffective patient in remission, thank you so much for being a voice of reason.
We actually don't know that. Dr. Chris Palmer has indicated that after years of a medical ketogenic diet, some individuals can return to a modified version (such as a paleo diet) with no ill effects. So it may in-fact be 'healing' rather than just purely remission. However, this is TBD, and I don't think Lauren plans to do this soon.
@@charliepan4055 God bless you for being honest, when the mental health system and Big Pharma only care about the bottom line and don't care about eradicating mental illness when there is a profit from prescribing something to just get rid of symptoms, which leads to a lifelong dependency. I really wish you had a bigger platform.
Our young aduly child started the same approach you've been doing, around the same time. First several months were outstanding, but then THC was resumed (perhaps due to immature risk assessment). It seems to have been ongoing for the past several months, and while positive symptoms are not happening, negative symptoms abound. Still much better than if not well into ketosis, but it shows how challenging it can still be without stopping that. At least you have shown what can be done!
I am skeptical, but I strongly encourage everyone to be more open minded. Our diet and our gut is very important and we are not aware.
Thank you for sharing your story. It gives hope for those who need it
If there was a mental health video that needed a community note it's this one
Brilliant Lauren, you give us all so much hope.
Thank You so much for this ❤
I don't know how you say it's cured you with only like 1 year of a keto diet? This could influence others to copy you hoping for the same results, myself included because I'm also schizoaffective and so is my father. It just sounda like my Dad going off his meds for the 30th time swearing up and down that something has cured him and he just ends up back in the hospital.
I can understand how you might feel that way. In our community, I have not witnessed much in the way of relapse when individuals remain in nutritional ketosis.
I think the problem is the words you are using. "Healed" schizophrenia implies that it is gone. From what we know about schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder they are chorionic relapsing/remitting disorders. You may be in a period of remitting, but relapse will likely happen. I hope for you that this is not the case and that your keto intervention has actually "healed" you but I am skeptical. My bipolar disorder relapsed while l am on keto, and has now remitted again after a year-,long depressive episode. I have been on medical keto the whole time.
How crazy is it, Countless have already healed of schizophrenia.
@looks like there’s mountains of evidence from countless people who’ve healed,,, reasonable most aren’t aware, or trusting, n believing.
@@stigmacrusher I have been on a low carb diet for 6 years. I think I spend most of my day in ketosis (no measurements). In the past 2 years, I started experiencing anxiety and depression. 4 weeks of carnivore did not help. Going on a high fat keto seemed to help a bit but did not resolve it and I did not persevere. What helped was mindfulness. I have my own method how to reach the mindful state of mind. I focus and force my brain to process sensory inputs (visual inputs generate a lot of activity). I think the descriptions how to achieve mindfulness are for relatively healthy people and not for people who's brains don't work because they are depressed. It is a guess but I think if I was on a high carb diet I would not be able to practise mindfulness at all. I know bipolar is much more than just depression but it is the only way I can relate.
I just want to add that : I think people might feel triggered because when you say you’ve healed your schizophrenia with keto, it can come across as implying that having schizophrenia is something that needs to be "fixed" or "cured," rather than something we learn to live with and manage. For many of us, this framing can feel offensive because it reinforces the idea that we’re inherently broken or less than, rather than accepting that mental illnesses are part of who we are.
We’re constantly battling societal stigma-being labeled as crazy, whacko, or abnormal-and statements like this, even if unintentionally, can feed into that harmful narrative. It suggests that unless we "heal" from our condition, we’re not doing enough or we’re somehow failing. This can be especially hurtful for those of us who are doing our best with medication, therapy, or other treatments but still struggle with symptoms. It’s important to recognize that managing schizophrenia is already a huge accomplishment, and the idea of "healing" can put unfair pressure on people who are just trying to get through each day.
But regardless of how you might come across as "ableist" personally i feel that it's unhealthy to pretend like mental illness or disabilities are something to aspire to have and should be inspirational.. I don't want to accept I have schizophrenia, I don't want to accept I have an incurable illness. If that makes me an ableist so be it... I hate this illness, and don't want it. We shouldn't be ashamed to say that, but yeah it can come across as rude LOL.
It's not just about rudeness, rudeness is a blatant strawman. This is blatant misinformation to wildly imply that the keto diet will "cure" schizophrenia. This will mislead a lot of desperate people.
All of the papers lightly mentioned here aren't well funded, studied, haven't gone through rigorous methodology testing, peer review etc etc...
Her/their whole channel is just as you've described.
Her first videos with her smiling from ear to ear, the poster child. I heard she stole the info from a schizophrenia awareness group and they won't have anything to do with her. She also quit the group when she wasn't elected to the board of directors.
This channel is not realistic in relation to the very real struggles.
It is insulting to peers. Her status, pretentious attitude and her "it's all about me" presentation...she is not "the voice" for mental health illness. Though she desperately tries to be.
I can't stand to watch more than a few minutes of her presentations and I have to turn it off.
I just come here for the comments
She has a handful of YT accounts (who knows who they are?) that fly in and respond to comments that question.
I've concluded that she, her husband and now her keto team are all narcissistic freaks aka communal Narcissism.
At worst she's a danger to the community. At best she, husband (he has a channel portraying his polyamorous ex wife relationship, Incredible Life) and supporters are a great study of psychological narcissistic personality disorders and Cluster B.
And the dark side of "philanthropy" via Michael Milken and The Baszucki Group (Roblox).
Have been following your inspiring channel for a long time. While I don't have any "diagnosis", I have been afflicted with modern life and the poor standard diet, like so many others. The keto diet has really improved things overall.
I would be very interested in knowing precisely how your medical keto diet is different from the standard keto diet. That specific information seems to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world!
