[00:00:00] Detective Ev: Nicely, hi there my buddies. Welcome again to a different episode of the Well being Detective Podcast by Practical Diagnostic Diet. My identify is Evan Transue, aka Detective Ev. I might be your host for right now’s present on amino acid remedy. Now we have an important one for you right now.
We’re going to be speaking about psychological well being, however not in any easy means. We’re speaking to Dr. Josh Friedman. I’ll clarify who he’s in only a second. I’ll put it this solution to begin out, he’s somebody who has been learning on this pure house for a few a long time. After we are fortunate sufficient to get somebody on the present who has been doing that, these folks simply have a lot data of their head. It’s loopy what he rattles off.
So, this is likely to be a type of occasions when you’re actually passionate concerning the psychological well being stuff otherwise you’re working with shoppers who’ve these points, I might be taking notes. He additionally gave us an outstanding useful resource, which might be within the present notes. It would make extra sense as you get to take heed to what we’re speaking about right now as a result of we’ll contact on a couple of topics.
However one of many foremost issues is amino acid remedy. So long as I’ve been on this house myself, I’m amazed by how not typically I hear about this. I do know that’s not correct grammar, however you already know what I imply. I don’t hear about this fairly often, and it’s one thing that works tremendous properly. It’s virtually fully secure and it’s ridiculously low-cost. You suppose we’d need to know extra about that.
Anyway, earlier than we get into Dr. Friedman’s bio, a pair fast issues.
One, when you’re listening to this, we now have simply completed up at KetoCon 2023. I’m assuming it was an important occasion. I recorded this earlier than that, clearly, however KetoCon is at all times a good time. When you noticed us, superior. When you missed us. We hope to see you subsequent yr. I’m positive we’ll be again.
The following occasion that you might see a few of us at, not less than myself and possibly one other couple volunteers might be CellCore’s occasion in Might. I imagine that’s Might 18th, nineteenth, twentieth. I might be in Boise, Idaho for that occasion. You’ll be able to come catch me on the sales space and we should always have one other couple FDNs there, however I’m undecided who that’s going to be but. That’ll be the subsequent place that you may test us out.
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With all that stated, here’s a little bit about Dr. Friedman earlier than we get rolling right now.
He earned his doctorate in psychology from New York College and did post-doctoral coaching in psychoanalysis from the Coaching and Analysis Institute for Self-Psychology (TRISP) in New York Metropolis. After working within the area for a couple of years, he realized that one thing was lacking from conventional psychological well being therapy. Go determine, proper?
Curiosity and an opportunity assembly led him to find the world of dietary psychology, which teaches that many psychological points are literally brought about or made worse by underlying biochemical or dietary deficiencies. Alongside the best way, he grew to become licensed as a yoga instructor, incorporating the emphasis on respiratory strategies, meditation, and motion into his work as important instruments for working with psychological well being on the deepest ranges.
To reinforce his effectiveness in serving to folks heal and develop, he additionally grew to become licensed as a Holistic Well being Counselor on the Institute for Integrative Diet, and he went on to earn a Diploma of Complete Diet (Dip.CN) from Huntington School of Well being Sciences.
He has been led to go deeper into the biochemistry of psychological well being by turning into a Licensed Practical Medication Practitioner, a Practical Diagnostic Practitioner, and in addition learning with psychological well being vitamin greats similar to Julia Ross, MA, Dr. Charles Gant, MD, and Dr. William Walsh, Ph.D. So, you already know, the man’s form of educated in this sort of stuff, proper?
He began Different Psychological Well being Resolution, that’s his enterprise, to assist folks discover and repair the basis causes of their psychological well being struggles. That is going to be an superior one right now, particularly if you’re passionate concerning the psychological well being stuff. With out additional ado, let’s get to right now’s episode.
Alright. Whats up there, Dr. Friedman. Welcome to the Well being Detective Podcast. How are you?
[00:04:04] Dr. Josh Friedman: I’m doing nice. Thanks a lot for having me.
[00:04:05] Detective Ev: Dr. Friedman and I had carried out this a number of years in the past on a really small podcast that I had. He was good sufficient to come back on. It’s superior to have the ability to convey him onto a platform the place he can actually share this message with folks. You’ve gotten one thing very distinctive to say.
In 200 one thing episodes, I’ve not had one single visitor come on and discuss concerning the issues that you simply deal with on this planet of psychological well being. Clearly, you do much more than simply this right now. But when this might help even one practitioner on the market, we all know it’s value it trigger that is fairly actually lifesaving stuff relying on the shopper that we’re coping with. I don’t need to tease folks an excessive amount of, however we’ll get to that half in a second.
It’s value mentioning your background and the place you got here from. I truly barely keep in mind at this level. How did you go from quote/unquote “customary psychology” to the extra holistic aspect? What was your background in that?
[00:04:53] Dr. Josh Friedman: I had a two-pronged background. The primary half was I used to be a contented, well-functioning child, went off to school after which discovered myself like absurdly, extremely anxious and depressed, like frozen. I didn’t know what to do. I went the remedy route after which I went the psychiatric route. It took me a very long time to type of work out first learn how to discover a good therapist.
I went by 5 – 6 therapists earlier than I discovered somebody that was useful. I attempted 5 – 6 meds till I discovered one thing that was useful; it was type of solely partially useful.
