tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post6394245808644110551..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: Gut and Brain AgainAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-30162656924623583562014-01-04T19:16:29.876-05:002014-01-04T19:16:29.876-05:00I hope you will check out an excellent book called...I hope you will check out an excellent book called 'Gut and Psychology Syndrome'. I learned a lot. You might be aware of all of the material, but a good read nonetheless.FunctionalMedNPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603031209174216866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-49407910420043076522013-07-08T00:22:58.694-04:002013-07-08T00:22:58.694-04:00This subject has dominated my life and that of som...<br />This subject has dominated my life and that of someone very close to me for almost three years. My then 13 year old daughter took minocycline, her first ever antibiotic and our lives changed it seems forever. Within a fortnight our happy, bubbly extrovert became a severely anxious, depressed girl that cried 24/7 and eventually had to be taken out of school. Long story short no doctor would believe it could be the antibiotic (even though "mental changes" is a listed side effect), so she was admitted to the mental health system. She has been admitted to hospital about eight times in ten months and had about ten blood tests. No one identified that she had severe deficiencies in chromium and iron and borderline zinc and selenium. Two and a half years in and we found a doctor who believed her microbiome had been changed by the antibiotic. He quickly identified her deficiencies with a more comprehensive blood test and gave us a specially prepared mineral supplement. <br />Good News? <br />It would have been except that she is now in the involuntary care of the mental health team. When presented with a trial of zero risk option A) A Mineral Supplement and higher risk option B) Atypical antipsychotics they went with option B. <br />Frustratingly When they gave her an iron supplement prior to her appointment for an infusion, she improved dramatically and immediately, but they are still not at all motivated to give her our doctor's prescription. This is a never ending nightmare and we are stuck between two medical factions with vastly different opinions. Billyboyxvshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424122982150681352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-43585377025016034042013-06-14T11:21:25.710-04:002013-06-14T11:21:25.710-04:00Well done boss i liked your post so much ... right...Well done boss i liked your post so much ... right to get edge of calories ... but best part is thank for shearing it with us Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922825788990490650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-44487072566269440592013-06-07T17:49:31.055-04:002013-06-07T17:49:31.055-04:00Thought I left a comment here? Thought I left a comment here? Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16316696557706175987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-72529615668005268452013-06-06T16:40:56.175-04:002013-06-06T16:40:56.175-04:00Gut flora. Suddenly everyone's talking about i...Gut flora. Suddenly everyone's talking about it. I just got my raw kefir grains today from a friend in Brooklyn.<br /><br />You may find this interesting:<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20679230Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302261963164621064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-11158171433139874522013-06-05T04:25:21.222-04:002013-06-05T04:25:21.222-04:00I should have read the information in your link be...I should have read the information in your link <b>before</b> posting my reply. "excessive screen-based information consumption" is already listed. Oops!<br /><br />I recognised Alan C Logan's name, as he also wrote <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC533861/pdf/1476-511X-3-25.pdf" rel="nofollow"><b>Omega-3 fatty acids and major depression: A primer for the mental health professional</b></a>Nigel Kinbrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368973941328529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-54401423694195260542013-06-05T04:13:36.977-04:002013-06-05T04:13:36.977-04:00"Mental health disorders, depression in parti..."Mental health disorders, depression in particular, have been described as a global epidemic."<br />Could a possible cause be: increasing belief that the world is going to hell in a hand-cart (e.g. due to seeing too much "bad news" in the media)?Nigel Kinbrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368973941328529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-44847910308820536662013-06-03T10:39:20.247-04:002013-06-03T10:39:20.247-04:00That's interesting! Probiotics certainly would...That's interesting! Probiotics certainly would not do any harm.<br /><br />I used to sing "The Waiting" by Tom Petty as an Intern, but I thought the words were, "Every day is one more yard!" Seemed more appropriate. Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16316696557706175987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-64639327829648840982013-06-03T10:35:21.325-04:002013-06-03T10:35:21.325-04:00I couldn't find the reference for the first fo...I couldn't find the reference for the first footnote you had at the end of paragraph 3. Which article or study is that from? I find this subject really fascinating and can see it being a larger issue in the future in terms of evaluating one's overall health (http://wp.me/p1Xyqa-4H). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-27562593597943670242013-06-02T19:50:09.093-04:002013-06-02T19:50:09.093-04:00http://www.radiolab.org/2012/apr/02/gut-feelings/http://www.radiolab.org/2012/apr/02/gut-feelings/js290https://www.blogger.com/profile/08157385596237909630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-44435327880677731862013-06-02T18:23:58.798-04:002013-06-02T18:23:58.798-04:00This looks like a very promising series on this to...This looks like a very promising series on this topic: http://www.gutpathogens.com/content/5/1/5<br /><br />Mental health disorders, depression in particular, have been described as a global epidemic. Research suggests that a variety of lifestyle and environmental changes may be driving at least some portion of the increased prevalence. One area of flourishing research involves the relationship between the intestinal microbiota (as well as the related functional integrity of the gastrointestinal tract) and mental health. In order to appreciate the recent scientific gains in this area, and its potential future directions, it is critical to review the history of the topic. Probiotic administration (e.g. Lactobacillus) and fecal microbiota transfer for conditions associated with depression and anxiety is not a new concept. Here, in the first of a 3-part series, we begin by reviewing the origins of the contemporary research, providing a critical appraisal of what has become a revisionist history of the controversial term ‘autointoxication’. We argue that legitimate interests in the gut-brain-microbiota connection were obscured for decades by its association with a narrow historical legacy. Historical perspectives provide a very meaningful context to the current state of the contemporary research as outlined in parts II and III.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-26905394891234313822013-06-02T17:41:28.143-04:002013-06-02T17:41:28.143-04:00@Victor most of that was determined by mouse studi...@Victor most of that was determined by mouse studies, where mice were born germ-free, then colonized during infancy, adolescence, or adulthood, and there seemed to be a critical period of childhood and adolescence where changes could be affected. There are also sexual differences in mice but I didn't go into that in my post. That could be possibly relevant to humans in autism syndromes where gut dysbiosis is a known part of the disorder and boys are more vulnerable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-68807130096595199582013-06-02T16:49:00.628-04:002013-06-02T16:49:00.628-04:00Emily, do we understand why the microbiome in a ch...Emily, do we understand why the microbiome in a child is more easily changed as in an adult? Would a change in your diet not affect the microbiome, also in an adult?<br /><br />A microbiome is an ecosystem. For ecosystems not only the averages (average temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, etc.) are important, but also their variability (extremes (dry periods, floods, freezing), daily and annual cycle). Do you know of any research on the importance of variability for the microbiome?Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.com