ADHD in childhood linked to adult obesity
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/20/18343200-adhd-in-childhood-linked-to-adult-obesity-study-finds?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=3
I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 9, and today I'm only beginning to lose weight. I find it hard to concentrate on cooking a meal, so for years I simply ate fast food, until I couldn't afford it anymore. By 2011 I was 325 lbs on a 5'7" frame. Right now I'm 298. I have Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure from neglecting my health for so long, and eating sugar whenever I felt like it. I even kept eating cake and candy AFTER being diagnosed with diabetes, to the point where my mom had to take away my debit card to curb my runaway spending. The weird thing is, I never spent on luxuries like some people who fill their houses with junk, I only bought food. I never "window shopped", but impulsive buys at the supermarket are a constant problem. Supermarkets are set up to facilitate impulsive buying of junk food, which makes it even harder for those with ADHD to control their diets.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
More on autistic people and employment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/apr/06/autistic-workers-employers-ignorance
The above article was recently brought to my attention. I suspect the situation is even worse in the US, where social skills and fitting in are far more valued than doing the job correctly, in fact those who know how to "brown nose" the right people often can get away with nearly completely shirking their job duties, and those who don't fit in are fired. In addition, getting hired in the US heavily depends on whether previous employers liked you, which means that eventually autistics who try to work end up with a lot of bad references and eventually nobody at all wants to hire them. I know that I have trouble making eye contact during interviews, which means that I can't get past them. My lack of employment experience occasionally leads people to think that I am some sort of criminal. Autistics who try to start their own businesses find that nobody wants to be their client. The result is that capable people are forced to subsist on disability pensions. Maybe that's just as well, since there's not enough work for the number of people who are alive. I suspect that eventually the "problem" will be "solved" via war, famine, and disease, and possibly a return of the gas chamber.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/apr/06/autistic-workers-employers-ignorance
The above article was recently brought to my attention. I suspect the situation is even worse in the US, where social skills and fitting in are far more valued than doing the job correctly, in fact those who know how to "brown nose" the right people often can get away with nearly completely shirking their job duties, and those who don't fit in are fired. In addition, getting hired in the US heavily depends on whether previous employers liked you, which means that eventually autistics who try to work end up with a lot of bad references and eventually nobody at all wants to hire them. I know that I have trouble making eye contact during interviews, which means that I can't get past them. My lack of employment experience occasionally leads people to think that I am some sort of criminal. Autistics who try to start their own businesses find that nobody wants to be their client. The result is that capable people are forced to subsist on disability pensions. Maybe that's just as well, since there's not enough work for the number of people who are alive. I suspect that eventually the "problem" will be "solved" via war, famine, and disease, and possibly a return of the gas chamber.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The impossibility of feeding oneself
I was thinking today about how difficult it is to earn money. Here in California you need to be licensed out the wazoo simply to wipe an old person's butt. Any type of physical labor requires a contractor's license, which is nearly impossible to get unless it's a big corporation. Even computer repairmen need to be licensed. Stings are regularly conducted, with harsh prison sentences meted out to men simply trying to feed their families.
90% of autistics are unemployed. That's a big number, but consider the even bigger numbers: 60% of the labor force isn't participating in gainful employment. Most of the remaining 40% are working just minimum wage jobs.
Most people are finding out that all the junk they own is literally worthless. Books that originally cost $25 go for 99 cents on Ebay. Most yard sales are full of old glassware and stuff that maybe has recycle value, if that. Even tradespeople can't earn a living. People are so broke they do their own plumbing and house repairs, even cut their own hair. Physical labor pays so little for what it entails that only Mexicans do it, and they live like animals, 40 to a two bedroom house, to be able to make it on what they earn.
I started a blog and tried to apply for Adsense, only to be turned down so fast that it must have been rejected by a computer, and now my account is blacklisted, and I can't apply for Adsense at all. It's impossible to get an answer from Google, Google is just a black box, no communication, the computers automatically reject you.
If it was the intention of the elite to force everybody into such abject misery that they would willingly give up their freedoms for a few slices of bread, it worked. I owe so much money from previous business ventures, and from dental work, that I'll never pay it off. My mom owes so much money she'll never pay it off. Nothing pencils out, every avenue of earning money costs too much and pays too little. I looked into government surplus, but it costs too much, far more than I could ever resell it for. I can't even afford food. People are finding that the only way to earn money is to scam each other, but I'm not even a good liar. I have poor fine motor coordination, so I can't repair anything, which doesn't matter because people can't afford to have stuff repaired. I am out of options.