Now there’s a lot data on the market, however I had a very good therapist who was very open-minded, who taught me about yoga. So, I began doing yoga. From yoga, I began to find out about vitamin. From vitamin, I had an opportunity assembly with somebody who stated, (I used to be a therapist by now), he was like, are you aware why the antidepressants don’t work that your consuming dysfunction sufferers have been on? I used to be working at form of a widely known consuming dysfunction clinic in New York Metropolis. I stated, I don’t know, trigger they’re depressed.
He stated one thing that modified the whole lot for me. He stated, as a result of they don’t eat sufficient protein. I had carried out seven years of coaching in psychotherapy; I had carried out two years of coaching in psychoanalysis. Nobody had ever instructed me that mind chemistry was produced from protein. So, I used to be like, what?
He was a chiropractor on Lengthy Island, this was earlier than practical drugs. A chiropractic nutritionist is what he referred to as himself. He handed me a ebook; it was The Temper Treatment by Julia Ross. So, that is like about 25 years in the past now, and I learn it in a single sitting.
I used to be amazed that nobody had put the dietary items collectively in any complete means for me. Nobody had ever talked about something about vitamin in 10 years of coaching as a psychologist besides to say folks ought to eat properly, they need to eat balanced diets, the actual fundamentals. Like alcohol can result in issues, however nobody dove into even one step deeper than that.
So, I had this Bible, and I used to be like, that is wonderful. I went again to this staff of those that I used to be working with, a psychiatrist, dietician, our therapist, psychiatrist, and I stated, take a look at this ebook. It’s speaking about these items referred to as amino acids. We will begin to deal with these circumstances naturally. It’s speaking about important fatty acid deficiencies, it’s speaking about candida, it’s speaking about like magnesium deficiencies. And there was nothing; there was only a clean stare.
I believed, oh, I should have not defined it properly sufficient. So, I stated, the entire three-minute speech once more, and similar factor. They weren’t . I’ve since come to study that, it’s just a little bit completely different now, however 20 years in the past once I was beginning to consider these items, the psychological well being area, the bodily was over right here and the psychological well being, psychotherapy stuff, psychological stuff was over right here. The 2 didn’t actually combine.
And the one interventions for the bodily aspect have been, at that time, actually treatment. I got here up as a psychologist within the heyday of the most recent drugs. I got here up proper when Prozac was taking place. On the quilt of Time Journal was Prozac and it was going to be the top of melancholy. In fact, what we’ve seen is rather more sophisticated than that.
From that day ahead, I noticed I used to be by no means going to be a psychoanalyst. I used to be going to do remedy, I used to be going to study one of the best therapeutic strategies I might, however I used to be additionally going to study different issues.
So, I grew to become a yoga instructor. I discovered about respiratory and about embodiment. Ultimately, I went to FDN. I’ve tried to piece collectively making an attempt to assist folks work out what the low hanging fruit is for the bodily sides of psychological well being circumstances. That’s type of the lane I’ve settled in.
[00:09:10] Detective Ev: Superior. What’s actually admirable about that is you might be somebody who, such as you stated, you’ve been doing this for some time and also you’re very energetic within the FDN group. I at all times see a whole lot of your posts and stuff. Nonetheless, out of all of the belongings you’ve discovered, that is an important a part of the apply.
I really like bringing folks such as you on, psychological well being or not, simply to see, all proper, 20 years, 30 years of learning, what have you ever give you? What acquired to the highest of your checklist out of all these years? These items issues, and but it’s nonetheless not talked about a lot. You’ve gotten this sort of revolutionary expertise. And for no matter it’s value, I’ll preserve it quick, however I’m not an knowledgeable within the amino acid remedy but, however I knew it labored.
I trusted you with it. I gave a good friend, about two years in the past now, The Temper Treatment by Julia Ross. I’m like, pay attention man, I’m sorry. Actually, I want I might have defined this to you just a little higher. However I would like you to learn the ebook and do the chart that’s in it. Fill it out, and I can hook you up with the dietary supplements. However you must determine that out.
Two days glided by, and that man referred to as me. He went from indignant, simply misplaced his girlfriend, all these items. He’s like, what is that this? He’s not into our house with all due respects, so like he doesn’t actually get even like primary protein stuff. I’m like, if I might clarify to you the way easy what you’re truly consuming proper now truly is, and the way secure that is in comparison with different issues, you wouldn’t even imagine me. I’m like, simply preserve doing it and we’ll work on another stuff. Which brings up a subject we’ll form of get into the place this could encourage folks.
So, how did this go coaching smart? I really feel such as you took programs on this, is that doable?
[00:10:32] Dr. Josh Friedman: So, I learn The Temper Treatment. Julia Ross was a therapist within the Nineteen Eighties. She was a wedding and household therapist in California that was working with trauma and substance use. Additionally, she was working with consuming problems in like a bunch setting.
What she was discovering was there was solely thus far her sufferers might go. She’s the pioneer. She was wanting and acquired that there was one thing incorrect with the best way their brains have been functioning, that there was a psychological a part of their points, however there was an actual bodily physiological half. So, she went to the literature.
