My schizophrenic uncle killed my mom, grandma, little sister, and baby brother to try to be with Selena Gomez. It’s crazy to see the part where the girlfriend is trying to help but he’s terrified and then it makes it seem as if he attacks. It’s triggering to me for my trauma but it gives me a perspective on how his brain was working. I only imagine what adding alcohol and taking extra pills would do to make it worse. He needed professional help which we kept begging for but my grandfather refused to send him away… now I suffer without my family.

Is that Ellerslie? As a fellow Edmontonian I always forget you are from here too

I don't think I have this condition but I have all the symptoms like I don't want to over engage with people or attend social events anymore , but I don't label it as a condition or a problem, I call it my reality in that , my human BS radar is running at peak ability and I have a much more peaceful, joyful life without all the BS drama that humans relentlessly exploit !!

When he asked what do you do here all day and you said "nothing" and he said "ohh, there's piano, and paintings, other curricular activities." I don't know if he completely understands what it means to be in that state of mind, how underwhelming and static emotions feel. How any of those activities cause no feel, doing puzzles or pushing keys on a piano doesn't illicit the feelings that are caused in "regular" people, we view it as nothing.

I did the same, now folks don’t believe me 😬🤦‍♀️

So its been many years since ive learnt to drive. but the first year i started driving i would see cars coming at me in broad daylight to the point of having to stop the car. I thought it was a normal experience caused by nerves. Now im on the path of diagnosis.

Lauren so happy for you. Enjoy ❤❤❤

Hi thank you so much for the info, if I may ask what helped you at the end?

As long as you sleep, you should be okay I guess! The mistake I made in a similar hopeful situation of full reduction was to drink alcohol again on a happy day. In my case that ruined all the progress to my detriment and was the start of progressing into mania again, which started by sleeping fewer hours. As long as you sleep, you should be good. My two cents. Take care! And so happy for you!

Have you had any gallbladder spasms with Keto?

Thank you,so much ,for sharing. You are helping me to understand about this illness. My son suffers with this disease. THANK YOU!!

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but knew I wasn't. So I used my video on phone and recorded when I heard voice's. And my phone recorded the voice's too. This is 100 percent true.

Angels vs demons according to the new testament

I think you should delete your channel as you are setting a bad example for people with mental health problems.

This video could save many lives! Meat and fat heals so many issues that we've been accepting as lifelong diagnosis. Thank you for posting this! Would love to see you interviewed on No Carb Life YT channel!

Very happy for you! 😊 Never mind the negativity, people are just scared and that makes them overreact and be all around obnoxious and judgmental. All the best wishes!

thank you for your video, this is a good idea. i am going to do a list of my own and share it with my friends/family.

Hi there I’m curious about whether or not you were also on medication 💊 at the time you were trying those mushrooms 🍄‍🟫

Can you explain positive and negative symptoms more thoroughly. I just started learning about that recently. Positive symptoms mean something that’s added to neurotypical behavior and negative symptoms are things that are taken away from what should be neurotypical behavior? I’m sure there is more to it than that but that’s my basic understanding.

This is interesting. It sounds like normal quick thoughts most people have, except greatly heightened by the brain, a quick thought processed by same part of brain that receives audio from ears maybe? Which tricks you into thinking hearing actual voice. This would be incredibly distracting whether the thought were positive or negative.

My original comment seems to have disappeared. Have you heard of hyperbolic tapering? Please talk to your psychiatrist about doing a hyperbolic taper as the tail end of tapers have much larger effects on the brain. Dr. Mark Horowitz in the UK could be a consulting resource for you and your medical team. Your journey with keto and tapering is fascinating. I wish you continued success.

This cannot be real. The team I am part of would have vetted out any media inclding cell phones. I promise she is on none of those medications because anti-psychotics do not allow you to function like this person. You asshole. Why would you leverage this platform for likes.... sickening.

Positive you are not allowed any cell phones in any psych ward in this world. Yes. I am an employee in a state forensic facility.