I was thinking today about how difficult it is to earn money. Here in California you need to be licensed out the wazoo simply to wipe an old person's butt. Any type of physical labor requires a contractor's license, which is nearly impossible to get unless it's a big corporation. Even computer repairmen need to be licensed. Stings are regularly conducted, with harsh prison sentences meted out to men simply trying to feed their families.
90% of autistics are unemployed. That's a big number, but consider the even bigger numbers: 60% of the labor force isn't participating in gainful employment. Most of the remaining 40% are working just minimum wage jobs.
Most people are finding out that all the junk they own is literally worthless. Books that originally cost $25 go for 99 cents on Ebay. Most yard sales are full of old glassware and stuff that maybe has recycle value, if that. Even tradespeople can't earn a living. People are so broke they do their own plumbing and house repairs, even cut their own hair. Physical labor pays so little for what it entails that only Mexicans do it, and they live like animals, 40 to a two bedroom house, to be able to make it on what they earn.
I started a blog and tried to apply for Adsense, only to be turned down so fast that it must have been rejected by a computer, and now my account is blacklisted, and I can't apply for Adsense at all. It's impossible to get an answer from Google, Google is just a black box, no communication, the computers automatically reject you.
If it was the intention of the elite to force everybody into such abject misery that they would willingly give up their freedoms for a few slices of bread, it worked. I owe so much money from previous business ventures, and from dental work, that I'll never pay it off. My mom owes so much money she'll never pay it off. Nothing pencils out, every avenue of earning money costs too much and pays too little. I looked into government surplus, but it costs too much, far more than I could ever resell it for. I can't even afford food. People are finding that the only way to earn money is to scam each other, but I'm not even a good liar. I have poor fine motor coordination, so I can't repair anything, which doesn't matter because people can't afford to have stuff repaired. I am out of options.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Cats in a dog world, ants in a grasshopper world
Somebody on Wrong Planet recently said that people with Aspergers are "cats in a dog world", meaning that "aspies" function more like cats and normal people more like dogs. Aspies are independent and willful, while most people just follow their pack. It occurred to me that the same dichotomy is at work with preppers vs non-preppers. It is frequently said that preppers are the industrious ants, laying in supplies during good times to survive bad times, while normals are grasshoppers, enjoying themselves during good times, partying the night away, then when bad times hit they are totally unprepared and figuratively freeze to death in the snow while the ant is warm and fed in his hole.
To be a prepper, you have to show a willingness to be independent and to swim upstream, many times our own families don't understand us and laugh. My mother keeps saying "what will be will be, no sense worrying about it" and "we will get through it". I see empty platitudes as just stupid in the face of pending economic collapse, and can only hope that I can get my own land before SHTF, since mom won't let me have meat animals or a garden.
The pack mentality is at work, since everybody else is buried in their iTrash and only care about Dancing With The Stars, who are we to intrude on their fun. Hey guys, the Fed is printing $85 billion a month. So what, they say, nothing will happen. And besides American Idol is far more important! Right? If they bother to watch the "news", it's on ObamaVision and everything is just great thanks to the Fearless Messiah, the economy is booming, people are back at work, la de dah. People simply don't want to prep, they don't want to understand what it's like to be independent. Fine, starve then.
Somebody on Wrong Planet recently said that people with Aspergers are "cats in a dog world", meaning that "aspies" function more like cats and normal people more like dogs. Aspies are independent and willful, while most people just follow their pack. It occurred to me that the same dichotomy is at work with preppers vs non-preppers. It is frequently said that preppers are the industrious ants, laying in supplies during good times to survive bad times, while normals are grasshoppers, enjoying themselves during good times, partying the night away, then when bad times hit they are totally unprepared and figuratively freeze to death in the snow while the ant is warm and fed in his hole.
To be a prepper, you have to show a willingness to be independent and to swim upstream, many times our own families don't understand us and laugh. My mother keeps saying "what will be will be, no sense worrying about it" and "we will get through it". I see empty platitudes as just stupid in the face of pending economic collapse, and can only hope that I can get my own land before SHTF, since mom won't let me have meat animals or a garden.
