Strong Evidence Base
1. Mindfulness Meditation - FREE
- 5-20 minute guided audio/video (in 19 languages): https://www.uclahealth.org/uclamindful/guided-meditations
- Research: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5747539/
2. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) - $6,000 to $12,000 w/o insurance
- (STILL VETTING, PROCEED WITH CAUTION) https://tmstherapynearme.com/
- Research: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9193572/
Might (NOT) Help: Weaker Evidence
1. Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) - $200 to $4000
- Unfortunately, I cannot ethically recommend specific ESD providers due to so many (both non-profits and for profits) charging excessively high hourly fees to victims and survivors.
- By 2027, I will be pilot-testing a low-cost, scalable solution for the entire U.S., and maybe the rest of the world. However, I will also be researching potential negative spillover effects since this has not been researched before. If there are negative spillover effects, I will look for cost-effective ways to mitigate them (e.g. screen out bad actors, etc.) Several ESD practitioners will likely oppose my research efforts because it cuts into their profits. I will likely lose my ESD instructor certification when I announce my study (I am currently training to become an ESD instructor).
- Research: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1848/
(WORK IN PROGRESS. WILL UPDATE THIS BY NEXT WEEK.)
Please look up the multitude of NIHS and other studies showing the benefits of getting the right nutrients, notable vitamin d3, b vitamins or a b complex, fish oil or similar EPA and DHA oils. Plus the less tested but promising lions mane and other mushroom extract, lots of things of magic ones, and things that have BDNF or simulate it
Already ahead of you! My to-do list has weaker research on SAM-e + vitamin A, orange essential oils, etc.
Thank you so much for commenting this. I’m excited to see this community grow and thrive.
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Thank you so much for all of this! 🥺 I’m so glad others are sharing resources, too.
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Hey!
After no response to any of my 3 replies, I’ve curated your thread comments by deleting them, then posting them in different posts so that others can more easily find them by the correct category:
Bipolar Disorder Management: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23670219
Mental Health Treatments: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23670228
Nutritional Support: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23670297
Immune System & Infections: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23670301
Next time, please provide resources to the proper posts to avoid potential confusion and allow others specifically seeking them to more easily find them.
Hey, 3rd and final reply here!
If I don’t hear from you in 3 days (72 hours), then I will assume you are in agreement and will curate your thread by copying it verbatim to the appropriate posts, then deleting this thread.
Hey, just following up!
I’m considering copying & pasting your resources to new posts for bipolar disorder and general health. Then, deleting this thread.
he evidence overwhelmingly says the same things will help someone with bi-polar disorders.
Can you provide a citation for this?
Since most of these are specifically for bipolar disorder, I’m wondering if it would serve others better if it was its own, separate post.
My rationale is that I don’t want people who are seeking resources for bipolar disorder to not be able to find it because it’s nested inside a thread about PTSD, and I don’t want someone who is seeking resources for PTSD to get confused by resources for bipolar disorder.
Let me know what you think.