I'm in BC Canada and love my compound pharmacy! Tapering off of Effexor and Clonazepam using customized tapering and it's working great!

Whosbthat dorky looking Rob guy?

Get some bourbon, some weed and pick a night to stop taking it at all. 3 weeks, then Happy Days

I love it

I am on medical keto with intermittent fasting for 20hours

And when you talk fast and gesticulate too much 😏

I’m wondering whether being on metformin helps to keep your ketones high?

Withdrawal is miserable 🙏 wishing you the best

I remember my time in the looney bin. It was probably the time in my life that I have laughed the most. I met a great group of people, we sat and smoked and talked all day long. The amount of sheer deep 'can't breath' crying laughter was incredible. I spent a 10 day voluntary period in there and although the hospital itself was awful, those people got me through it and left a positive memory for me. You'll hear all kinds all kids of hilarious stories and meet all kinds of funny people.

i m so happy for you, wishing you the best!

you are endangering the whole process. there is no 40 to 20. there is 40 to 36 for 10 months. then 36 to 32.7 for 10 months. and so on. that is the only way. and keep away from any type of stress.

I have been following you for a few months now, and am so excited for you! I don’t find this irresponsible as I feel you are very pro-active on how you are feeling/ doing at any given time. I wish you and your family nothing but the best and my fingers are crossed for your continued success on this journey.

Came here from Dr Chris Palmer's recent interview with Dr Eric Westman where he gives a shout out to your channel. I'm really glad to see your recovery but wanted to watch an older video to understand your journey. Thank you for shining a spot light on the illness and the possibilities to heal with lifestyle/food!! 🙂

They are demons and the holy spirit useady to kick them off you

Another KZbinr talks about her meds and accepting needing to take meds for life: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmaphIZmebCmn6c

My mum has schizophrenia and she traumatised me for life. She used to lock me in my room so the bad people wouldn't get me. I get there were good intentions by what she did but it's hard to forgive her lack of insight and the realisation she needed help.

Spoilers: this doesn't end well.

Seems to be allot of people with schizophrenia giving input on this i like this as i been trying to learn more as i am with a schizophrenic girlfriend frist time at times shes the nicest person says nice things but some days she will wake up angry at me for no reason say i didnt love you as much as i thought its torture and then two days after she will be normal again for weeks is this normal for somone not taking medication

You inspire me Lauren I’m doing the same thing, it’s my first night from taking 10 medications down to two and they are lowered in dose. I’m feeling anxious but strong. I’m glad I’m not alone, I talk to my doctor on the 1st to see how I’m doing. I really want to be off meds or at least stick to this plan. Praying for you & me.❤

7:30 is on purpose. what's the point of watching memes which you can't even understand? This is the reason why you think some of them are aimed towards you rather at the illness itself.

I wish I did this when I had any of my 3 episodes. Very much like you I was very self-aware and kind of «activated» despite everything that was going on in my head.

If someone is saying you’re being irresponsible that is own them not use. Most of us have common sense and understand what works for one person may not work for the next person. I for one am encouraged by your videos. It does make me wonder how much our foods effect ANY of our illnesses.

Im happen 4 you. Dont take this wrong but Ive read about the keto diet helping epileptics but not for schizophrenia. How do you deal with the high cholesteral? Glad you are being monitored by the doctor. Should you have a problem would u go back to your regular dose?

Could you talk about the other medications you take? Will you taper them as well?

Laurel, I follow your vlog and I, I think, it’s very interesting and brave. What I’m surprised is a lack of comments from medical professionals (or maybe I just missed them). This is, by all means, is not a criticism for you and the work you do - I am just disappointed that this vlog has been ignored by medical professionals. Thank you for your research and resourcefulness. .

Another "bollocks". If we laugh at schizophrenia = we laugh with people who struggle with it. We're not making fun of making memes about. If we make memes about rape, are we making memes about rape or rape victims? Think about it..