Now it’s very simple, you go to PubMed, and also you kind issues in. She took months and months and ended up hooking up with this bench scientist named Ken Blum. Ken Blum is the daddy of amino acid remedy. He did the analysis that confirmed when you give particular protein fragments to folks with particular sorts of circumstances, their psychological well being goes to enhance.
So, there was a wedding that was made. There was lastly a clinician that wished to attempt these instruments along with her sufferers and there was a scientist that understood it. Unbeknownst to her, Dr. Blum had been on the lookout for Julia Ross or somebody like her for a lot of, a few years as a result of nobody was . So, they began to manage applications to her shoppers.
What she discovered was melancholy acquired higher, anxiousness acquired higher, PTSD acquired higher, panic dysfunction acquired higher from extremely small interventions. She was utilizing one or two capsules of very particular focused amino acids, a multivitamin, some important fatty acids, some minerals, 10 dietary supplements on the most. And other people’s lifelong points, they weren’t resolving, trigger these have been those that have had sophisticated trauma, have been lastly accessible to do the work that was crucial in remedy.
So, I learn The Temper Treatment. And this wasn’t like me trigger I used to be fairly shy usually, however I used to be like, these items is just too necessary for me to not transfer on. I referred to as Julia Ross on the cellphone; I began conversing along with her. I began to do supervision along with her. On the time she was doing weekend workshops. So, I flew out to California and did a workshop along with her. I purchased all the CDs. She had possibly 5, they have been CDs on the time.
Commuting to work, I might have my little CD Walkman participant, and can be listening. Like all of the FDNs I’ve met, I used to be voracious. I immersed myself in it. I’m type of sluggish to implement so after about six months I used to be like, oh, I’m going to begin utilizing these instruments. I discovered a few sufferers that had seen psychiatrists however had not responded properly to drugs.
I began with myself. I personally, who’ve suffered from lifelong melancholy, anxiousness, type of had a really clear, very fast temper increase from boosting the serotonin pathways. Not realizing what I used to be doing, not realizing learn how to dose them, like as a reasonably severe novice, I discovered 50% of individuals have been responding positively.
I’ve since now studied with different folks. However Julia nonetheless, she is the godmother of all of this. I owe an important debt to her.
[00:14:13] Detective Ev: I’d both forgot or didn’t know the half about, like truly calling her on the cellphone, going out and
coaching. That’s wonderful.
[00:14:19] Dr. Josh Friedman: I went out and I mentored. She would rent mentors for these teams. So, I went out and did that a few occasions. Then I acquired to know Trudy Scott. So, there’s all this lineage of all these type of folks in our house which can be fairly well-known, like Trudy Scott, who’s form of the anxiousness queen.
She did the identical factor. Trudy had fairly severe anxiousness and panic assaults. So, she learn The Temper Treatment. She used the instruments and was like, oh my God, what are these items? Ultimately, she referred to as Julia after which gave up her life in enterprise to go work for Julia as a nutritionist. For a few years, she labored along with her and type of discovered the whole lot there was to study. It was very serendipitous in a means, all of that.
[00:15:07] Detective Ev: I’ve so many ideas going by my head, so I’ll bounce into this one. And I do know that I’m going to ask you some questions right now that you simply may simply have extra an opinion on than an actual reply. That’s completely fantastic.
One factor that you simply hear quite a bit within the practical well being house is this concept. I feel many individuals acknowledge what we’re speaking about, the concept protein might assist out. They could phrase it as merely as that. They won’t get into the amino acids per se.
However there’s additionally a whole lot of proof of this facet of neuroinflammation. There’s truly a meta-analysis that’s been carried out with like folks taking Motrin and it quickly relieving the circumstances of hysteria and melancholy, quickly. Do you imagine that there are separate causes there? Or is it that the neuroinflammation impacts the neurotransmitters? Possibly you don’t have the reply, however I’ve puzzled this trigger I discover that fascinating.
[00:15:52] Dr. Josh Friedman: Sure. I feel it’s each. I feel the whole lot is multiply decided. So, I feel there are sometimes a number of causes, after all. There are a number of root causes of issues.
I feel in all probability that irritation is the primary explanation for all sickness. In fact, the mind is probably the most inclined organ to irritation. Positively there’s hypo functioning of the mind. There’s going to be hypo functioning of neurotransmitters, manufacturing and in any other case.
And when you can present the substrates crucial to assist the physique push the pathways to make neurotransmitters, you’re going to be supporting the effectiveness of the neurotransmitters, mind communication, mind functioning normally. In all chance, when you do this similtaneously you’re coping with the inflammatory points, when you’re coping with inflammatory meals, intestine bugs, mind irritation, extra instantly, you’re going to have a way more efficient intervention.
I do know there are folks, you already know, Kelly Brogan and a few massive folks within the house, and there’s level to analysis that the monoamine speculation, the mind chemistry, the neurotransmitter speculation of psychological well being has been disproven. However in my expertise these instruments are so efficient.
If it’s been disproven, possibly the issue is we don’t totally perceive the mechanism of motion of those instruments. Individuals will say that the mechanism of motion of the psychiatric medicines of SSRIs, SNRIs, anti-psychotics in all probability have an anti-inflammatory part. That’s what’s inflicting the mechanism of motion. So, I feel it’s sophisticated.
