Dr. Chris Palmer
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first heard Feb 2025
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but in particular, bipolar disorder.
So a lot of anticonvulsants like Depakote, Tegretol, Lamictal, Gabapentin, others, are used for, they were actually developed initially for epilepsy.
They're really epilepsy pills, but most of your listeners, if they recognize any of those names, they recognize them as psychiatric pills or psychiatric medications because they're most commonly prescribed for that.
And so in a way, given that we use epilepsy treatments all the time for mental health conditions, it shouldn't be shocking that a diet that can stop seizures might also play a role for some people.
The first published study for mental health was in 1965.
Some researchers did a study of women with schizophrenia, put them on a ketogenic diet for just two weeks, and they noticed at least some improvement in their symptoms.
largely, people haven't even really seriously considered it or thought about it.
And usually the assumption is that people with mental illness can't do a diet.
Right, that's, I mean, yeah.
People with mental illness are too impaired.
They're really sick.
There's no way they could do a diet.
But?
What I'm here to say is that please don't shortchange them and underestimate their determination to get better.
Because I'm getting people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and crippling depression to be able to change their diet and stick with it.
When people are fighting for their life, it's really amazing what they're capable of doing, even when they're so impaired.
Even when they're so impaired.
I'm not here to say they're not impaired.
I'm also not here to say it's easy.
I'm not here to say like, oh, just tell them ketogenic diet and then two days later they're going to be cured.
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