What 17 Medications Couldn’t Fix, Keto Did

Considering ketogenic therapy for bipolar disorder or other serious mental illnesses? This powerful story from Shannon Harwood shows how ketogenic therapy helped her achieve full remission from bipolar 2 disorder after 35 years of recurring episodes, failed medications, and misdiagnoses.

In this video, Shannon shares her personal journey: from undiagnosed symptoms in her teens, to years of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatments, to discovering ketogenic therapy at age 48. Within just five days of starting, she experienced a dramatic shift in her mental clarity, energy, and overall functioning.

You'll hear:

How bipolar 2 disorder often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed as major depression
The impact of living with unrelenting depressive episodes for decades
How medications helped—but also introduced serious side effects
Why she turned to ketogenic therapy and how it changed everything
What it means to find root cause healing instead of just symptom management

Shannon is now off all psychiatric medications and has remained symptom-free for years. Her story is one of hope, resilience, and the possibility of full recovery.

If you or someone you love is navigating severe mental illness and looking for new options, this is a must-watch.

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Resources Mentioned:
Get better acquainted with Shannon’s mental health strategies at her THINK+SMART profile: https://thinksmart.metabolicmind.org/...

Learn more about the THINK+SMART framework: a self-guided, community-based framework that helps you develop a customized metabolic approach to mental health: https://thinksmart.metabolicmind.org/

*(Tapering medications can be extremely dangerous and should always be done gradually with the support of a care team. Visit Inner Compass Initiative for more information on safe tapering.)
https://www.theinnercompass.org/

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About us:
Metabolic Mind is a non-profit initiative of Baszucki Group working to transform the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health. We leverage the science of metabolic psychiatry and personal stories to offer education, community, and hope to people struggling with mental health challenges and those who care for them.

Our channel is for informational purposes only. We are not providing individual or group medical or healthcare advice nor establishing a provider-patient relationship. Many of the interventions we discuss can have dramatic or potentially dangerous effects if done without proper supervision. Consult your healthcare provider before changing your lifestyle or medications.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Meet Shannon
2:24 - Her experience with depression
3:46 - “Healing is possible!”
4:04 - Shannon realizes she has bipolar and begins medications and lifestyle interventions
4:48 - Discovering ketogenic therapies as they were used for epilepsy
6:00 - Shannon tries ketogenic therapies
7:12 - Life after implementing metabolic strategies
8:32 - Shannon’s recommendation for those with mental illness like bipolar
9:52 - Bipolar medications, tapering, and side effects