We owe this to people living with chronic mental illness

An open letter (video) to all organizations and individuals supporting or treating anyone living with schizophrenia or other chronic mental health conditions.

Happy World Schizophrenia Day! We owe this to every person living with mental illness.

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[BlueJeansTarot]

Soooo thrilled for you!! Thank you for opening up your life and sharing your journey. You are changing lives. Hugs to you and yours. ❤❤❤

[Urban_Explorerxx]

Hi! I'm 16 year old female who's really been struggling with schizophrenia and your videos have really helped me ❤

[novo_ephemera]

Thank you, my name’s Micah I have Schizoaffective and PTSD. I’ve experienced auditory hallucinations, delusions of grandiose, thought broadcasting and depressive/manic episodes. I understand flat affect and I feel that I have my problem when I am around strangers. I shared my symptoms with a stranger they called me schizo and made fun of my illness. Yes I understand I want to be more emotive but I am not sure how to express my emotions when meeting new people. As for my voices, they have decreased greatly due to medication. My voices manifested as male and female voices taunting me and screaming at me through whispers, moaning, and murmurs. I can’t experience natural and everyday sounds the same because of it. To be completely honest it sounded very evil and it crushed my self-esteem. I also experienced paranoia in my own house and was afraid to go outside or that my thoughts were broadcasted through radio or TV. It alternated between extreme and moderate symptoms. Sorry this is the short summary, but anyway I hate my flat affect because I’ve beeen tramuatized for so long I find it impossible to express or feel the emotions. Thank you for sharing your story

[danielamorin]

You have no idea how hopeful and inspiring this video is. Your work is immensely appreciated.

[jenjencannon]

Beautiful work Lauren... so proud of your work!!!

❤

[glitchhollyblue]

Universal basic income
That would be better for me than keto

[IndiRose]

Keep going! Thanks for being a pioneer and trail blazer by documenting and sharing approaches that have helped! 💚

[AndreaP-kb]

I think it is extraordinarily dangerous and irresponsible to advertise controversial dietary restrictions as myracle solutions for psychotic diseases. Anti-psychotic meds are still the only solution to cope with delusion and hallucination, and in many cases also with the negative symptoms such as anhedonia, apathy and abulia. Studies on ketogenic diet restrictions are still preliminary and extremely limited in term of human participation. The underlying mechanisms are not known and still under investigation. Please reconsider your statements. My brother is very young and probably in the internet he bumped into some message like yours. Results: he underwent a catastrophic weight loss (almost anorexia) and dangerous high ketonuria, he delayed the access to medical treatment, and of course his psychotic onset occurred anyways.

[OurWellness-tggb]

Thank you for sharing this message. I will spread it because I believe it is worth sharing!

[Globalcurrent_Football_Soccer]

Thank you for this message. I will spread it. It is a message worth sharing!

[shanerichard]

It is truly sad to see organizations in those who are supposed to be there to treat people with mental illnesses, not giving this the consideration that it should be given.

[Rene-uzeb]

5k daily vit d on keto to prevent problems:
Disordered mineral metabolism produced by ketogenic diet therapy, 1979

[Haliotro]

You're so beautiful... inside and out ❤ thank you for all that you've done

[lindenchisholm]

I have bipolar II disorder. Going on a ketogenic diet caused me to experience severe panic attacks. It was terrifying. That being said, I am very happy for you and for anyone who had a positive experience. When my psychiatrist stopped prescribing me lithium because he was retiring and had no one to replace him to continue to monitor my lithium levels, I was desperate for an alternative. Let’s just say, for me, a few psilocybin trips yielded amazing results for me. I don’t think it is recommended for schizoaffective disorder, though. But for me, as someone who primarily experiences high anxiety, PTSD and chronic depression, it was a game changer. It should be legalized everywhere, especially for people with conditions that studies indicate could benefit from it.

[starrhall]

Unfortunately, hospitals, group homes, jails, any institutions, feed these patients and inmates the worse diets!

[ItTollsThee]

Psych NP here. I have never been able to convince any client to increase exercise or change their eating habits.

[stevenjambrozy]

Yes, yet in my experience this keto effect with regards to greater energy boost lasts about 2 years...the body adjusts...the lessons learned are for more unfolding...glad of your improvement...be careful...

[karstent]

I finally got the money together, and got all the supplements! It cost £115, all of them will last for a month, and some of them longer. I started tonight with the keto diet plus the supplements (tried before without the supplements and my body had a weird reaction). Weirdly, very weirdly, this evening I do not have the usual very heavy fatigue in my body, although my head does still feel strange and kind of woozy. I will update here periodically about how it goes. I have bipolar 1.

[Icanlovemebetter]

You've only been on the diet for less than 6 months and only recently dropped down to 20. You should really wait before you endorse this.