And I feel there’s one other piece involving the methylation that psychiatry assumes that psychological well being circumstances need to do with low ranges of neurotransmitters. They’re a smaller quantity however the risk that too many neurotransmitters are inflicting psychological well being issues as properly. Like there are many chemical substances embodied the place there’s a candy spot and neurotransmitters are in all probability one in all them. Are you acquainted with Dr. Invoice Walsh?
[00:18:12] Detective Ev: I couldn’t rehearse all his stuff, however sure. He’s the blood man, proper?
[00:18:16] Dr. Josh Friedman: He does blood testing. And he’s taken with below or over methylation. There’s a set of traits and he’s utilizing entire blood histamine to evaluate somebody’s methylation standing.
He would say {that a} majority of those that have a bipolar, a manic, or psychotic response to SSRI drugs, they grow to be psychotic, these persons are largely principally over methylated folks. He’s very, very taken with college shooters. There’s a really, very robust hyperlink between the epidemic of college capturing and therapy with SSRI drugs. A whole lot of these children execute college shootings after beginning treatment or elevating doses of treatment or stopping treatment.
His speculation is these are individuals who have too many neurotransmitters to start with, and when you push on their neurotransmitter techniques utilizing the highly effective treatment, that it throws them right into a psychotic episode wherein they commit crime, which is fascinating. He’s carried out his greatest to attempt to take a look at as many college shooters for entire blood histamine as he presumably can.
[00:19:34] Detective Ev: Okay. That’s truly an enchanting subject right here. You don’t need to be on this house to know that one thing’s going incorrect right here. I’m not advocating in some way, that’s not the podcast for this. However I’m simply saying that we all know there’s one thing lacking.
Clearly, there was a time, even in America, my grandfather used to speak about this. He introduced a rifle to highschool the place he lived, and they’d go searching afterwards. Now, after all, once more, various kinds of weapons, so I’m not speaking in some way. However he stated it might by no means even cross his thoughts that somebody there was planning on harming folks. Now that is like taking place all the time. You form of marvel what’s happening.
I had truly heard, and that is beginner researcher, I Google searched it principally. Somebody made the declare on-line that like 90% of those folks have been on SSRIs. So, I’m like, all proper, properly earlier than I publish that, I higher test this out. I heard the alternative being argued, however there appeared to be extra complexity to it. I admit this was a fast scroll on my cellphone. It wasn’t like I’m sitting down truly making an attempt to analysis this.
So, it’s correct then that on the very least these folks do have some historical past of treatment use?
[00:20:34] Dr. Josh Friedman: Many, yeah. There are two sides to the argument. You would say, after all they’ve experiences with treatment trigger they’re mentally sick. So, they’re children which can be recognized, concerned with psychiatry or psychological well being normally.
But it surely’s fairly uncommon for somebody to start to suppose, might there be a causal hyperlink between truly the usage of treatment worsening mind chemistry imbalances in a subset of children which can be on them? As a result of the reality is, despite the fact that there are many college shootings, most youngsters who take drugs aren’t capturing up colleges. However are there risks in a subset of individuals that might doubtlessly be recognized for cautious use of antidepressants?
Typically what occurs in medical settings is somebody feels worse on the drugs. The pure inclination is to lift the dose fairly than to say, hey, wait a second. Why is that this individual having the response they’re having? I’ve seen that many, many occasions. I’m not saying it’s each case.
One factor that’s been advocated by those that I respect is, what if psychiatrists who prescribe drugs have been in a position to establish folks at greater threat for antagonistic reactions to psychiatric medicine? A quite simple means is to order a take a look at like that measures methylation standing. Which is, you already know, a $60 take a look at accessible that any ordering supplier can order for entire blood histamine. That would supply an enormous quantity of data to the psychiatrist to say, oh, this individual is over methylated, they’ve low entire blood histamine, and that they’re more likely to have a doubtlessly harmful response to sure lessons of treatment. That may be actually useful to know.
There are some easy issues that might actually make an enormous distinction in how we administer psychiatric care. That’s simply one in all many.
[00:22:43] Detective Ev: Okay. Clearly, it’s not the primary subject of right now, however I do know that, and rightfully so, you’re very passionate concerning the options that may very well be doable to the varsity capturing factor. I’ve to toss stuff on the market then, as a result of even selfishly I admit it’s one thing that I backburnered.
You already know, I communicate in colleges. And I’ve had these visions, admittedly typically the place I’m like, okay, if I used to be an individual that was already in such an incomprehensible frame of mind to do one thing like this, I’m fascinated with myself in an meeting, I’m like, that may be a spectacle for somebody this sick that desires to do that. I’m in a susceptible place. I’m standing proper up there. And like, I do know that is in all probability unrealistic, however I fear about that.
The one query I’ve then whereas we’re on this subject, I gotta ask. I do know that we should always honor victims. In fact, I’m not saying that. Are we doing extra hurt than good by speaking about these folks, the shooters within the information? Even when it’s a drugs induced factor, maybe, there’s nonetheless a purpose that they’re going and doing that act and never a mall shooter. I imply, I do know there’s mall shooters as properly, however like the varsity capturing factor is restricted.
[00:23:40] Dr. Josh Friedman: It’s a really, very public act that derives an enormous quantity of consideration. The entire world focuses on this one actor for a time period. These are folks, I feel psychologically, who really feel very insecure, not seen, not necessary. They grow to be very, essential. Then different folks need to do what they’ve carried out to get the identical form of expertise, like infamy. It’s a path in the direction of infamy in a means.
