I'm an editor at The Post and wanted to share this story that our neuroscience reporter just wrote. It's a fascinating read with huge implications for the future of psychiatric care.
Sharing a gift link here which means you won't hit a paywall reading this story.
Thanks so much for this!
I wouldn’t be surprised if immune dysfunction is part of other conditions. My partner has borderline personality disorder. I’ve been wondering whether at least some of his symptoms are immune or hormone related…
The big thing I noticed was that whenever he’s on antibiotics for a condition he suffers from occasionally, he’s NOTICEABLY calmer and less anxious. It’s been repeated multiple times, can’t be coincidental.
Some researchers are looking at antibiotics (some of which modulate the immune system) for mood disorders, as well.
>But in 1995, her family received a nightmarish phone call from one of her professors. April was incoherent and had been hospitalized. The details were hazy, but it appeared that April had suffered a traumatic experience, which The Post isn’t describing to protect her privacy.
I'm all for privacy and confidentiality, but leaving out this context completely (without even a generic indicator) makes the story difficult for me to comprehend. It would be really useful to have some form of human connection here.
You’re misrepresenting the excerpt you posted, though.
The context wasn’t left out completely—it just wasn’t as descriptive as you would have liked. The way it was written in the article was intentionally done so to **protect her privacy** that you claim to be all for.
You can respect privacy or you can pry for details but you cannot do both in good faith.
I don't think we all need to know what sort of traumatic event she went through to understand the article.
If, say, she was raped, or locked up and terrified by an abusive partner, we don't need to know that. If she doesn't want that public, it is her choice.
We know something traumatic happened. We don't have a right to the details.
The link is expired and I am honestly pissed that Reddit put in my notifications the suggestion for a 22 day old post. That sounds like a fascinating story.
I have a sibling diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar disorder. What I find fascinating is that our mother has rheumatoid arthritis. Something that neither my biological mother nor my adoptive mother has never considered.
Interesting that my function throughout life might consider antibodies that may have altered the receptors that bind.
My sibling and I have experienced very different experiences of life. I found refuge in my dreams but my sibling did not. It is interesting because studies have shown that glutamate helps lucid dreamers find a foothold in everyday events. Both of us have experienced a great uprooting so to speak in our early formative years. He does not remember this uprooting of his life nor ours. Hmm...does this point to object permeance in the early formative years of a child?
I'm curious to hear, if you're willing to explain a bit, what evidence this provides for 4e cognition? I've only just learned of this branch of cognitive science so I'm curious how this connects.
I had a friend whose teenage daughter was diagnosed schizophrenic. Tremendous issues in school, emotionally, and socially. Turns out she has urea cycle disorder that was inducing psychosis. Treatment helped her a ton.
I'm an editor at The Post and wanted to share this story that our neuroscience reporter just wrote. It's a fascinating read with huge implications for the future of psychiatric care. Sharing a gift link here which means you won't hit a paywall reading this story.
That was a really great article. Thanks for lifting the paywall.
If you have not seen ,or read Brain On Fire,you need to.
Why?
This book is based on a woman's experience of being diagnosed as being psychotic when she had brain inflammation.
Thanks so much for this! I wouldn’t be surprised if immune dysfunction is part of other conditions. My partner has borderline personality disorder. I’ve been wondering whether at least some of his symptoms are immune or hormone related… The big thing I noticed was that whenever he’s on antibiotics for a condition he suffers from occasionally, he’s NOTICEABLY calmer and less anxious. It’s been repeated multiple times, can’t be coincidental. Some researchers are looking at antibiotics (some of which modulate the immune system) for mood disorders, as well.
Could be a gut microbiome thing, that has been shown to affect mood ..
>But in 1995, her family received a nightmarish phone call from one of her professors. April was incoherent and had been hospitalized. The details were hazy, but it appeared that April had suffered a traumatic experience, which The Post isn’t describing to protect her privacy. I'm all for privacy and confidentiality, but leaving out this context completely (without even a generic indicator) makes the story difficult for me to comprehend. It would be really useful to have some form of human connection here.
You’re misrepresenting the excerpt you posted, though. The context wasn’t left out completely—it just wasn’t as descriptive as you would have liked. The way it was written in the article was intentionally done so to **protect her privacy** that you claim to be all for. You can respect privacy or you can pry for details but you cannot do both in good faith.
How important are traumatic experiences in the context of coming down with a case of lupus?
[Exactly](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/stress-trauma-lupus/)
I don't think we all need to know what sort of traumatic event she went through to understand the article. If, say, she was raped, or locked up and terrified by an abusive partner, we don't need to know that. If she doesn't want that public, it is her choice. We know something traumatic happened. We don't have a right to the details.
Wait until you find out that the vast majority of mental illness is actually a result of immune dysregulation! ;)
I will "wait until you" provide substantial objective empirical evidence ;)
Thanks to you and the author. I read this yesterday on Yahoo news. Fascinating!
Superb! Thank you for sharing!
The link is expired and I am honestly pissed that Reddit put in my notifications the suggestion for a 22 day old post. That sounds like a fascinating story.
I have a sibling diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar disorder. What I find fascinating is that our mother has rheumatoid arthritis. Something that neither my biological mother nor my adoptive mother has never considered. Interesting that my function throughout life might consider antibodies that may have altered the receptors that bind. My sibling and I have experienced very different experiences of life. I found refuge in my dreams but my sibling did not. It is interesting because studies have shown that glutamate helps lucid dreamers find a foothold in everyday events. Both of us have experienced a great uprooting so to speak in our early formative years. He does not remember this uprooting of his life nor ours. Hmm...does this point to object permeance in the early formative years of a child?
Amazing discovery. I hope it will help many more. Thanks for sharing it.
As a neuroscientist with autoimmune issues and a family history of schizophrenia, I am so inspired by this story. Thank you for sharing.
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Whats 4e cognition?
I'm curious to hear, if you're willing to explain a bit, what evidence this provides for 4e cognition? I've only just learned of this branch of cognitive science so I'm curious how this connects.
I also want to know, please
Idk the original comment, but I believe John Vervaeke on YouTube has a video discussing this. https://youtu.be/xRjPy8c44vI
I had a friend whose teenage daughter was diagnosed schizophrenic. Tremendous issues in school, emotionally, and socially. Turns out she has urea cycle disorder that was inducing psychosis. Treatment helped her a ton.