What are some of the things you really have for your everyday dinners, for example. What recipes have you come up with for yourself when it comes to reality in your diet. What has worked the best for you when it comes to your meals on medical keto. You know, day to day reality on medical keto.
Many of us would probably be very interested in that.
If you watch any interview with Dr. Chris Palmer, that question comes up regularly and he answers it quite well. It basically has to do wit the amount of calories of fat to protein and carb ratio. You need a higher fat ratio if you want to get and stay in the medical ketosis level. He explains it in more detail.
@@reinerschafer1708 Yes, we all know about those generalities, but that wasn't my question. Please re-read the question.
@@naomicox7583 My apologies. You are looking more for meal planning. I would assume any ketogenic recipes would work, like those on the Diet doctor website for instance, with possible adjustments of macros. But that would be individual dependant on how easily you achieve the proper ketosis level. Lauren for instance seems to achieve high ketosis much quicker than Rob, eating exactly the same thing. This is what a keto coach would be beneficial for. Good luck with your endeavours.
@@reinerschafer1708 Thank you for stepping in with your amazingly insightful and brilliant reply, but I was asking Lauren about her own ideas and what has worked best for her.
I can't wait to see this. 🥰🥰
Didn’t you just post you were struggling like a month ago but really were avoiding trying meds again? Seems fishy. But now you are healed all the sudden. I get your trying to help people get to where you are. But they may end up losing everything they have trying. I’ve tried it. I’d be homeless. Lose my kids. And probably be in an institution. Be careful what you encourage.
I don’t comment this to be snarky. I don’t believe it’s curable. Maybe it can go into remission but it’s always an underlying illness. Just know many of us want to get off medication but absolutely cannot. This type of content encourages some people to try that absolutely need the medication. And they may lose everything in their life due to their downward spiral. I’ve done the ketogenic diet like you and while it made my symptoms less it didn’t eradicate them. This channel is dangerous for those suffering with schizophrenia the majority won’t have the same experience as you. I’ve also believed I was healed and it was a delusion. Sure all those things can lessen symptoms and that’s great to teach. But you’re only hurting your community telling them that they can be healed. I’ve been a devout follower since you started this channel. But now you are a danger to me and so many else I believe.
She's getting paid for this. I genuinely don't think she's helping anyone except her bank account.
@ I’d believe that. She doesn’t look well in her current state in this video you can always tell by the eyes if you’re having issues. She looks like she’s doing way better in her past clips in this video. She just overall just not look healthy or sound healthy. I’m very concerned for her.
I support your decision to go off of antipsychotics fully. They are overprescribed! I had a severe, treatment-resistant psychotic break in 2012. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder during hospitalization to treat the psychosis. I did not agree with the diagnosis and in 2014 I went off of all antipsychotic medication. I have been free of psychosis for over 12 years off of nearly all psychiatric medication. What my therapist and I think had in 2012 was a PTSD-related psychosis. Image what would have happened if I had listened to all the fear-mongering psychiatrists in 2014 who told me that I would never be able to exist without antipsychotics. In many ways, I have achieved my highest level of overall successful functioning post-antipsychotics. I have learned to meditate, exercise, sleep with stability, care for my needs, eat well, and process my life trauma because of the healing relationship I have built with my therapist. No medication could ever offer than kind of love and support.
I am so happy for you Lauren. I have been following your journey through the beginning. ❤
So glad to see you doing well!
Lauren - don’t listen to a single person that slings foolish anger, questions or jealousy your way. You need not suffer such hopelessly unhappy individuals.
Congratulations on your successes - the overwhelming majority of people are ECSTATIC for you both.
why wouldnt she listen to questions?
A bit contradictory, as saying "medical keto" yet also saying disillusioned with the medical model & the doctors who are "supervising" you don't know much about it.
Also, these kind of illnesses tend to be episodic.
I have been in a state of ketosis after I was very ill after a surgery. My breath had a sweet smell like nail polish acetone & I lost 10kg off my then slim frame. Burned all my fat stores in a short time as under extreme stress & starvation. I would not deliberately want to put myself into that state.
Didn't you say you are diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type? Why keep saying schizophrenia?
I think Lauren knows what schizoaffective is like, and that it is episodic and everything. She has been living with it more than a decade. I think she have learned a lot about her illness and now sees how metabolic therapy helps her. So I believe in what she says
Also you forget she does the diet with medical experts and supervision. Your state of ketosis after you were ill is not the same as a well managed medical ketogenic diet
@Agnes_B96 she said in the video her doctors didn't know much about it so she hired a keto coach.
@@Agnes_B96 then why keep saying schizophrenia when schizoaffective disorder is a separate diagnostic category?
@@BipolarCourage she made a video about this question quite a long time ago, i think it has something to do with the fact that since schizoaffective disorder is schizophrenia plus a mood disorder component, and therefore within the same realm, and that average person has more of an awareness of the term schizophrenia and therefore it kind of functions as a bit of an umbrella term. I am just going by memory of what she has said though...you wpould have to search her channel for the video where this is questioned. Also often she does actually say "mental illnesses like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder" in her videos, hence covering both terms together.
Hi Lauren, can't thank you enough for helping me to find my own voice around Living With A Depressive Illness. Keep going ❤️🤞🌈x
I wont begin to understand what you went through and where you are now. People are saying it's dangerous to go off your meds, but I trust you know yourself better than anyone and you are earnest about your feelings and your experience. Miracles do happen. Very happy for you, Lauren. Keep flourishing. Prospera.
The issue with mental illness is often we DON'T know ourselves better than anyone. Lack of insight is a huge component of psychotic spectrum illness.
So happy for you! I got emotional when you took the last dose! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