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16 Feb 2021
“Kids are resilient” is one of the most B.S lines to come out of the pandemic.
If kids are so resilient, why do we have a generation of adults still talking about childhood trauma?
Kids are vulnerable. Their mental health is just the easiest to ignore.
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What's the relationship between schools and the mental health industry?
The roots of the ADHD diagnosis go back to the schools of the 1930's.
Kids who didn't conform were drugged.
Today 6.5 million kids are on medication based on their behavior.
It's punishment in pill form.
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3 Things Every Student Should Know:
1.) You are not a label. Anyone giving you a label makes their money selling labels.
2.) Brain health requires hydration, nutrition, and regular exercise.
3.) Screens drain your dopamine. Sleep, sunlight, and social connection restores it.
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Youth mental health diagnoses increased 150% since 2021.
Why?
Because we surrounded them with "experts" who diagnose every normal human behavior as a "disorder."
The mental health industry isn't solving the crisis.
It's creating it.
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Physiologyfirst retweeted
Pessimists sound smart.Â
Optimists build the world.
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Youth mental health diagnoses increased 150% since 2021.
Not because our kids are broken.
Because we surrounded them with "experts" who diagnose every normal human behavior as a "disorder."
The mental health industry isn't solving the crisis.
It's creating it.
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We've been told a lie.
The lie?
That we can abandon our health and not feel anxious, depressed, and stressed.
Calling the natural response to declining health a "disorder" disconnects us from our physiology.
Health isn't something we have.
It's something we have to DO.
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Schools trained kids to think like machines.
Memorization, regurgitation, data output.
Now they're competing against AI for jobs.
The future of education teaches kids human intelligence.
Intuition, innovation, sensory awareness.
Being human can't be graded on an exam.
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We put healthy kids in unhealthy environments and label their natural responses "disorders."
How would you feel sitting in a stiff plastic chair, bored out of your mind, fueled by Pop-Tarts and energy drinks?
Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to an unnatural world.
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Jun 8
A child’s sense of self is still forming when they’re prescribed medications that can affect emotions, motivation, sexuality, and personality.
We spend so much time asking who they are.
We spend far less time asking how these drugs might shape the answer.
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Jun 9
The next opiate crisis is the psych drug crisis
65 million Americans on dependence-forming drugs (not just benzos) they may well go through hell trying to withdraw from
Most of them not yet realizing this is the case
But they will be soon
The cultural tipping point is here
Jun 9
I don't expect any of you to give a shit, but I would like to share something with all of you. This is kind of a cautionary tale for younger person in my audience.
For the love of God: DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH BENZODIAZEPINE.
Like it was a plague, don't do Xanax, or Klonopin, or Valium, unless it is under strict medical supervision and you're well educated on the drug.
When I was 18 I had severe anxiety. My anxiety was so extreme I was afraid to shower, put gas in my car, etc. Once I was so afraid to shower I didn't bathe for 8 months. My anxiety was debilitating. I was eventually given a narcotic called Klonopin.
The doctor didn't warn me about the drug.
Klonopin is an extremely effective anti-anxiety medication. It was like a breathe of fresh air. I was able to function. It saved my life. However, what the doctor DID NOT tell me is that Klonopin is like rat poison and is INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. I cannot stress this enough: INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
The long term effects of Benzodiazepine is catastrophic. General speaking, physicians only want you taking drugs like Klonopin for 90 days MAXIMUM. I've been taking it for over 15 years.
My brain and body are both heavily dependent on the drug. If I don't have my Klonopin I physically cannot function. My arms shake, I get headaches, I get confused, I get overwhelming anxiety, I get physically sick, it is absolutely awful. It feels very similar to having the Influenza virus mixed with extreme sleep depravation mixed with being hung over.
Additionally, whenever I told other physicians I take Klonopin I am treated like a drug addict and they scoff at me. Several times in the past, when in an Emergency Room or whatever, and I mention I take Klonopin, I've had doctors directly tell me, "Well, I'm not going to give you any Xanax", or "Why are you really here?". It's terrible and embarrassing.
Anyway, to make a long story short I've decided to begin the journey of quiting the drug. I can't quit cold turkey, because it can kill you .. because it can cause death by stroke, heart attack, seizure, ... whatever. Instead I am working with my physician to slowly taper off the drug.
I'm day five into a 25% reduction, which in some cases is fast, but I agreed to try it. I've had mild insomnia and mild irritability. Besides this though I'm doing pretty good. Once I've kept at this 25% reduction for about 8 weeks I will try to reduce by another 25%.
Seriously though, don't fuck around Benzos like Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, etc. This shit will fuck you up bro
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Millions of kids are being prescribed medications by practitioners who receive little training in nutrition, exercise, or sleep.
Then we wonder why the solution is a pill.
We can't teach what we don't know.
Kids deserve health practitioners who
understand health.
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The argument over psychiatric drugs reveals a deeper problem.
Some stop meds easily; others face severe withdrawal.
Why?
People are genetically different.
Why were they diagnosed in the first place?
Because genetic differences are being labeled as “disorders.”
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My problem w/ the psychiatric diagnosis of ADHD is that it has devolved into pseudoscientific nonsense to push stimulant drugs. It actually prevents the investigation into legitimate problems that need to be addressed.
We are now masking these legitimate root causes w/ stimulant drugs that will cause long term health & mental health problems.
- nutrient deficiencies
- phone addiction
- obesity
- sedentary lifestyles
- lack of adequate sun/ blue light exposure
- vaccine injuries
- environmental toxin exposures
- worriers/anxiety
- children raised in violent & chaotic households
- behavioral problems
- PTSD
- Sleep problems
- lack of discipline/low distress tolerance
- Other medical conditions
- Drug side effects
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We worked with a 14 year old.
She said "My mood improves SO much when I exercise."
Why?
It increases:
• Dopamine (motivation)
• Norepinephrine (attention)
• BDNF (learning)
• Blood flow (brain energy)
Physical activity isn't a hobby,
It’s brain maintenance.
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We asked parents:
“Could your teen use some Physiology First skills this summer?”
• Better sleep
• Less screen time
• Healthier habits
We’re considering building a simple challenge for teens.
Would your family use it?
If enough families are interested, we’ll build it.
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Please stop telling kids their "ADHD brains" don’t make enough dopamine.
It can undermine a child’s confidence in themselves.
The neuroscience is far more complex than that.
This is the chemical imbalance theory recycled to sell Aderall instead of SSRI's.
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Please stop telling kids their "ADHD brains" don’t make enough dopamine.
It can undermine a child’s confidence in themselves.
The neuroscience is far more complex than that.
A brain scan can show us a picture of the brain.
It can't tell us the full story of a human being.
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Physiologyfirst retweeted
Why is biological psychiatry almost exclusively focusing on pharmacology, but rarely interventions that demonstrate better responses or interventions that change our biology?
For example:
- Exercise
- Sun exposure
- Nutrition
- Exposure
- Sleep interventions
- Behavioral Activation
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People love blaming social media for youth mental health.
Another perspective...
I've spoken with ten "too busy" adults in the past week.
All agreed something must be done - but not by them.
Kids are lost in their phones because adults are too distracted to notice they exist.
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“Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I don't know an intelligent person who doesn't think this is insane. I know many smart people who don't have the guts to say it out loud.
It's INSANE to me that teens who are addicted to screens, nutrient deficient, avoiding sun and exercise and nature, getting poor quality sleep, ingesting toxic seed oils are then put on a health impairing, mind altering pharmaceutical drugs that at least doubles risk of suicide.
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