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Living Well with Schizophrenia
Canada
Приєднався 11 гру 2018
Hi, my name is Lauren and I live with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
This is a channel dedicated to increasing knowledge around schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and mental illness. These videos are intended to be a resource for people with the diagnosis, their loved ones, and for people who just want to learn more about the illness.
Thanks for watching!
This is a channel dedicated to increasing knowledge around schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and mental illness. These videos are intended to be a resource for people with the diagnosis, their loved ones, and for people who just want to learn more about the illness.
Thanks for watching!
I need to be more careful
An update on where I'm at after 6 months of using medical ketogenic therapy to treat my schizoaffective disorder. I share how and why I've become a little complacent and why I realize I need to be more careful.
MEDICAL KETO RESOURCES
You can learn more about medical keto for mental illnesses on the Metabolic Mind UA-cam channel (@metabolicmind) and on their website www.metabolicmind.org/
You can also learn more about metabolic health and mental illness from the book 'Brain Energy' by Dr. Christopher Palmer - brainenergy.com/
You can find more about my keto coach Nicole Laurent and her work on her website:
www.mentalhealthketo.com/
OUR PICK FOR TESTING KETONES -
The Keto Mojo blood glucose and ketone monitor was our top pick for accurately testing ketone levels. You can save 15% off monitor kits purchases and help support this content by using our affiliate link, thanks!: shop.keto-mojo.com/discount/nji98uhbvgy76tfc?rfsn=7812923.a84dcd1&.a84dcd1
HELP SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
We depend on the support of our audience to create this valuable resource. If you have found our content helpful, please consider supporting us today. Your contribution can make a huge difference and enable us to continue providing valuable resources to those living with mental illness.
• One-time donation: donate.stripe.com/9AQ6oV5S0eft5568ww
• Monthly donation: www.patreon.com/livingwellwithschizophrenia
JOIN OUR ONLINE PEER SUPPORT COMMUNITY
Join a welcoming community of your peers and find comfort in sharing your experiences. By joining our community, you can benefit from the support of others who understand what you’re going through. We offer live weekly facilitated video peer support groups and text channels to communicate about a wide range of topics. Join today and start feeling less alone with what you’re going through.
• Schizophrenia Peer Support Community: www.schizophreniapeersupport.com
MENTAL HEALTH APPAREL
Wear your support for mental health! Our t-shirts, sweaters, and mugs not only spread awareness but also help support this channel. Pick up some mental health apparel today and make a statement while making a difference.
livingwell.myspreadshop.com/
SPEAKING & CONSULTING
Looking for an expert speaker or consultant for your upcoming event or project? With years of experience and a passion for mental health advocacy, I can provide the insight and inspiration you need to make a positive impact. Visit my speaking website to learn more!
www.laurenkennedywest.com/
SOCIALS
Instagram: livingwellwithschizophrenia
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@livingwellschizophrenia
Twitter: LWSchizophrenia
Website: www.livingwellwithschizophrenia.org
#schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizoaffectivedisorder #mentalhealth #mentalillness #metabolichealth #keto #metabolichealth #medicalketo
MEDICAL KETO RESOURCES
You can learn more about medical keto for mental illnesses on the Metabolic Mind UA-cam channel (@metabolicmind) and on their website www.metabolicmind.org/
You can also learn more about metabolic health and mental illness from the book 'Brain Energy' by Dr. Christopher Palmer - brainenergy.com/
You can find more about my keto coach Nicole Laurent and her work on her website:
www.mentalhealthketo.com/
OUR PICK FOR TESTING KETONES -
The Keto Mojo blood glucose and ketone monitor was our top pick for accurately testing ketone levels. You can save 15% off monitor kits purchases and help support this content by using our affiliate link, thanks!: shop.keto-mojo.com/discount/nji98uhbvgy76tfc?rfsn=7812923.a84dcd1&.a84dcd1
HELP SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
We depend on the support of our audience to create this valuable resource. If you have found our content helpful, please consider supporting us today. Your contribution can make a huge difference and enable us to continue providing valuable resources to those living with mental illness.
• One-time donation: donate.stripe.com/9AQ6oV5S0eft5568ww
• Monthly donation: www.patreon.com/livingwellwithschizophrenia
JOIN OUR ONLINE PEER SUPPORT COMMUNITY
Join a welcoming community of your peers and find comfort in sharing your experiences. By joining our community, you can benefit from the support of others who understand what you’re going through. We offer live weekly facilitated video peer support groups and text channels to communicate about a wide range of topics. Join today and start feeling less alone with what you’re going through.