The pack mentality is at work, since everybody else is buried in their iTrash and only care about Dancing With The Stars, who are we to intrude on their fun. Hey guys, the Fed is printing $85 billion a month. So what, they say, nothing will happen. And besides American Idol is far more important! Right? If they bother to watch the "news", it's on ObamaVision and everything is just great thanks to the Fearless Messiah, the economy is booming, people are back at work, la de dah. People simply don't want to prep, they don't want to understand what it's like to be independent. Fine, starve then.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
When will SHTF? Watch California.
California is most people's last choice for a BOL, and with sky high taxes, millions of welfare leeches, and a liberal state government bent on wrecking the place, it's easy to see why. But the qualities that make California unattractive to preppers make it the place to watch as a canary in the coal mine to tell when SHTF might be right around the corner.
California's economy is going gangbusters right now, led by Silicon Valley which is about the only thing that America has left going for it. Apartments are literally impossible to find in San Francisco, long lines at open houses and deluges of applications complete with references, pre-pulled credit reports, and rental histories are the norm. And that's just the rental market-real estate is seemingly back to the halcyon days of the 2000s bubble, with the Sacramento News & Review even proclaiming "Housing Bubble 2". Needless to say, when the cracks start to show in this frenzy, it may be time to bug out.
California has been led back to illusory "fiscal solvency" by Jerry Brown, a small budget surplus is in the offing, the first since the dot.com bubble. Watch California's budget closely, when it starts to wobble, be wary.
One poster on Survivalist Boards noted that no-doc mortgages, yes those evil buggers that nearly brought down the world economy, are back in California. The real estate frenzy is so crazy in California that the banksters are willing to forget every lesson they learned about junk mortgages. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. And there's plenty of shame to go around. It seems that many in California are willing to be fooled over and over and over. Problem is, the fool's game can only go for so long before the foolers run out of fools. All bubbles pop. Use this one to get your preps in order.
California is most people's last choice for a BOL, and with sky high taxes, millions of welfare leeches, and a liberal state government bent on wrecking the place, it's easy to see why. But the qualities that make California unattractive to preppers make it the place to watch as a canary in the coal mine to tell when SHTF might be right around the corner.
California's economy is going gangbusters right now, led by Silicon Valley which is about the only thing that America has left going for it. Apartments are literally impossible to find in San Francisco, long lines at open houses and deluges of applications complete with references, pre-pulled credit reports, and rental histories are the norm. And that's just the rental market-real estate is seemingly back to the halcyon days of the 2000s bubble, with the Sacramento News & Review even proclaiming "Housing Bubble 2". Needless to say, when the cracks start to show in this frenzy, it may be time to bug out.
California has been led back to illusory "fiscal solvency" by Jerry Brown, a small budget surplus is in the offing, the first since the dot.com bubble. Watch California's budget closely, when it starts to wobble, be wary.
One poster on Survivalist Boards noted that no-doc mortgages, yes those evil buggers that nearly brought down the world economy, are back in California. The real estate frenzy is so crazy in California that the banksters are willing to forget every lesson they learned about junk mortgages. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. And there's plenty of shame to go around. It seems that many in California are willing to be fooled over and over and over. Problem is, the fool's game can only go for so long before the foolers run out of fools. All bubbles pop. Use this one to get your preps in order.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Shaving after SHTF
One of the craftiest moves Gillette ever made was getting rid of the old fashioned out-of-patent double edge safety razor in favor of proprietary cartridge razors that are "updated" every five years. Whoever thought of selling people a cheap plastic handle for $10 then pricing four cartridges that only last for a few shaves at $15 was an evil genius. In the UK Gillette cartridge packs are the most shoplifted item in the country. An investigation revealed that Gillette pays about 30 pence (maybe 75 cents USD) for a four pack that is then sold for 10 pounds. Of course, since you can't stock up on these things at that price, you run the risk of not being able to shave if there's ever a retail disruption.
I solved the problem by buying a Merkur 23C/180 safety razor for $35 off Ebay. The blades are out of patent and super cheap. As for blades, I was recommended Astra Superior Platinum blades made in Russia and sold online by bestshave.net for $1.07 for 10. Now THAT is easy on your wallet! If you don't want to wait a month for the blades to ship from Turkey (yes, Turkey), I've been told that the dollar store sells blades that will do a pretty good job. They're called Panoramio I think. At $1 for 10, you can stock up. And you're not locked into a proprietary shaving system.
