Treating Bipolar with Keto and Metabolic Therapies | Hannah’s Experience

Very nice to hear you guys. Very informative I wish I have the courage to talk like you guys about my mental problems. I magine living 22 years with a mental problem yet never open open to any one. Hate my self for this.

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Goig from keto to carnivore was a total game changer for me. Depression, anxiety, lack of focus, brain fog, memory problems, and sleep problems all resolved.

I fully agree that lifestyle changes can make a big difference to someone living with a severe, chronic mental illness. It improves mental and physical health when combined with medication but cannot replace it. I feel your frustration with pills. I've been taking them since I was 6, and It took me 20 years to find the right combination. Now, I'm on the perfect meds regimen, go to the most empathetic therapist, and mostly follow lifestyle recommendations. I don't experience debilitating side effects from antipsychotics and actually almost became underweight on them, and my blood tests miraculously improved. It's still hard to feel well at times, but treatment helps a lot. Switching on and off meds can change how they work. It will take forever to find the right combination again. During this period, episodes will be untreated, worsening overall health outcomes. Is it worth it? Everyone decides for themselves. I will never quit meds.

This is so fascinating! I have bipolar and my therapist has recommended I research changing my diet although I am not sure if she specifically mentioned this therapy. I have pretty much run through all the anti depressants for my depressive episodes, and I do have a decent mood stabilizer, but sometimes during my depressive mode I become so frustrated at feeling nothing or feeling awful that I have taken risks to push me into mania (psychedelic drugs). The last time I did that I was manic for four months and ended up in a behavioral heath center to calm me down — either in psychosis or very near.

Lauren, I just want to let you know that one of the ads on this (wonderful) interview was for the World Transformation Movement, which calls itself a charity but which other people call a cult. I don't know if you can control what ads come on the site, but I worry that people might think you are promoting the WTM. And some people here might be very vulnerable to their teachings.

Ive dealt with schizophrenia and bi polar for decades cost me my life been jail drugs booze loss family etc etc. Started carnivore diet 3 years ago and symptom free the whole 3 years im back in my kids lives i havent had any violent outburts or a drink or a drug the whole time on carnivore. It fcking works and im living proof. I didnt have much luck with keto tho i had to go water red meat butter and eggs

Hannah resembles a young Mary Timony.

Interesting. I think wether you have a mental illness or not, implementing a healthier diet will have a positive impact in the overall well-being.

Thank you so much for sharing this keto travel with us. Could you find out whether your coach knows whether keto gives us enough vitamins and minerals?

What a beautiful conversation! Thank you so much ladies for being vulnerable and bringing truth.

I read Brain Energy in December 2022 and changed my diet that day! I was blown away by Dr. Chris Palmer’s research and started a therapeutic ketogenic diet immediately. It has changed my body but mostly it has helped heal my mind. It has been a miracle for me! I am so grateful that you are starting this amazing metabolic treatment. Thank you for documenting the whole process! What a blessing to be able to see how it works in real time. I’m still at it after one year and would not go back for anything. It is the only treatment that has truly worked in my life and I am beyond grateful!

Love and prayers for your journey. I'm so happy to see and learn from you here. I've prayed for you and I'm so encouraged to see you doing well!❤

No offense, but the lady on the keto diet,her eyes look high as a kite. Almost kinda brain washed and creepy looking 🌹👁️

Also intermittent fasting isnt for everyone, i get moody and kinda psychotic if i don't nurture my stomach with vitamins and protein often enough. Been tapering from 15mg of meds to 10mg and I'm feeling good thus far. There is hope for us and you must keep in mind these stories are not everybody's story.

I'm glad to hear that she felt like herself after coming off meds even though she went psychotic. I personally would rather be psychotic than on these drugs, as an artist and musician who takes my craft very seriously and passionately. It is sacred for me and I will do anything to protect it. Sorry, mental health system, this girl is alive and running wild.

How do we know Keto is working vs. the false sense of security we get during euthymic periods? I'm pretty confident she'll become manic again. There was a news article where a guy claimed to be cured of bipolar. Two years later he went manic.

Hi there! I have been living with schizophrenia my whole life. I was first diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia at age 4 in 1997, and have been given every diagnosis from bipolar, borderline, and yes, adult schizophrenia too since then. From 2016 - 2022 I was on heavy antipsychotics. They only sedate you, they do not cure bipolar or schizophrenia. The best diet I have found is a vegan diet, meaning no animal products and lots of fresh, green vegetables. This is the most anti-inflammatory diet, and schizophrenia is worsened by inflammation in the brain.

