Low Carb Mag July 2015 | Page 34

what they’re talking about or how medications should be changed as diet changes. KK: One of the things when I first came in, I have only been medicated for actually about two years so I was paleo for a year and a half before I got medicated. I was wrongly diagnosed when I was about 21. I was put on the wrong medication. It made me manic for two years straight. It was a really bad situation especially at that age. When I got pregnant with my first daughter, I went off all the medications and I stayed medication-free for about 11 years and I fought it. I white knuckled it. I tried every natural thing that you could possibly try and unfortunately, bipolar disorder is not like depression. There are a lot of natural things that you can do to help with depression. So many people have it but bipolar disorder is a chemical issue that is hereditary and your brain functions completely different. I just had all the shame. I kept thinking