By the way, I find that I bleed a lot less with a double edge than with a five blade cartridge razor. I hate shaving, so I let my beard grow until it's scratchy (about 2 weeks) before I finally give in and shave it. The cart razor couldn't handle such a thick beard, and would break, but the double edge can handle it just fine. The whole cartridge razor racket reminds me of an old comedy skit from the 1970s where they kept adding blades to a cartridge. The actor would come out with an ever bloodier face each time, with toilet paper stuck to the wounds. I suppose that they will be advertising the "close shave" next, like when irons acquired so many holes in the ironing surface that they left clothes damp, which was then used as a marketing gimmick.
One of the craftiest moves Gillette ever made was getting rid of the old fashioned out-of-patent double edge safety razor in favor of proprietary cartridge razors that are "updated" every five years. Whoever thought of selling people a cheap plastic handle for $10 then pricing four cartridges that only last for a few shaves at $15 was an evil genius. In the UK Gillette cartridge packs are the most shoplifted item in the country. An investigation revealed that Gillette pays about 30 pence (maybe 75 cents USD) for a four pack that is then sold for 10 pounds. Of course, since you can't stock up on these things at that price, you run the risk of not being able to shave if there's ever a retail disruption.
I solved the problem by buying a Merkur 23C/180 safety razor for $35 off Ebay. The blades are out of patent and super cheap. As for blades, I was recommended Astra Superior Platinum blades made in Russia and sold online by bestshave.net for $1.07 for 10. Now THAT is easy on your wallet! If you don't want to wait a month for the blades to ship from Turkey (yes, Turkey), I've been told that the dollar store sells blades that will do a pretty good job. They're called Panoramio I think. At $1 for 10, you can stock up. And you're not locked into a proprietary shaving system.
By the way, I find that I bleed a lot less with a double edge than with a five blade cartridge razor. I hate shaving, so I let my beard grow until it's scratchy (about 2 weeks) before I finally give in and shave it. The cart razor couldn't handle such a thick beard, and would break, but the double edge can handle it just fine. The whole cartridge razor racket reminds me of an old comedy skit from the 1970s where they kept adding blades to a cartridge. The actor would come out with an ever bloodier face each time, with toilet paper stuck to the wounds. I suppose that they will be advertising the "close shave" next, like when irons acquired so many holes in the ironing surface that they left clothes damp, which was then used as a marketing gimmick.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Mental illness after SHTF
The big problem with the mentally/neurologically ill after say an economic collapse is that the medications they rely on to stay sane will no longer be there. In Greece when the economy collapsed, all medical imports stopped. Gradually the pharmacies ran out of everything, which was just as well since there was no money for medicine anyway.
If you're Type I Diabetic, and depend on refrigerated insulin, it's pretty clear that you would die after an economic collapse. Does anybody remember the scene after Hurricane Katrina where the TV crews are at the convention center, and this woman is telling them that she hasn't had her insulin shots since the storm, and then she just keels over on camera? Luckily, somebody had a vial of insulin, or it's likely that she wouldn't have woken up.
But if you are mentally ill, and depend on antipsychotics to stay sane, you will still be alive and physically healthy, but out of your mind. Without meds, schizophrenics are prone to bouts of confusion (I'm one of the few who can stay lucid while still hearing voices), and autistics to bouts of rage that can result in property damage (at a time when the stores are empty) and even injury. Few people truly need antidepressants or anti-ADHD meds, most of the latter are simply legal meth anyway and while taking them away may cause psychotic breaks in some people, they will be better off without them in the long run. Schizos truly NEED antipsychotics or else they may do bizarre things.
The first thing to do, before a SHTF, is make sure that there's no wheat, or preferably other grain, in your preps. Ever notice how everybody on Doomsday Preppers weighs 400 lbs? That's from wheat. When the UK was deprived of wheat during WW2, psychiatric disorders in the population greatly decreased. You don't need to feel agitated while you're cooped up in the house during a riot or coup! Carbohydrates are cheap, but humans tend to react badly to them. Chickens eat corn. Humans eat chickens. If you can raise small livestock, do so. Sticking to a diet composed generally of meat and avoiding wheat should greatly decrease confusion and agitation.
If you're eating from cans, you will eventually get salt poisoning. The remedy for this is a shot glass full of lemon juice mixed in with 16 oz of lukewarm water. If you can't plant a lemon tree, you might want to stock lemon juice in your preps. Salt poisoning causes agitation, which makes me wonder how many "ADHD" kids simply have eaten too much salt, since it's in literally everything. Then of course the kids are given speed, which if they're ever taken off it can cause psychotic breaks, and if they're not eventually turns the kids into dope fiends.
