lyrebirdkate
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This is my first time posting. FMT entered my awareness a long time back but I never considered it as a potential adjunct therapy for my daughter who was diagnosed unexpectedly 10 years ago (when she was 28) with bipolar disorder. She has had a rocky decade, despite us embarking on vast amounts of research and professional help. She has a disciplined and very clean diet and lifestyle, is a talented musician and steeped in natural therapies, but has had almost yearly admittances into hospitals for mania. She doesn't seem to get the common crashing depression that is often characteristic of the bipolar disorders.
Prof Gordon Parker, founder of the Black Dog Institute in Australia (where we live) recently published a book on the gut and mood, focusing on the complete reversal of bipolar disorder in a woman who underwent FMT with her husband. (https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Gut_Mood_Solution.html?id=hQkE0QEACAAJ&redir_esc=y)
I read the book, as did Rosie (my daughter) and we then did further research. I contacted Parker and he lamented that ongoing trials (in Canada) were very slow. While his book is not a "diy" guide, there is enough information to allow people to seek their own donor, and try it themselves. Rosie decided to ask her stepmother if she would donate while she is in Australia for a few months.
Rosie's step-mother, although older than is ideal, is an incredibly healthy and active, thin Chinese woman. She has never had antibiotics and very minimal if any childhood vaccines. She and Rosie's father spend a huge amount on alternative health treatments and supplements. She mostly lives in HK where her brother is a functional doctor and owner of the largest alternative health clinic in HK, including a thriving colonhydrotherapy centre. Her (donor) stools are dark and firm. Rosie has done three at home enema treatments, and is not considering altering her dosage of the lithium carbonate that she takes. It has only been a few weeks, but she is feeling well.
I am sharing this for your information and am happy to receive comments or suggestions from you.
Thank you, and this forum is really excellent.
Kate
Prof Gordon Parker, founder of the Black Dog Institute in Australia (where we live) recently published a book on the gut and mood, focusing on the complete reversal of bipolar disorder in a woman who underwent FMT with her husband. (https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Gut_Mood_Solution.html?id=hQkE0QEACAAJ&redir_esc=y)
I read the book, as did Rosie (my daughter) and we then did further research. I contacted Parker and he lamented that ongoing trials (in Canada) were very slow. While his book is not a "diy" guide, there is enough information to allow people to seek their own donor, and try it themselves. Rosie decided to ask her stepmother if she would donate while she is in Australia for a few months.
Rosie's step-mother, although older than is ideal, is an incredibly healthy and active, thin Chinese woman. She has never had antibiotics and very minimal if any childhood vaccines. She and Rosie's father spend a huge amount on alternative health treatments and supplements. She mostly lives in HK where her brother is a functional doctor and owner of the largest alternative health clinic in HK, including a thriving colonhydrotherapy centre. Her (donor) stools are dark and firm. Rosie has done three at home enema treatments, and is not considering altering her dosage of the lithium carbonate that she takes. It has only been a few weeks, but she is feeling well.
I am sharing this for your information and am happy to receive comments or suggestions from you.
Thank you, and this forum is really excellent.
Kate