[00:24:11] Detective Ev: Hear, I don’t know why that I’ve the precise reply for this. Maybe then we’re doing extra hurt than good by like, all proper, let’s share their identify with the world.
Dr. Josh Friedman: Oh, I feel so.
Detective Ev: Okay. I do know the Nashville shooter had actually referred to as the information retailers earlier than they went. If that’s not proof that we’re making this worse by doing that, I don’t know what’s.
Dr. Josh Friedman: I agree.
Detective Ev: You already know what, I’m glad that you simply introduced that up. It’s a tragic state of affairs.
[00:24:31] Dr. Josh Friedman: And it’s peripheral, I do know. I do know, it’s peripheral.
[00:24:34] Detective Ev: Yeah. And that’s okay. However we should always all be listening to that. That’s one thing that wants an answer like yesterday. There are a lot of methods to assault it and that’s fantastic.
All proper, I’ll transfer on to the subsequent factor. So, when it comes to the amino acid stuff, I don’t know if in case you have every other ones that you simply need to convey up. Nicely, truly I used to be going to ask testimonials. I acquired thrown off.
Earlier than I get into tales which have labored very well with this, one factor you talked about about Julia is that when she was working with these folks, you stated, it’s not like they’re higher in a single day as a result of a few of these circumstances are very sophisticated trauma. However that also implies that that is transferring the needle, not less than to a point.
Once I’m in a faculty, I exploit the instance of a greatest good friend of mine, he handed away. His identify’s Joe, and he handed away from a drug overdose. Now Joe, it’s probably not my job to share this on a public podcast, I’ll simply say, nearly film degree plot to his life and the abuse that he skilled. Then you could have me that, pay attention, life wasn’t excellent, but it surely was fairly dang good, man. And but we each handled related signs.
So, is that this longing for even folks which were by severe traumatic abuse experiences?
[00:25:33] Dr. Josh Friedman: Yeah, I feel so. You already know, when folks take into consideration vitamin and they give thought to their psychological well being signs, their expectation is for a small quantity of change. What I say to them, which I discovered from Julia, is we’re on the lookout for cataclysmic change. We’re trying to rock your world, to have you ever really feel vastly completely different. That these instruments are not less than as highly effective as treatment may be. And in the event that they’re not, you’re not on the precise one, or this isn’t the avenue you must be .
The great factor about amino acids is it’s very, very fast. In per week’s time, we’re going to know if any of the amino acids are going to be useful.
[00:26:20] Detective Ev: That’s so hopeful. It’s wonderful and low-cost.
[00:26:22] Dr. Josh Friedman: And it’s going to be enormous profit. I imply, in some folks it’ll be a small profit. I feel it’s fascinating trigger I’ve been learning the natural acid take a look at.
I used to be taking a category with Dan Kalish, who I feel is a good instructor. Their neurotransmitter markers for dopamine and serotonin on the natural acid take a look at. If somebody is low on these markers and low on sure amino acids, he’ll recommend particular amino acids to appropriate the low neurotransmitter markers.
However in my expertise, he’s simply giving a generic quantity with out actually paying a whole lot of consideration to it. And I feel it’s an enormous mistake. I feel the probabilities are that folks could not have as massive a profit until you actually fantastic tune the quantity of the amino acid you’re given.
Right here’s what I inform folks to do. There are actually 4 foremost classes we’re with amino acids. I’m going to ship you Julia Ross’s amino acid remedy chart.
Detective Ev: Oh, thanks.
Dr. Josh Friedman: Which possibly you might publish, trigger I feel it’s an incredible doc. It teaches folks to consider what they’re .
So, somebody’s sitting throughout from you, and the query you could have, she’s saying, is that this a low serotonin individual? Is that this a low GABA individual? Is that this a low dopamine individual or is that this a low endorphin individual? These are the 4 areas. After which she contains blood sugar as type of a fifth space. However she’s saying prepare your self properly sufficient so 5 minutes right into a dialog you may inform what complement they want.
I’ve one other mentor. He was an attractive, beautiful man who simply died. His identify was Dr. Charles Gant. He would go to AA conferences, and he would look across the room and he would go serotonin, dopamine, serotonin, GABA. He would prepare himself to take a look at somebody, to listen to them utter a couple of sentences and know what supplementation they wanted.
So, when folks will say to me, they’re like, oh, you’re not going to check? You’re not going to check me to see which neurotransmitters are off? I say to them, I’m the take a look at. And I’ve carried out it lengthy sufficient the place, I used to do neurotransmitter testing, however I discovered it confused folks. I discovered it simply as efficient to make use of a fast pencil and paper stock and go from there.
Right here’s how to consider it. So, low serotonin and melancholy. That is type of how a very good psychiatrist would suppose, trigger they’re considering, what’s the presentation right here? If somebody’s depressed, the query is, what sort of melancholy is it? A low serotonin melancholy is an agitated or anxious melancholy.
What does that individual seem like? They is likely to be pacing, they is likely to be tapping their foot, they’re ruminating, their thoughts goes too quick. They’re having problem consuming. They is likely to be having suicidal ideas, be having outbursts, can’t get comfy in their very own pores and skin.