These two precautions should help greatly with the rages that autistics suffer, and should lessen a schizo's confusion and voices.
The big problem with the mentally/neurologically ill after say an economic collapse is that the medications they rely on to stay sane will no longer be there. In Greece when the economy collapsed, all medical imports stopped. Gradually the pharmacies ran out of everything, which was just as well since there was no money for medicine anyway.
If you're Type I Diabetic, and depend on refrigerated insulin, it's pretty clear that you would die after an economic collapse. Does anybody remember the scene after Hurricane Katrina where the TV crews are at the convention center, and this woman is telling them that she hasn't had her insulin shots since the storm, and then she just keels over on camera? Luckily, somebody had a vial of insulin, or it's likely that she wouldn't have woken up.
But if you are mentally ill, and depend on antipsychotics to stay sane, you will still be alive and physically healthy, but out of your mind. Without meds, schizophrenics are prone to bouts of confusion (I'm one of the few who can stay lucid while still hearing voices), and autistics to bouts of rage that can result in property damage (at a time when the stores are empty) and even injury. Few people truly need antidepressants or anti-ADHD meds, most of the latter are simply legal meth anyway and while taking them away may cause psychotic breaks in some people, they will be better off without them in the long run. Schizos truly NEED antipsychotics or else they may do bizarre things.
The first thing to do, before a SHTF, is make sure that there's no wheat, or preferably other grain, in your preps. Ever notice how everybody on Doomsday Preppers weighs 400 lbs? That's from wheat. When the UK was deprived of wheat during WW2, psychiatric disorders in the population greatly decreased. You don't need to feel agitated while you're cooped up in the house during a riot or coup! Carbohydrates are cheap, but humans tend to react badly to them. Chickens eat corn. Humans eat chickens. If you can raise small livestock, do so. Sticking to a diet composed generally of meat and avoiding wheat should greatly decrease confusion and agitation.
If you're eating from cans, you will eventually get salt poisoning. The remedy for this is a shot glass full of lemon juice mixed in with 16 oz of lukewarm water. If you can't plant a lemon tree, you might want to stock lemon juice in your preps. Salt poisoning causes agitation, which makes me wonder how many "ADHD" kids simply have eaten too much salt, since it's in literally everything. Then of course the kids are given speed, which if they're ever taken off it can cause psychotic breaks, and if they're not eventually turns the kids into dope fiends.
These two precautions should help greatly with the rages that autistics suffer, and should lessen a schizo's confusion and voices.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Suicides among middle aged whites soar
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/middle-aged-suicide-rate-surges
White middle aged people are killing themselves at a steadily increasing rate. Keep in mind that many of these are Generation Xers who gave up grunge and skepticism for a chance to grab the ring. Problem is, there is no ring. They're stuck in houses worth less than the amount owed, working jobs that don't pay the bills, with a spouse and several kids to feed, mountains of debt to pay, and a 3000 sq ft house full of worthless junk. Yeah, I'd off myself too.
When I went to my 10 year HS reunion in 2004 (should have been in 2003 but was delayed), most all the women were pregnant and happily expecting children. I knew there was a crash coming and thought they were foolish, but nobody listened. Having a baby in 2005 is kinda like having a baby in 1929. Suddenly, you can't feed it, and you are living in your minivan. Mommy, I'm hungry. Mommy, I hate sleeping in an RV. Mommy, the kids at school all make fun of me because we're poor. Soon the solution becomes to kill the kid and yourself. Believe it or not, I got yelled at by a certain survivalist blogger who didn't like that I thought having kids in a collapsed economy was stupid. I'm SO glad I don't have a family to feed.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/middle-aged-suicide-rate-surges
White middle aged people are killing themselves at a steadily increasing rate. Keep in mind that many of these are Generation Xers who gave up grunge and skepticism for a chance to grab the ring. Problem is, there is no ring. They're stuck in houses worth less than the amount owed, working jobs that don't pay the bills, with a spouse and several kids to feed, mountains of debt to pay, and a 3000 sq ft house full of worthless junk. Yeah, I'd off myself too.
