Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety, other Mental Disorders: Actually Food or Chemical Allergies? Autoimmune? Mold? Parasites? Heavy Metal Toxicity? Lyme? Drug Side Effects?
Mental Health is Brain Health. Odd that we don’t get scans of the brain to see how it’s functioning AND toxicity, allergies, vaccines, autoimmune, and drugs - even though they are known culprits.
Mental Health is Brain Health. Odd that we don’t get scans of the brain to see how it’s functioning AND check for toxicity including mold, parasites, allergies - both food and enviornomental, vaccine toxicity, pharmaceutical toxicity, autoimmune disorders (usually started by a toxin), and other drug toxicity - even though they are all known culprits of mental health disorders.
Brain Allergies are a known phenomenon. Personally, I have a severe brain allergy to fluoride. According to fluoride research, fluoride hypersensitivity runs in families (genetic). A mild depression that I had lived with since my teenage years disappeared completely within a month of getting off of fluoride. When I was first fluoride poisoned by a fluoroquinolone antibiotic and tried to detox fluoride, not understanding hypersensitivity, I would become extremely angry then suicidal. I never acted out in violence towards others or myself, though during those periods, the agitation was extreme enough I could understand how someone might. For reference, in my normal state, I feel bad if I squish a bug on a sidewalk. I am naturally an empathetic and caring person and cannot stand to see people suffer emotionally or physically. I am also optimistic and hopeful and not suicidal. However, even now, if I attempt to detox too much fluoride, I have suicidal ideations but my brain no longer is agitated and angry toward others. The sensitivity has decreased from years of detoxing and healing my brain and body.
My biological father developed schizophrenia-like symptoms in his early 30s that included homicidal ideations, auditory hallucinations, and suicidal ideations and within a few years was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis - an autoimmune disease known for spiking in communities where fluoride is added. Ireland Public Health Investigation of Epidemiological data on Disease and Mortality in Ireland related to Water Fluoridation and Fluoride Exposure (March 2013), they found Ireland has the highest incidence of Sarcoidosis in the world. Interestingly, when I traced my father’s history as far back as I could go online, I traced his lineage to Ireland. In the investigation paper, they said that Sarcoidosis seems to be clustered in certain families so a familial gene is probably responsible. In other words, if people with these certain familial genes are exposed to fluoride, the probability that they will develop the autoimmune condition, Sarcoidosis, dramatically increases compared to other people. Fluoride hypersensitivity is also known to run in families.
Sarcoidosis is just one of the hundereds of diseases and organ and brain and body damage that adding fluoride to the water can cause - many resources exist that identify many autoimmune disorders caused by fluoride- I encourage you to read their investigation as fluoride is a known neurotoxin and increases cancer risk as well as many other conditions, whether someone is hypersensitive or not.
When Sarcoidosis affects the brain organ, it’s called Neurosarcoidosis and can cause psychotic symptoms, which may explain my father’s refractory psychosis before being diagnosed and treated for Sarcoidosis a few years later. However, I am not sure they ever made that later diagnosis as my father could not explain what happened even 17 years later. He wanted to kill my family and himself during that initial psychotic experience and eventually ended up leaving our family. I never really knew him after that. His personality was never the same, though when I saw him occasionally afterward, I did see glimpses of his old personality- he died at age 49 of a heart attack. Antipsychotic medication is incredibly toxic and he never knew to get off of fluoride. So, the root cause issue of fluoride was addressed. Adding medications to the problem is rarely the answer. Autoimmune drugs and antipsychotic drugs were never going to fix the root cause of fluoride hypersensitivity and toxicity.
Part of my reason for trying to help others understand that psychiatric disorders are brain disorders is so they can get the approrpriate treatment for the biological cause - whether that be an autoimmune condition, heavy metal or other toxicity, environmental toxicity like fluoride or petrochemicals, brain and body allergies, etc. If we don’t treat the CAUSE and only treat the symptoms, the person is destined to a life of pharmaceutical interventions where they may never fully become whole again.