• Schizophrenia Peer Support Community: www.schizophreniapeersupport.com
MENTAL HEALTH APPAREL
Wear your support for mental health! Our t-shirts, sweaters, and mugs not only spread awareness but also help support this channel. Pick up some mental health apparel today and make a statement while making a difference.
livingwell.myspreadshop.com/
SPEAKING & CONSULTING
Looking for an expert speaker or consultant for your upcoming event or project? With years of experience and a passion for mental health advocacy, I can provide the insight and inspiration you need to make a positive impact. Visit my speaking website to learn more!
www.laurenkennedywest.com/
SOCIALS
Instagram: livingwellwithschizophrenia
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@livingwellschizophrenia
Twitter: LWSchizophrenia
Website: www.livingwellwithschizophrenia.org
#schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizoaffectivedisorder #mentalhealth #mentalillness #metabolichealth #keto #metabolichealth #medicalketo
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I'm almost off meds
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My psychiatrist and physician DON'T KNOW ANYTHING about medical keto
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God bless you 🙏 im praying for you , never give up
What app do you use? I'm starting the diet for my son to help him live better. I'm very familiar with this diet but at first I would like to control his intake more accurately. Thanks
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Dang, these sound like me all the time...
Id rather be on the streets
Honestly sounds like a pretty standard full trip. I don't find many people who enjoy a hard trip. How many grams did you do? I'm not a doctor but I imagine a macro or micro would be more adequate if you are looking for physical mental health benefits like rewiring.
idk if im just over analyzing or just being mean so im sorry if i am...however... i know a lot of people diagnosed with both high and low functioning schizophrenia and schozoaffective disorders, and they are on fact different things and manifest in very different ways. so, i am persuaded not to buy into the storyline that she is as mentally ill as were lead to believe, and heres why... as an important precursor, i firstly wanna say that i the intense paranoia that schizophrenia induces in people who have it and with that considered i make the following claims... so in other vids of hers she claims to not like hospitals or doctors to the extent of actively avoiding getting checked on and having to talk about symptoms that she's experiencing, so that's the first red flag i noticed only because you should be grateful and honest and open with your doctor's with a condition this severe. red flag number 2 was her lack of depth and or explanation of her symptoms in her active psychosis video, it was all things that seemed very general and very surface level without any real details and it all came off as pretty disingenuous or deceptively shallow. number 3, in this video as she's comparing her personal experience she says "at least for me" or "is my experience" and other forms of that competitive phrase literally every single time she says something from her own perspective which, at least for me, comes across as an attempt to desperately convince us that she does indeed have those symptoms when the reality of the matter doesn't reflect that same sentiment, meaning she probably doesn't have as severe symptoms as she says in videos, if any at all. hopefully im wrong, out maybe im not wrong because that would mean she actually has a normal life, but if I'm not wrong that makes her a deceptive person.. so i don't know. i hope someone else can give me they're opinion of feedback on this
I had a manic episode where I spent 20.000$ on a trip
Keep it legal
Would a caretaker really laugh at a coma patient? Does it matter if it’s a simulation? Is your husband abusive would he really collude to hurt you?
Why do psychiatric medications cause withdrawal symptoms? Do they have barbiturates in them?
Too many pills.
Do you think maybe you have long covid?
Im your LOCO neighborhood S K I T Z O! An opinion is like a buttocks. EVERYONE HAS ONE! Take this for what it's worth....
Keep up the great work. Bravo 🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
Tim Hortons ! Ah yes a fellow Canadian. Your good looking also . Stay safe
Some girls are so cut w short hair, wonder what she talked about here
I’m not schizophrenic, however I do see and hear stuff often, probably not as bad as an actual schizophrenic person.
So glad this is working for you
Im really happy to see your happinest.
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Your mouth must be dry from the meds...you can notice it when you are speaking...
as someone dx'd with schizoaffective disorder ive found my experiences parallel urs a lot in the sense that im far more sensitive to it than my friends the visuals will always come on harder and the ego dissolution (which is what u described in terms of losing concept of ur identity) always hits me at way lower doses n way stronger than it does for my friends while ive never personally used shrooms b4 i have used other psychedelic as well as dissociative drugs and overall had very positive and mind opening experiences but would occasionally have very negative experiences of anxiety and panic that would tend to leave me shaken up for a while and/or cause hppd and potentially cause a long lasting uptick in just abt every symptom (tho this only happened once and it was right after a very negative unrelated event that almost resulted in my death a week b4 the trip, so my mindset wasnt the best- didnt help that i was in public) i generally enjoy the more intense effects i get due to my condition, but i could definitely see how they could freak people out, lol either way, its very interesting seeing how those pre-disposed to altered states of mind react to smth that further opens the mind
Hey... I'm not sure if you'll read this, but I'm someone suffering from a severe OCD/Generalized Anxiety spiral. You helped with my intrusive thoughts and fears tonight. I've been going into a really dark spot mentally, and I've been so, so scared and so worried constantly of "what if I have psychosis, what if I'm psychotic!?" You've helped me gain the courage to sleep tonight.
