Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is estimated to affect nearly 6 million Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population 18 and older every year. More than 1 million children are diagnosed each year but according to experts, the genetic-based disease of the brain and nervous system is often misdiagnosed.

Signs of bipolar disorder are unusual extreme shifts in thought, mood, energy and behavior.  A person’s mood alternates between “highs” (mania) and “lows” (depression).  They are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through from time to time.  Parents with children diagnosed with bipolar often describe the behaviors as being “beyond ADHD” or “beyond typical teenage moodiness”.

Since bipolar tends to run in families and appears to have a genetic link, Mensah Medical physicians delve into the patient’s extensive family history.  When meeting with the individual, they will also observe symptoms and validate treatment through specialized laboratory results to determine nutrient overloads and/or deficiencies.  After assessing the lab results in light of their findings, they will prescribe targeted Advanced Nutrient Therapy to correct the “root cause” of the brain imbalance.

As with all patients, Mensah Medical believes in collaboratively working with the patient’s prescribing doctor or psychiatrist.  Therapeutic interventions are also encouraged to support behavioral changes.

Click here to watch video presentation - Advanced Nutrient Therapies for Bipolar Disorders with Dr. Walsh

Schizophrenia

A significant number of individuals who come to Mensah Medical has been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder – a mental illness that usually appears in late adolescence or early adulthood, but can strike at any time in life.  The signs and symptoms vary from person to person, but all people with the disorder report experiencing delusions, hallucinations (hearing voices, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling things that are not there), very inappropriate or strange behavior, disorganized speech, decreased motivation or interest, and appearing emotionless.

In mainstream psychiatry, schizophrenia is an umbrella term given to several different mental disorders.  William J. Walsh, Ph.D., of the Walsh Research Institute, discovered that persons diagnosed with schizophrenia fall into five different biotypes: overmethylated schizophrenia (45%), undermethylated schizophrenia (18%), pyrrole schizophrenia (27%), wheat/gluten intolerance (4%), and other (6%).   These biotypes represent very different disorders, each with unique neurotransmitter imbalances and symptoms.  The Walsh Theory of Schizophrenia proves that most cases of schizophrenia involves abnormal methylation or oxidative overload.  

Since psychiatric medications are quite powerful and often comes with unpleasant or even permanent side effects, it is important that families of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia consider Advanced Nutrient Therapy by Mensah Medical physicians who are experienced on correcting the brain imbalances causing the illness.  Many recovered patients with schizophrenia live normal productive lives while continuing nutrient therapy with a low dose of an atypical antipsychotic medication.

Click here to watch video presentation - Schizophrenia: An Orthomolecular Approach to Re-Balancing Brain and Body Chemistry