I recommend the ALCAT for food and environmental allergy testing - it does also test for hypersensitivity to fluoride.
Autoimmune Psychosis has been found to be the cause of Schizophrenia in certain cases. Here are a couple of heartbreaking stories of people who suffered over 20 years in catatonic states of schizophrenia in residential psychiatric facilities - but because of some doctors interest in their cases, they tested for specific autoimmune antibodies and then were treated the disease and the patients improved quickly and were able to leave the inpatient psychiatric facility and live their lives - after 20 years! Families of those with psychosis and schizophrenia disorders need to understand this information so they can advocate on behalf of loved ones that are unable to advocate for themselves due to their brain disorder. I would also recommend finding out what toxin or toxins may have caused the autoimmune problem in the first place.
Inflammation of the Body May Explain Depression in the Brain. Fortunately more and more people, including physicians and psychiatrists, are understanding that depression is a state of brain inflammation and SSRIs and other depression treatment with psychiatric medications is not always the answer. Please Read this article on how SSRIs cause mass shootings, homicides, and suicides before considering these treatments. However, the author who is a doctor, notes that a small subset of people do actually benefit and he gives the reason why (it is not serotonin or other answers we have been given.) He explains what testing could be done that might identify those who will become violent on SSRIs. The author, the Midwestern Doctor, shares how some people taking antipsychotics and even ADHD medication also may became psychotic - and have killed others while under the pharmaceutical influence. Psychiatric medications are far from safe for many people along with being toxic to the body and brain. He also warns that if you are currently on one of these - do not stop taking them suddenly and work with your physician if you need to come off of them or very bad things may happen.
With that said, I have worked in an inpatient unit and do understand that some people need immediate short-term treatment with these toxic drugs and respect the psychiatrists and doctors who treat these patients. They do not have an easy job and in many cases, if not most, there is not an easy answer or solution. My point in writing this article is to think outside the box for long-term solutions to very difficult problems - not to throw well-meaning, highly educated psychiatrists and doctors under the bus for doing their job the best that they know how with the best solutions they have available. However, we all need to be our own advocates for our loved ones and our self. There may be solutions to the problems that are not currently known in conventional medicine or psychiatry. Also, there are many people who are simply unwilling to accept treatments outside of the current medical system and are only willing to take psychiatric drugs. People do have a right to choose their treatment.
For those who are willing to look into other treatment options, nutritional psychologists, holistic psychiatry, and other clinics like the Amen clinics do exist. For example, from the Amen clinics website:
Our comprehensive approach to mental health has shown that psychiatric conditions are not single or simple disorders. They all have multiple types, so the same treatment plan won’t work for everybody, and it could make your symptoms worse. The Amen Clinics Method is different. Our database, with over 200,000 brain scans, helps us more successfully identify various types of ADD, anxiety, depression, and many other mental health conditions, so you get the answers you’ve been looking for.
What I like about the Amen clinics, started by psychiatrist, Daniel Amen, MD, is that they do a brain scan as part of their treatment. They actually look at the brain to see how it’s functioning! That sounds like it should be the standard protocol. But many people are treated based on symptoms in psychiatry or at their family doctor and not based on tests. No imaging may ever be done on the brain.
Tumors, cysts, and side effects of other medications can all cause psychotic symptoms. Parasites can be a cause of schizophrenia and bipolar symptoms. Mold toxicity can cause psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases, brain allergies, environmental and food allergies can cause psychiatric symptoms. Fluoride can cause autoimmune disorders which affect the brain, and can cause depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia symptoms in some people. Fluoride is also known to calcify the pineal gland (gland that produces melatonin for sleep) and can cause sleep disorders, insomnia, or other sleep problems. I found that taking melatonin kicks out fluoride - which may be beneficial to others - though as someone hypersensitive to fluoride, this was too much detox for more than a couple of days.
