tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post998929567976666532..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: The middle-aged, always ripe for pickingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-41305243069451613162011-04-20T23:23:32.238-07:002011-04-20T23:23:32.238-07:00Natalie - I am really enthusiastic about the benef...Natalie - I am really enthusiastic about the benefits of niacin. I became quite coherent and focused in my thoughts after about three days of taking it. I was really going downhill before that. It energized my brain. If your mother wants to contact me, I would be more than pleased to give her the recipe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-39797073732084702562011-04-20T14:58:43.932-07:002011-04-20T14:58:43.932-07:00Rossa - Thanks so much for the additional info, I&...Rossa - Thanks so much for the additional info, I'm going to be pushy with my mother about this since she's already got some memory issues going...kids need to be pushy sometimes too, yes? :) I'll definitely email you if need be.<br /><br />And as for your comment on my post - aahh! Blogger drives me crazy sometimes...it's not in my spam, which means it's floating in the ether somewhere. For what it's worth, I don't moderate comments, and I've only ever deleted one (which was downright hateful). If you feel like giving it another go, I'd love your thoughts as always!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773187914462373018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-598010657183314112011-04-20T11:07:10.703-07:002011-04-20T11:07:10.703-07:00Dr. Hoffer has special instructions for the over s...Dr. Hoffer has special instructions for the over sixties, which may have been overtaken by the Empower Plus, (I'm thinking of your mother) or maybe not. He experimented on his own mother and his older relatives. When his mother was in her sixties, he began to notice that she was slightly "losing it" and he got going on her. He says that the over sixties should be on straight niacin (the kind that makes you flush, because at this age your brain cells need the flush.) Otherwise, the same advice goes. If you need further info just e-mail me privately. I no longer have his book, but I think I first read all about this in How to Live with Schizophrenia. I'm almost sixty and I've started to take the niacin that makes you flush. I take it at night before I go to bed and hardly notice it. Anyway, Hoffer's mother lived on into her late eighties and did not suffer dementia. She died of something else.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-24094588673443645502011-04-20T10:57:35.684-07:002011-04-20T10:57:35.684-07:00Natalie,
I'm going to check out Empower Plus....Natalie, <br />I'm going to check out Empower Plus. Thanks for the tip (and again to B'ham for the B12.)<br />Also, I commented on your tribute to your grandmother, which is probably in your spam box. I began to wonder if I wasn't being sufficiently sympathetic since my comment didn't appear, but then,I thought, nah, Natalie's not like that, it must be in her spam box. I am sorry about your grandmother, but glad to read how much you appreciated her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-22468446871522831942011-04-20T10:33:51.461-07:002011-04-20T10:33:51.461-07:00Ah, yes, I just checked out Hoffer's site...th...Ah, yes, I just checked out Hoffer's site...this is why Empower Plus has proven so priceless in my recovery. By taking it, I'm essentially on a high daily dose of much of what Hoffer recommended for "bipolar." :) (Will be passing his site and your post along to my mother!)Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773187914462373018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-44205470194869035062011-04-20T10:24:01.274-07:002011-04-20T10:24:01.274-07:00Rossa - Thanks so much for posting this and the li...Rossa - Thanks so much for posting this and the link to your previous post. I just lost my grandmother a few days ago to what had been diagnosed as Alzheimer's 14 years ago. My last visit with her just a few days before her death has really made me rethink exactly what's going on in dementia - I now think it's equal parts deficiencies (as you mentioned), as well as some sort of spiritual suffering/opportunity for healing. Which makes me think, indeed, it is very similar to what we experience in psychosis, schizophrenia, etc.<br /><br />My grandmother was more present, grounded, and strong in her last days than she had been in her entire life (or at least the 36 years that I knew her). She clearly spent these years doing some major work elsewhere. Who knew?? I was so moved, I wrote a tribute to her immense courage and determination:<br />http://www.rockpapershutup.com/2011/04/to-grandmother-i-never-knew-until-now.html<br /><br />Since I suspect my mother and I may be vulnerable to the same dementia, I can't wait to check out Hoffer's work based on your recommendation. Like hell would we ever go the pharmaceutical route!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773187914462373018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-41583556737045442612011-04-20T06:41:37.096-07:002011-04-20T06:41:37.096-07:00B'ham - I tend to agree with you. What really ...B'ham - I tend to agree with you. What really is Alzheimers? I haven't done any research on Alzheimers, but originally, wasn't it a very early dementia? When you live a long time, you dementia is the by-product. My sister suggested an autopsy when my mother died, and I thought, what for? She was 89 after all. Thanks for the B12 information. I think a lack of B vitamins contributes to these "nervous" conditions, like schizophrenia, like dementia. Dr. Hoffer used to write about vitamin B deficient families.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-43231089967206275162011-04-20T05:18:44.757-07:002011-04-20T05:18:44.757-07:00Is Alzheimer's a made up disease? Do we use it...Is Alzheimer's a made up disease? Do we use it as a catchall for dementia? So far, I've counted up a couple of different ways a person can become demented later in life: B12 deficiency; normal pressure hydrocephalus; stroke or mini strokes. I'm sure there are others.<br /><br />The more I hear about Alzheimers in the media, honestly, the more dubious I become. A physician once told me that you can't really positively diagnose Alzheimer's except by autopsy upon death. <br /><br />B'hamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com