Thanks for sharing Emily's story. What a sad but amazing positive outcome story. It reminded me of a friend who got diagnosed, I did not see the early signs, I just thought that was the way she was a bit eccentric at times. But she became obsessed with a singer in a band and I thought it was a bit extreme the lengths she went too. One day she said she was coming to visit and when I got into her car to go to another friends house she flipped out and said she wanted to kill me, I was so scared but got through it unscathed. Eventually she flipped out in public and was thrown into Monash Pysch ward. I visited her and they crushed her spirit and made her into something different. I lost touch eventually and years later (about 10 years) I ran into her and she was not doing so well, she covered up a lot and what I gathered she was still erratic and drinking and smoking still. When I first met her she was a vibrant, health conscious, martial arts fighter, and always helping others including myself at the time. Also Peter Breggin is someone that needs to be mentioned as he has so much experience and knowledge about medication in this field and continues to make others aware how dangerous they are: https://substack.com/@drpeterbreggin
Wow Koala! A quick look through Dr Peter Breggin’s substack took me to familiar territory-I’ve had a few episodes years ago of what was thought to be depression-I’d be given one after the other SSRI, none of which I could tolerate for more than a week due to side effects of anxiety, panic attacks, agitation.
Once I was given a different one-a nor adrenaline specific reuptake inhibitor, I think that’s when I gave up on antidepressants altogether-three days of the newest one were enough. I went to my usual doctors’ clinic, but saw a different doctor, and she’d never heard of that antidepressant it was that new. At least she had the sense to tell me not to worry about taking it!
The doctors who gave me the antidepressants would say-you’ve got to give it time, to get over the side effects! Rubbish, I never did, and I feel sorry for people especially these days if they are being given these awful drugs.
So how do we get the ball rolling on this important topic Ian? As a support worker I work with numbers of NDIS participants diagnosed with bi-polar. The problem I see is that these people do not appear to want to get well, and/or the medical system won't allow them to access this kind of natural alternative as the costs are often out of reach to everyday people due to low incomes.
What would it look like to start up this kind of hospital without relying on government funding?
Missus asked me to buy some Brazil nuts a few days back. Tried all the usual shops - none of the local shops stock them anymore. These were our go to for Selenium.
Thanks. I'm in Canberra- I'll find somewhere in due course. Since COVID I've turned my attention back to secondary metabolites and intend to grow a lot more food. Recent developments in the treatment of cancer using benzimidazoles as antiparasitics got me all excited about a few alternative possibilities. Very taken with Latuca virosa, at present, amongst other things. As a one-time chemist, I'm remarkably un-interested in pharma and have come to understand nutrition as a key to health. :-D
Just like to mention also Anthony Williams the medicall medium "The brain saver book" full of interesting information and ways to overcome not only mental health but chronic health issues. Getting the heavy metals out is the key and big harma needs to stop putting them in medication.
The right nutrition is so important for the mind to be nourished and stay stable. Processed food is devoid of the nutrients people need for their minds to function well. Sugar destroys nutrients, which keep the mind stable....and people love sugary foods. I knew nothing about nutrition and from the age of 13 on I had been into dieting; by primarily eating, then making up for it by not eating anything for several days. I did this in order to keep my weight down. I had no psychological problems. I got along well with everybody. In 1963, at the age of 29, I was not in a good place. I had been married for 7 years, to a man I rarely saw. He started his own business when we got married and used it as an excuse to rarely be with me. I know that he was seeing other women. He had come home one night, after two years of marriage and told me that he was in love with someone else. I told him to go to her, if he loved her. He said that he could not leave his son and me. I was married and he wasn't...and this was not a real marriage. We went out one evening and I was wearing a custom made dress that I had bought and paid for...I had been in a movie and used the proceeds to buy the dress. I had been dieting for months and was feeling really good about myself. When we got home, I said to him, "You don't love me...and I want to find somebody else who would love me." Well, I never expected the reaction I got. My husband went ballistic and ripped my dress off of me and tore it into pieces, then started to beat me. I didn't scream...we had 2 children sleeping in their bedroom. I went after him...and made love. Then, I went into the bedroom and didn't want to come out for three days. I didn't know what to do. Then, my husband came into the bedroom and took me to a very strange place. There were a number of beds in a semi-circle, but there were no people in them. I was put in one of them. I was very uncomfortable, because I found that he had put me in a sheer negligee. I was totally aware of my surroundings. When I got out of bed to look around, I walked up a hall and saw no one. When I walked back to the bed I had been in, 4 men in white outfits grabbed and jabbed me with a needle and I went out. The next thing I knew, I was flat on my back on some examining table with a bright light over my head and a woman doctor was staring down at me. I sat up and said, "What's going on?" My husband had taken me to a very strange mental hospital. He was the one with the mental problems...and it made him feel better to have a sick wife. I was put through a number of hospitalizations. and given many toxic drugs, but I survived, because I got into the study of nutrition in 1961...and looked for answers. I know that my diets and poor nutrition during my early life were bad, but I was never psycho. However, life hands you problems to solve and I have no regrets, because I learned a lot. In 1995, I wrote Sharing from the Heart...and devoted one of the Eight Chapters to my personal experiences with mental illness. It was entitled Mental or Malnourished.