Vaccines can cause autism and other brain and body diseases and disorders; Tourette syndrome and tics (which started running in my family after vaccine programs started - which I now know that it usually takes 5-7 years after childhood vaccines for these disorders to develop, if they are going to from the vaccines), OCD, learning disabilities, dyslexia, autoimmune disorders, autism, ADHD, allergies, etc.
Lack of the correct nutrients can cause psychaitric conditions as well as overall body and brain conditions. Anxiety and Panic Disorder can be caused by toxins (and defienciency in magnesium and other nutrients). Nutrient and mineral tests can be done to find out where a person may be deficient. A multi-vitamin or very specific minerals and vitamins may be necessary. Lack of iron or excess iron can cause many brain and body issues including sleep problems. Mercury and other heavy metals can cause psychiatric brain and body symptoms. Mercury and other heavy metals can cause nutrient deficiencies as well - so can fluoride and other chemicals. Fillings of “silver” which is 50% mercury caused me many issues for decades. Best article I’ve read on Mercury Toxicity/Poisoning is this article: Mercury: The Quintessential Anti-Nutrient.
Neuropsychiatric (brain) problems can occur with Lyme disease as well. According to Dr. Jane Marke “Children can present with myriad symptoms including attention deficit disorder, anxiety, autism, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, learning disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, opposition disorder, PANS/PANDAS.” While adults, “may present with any psychiatric disorder: bipolar disease, severe anxiety, depression, depersonalization, or OCD”…and “hypersensitivity to light, sound, and smells can be profound, and the hypersensitivity may produce illusions or a sense of hallucination. Sometimes they are hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals with other very ill patients and the experience can be traumatizing. Older adults may develop major psychiatric symptoms which interfere with their ability to work or care for family.“
Traumatic events also can set off a brain reaction causing psychiatric and even psychotic disorders in a brain that may already be struggling (in which case detox or treatment for autoimmune disorder or other cause may need to be addressed even though the last straw stressor was the traumatic event) or the event was traumatic enough by itself and can cause psychiatric disorders in which case EMDR or other mental health treatments might be helpful and appropriate. Also, spiritual help like Freedom Fighters have been able to successfully help some people with Dissociative Identity Disorder due to trauma and other disorders or problems due to traumatic childhood and adulthood events.
For myself, I discovered 11 of the Best and Safest Ways to Detox Heavy Metals, Poisons, Toxins, Medications, Vaccine toxins, Mold/Fungus, and Chemicals. However, I am not recommending these to you as I am not a doctor or healthcare professional. The safest and best ways to detox may be different for you and worth working with your own quailified healthcare professional. These are for informational purposes only. I also benefited emotionally from Freedom Fighters sessions. Highly recommend if you are interested in prayer/spiritual healing.
In his article The Decades of Evidence That SSRI Antidepressants Cause Mass Shootings, the Midwestern doctor stated that, “Akathisia (and psychosis) are known side effects of cocaine, methamphetamine, SSRIs, antipsychotics, and ADHD stimulant medications. However, while the common triggers have been identified, the actual mechanism for akathisia is still poorly understood and theorized to result from alterations in the center of the brain involved in movement. These behavioral changes are so unusual and disturbing there are often simply described as the individual appearing to be possessed. Note: numerous patients I’ve talked to (with or without akathisia) who had bad reactions to SSRIs have shared that they felt as though some type of dark force was trying to take over their body.”
I have also heard of people who felt demonic influences while doing methamphetamines and this author writes an article about this phenomenon in “The Truth about Crystal Meth, Witchcraft and Demons”. Thayer's Greek Lexicon identifies the word pharmakeia in the Bible to mean “the use or the administering of drugs, poisoning, sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it, and metaphorically the deceptions and seductions of idolatry”. Drugs were used in sorcery. Though I am not suggesting that pharmaceuticals are sorcery or witchcraft, it is worth noting that some people feel dark forces and an aversion to biblical things on pharmaceuticals that cause the same side effects as drugs. Just something to take note of and look out for and also not to feel “crazy” if you experience this as well. Someone may not connect either the drug they took or a pharmaceutical as being the cause of this experience.