That’s very completely different than a low dopamine melancholy. Dopamine is, we consider it like pleasure, motivation, consideration, focus. I often name that “Eeyore Melancholy”. In psychotherapy phrases, they’d say that individual is psychomotor retardation. They’re stooped, they discuss slowly. They sleep an excessive amount of. They eat an excessive amount of. You may consider them as low thyroid. They’re not motivated, they’re not excited by life in any respect.
So, if you can begin there and establish, on the amino acid remedy chart, she lays out these two areas. Then she lays out GABA. GABA is the a part of the mind that has to do with extra bodily stress, so bodily stress, stiff muscle tissue, anxiousness, problem sleeping. Like type of folks in our world, we’d consider low magnesium varieties, low potassium varieties.
Then there’s the endorphins. Low endorphin folks are typically delicate to ache. And that ache may very well be emotional, or it may very well be bodily.
Julia Ross calls the complement DPA, D-phenylalanine, wherein boosts the endorphins because the breakup tablet. They’re folks the place their coronary heart hurts, the whole lot is an excessive amount of. They will’t tolerate what life has to supply. And the extra you may start to see the distinction between these folks, you may start to handle.
I’m considering, let’s deal with calming your thoughts just a little bit. Let’s focus in your agitation. Let’s focus in your compulsive, your OCD. You simply begin them on, right here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to present you one dose of tryptophan or 5HTP. These are the 2 amino acids that deal with serotonin. When you’ve got extra signs at night time, we’re going to present you one earlier than dinner, one at bedtime. Or when you’re struggling all day, we’re going to present you earlier than breakfast, earlier than lunch, earlier than dinner and bedtime.
And your job and the folks round you is to type of work out like what 4 signs are that you simply want to see completely different. Let’s give it a quantity on one to 10. Let’s say it’s you may’t sleep; your mind is racing. You’re depressed and anxious. Do it for a few days and see what occurs to these signs. After which let’s go as much as two capsules. You’re on the lookout for enchancment, staying the identical, or feeling worse.
The objective is to go up far sufficient. Let’s say you are taking one capsule; you don’t discover something. You’re taking two capsules, and also you begin feeling brighter or lighter. You’re taking three capsules, you’re like, oh man, my thoughts is calming down. I’m not compulsively consuming, I’m settled. You’re taking 4 capsules every dose and you’re feeling worse; your dose is three capsules. That’s actually so efficient and so necessary to seek out that proper dose.
[00:33:09] Detective Ev: Okay. That is nice. I’m fascinated with myself simply trigger that’s a simple instance to make use of. Even realizing what you simply instructed me, I’m considering, okay, properly I didn’t eat a lot. I had a horrible time sleeping. I used to be indignant as may be. My permitting that anger to take over is what acquired me kicked out of college. I used to be depressing however not essentially unmotivated within the conventional sense. I imply, simply primarily based off that I’m considering, okay, the serotonin one, proper?
[00:33:30] Dr. Josh Friedman: Yep. These can be traditional low serotonin signs. When you went to a psychiatrist with these signs, they might put you on Zoloft or Prozac.
[00:33:40] Detective Ev: Which is strictly what I acquired, I acquired Zoloft.
[00:33:41] Dr. Josh Friedman: Yeah. In some folks that may be wonderful.
An fascinating factor is, why does somebody take Zoloft or Prozac? It doesn’t work. And why do they take amino acids? They usually do work. Typically folks will come to me who’ve tried the normal route. Trigger the reality is most individuals aren’t searching for out a FDN or an amino acid therapist, and it’s fantastic. It’s means simpler to take one dose of Prozac a day and it adjustments your life. We by no means see these folks.
The federal government did analysis on antidepressants. How properly are they working? It was referred to as the Smiles Trial. They discovered that antidepressants work, they assist with 50% of signs in 50% of individuals. It’s not that nice truly.
I’ve been round a very long time, some folks do very well on antidepressants. They get on them and keep on them, it’s no massive deal. It’s our job to determine the opposite folks.
However going again to your factor. Yeah, these are low serotonin.
Some persons are going to be low in the whole lot. What do you do then, is the query. There are focused amino acids. Focused amino acids can be tryptophan, 5HTP for serotonin; GABA, completely different types of GABA for GABA; tyrosine or DLPA, DL-phenylalanine for low dopamine; and DPA for low endorphin. However what do you get?
At the moment, folks are available in they usually’re like, properly, I’ve all of those. What can we do? Right here’s an fascinating factor. There are broad spectrum amino acids. So, if somebody got here in they usually have been like, oh yeah, I’m low dopamine, I’m low GABA, I’m low endorphin. The very first thing I’d be like, hey, let’s do a product referred to as Whole Amino Resolution and see the way you do.
Then I might say, how’s your digestion? As a result of the factor to recollect is that if hydrochloric acid is low, if persons are protein malnourished, if folks aren’t in a position to take in protein due to intestine dysfunction, there aren’t any amino acids within the system for use for mind chemistry. If persons are zinc poor, low ranges of zinc results in low ranges of hydrochloric acid.
And no hydrochloric acid persons are on PPIs, protein pump inhibitors to lower heartburn, which ends up in a catastrophe of no protein. No amino acids accessible.
