Archive: Margot Kidder on mental illness

2003: Canadian actress Margot Kidder talks to Canada AM's Seamus O'Regan with Dr. Abram Hoffer, who treated her mental illness.
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[@Ma_Ba]

This is just so sad with hindsight. She was a very smart woman. She had to endure a lot. She is not all wrong, but it was all still about maintaining and not a cure. She made it to 69. Patty Duke, Carrie Fisher, Margot Kidder were all trying to help others.

[@Doofus171]

He wasnt wrong, she was an addict. Her being addicted to opiates and alcohol (which led to her overdosing and dying from that overdose) was never curable. You cannot cure an addict, they are forever an addict with struggling sobriety.

[@CesarClouds]

@@Doofus171 Addiction, generally, arises from mental illness when there's drug abuse. There's no cure for it and there's no cure for mental illness. The Dr in this video was wrong.

[@willywonkachevy]

Glad she’s gone!

[@robh5748]

@willywonkachevy We'll all be glad when you're gone

[@danieldalton6544]

I loved her so much. Thank you Margot for your bravery, courage, intelligence, warmth, and humor. You were a REAL person with compassion, humanity, honesty, and a strong sense of what’s right. I will never forget how you helped me with your words of wisdom and treasure them ALWAYS.

[@mariaavellan1264]

you were a wonderful woman

[@alanmorris7669]

I wish that we could've done something to help her. Even though her struggle is over, I still miss her. Rest in peace, Margaret Ruth Kidder. We will never forget you!

[@HeWhoFlewFromInwood]

Bless her

[@RosebudKane41]

❤ RIP MARGOT KIDDER 1948-2018 ❤

[@heytimgarcia]

@3:31 tragic(ally prophetic). World lost an intelligent, beautiful, mega-talented, dynamic, powerful artist, soul, and human being.

[@rvpstudiosstudios1028]

Now we will NEVER KNOW “HOW” Margot Kidder met with this doctor, because THAT interviewer CUT HER OFF!

[@attheranch4876]

She gave an excellent description of what mania is like. Too bad the interviewer interrupted her.

[@macks0072]

Mental Health Treatment in Canada is pathetic, especially for men. From someone who's been hospitalized 12 times, and now waiting to go back to the only Mental Health Centre in Canada for the 3rd time. Here take this pill, oh that didn't work take this pill, ohh that didn't work take this pill, take this pill, take this pill. If you just think happy thoughts and do happy things you'll never be depressed. LOL,​ Ridiculous.

[@harryprice6019]

It's clear you don't understand bi-polar psychosis.

[@doraemon402]

Mental health treatment is terrible everywhere in the world

[@AeriusGeordieJames]

@@doraemon402 i can second this from how badly we get treated at mental health clinics in the uk. so sad this story!

[@JM-xp8te]

This interviewer should be fired. Let your guests talk and share their stories. Sheeesh

[@harryhampton1324]

She reminds me of cortney Cox

[@DrEduardoBeltran]

Niacin acts upon the microboime.. It modulates the microbiome. Obviously this is someting new to medicine. But we now know today that many vitamins have a big impact on microbiome diversity. Intrestingly on min 6:00 she said something important.. She suffered a car accident and recieved a lot of antibiotics.. A believe thats when her symptoms started coming back again. Antibiotics have a profound impact on the microbiome. When this delicate balance is affected dysbiosis takes allowing for her symptoms to come back. Today we have a robust amount of clinical evidence showing the intricate relationship that exists between the gut-brain axis. Thankfully Dr. Hoffer understood that diet is essential for overcoming dysbiosis. He truly was ahead of the game. A true visionary.

[@cbalducc]

If she was cured, why did she kill herself?

[@Palletknifepaint]

cbalducc yep

[@xdgs567z]

I have a friend who is bipolar and she refuses to take drugs and denies anything is wrong....Margot wants to believe she is cured but in fact she doesn’t want to take her meds correct her neurotransmitter imbalance

[@CesarClouds]

There's no cure for mental illness.

[@chukchee]

Psychiatry is all about making lots of dough....

[@fidelcastro4022]

CTV NEWS Super 👁👁

[@A3Kr0n]

My baloney detector went off immediately, then smoked and eventually caught fire.

[@kanukki84]

Whats wrong with her face?..

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Nothing. Is your face perfect? Focus on what she is saying.

[@boobrancher]

It’s called ageing.

[@travis07ful]

Maybe related to her car acident

[@nattyps3160]

She's struggled w/ her teeth since they reshot the 2nd superman plus she was taking pills & booze to help w/ her bi polar.

[@ryanbrailey-tucker4935]

Must have seen a pic of you

[@jsafla666]

wow. This so called doctor is dangerous

[@Doofus171]

As opposed the tens of thousands of psychiatrists that prescribe medications that have the literal side-effect of suicide as warning label? And whose patients literally commit suicide on a daily basis.

[@nintendo9231889]

Well that's interesting considering that his research is backed by thousands of studies, and that research has been ignored by big pharma

[@CesarClouds]

@@nintendo9231889 His research is not backed by the scientific peer review.

[@CesarClouds]

@wellness bachelor It's not.