However, some people are more sensitive to spiritual things than others and it may be worth praying against opening of doors for people who may still be affected after getting off these particular drugs or pharmaceuticals. Freedom fighters can help in prayer against demonic forces and so can your own Prayers against Witchcraft if you are a believer in Jesus and therefore have accepted his salvation and the Holy Spirit. The name of Jesus breaks dark powers. Of course for other people, the experience may completely go away after getting off drugs or the pharmaceuticals that caused this experience. People are different and people who are not sensitive or affected like this this by spiritual things may call BS on someone who is - no need to worry about that. People are often wrong about other people’s experiences and how they are affected. Each person just needs to do what they need to do to get better. Everyone reacts differently to different things. Just something to keep in mind in case this is you or someone you know.
As you can tell, when it comes to both brain and body health, there are many areas to consider. Functional medicine doctors may need to be a part of your healthcare team as they are both trained conventionally in medicine as well as holistically. Chiropractors are a wonderful addition to overall healthcare needs as they provide structural support to the body and also may have excellent resources and referrals for wellness.
No one’s brain just starts malfunctioning for no reason. Something happens due to some cause. Neurotransmitters gone awry are a symptom of something else happening - not the cause. Our current modern healthcare system does not do an adequate job of addressing root cause problems though there are some doctors, psychiatrists, holistic doctors, nutritional psychologists, functional medicine doctors and others who do - and they are addressing underlying problems and helping people get off medication and get their lives back - though some people may need to stay on some medication when symptoms persist and they do not know how to treat the problem any other way and their current methods have failed. No one knows every cause of everything - so it’s unlikely any physician or psychiatrist will ever be 100% able to treat 100% of people. Almost every healing professional would love to be able to heal everyone of everything. They are doing the best they can with the knowledge that they have.
As a reminder, sometimes we have to research on behalf of ourselves and our loved ones to find the root cause and healing options. For example, my son developed Sagittal Craniosynostosis - which if that happens after birth, which his did, may be caused by sodium fluoride (found this on Science Direct). I can imagine that was his cause since we are hypersenstive to fluoride and all the genetic testing showed he was not gentically susceptible. The team I work with for my son at a well-known and highly regarded hospital who specifically works with children with Craniosynostosis - did not know this. They still do not. I will tell them - maybe they will listen? Unfortunately, in my experience, many of our doctors do have not have an interest in learning from patients - even though I give them the website, the journal article, the name of the book or article (out of journals they themselves use).
My story is here on how I was fluoride and mercury poisoned already (but I didn’t know that at the time) and then took 3 rounds of fluoroquinolone antibiotics over the course of 3 years, not knowing (and neither did the doctors) that these by themselves can fluoride poison individuals, kick out mercury, and the quinolones can stay in the system continuing to wreck havoc over years and decades. I am still trying to get my life back 8 years later. Severity of the poisoning differs. For those still hurt significantly after 3 years have the hardest time. I will not say they never recover - because I still am recovering - though at a snail-like speed - and I believe in miracles. I do know many people who have not recovered 20+ years later and never were able to return to work or have a high quality and high functioning life. But there is always hope. People are different. Our bodies are different. And did I mention I believe in miracles?
Also, please read my article SIDE EFFECTS of Pharmaceuticals or Vaccines: Death is NOT the Worst Thing that Can Happen to You: Alive but not living; chronic illness, disability, disease, chronic fatigue, in pain and suffering, without an end in sight. No energy, no ability to work, no quick fix treatments. We all need to understand the risk we are taking and the weigh the benefits vs risks ourselves when deciding which pharmaceuticals, medical interventions, or vaccines we choose to take.
A lot of time is put into researching and writing posts, but I want everyone to be able to access the information, whether they can afford to pay or not. Thank you! Coffee is always welcome :)