Powerful story! Reminds me of watching a friend so many years ago sink into the depths of prescription drug dependence.
No one told her the drugs would make her crazy and when she tried to get off them she was worse than before she started taking them. She thought she needed the medication to stay sane but it was the medication that made her insane. So sad many are caught in this loop and never understand the cycle.
Dear Ian. Thanks for all your work. Could you point me to a more "official" source for Emily's story? Maybe she has a website or similar? My brother is a practicing Psychiatrist in a part of the world were mainstream is orthodoxy and I would like to send him as much info I can on the matter. Alternatively, if you can point me in a different direction but with a similar outcome, that would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Yes it’s mainly toxins. A hypersensitivity to metals in people with gene mutations that cause inefficient detox pathways like mthfr variants. In allopathic medicine, mental illness is the name they give to the symptoms of a neurotoxic reaction. This is because allopathic drs aren’t allowed to treat neurotoxicity. Not even hospitals are allowed as it’s environmental and could implicate industry in the patients health problems.
I’ve had to reverse the hypersensitivity to metal toxins many times throughout life. The aluminium in vaccines was a matter of waiting till my body detoxed it out of me. The alumina in composite dental fillings. I’ve had to remove them to reverse neurotoxicity. The alumina in bone cement. This is in my spine and cannot be removed but removing my composite fillings lowered my exposure to alumina and instantly got rid of the neurotoxicity. It put me under my tolerance for alumina. Titanium alloy implants also have 6% aluminium in them which can also cause neurotoxicity in those sensitive enough. We all have our own tolerance level. I didn’t need to take supplements for successfully reversing it but there are many that would have to. Removing the implant or dental filling is the best way to ensure the neurotoxicity is reversed permanently. And of course keeping the metal out of the diet,drinks, medication and personal products we consume
While the symptoms are very real as they are a neurotoxic reaction to neurotoxic metals, mental illness is not real, it’s just the name given to a neurotoxic reaction by allopathic medicine. Even psychiatrists know it’s a rort and hold a lot of moral injury for ruining so many young lives
Thank you for this inspiring story. Courage to address the pain, and the underlying cause. This is true health. Not popping a pill.
Thanks for sharing Emily's story. What a sad but amazing positive outcome story. It reminded me of a friend who got diagnosed, I did not see the early signs, I just thought that was the way she was a bit eccentric at times. But she became obsessed with a singer in a band and I thought it was a bit extreme the lengths she went too. One day she said she was coming to visit and when I got into her car to go to another friends house she flipped out and said she wanted to kill me, I was so scared but got through it unscathed. Eventually she flipped out in public and was thrown into Monash Pysch ward. I visited her and they crushed her spirit and made her into something different. I lost touch eventually and years later (about 10 years) I ran into her and she was not doing so well, she covered up a lot and what I gathered she was still erratic and drinking and smoking still. When I first met her she was a vibrant, health conscious, martial arts fighter, and always helping others including myself at the time. Also Peter Breggin is someone that needs to be mentioned as he has so much experience and knowledge about medication in this field and continues to make others aware how dangerous they are: https://substack.com/@drpeterbreggin
Wow Koala! A quick look through Dr Peter Breggin’s substack took me to familiar territory-I’ve had a few episodes years ago of what was thought to be depression-I’d be given one after the other SSRI, none of which I could tolerate for more than a week due to side effects of anxiety, panic attacks, agitation.
Once I was given a different one-a nor adrenaline specific reuptake inhibitor, I think that’s when I gave up on antidepressants altogether-three days of the newest one were enough. I went to my usual doctors’ clinic, but saw a different doctor, and she’d never heard of that antidepressant it was that new. At least she had the sense to tell me not to worry about taking it!
The doctors who gave me the antidepressants would say-you’ve got to give it time, to get over the side effects! Rubbish, I never did, and I feel sorry for people especially these days if they are being given these awful drugs.
But-not begrudging people if they work for them!
Amazing story. I also watched the poo story on ABC. What's the name of the holistic hospital in Brighton?
It was St. John of God.
Since closed unfortunately.
Yes I'd like to know that also Faye
We need public pressure to force government to give us money to do this work. Not waste it on the drug business.
So how do we get the ball rolling on this important topic Ian? As a support worker I work with numbers of NDIS participants diagnosed with bi-polar. The problem I see is that these people do not appear to want to get well, and/or the medical system won't allow them to access this kind of natural alternative as the costs are often out of reach to everyday people due to low incomes.
What would it look like to start up this kind of hospital without relying on government funding?
Missus asked me to buy some Brazil nuts a few days back. Tried all the usual shops - none of the local shops stock them anymore. These were our go to for Selenium.
Try Go Vita in Glenhuntly Road ELSTERNWICK if you’re nearby.
Thanks. I'm in Canberra- I'll find somewhere in due course. Since COVID I've turned my attention back to secondary metabolites and intend to grow a lot more food. Recent developments in the treatment of cancer using benzimidazoles as antiparasitics got me all excited about a few alternative possibilities. Very taken with Latuca virosa, at present, amongst other things. As a one-time chemist, I'm remarkably un-interested in pharma and have come to understand nutrition as a key to health. :-D
Look online, I buy from Nut Grocer, they are in Springvale.