When I went to my 10 year HS reunion in 2004 (should have been in 2003 but was delayed), most all the women were pregnant and happily expecting children. I knew there was a crash coming and thought they were foolish, but nobody listened. Having a baby in 2005 is kinda like having a baby in 1929. Suddenly, you can't feed it, and you are living in your minivan. Mommy, I'm hungry. Mommy, I hate sleeping in an RV. Mommy, the kids at school all make fun of me because we're poor. Soon the solution becomes to kill the kid and yourself. Believe it or not, I got yelled at by a certain survivalist blogger who didn't like that I thought having kids in a collapsed economy was stupid. I'm SO glad I don't have a family to feed.
Finding work while autistic
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/health/irpt-autism-in-the-workplace/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I know that I have always had problems interviewing. My problem is that I can't make eye contact when I'm nervous, a common problem among autistics. Interviewers say, well he's nice, but he doesn't look us in the eye and that's creepy. From other postings on autism board wrongplanet.net, it seems that most autistics have trouble holding down jobs. Only 10% of us are gainfully employed! Employers seem to value "fitting in" and playing "office politics" far more than actually doing the job correctly. The work world will have to change, or else society runs the risk of millions of alienated autistics causing trouble in the future. Already some autistics talk about "aspie armies" overthrowing the system. In the future it may not be just the whining of teenagers.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/health/irpt-autism-in-the-workplace/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I know that I have always had problems interviewing. My problem is that I can't make eye contact when I'm nervous, a common problem among autistics. Interviewers say, well he's nice, but he doesn't look us in the eye and that's creepy. From other postings on autism board wrongplanet.net, it seems that most autistics have trouble holding down jobs. Only 10% of us are gainfully employed! Employers seem to value "fitting in" and playing "office politics" far more than actually doing the job correctly. The work world will have to change, or else society runs the risk of millions of alienated autistics causing trouble in the future. Already some autistics talk about "aspie armies" overthrowing the system. In the future it may not be just the whining of teenagers.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Schizophrenia: foods to avoid
The problem with treating paranoid schizophrenia is that the available medications don't work all that well. Side effects abound, from rotten teeth to rotten livers, and many sufferers still hear voices telling them not to take their meds, making treatment a challenge. Part of the issue usually is that they're eating the wrong things.
Wheat exacerbates the voices. In the book Wheat Belly, Dr. William Davis notes a study where schizos in an institution were given a gluten-free diet. The improvements were remarkable-one woman who had been institutionalized for 50 years was even essentially cured! People with mental illness generally should avoid wheat. When I gobbled three bowls of stuffing last Thanksgiving, I was stuck listening to some pretty bizarre stuff for a couple weeks.
Stevia, a sugar substitute sold as "Truvia" in the US, also causes me problems, including diarrhea and increased voices. I was looking for a sugar replacement, and tried stevia, and got VERY sick.
I personally use the Paleo Diet, google it. I tried to convince another schizo online to try it, and she said, oh no, I'm a vegan. Well, ok, but if your coffee mug won't shut up, you need to reconsider.
The problem with treating paranoid schizophrenia is that the available medications don't work all that well. Side effects abound, from rotten teeth to rotten livers, and many sufferers still hear voices telling them not to take their meds, making treatment a challenge. Part of the issue usually is that they're eating the wrong things.
Wheat exacerbates the voices. In the book Wheat Belly, Dr. William Davis notes a study where schizos in an institution were given a gluten-free diet. The improvements were remarkable-one woman who had been institutionalized for 50 years was even essentially cured! People with mental illness generally should avoid wheat. When I gobbled three bowls of stuffing last Thanksgiving, I was stuck listening to some pretty bizarre stuff for a couple weeks.
Stevia, a sugar substitute sold as "Truvia" in the US, also causes me problems, including diarrhea and increased voices. I was looking for a sugar replacement, and tried stevia, and got VERY sick.
I personally use the Paleo Diet, google it. I tried to convince another schizo online to try it, and she said, oh no, I'm a vegan. Well, ok, but if your coffee mug won't shut up, you need to reconsider.
The Maywatcher welcomes you! This new blog will be about mental/neurological disorders and survivalism in any combination. I am your host, The Maywatcher. I feel that my plan would best be served by anonymity, but I can tell you that I am a 38 year old white male somewhere in suburban Sacramento, CA. I hope to earn some money and relocate to Klamath County, Oregon, within the next couple years. I suffer from Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, Tourette Syndrome, and paranoid schizophrenia. I am currently interested in survivalism and self-reliance, and hope to become largely self-reliant by the time the current economic bubble pops. A blog was suggested to me as a way to earn money, since I currently live on Social Security. We all know that won't be around forever! Watch this blog for more posts in the future.
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