Have you also tried taking vitamin b3 aka naicin. Books have been written on its efficacy. $10 a bottle over the counter, can take 1 gram a day safely. At least look into it.
I have some of those, n along with severe depressive disorder n schitzo, alot of "thought transfering " for me
Okay so I have all of this….I’ve been diagnose bpd, bipolar, depressed, social anxiety. But my grabdmother was said to have slight schizophrenia. Who knew because she was an addict too. But I’ve struggled w my mental health. How do I ask about this without being committed?
Even though I’m skeptical of using dietary changes as a treatment for mental health conditions, I’m very happy that you’ve made progress. The idea that there’s anyone here rooting against you is just wild. 😒
I know it as DANCING! 😊
The laws are total BS ! How can a mentally ill person ask for help? I’m extremely upset! The state of Mn says she has to go in on her own.
Just take your meds and be happy. What is the problem. Why do people with mental illness always want to get off there meds?? This just causes trouble for everyone!!
This off topic but I never learned how to drive something always prevent it me from learning to drive am 55 yrs old had 3 kids their grown and I have to live with my mom she 10yrs older she lies about my age to be able to keep me listen to her as my mom she say just keep mastering your age over again
Why do you get a phone but most of everyone didn't get that option? Is this another country outside US bc here the don't allow phones or even outside time in alot of places
I gained 100lbs start weight 130lbs to 230lbs now am 228lbs intermittent fasting helps me keep my weight stable. I only lose weight. Then gain it back I also tried drinking a gallon of water every day. It’s not to confuse hunger from thirst
BLESS YOU, YOUR WORDS ARE HELPING MANY MANY PEOPLE.❤
❤SO SORRY SWEETIE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND WORTH LIVING, YOUR HELPING PEOPLE BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE AND YOUR HERE SHARING YOUR TRUTH AND I'M HAPPY YOUR HERE TO TELL YOUR STORY. YOUR LIFE IS SPECIAL. ❤❤❤❤
Mom has it I need help an support. Never been through this before
The thing about cannabis is it brings about homiostasis and brings on a healing response by bringing things to the surface!
Also there are Rife frequencies and binaural beats for schizophrenia and Toxoplasma gondii .!
Google up soy products cause. Soy bean poisoning lon g term use. Don't lose your mind . Your young. Google the fact you need. To. Save on med bills. Hide . These easy cooked. Certain cracker, chilli. So on. Don't get charged with a scare cause you love. Too caffeine poisoning or long term use. Especially getting old.
I should probably get back to tracking again too… I’ve been tracking macros and ketones a lot less. Thanks for the inspiration!
I didnt realise it was such a lonely place, and plenty of waiting around. Take care x di tiu get to fill your day with the things that matter to you, well things that feel right for you? For my bff, thats music. Shes a muso and writes as well
Thank you so much for opening yourself up and for sharing. It's incredibly difficult to work through mental health challenges. It's cool that you are doing this to help people. My friend has gone into rehab suddenly. Dual diagnosis treatment. So I'm here, hoping to see what it's all about. Were very little contact, and I pray she's healing ❤
To expand, I've received support since 2010 for my mental health, because I'm a nervy person. Anxiety led me to try to take my own life in 2013. Thankfully i didn't succeed, not something I recommend for anyone, and I'll say go for life instead. There's so much hope in life, but anything else is forever. Including permanent changes in your health. You're worth so much more, folks. I digress...it turns out my mental health was a sign of something else. Currently being diagnosed with something brain related. I'll update when I can. Sending pure love and good wishes ❤
You are brave and wonderful ❤ you said you came across as awkward, let me say you don't at all. You look strong, beautiful and real.
This is so heartwarming. The cognitive impairment is real. I suffer from depression. I also play the accordion, mostly French music such as musette waltzes. When I am depressed my technique decreases noticeably. I cannot play as fast as I would like. My coordination is much worse as if my fingers lost their agility. I make mistakes, etc.
Shit. My mom has paranoid schizophrenia so I always wondered about if I'm going to have it. But, I've been having these symptoms from junior high and now at 22 I'm still fine.
I really think you should give carnivore a trial run. It would absolutely eliminate any fears of coming out of ketosis by neglecting to track, and you will very likely find it accelerates your mental health recovery and also significantly improve your health in other ways. If you're not interested, at least you should try for 80% fat to 20% protein by calorie, and strive to make that fat as much animal fat as possible. This will help with the lethargy as well, although going fully zero carb/carnivore will also help with that a lot too.
I get 12hours of sleep
I believe in you
I want to get better but my schizophrenia keeps me from concentrating