[00:36:28] Detective Ev: I used to be prescribed one. It’s simply bizarre wanting again in any respect the channels of stuff, you already know. Trigger that got here proper earlier than the melancholy, or proper across the melancholy.
[00:36:35] Dr. Josh Friedman: And I feel PPIs alone may cause melancholy. As a result of if you consider it, Prozac does nothing to create neurotransmitters. It simply makes extra environment friendly use of no matter neurotransmitters are within the system.
[00:36:50] Detective Ev: That may very well be a purpose why it doesn’t work for some folks in the event that they’re not getting it to start with.
[00:36:53] Dr. Josh Friedman: One of many first circumstances that I labored with these instruments on was an anorexic woman who was on Prozac, who was having minimal profit.
I stated, Okay. What are you consuming? Oh, you’re consuming lettuce and nearly nothing. How a lot protein are you consuming? We did the calculation, like she would simply eyeball it. She’s having 10 grams of protein a day. So, primary training about neurotransmitters. How are they produced? Like how is mind chemistry made?
It’s produced from protein. Oh, you may solely use amino acids when you eat sufficient of one thing, and also you break it down into the substrate amino acids. Oh, you may solely flip these amino acids, you may solely flip tryptophan into serotonin if in case you have particular enzymatic co-factors, that are fee limiting. So, when you don’t have sufficient B6, when you don’t have sufficient magnesium, when you don’t have sufficient zinc, the entire course of slows down. That’s to not point out any of the genetic SNPs that may affect.
So, you’re considering, oh my God, it’s very troublesome to show this meals into mind chemistry.
We gave this anorexic woman who was prepared to take dietary supplements, 500 milligrams, which is the beginning dose of tryptophan, twice a day. It was all she would do, and her temper began to carry after a few days. She began to get much less inflexible in her considering. She began to say, oh, I feel I must eat just a little bit extra, so I can have vitality, so I don’t cross out anymore. It was like, it was wonderful.
The tryptophan wasn’t the top; it was the start. As a result of in her case it wasn’t like reduction, it was like she might lastly suppose once more. Trigger her mind actually form of had been offline, caught in these inflexible consuming dysfunction patterns and ideas.
[00:39:09] Detective Ev: Wow. I do know this is likely to be some time in the past, so I don’t know if this mechanically involves your head. So, I keep in mind listening to a podcast you probably did. Actually, I don’t know if it was throughout this time, however I keep in mind you posted one thing through the pandemic. I vividly keep in mind I used to be strolling trigger I used to be so bored. Usually, I might stroll three miles to the grocery retailer and again day-after-day. I keep in mind listening to about this gentleman who got here in. It was fairly dramatic the place he principally had a weapon and stated that he was going to take his personal life. However you turned him round.
[00:39:35] Dr. Josh Friedman: Yeah. He was wonderful truly. He’s about 10 years again. He was one of many first folks I did practical drugs testing on. He was determined, had been hospitalized, had been an alcoholic and lifelong melancholy. His state of affairs was made a lot worse by being placed on psych meds. He type of grew to become much more hopeless. They upped the dose.
We did some meals sensitivity testing, not MRT, it was earlier than MRT. Did some IgG testing, an natural acid take a look at, and we did HTMA. I didn’t know learn how to interpret these assessments very properly at that time trigger I didn’t know all of the ratios, HTMA ratios. Actually, I did the incorrect hair take a look at. I did a health care provider’s information take a look at and never Hint Parts blah, blah, blah. However what we did discover out was sufficient to show this life round.
On the take a look at, we discovered, and I say we discovered the standard, like we have been on the lookout for the standard suspects. So, what did we discover on this man? We discovered a really important allergy to dairy. Why was this necessary? He was a weightlifter that was doing dairy-based protein shakes six occasions a day. That’s like an enormous discovering. He was poisoning himself each single day.
On the hair take a look at we discovered low ranges of lithium. We later came upon that he got here from an space of Texas that had very, very low ranges of lithium within the municipal water, simply by probability. As a result of I learn, there’s an incredible examine that appears at lithium ranges within the water in each county in Texas. And when you take each county in Texas and also you plot it on a graph, and also you plot suicidality and homicidality in these counties, there’s an inverse relationship between the counties which have excessive lithium within the water and low incidence of suicide and murder. It’s a close to excellent correlation.
We put him on lithium, we put him on some lithium orate, low degree lithium, not pharmaceutical, supplemental. We additionally discovered low ranges of serotonin and dopamine, the markers on the OAT, which is the urine markers, not one of the best markers.
We put him first on serotonin assist. When he settled down, we put him on some dopamine assist and his life circled. Every week or two into this he referred to as again and stated, that is wonderful; I haven’t felt this manner since I used to be a child. He was like carried out. I used to be his final individual. I used to be like, oh, snap. I’m his final individual.
I nonetheless felt new at this. It was simply very rewarding. Then he wrote me, 4 years later. I misplaced monitor of him. He had referred different folks, his brother who had related points, buddies. I’ve been freed from melancholy for all this time, 4 years, is what he stated.
Now, he had began singing and he wished to grow to be a recording artist. So, he had carried out all this wonderful stuff in his life. He’d had a romantic relationship for the primary time. It was actually unbelievable. However he had taken like very small little steps. That’s a testomony, definitely to the testing.