Very interesting @Cat Parker Photography you mentioned the potassium levels prompting manic episodes in your friend
Just like to mention also Anthony Williams the medicall medium "The brain saver book" full of interesting information and ways to overcome not only mental health but chronic health issues. Getting the heavy metals out is the key and big harma needs to stop putting them in medication.
I am so elated to hear this heroic story. Thank you
The right nutrition is so important for the mind to be nourished and stay stable. Processed food is devoid of the nutrients people need for their minds to function well. Sugar destroys nutrients, which keep the mind stable....and people love sugary foods. I knew nothing about nutrition and from the age of 13 on I had been into dieting; by primarily eating, then making up for it by not eating anything for several days. I did this in order to keep my weight down. I had no psychological problems. I got along well with everybody. In 1963, at the age of 29, I was not in a good place. I had been married for 7 years, to a man I rarely saw. He started his own business when we got married and used it as an excuse to rarely be with me. I know that he was seeing other women. He had come home one night, after two years of marriage and told me that he was in love with someone else. I told him to go to her, if he loved her. He said that he could not leave his son and me. I was married and he wasn't...and this was not a real marriage. We went out one evening and I was wearing a custom made dress that I had bought and paid for...I had been in a movie and used the proceeds to buy the dress. I had been dieting for months and was feeling really good about myself. When we got home, I said to him, "You don't love me...and I want to find somebody else who would love me." Well, I never expected the reaction I got. My husband went ballistic and ripped my dress off of me and tore it into pieces, then started to beat me. I didn't scream...we had 2 children sleeping in their bedroom. I went after him...and made love. Then, I went into the bedroom and didn't want to come out for three days. I didn't know what to do. Then, my husband came into the bedroom and took me to a very strange place. There were a number of beds in a semi-circle, but there were no people in them. I was put in one of them. I was very uncomfortable, because I found that he had put me in a sheer negligee. I was totally aware of my surroundings. When I got out of bed to look around, I walked up a hall and saw no one. When I walked back to the bed I had been in, 4 men in white outfits grabbed and jabbed me with a needle and I went out. The next thing I knew, I was flat on my back on some examining table with a bright light over my head and a woman doctor was staring down at me. I sat up and said, "What's going on?" My husband had taken me to a very strange mental hospital. He was the one with the mental problems...and it made him feel better to have a sick wife. I was put through a number of hospitalizations. and given many toxic drugs, but I survived, because I got into the study of nutrition in 1961...and looked for answers. I know that my diets and poor nutrition during my early life were bad, but I was never psycho. However, life hands you problems to solve and I have no regrets, because I learned a lot. In 1995, I wrote Sharing from the Heart...and devoted one of the Eight Chapters to my personal experiences with mental illness. It was entitled Mental or Malnourished.
Powerful story! Reminds me of watching a friend so many years ago sink into the depths of prescription drug dependence.
No one told her the drugs would make her crazy and when she tried to get off them she was worse than before she started taking them. She thought she needed the medication to stay sane but it was the medication that made her insane. So sad many are caught in this loop and never understand the cycle.
She had a broken 💔
Dear Ian. Thanks for all your work. Could you point me to a more "official" source for Emily's story? Maybe she has a website or similar? My brother is a practicing Psychiatrist in a part of the world were mainstream is orthodoxy and I would like to send him as much info I can on the matter. Alternatively, if you can point me in a different direction but with a similar outcome, that would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Yes it’s mainly toxins. A hypersensitivity to metals in people with gene mutations that cause inefficient detox pathways like mthfr variants. In allopathic medicine, mental illness is the name they give to the symptoms of a neurotoxic reaction. This is because allopathic drs aren’t allowed to treat neurotoxicity. Not even hospitals are allowed as it’s environmental and could implicate industry in the patients health problems.
I’ve had to reverse the hypersensitivity to metal toxins many times throughout life. The aluminium in vaccines was a matter of waiting till my body detoxed it out of me. The alumina in composite dental fillings. I’ve had to remove them to reverse neurotoxicity. The alumina in bone cement. This is in my spine and cannot be removed but removing my composite fillings lowered my exposure to alumina and instantly got rid of the neurotoxicity. It put me under my tolerance for alumina. Titanium alloy implants also have 6% aluminium in them which can also cause neurotoxicity in those sensitive enough. We all have our own tolerance level. I didn’t need to take supplements for successfully reversing it but there are many that would have to. Removing the implant or dental filling is the best way to ensure the neurotoxicity is reversed permanently. And of course keeping the metal out of the diet,drinks, medication and personal products we consume
While the symptoms are very real as they are a neurotoxic reaction to neurotoxic metals, mental illness is not real, it’s just the name given to a neurotoxic reaction by allopathic medicine. Even psychiatrists know it’s a rort and hold a lot of moral injury for ruining so many young lives
https://healthcarenotmedicine.substack.com/p/mental-illness-is-not-real