I carnivore diet is better than a keto diet. Try and find out.

i love this young woman's spirit..we all know just how complicated and how long it can take to get to a position of strength over conditions..not everyone reaches that point...putting the work in to search and hunt down ways to improve our lives

Kind of baffles me that you've not tried things like meditation before... It's highly proven to calm your brain at the very least. How can you fix if you're not even looking at what is happening? Schizophrenia brain is over excited, right? How come you never tried to use meditation-like things to calm your brain (on a regular basis)? Not judging, but i thought that would have made sense for you to at least have tried already.

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Carnivore 20 yrs
I know you guess are vegan but I recommend taking a look at meeting you nutritional needs without need to supplement

I also gained 60-70 pounds on my first AP (Seroquel). Now the metabolic side effects of various treatment are scaring me at age 53.

Lauren,
As for your concern with training, I would look into MAF (Maximum Aerobic Function) Training with a HR monitor to increase fat burning capabilities while still improving performance. I would just note to be patient with it and treat it like your theraputic ketosis intervention.
Love,

Nate, a 26 yo M fellow schizoaffective on the path to remission with keto

Very, very encouraging ❤

Can CBT and DBT work better and be more helpful while on this therapy?

You two are both amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!

It is not out of curiosity that I ask what do you mean when you both say “I gave up drinking alcohol…”? Are you implying you both were heavy drinkers? Prior to embarking into ketogenic diet? Do you mean that you decided never to touch alcohol…not even in social occasions? Is it common among people with high levels of anxiety to eventually fall into psicótico episodes?

Running is such a good way to exercise and exercise is always good for our health… in general…with or without a condition of depression.

But the antipsychotics give you constipation and can cause life threatening bowel obstruction and keto is very consipating, this is dangerous.

What are the names of the medications that Hannah was taking? Of course, not everyone is affected in the same way, but it would be very helpful information for people who need to chart their way through the maze of Bipolar Disorder. In the old days people were automatically given Lithium and for many of them that was a horrible experience. // Would it not be helpful for some people to stay on some prescribed medication while they began a ketogenic diet?

A two month old interview I’m just seeing now? How’d I miss this one…until now. Great interview ladies! Thanks for all the information!

Lauren, thank you SO much for posting this conversation you had with Hannah, it's so empowering to hear to people suffering from mental illness / neurometabolic dysfunction discussing this new exciting strategy. I'm diagnosed with bipolar and my mom had schizoaffective disorder (unfortunately, she is no longer with us). I've been trying the ketogenic diet for 4 weeks now, and I've freed myself from the antidepressants and feel even happier than when I was on them, but I'm still on the full dose of antipsychotics, mainly due to lifelong insomnia and how that can trigger manic episodes. I've experienced some adverse effects during longer fasts though, and am currently getting checked out for possible nutritional deficiencies. Again thanks ❤

I am bipolar. I felt that i could start eating carbs again and i have become depressed again. I will start keto again.

The only problem is long term the keto diet is bad for your health.

"Studying abroad" does not mean it came out of nowhere...
You put your body through tremendous stress, and it responded. Stress tends to consume a large quantity of B vitamins, which you need to produce GABA. A lack of GABA can produce a cascading effect of glutamate excitotoxicity, leading to bi-polar, (among many other psychiatric conditions).

Thank you for this video , unfortunately the warning at the beginning “talk to your doctor before adjusting psychiatric drugs “ is useless . At least in my case for most of the doctors I’ve taken my brother to see. we had one who decrease a little for two weeks then just stopped altogether which lead to 2 months of hell .

Wow with a husband and three children I don't see how you'd have the time to fit meditation into your wonderful outgoing life! Blessings from Ireland ❤

Hanna nice looking

Good conversation, ladies! I used keto about 4 years ago for weight loss with a lot of success, but since then I've been learning about how a ketogenic diet helps with Alzheimer's. I started wondering if it might be helpful with other disorders as well, so I searched it out and came across your video! Thank you so much!

Hannah is a champion. Thank you Lauren for this episode.

I had schizophrenia but I don't take medication is that good or bad ? I hear voices that is not there

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Such an important conversation! Thank you for the video ❤😊

That was difficult to watch. I feel that there was a lot of tension between the two, despite the great conversation and information exchanged.

Great episode