However as a primary step with nearly everybody, serving to them with neurotransmitter assist may be extremely useful. When you assist folks really feel 20% higher instantly, you get buy-in from them. They’re in a position to stand up and do a few of the belongings you’re asking them to do. They usually imagine within the course of in a short time.
The cool factor about amino acids is once you’re on the proper dose, they’re going to note inside 10, 20, half-hour, prefer it’s quick. They’re going to have a direct response.
[00:43:43] Detective Ev: Julia Ross has these tales the place she stated, often, not each time, however often she’d have somebody come within the workplace and by the point that they have been leaving they already felt higher as a result of she was getting that good at it. That is loopy to me.
I do know I’m biased, however I really like this subject. I feel everybody’s going to really feel this manner of how briskly that is going. When you guys need Dr. Friedman to come back on and simply share this countless information it appears, once more, please attain out to us. You guys understand how to do this. DM us on at fdntraining on Instagram, and we’ll convey him again.
Dr. Freidman, one query I needed to get to right now trigger there’s gotta be another person that’s considering this right here, and I admittedly don’t know the reply to this. Is that this contraindicated with the medicines or can somebody do this out whereas being on a drugs?
[00:44:20] Dr. Josh Friedman: Yeah. It isn’t contraindicated. The overall rule of thumb is taking amino acids 4 hours after your dose of treatment. But when I used to be on drugs, if anybody’s on the market, they’re on drugs, their shoppers are on drugs, I might discover a practitioner to work with who can ensure there’s a theoretical threat of one thing referred to as serotonin syndrome – an excessive amount of serotonin. I wouldn’t advise folks to self-treat in the event that they’re on drugs, however it’s doable.
I’ve labored with many individuals on medicines, however spacing them out, going much more slowly, staying in nearer contact with a practitioner is the best way to go. And Julia Ross has a listing of suppliers that she’s skilled on her web site. I might be one in all them. There’s, I don’t know, 100 or so on her web site.
[00:45:14] Detective Ev: Nicely, and I’d as properly ask. Please inform us the place can folks discover you in the event that they’re like, that is my man, I would like to speak to him.
[00:45:19] Dr. Josh Friedman: My web site is Different Psychological Well being Resolution, that’s the identify of my enterprise. It’s moodhealing.com.
[00:45:29] Detective Ev: Wonderful. I do know there’s going to be a whole lot of FDNs on the market which can be excited. Guys, purchase The Temper Treatment. If nothing else, test that out.
Dr. Josh Friedman: Sure.
Detective Ev: Thanks for the recommendation with, you already know, watch out with the self-treating facet, particularly if we’re presently utilizing treatment. Fortunately, for higher or for worse, I really feel like lots of people that take heed to this podcast is likely to be rejecting treatment.
Now, I don’t essentially imagine in that. I feel it is best to attempt to really feel nearly as good as you presumably can. I do know I’ve talked to them, they usually is likely to be struggling proper now, however they don’t need to take the treatment trigger they’re nervous concerning the dangers with that. Hopefully that is one thing they’ll implement in a single day.
And guys, what’s loopy about this, it’s low-cost. I keep in mind Julia Ross saying within the ebook itself that she believed that simply the easy answering of questions within the ebook was a extra correct solution to measure which amino acid it is best to use. Then any blood draw or something on the market. Like, so for a $19 ebook after which a few of the most cost-effective dietary supplements you may think about, you may actually flip this round. It’s felony to me that this isn’t talked about extra even in a practical house.
[00:46:22] Dr. Josh Friedman: I do suppose that the amino acid remedy chart is genius. I feel the best way that it chunks data, it trains clinicians to start to consider very operational classes of psychological well being signs. She, on the chart, and I’m going to e-mail it to Evan, on the chart it says, take these dietary supplements at these doses. Right here’s the way you introduce them, the way you titrate them up. You discover your candy spot. She shares in that ebook, all the jewels. She’s old fashioned, so simply $20 ebook. She’s placing it on the market.
She is aware of that 30% or 40% of individuals will be capable to do it themselves and get higher. She then is aware of that some persons are going to wish extra assist. If anxiousness is the first difficulty, Trudy Scott has a ebook, it’s referred to as The Anti-Nervousness Meals Resolution. It builds on Julia’s work. It’s extra focused for anxiousness.
Trudy is a wealth of data in that space. She’s an actual researcher, so she’s added to Julia Ross’s type, the amino acid remedy chart, with a couple of new type of issues in every of the amino acid areas. I’ll ship that as properly.
[00:47:43] Detective Ev: Wonderful.
Dr. Friedman, this one is likely to be extra normal, but it surely’s our signature query on the podcast. You’ll be able to be happy to reply this any means you need, despite the fact that I do know the subject was psychological well being right now. However because it’s your first time on, the query is as form of easy as this.
If we might provide you with a magic wand and you might wave it and get each single individual on this world to do one factor for his or her well being, so you may get them to begin doing one factor, or you may select for them to cease doing one factor, what’s the one factor that you simply’d get them to do?
[00:48:10] Dr. Josh Friedman: I’m going to go along with psychological well being. Eat 75 to 100 grams of protein.
[00:48:17] Detective Ev: Sounds good to me. Thanks a lot for approaching right now and sharing this.
[00:48:19] Dr. Josh Friedman: Thanks a lot for having me, Evan.
Detective Ev: Yeah.
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