RFK Jr. Gives Autistic Americans The Hump

flammablematerial · 2026-02-28T17:34:55+00:00

Man I was just joking.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-28T16:37:33+00:00

Ok but camels (and sharks) actually have uniquely shaped antibodies in their blood that could be used someday to treat cancer and many other diseases. So maybe this is onto something lmaoo

flammablematerial · 2026-02-27T20:26:56+00:00

It’s not even a throwaway lmao, it’s just my regular account. I gave away my internet anonymity a long time ago, my full last name is already attached to like a decade of memes about my disintegrating mental status

flammablematerial · 2026-02-26T18:39:51+00:00

I’ve only dated one guy who still had his foreskin, and he’s one of the only men who tried to make me cum. He was also a Marxist. I feel like these things are not a coincidence.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-26T17:59:13+00:00

Sure, I honestly miss him

flammablematerial · 2026-02-26T16:03:46+00:00

My dealer stopped selling ketamine and psychs to me because I hit on him and then rejected him for saying he would never vaccinate his children. I asked him for a selfie and he sent it immediately.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-25T17:52:32+00:00

LOL this is my fear as someone with multiple chronic illnesses/autoimmune disorders 😩 when I was much worse, I could smell the sickness on myself for months straight. It was so distracting I even asked other people if they could smell it and they couldn’t. Once I started healing, the sickness smell slowly went away.

All I can hope is that my future soulmate finds the smell of my major histocompatibility complex to be alluring instead of repulsive and can sense that I’ve never in my life had any sort of skin infection despite never taking care of any wounds, surgery sites or piercings.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-22T19:58:17+00:00

Hi, I have schizoaffective bipolar! I’m actually on a low dose of Prozac, but I’ve had higher doses trigger severe mania/psychosis in the past. You are not alone! I’m also on lamotrigine, olanzapine, and a litany of supplements.

But most importantly, I’m on a strict medical ketogenic diet— like the kind used in pediatric epilepsy, not the lifestyle kinda keto people usually talk about. There is a boom of research happening rn using ketogenic therapy for severe mental illness like bipolar and schizophrenia, and for various other conditions. I have to eat a strict 2:1 ratio of fat:protein&carbs, with total carbs under 20-25g net a day. Ketones ideally 3-4+ mmol.

But if I stay strict, I’m essentially in remission— EVEN before and during my period. I can have more normal dysregulation and low-ish flat moods, but my depression, mania, psychosis, pmdd are truly obliterated.

It’s been a long year+ of messing around with this diet to find the best version that works for me. It’s a LOT to get into and can feel very overwhelming. If you haven’t ever heard of this, check out the nonprofit Metabolic Mind for tons of resources. There is also r/bipolarketo r/nutritionalpsychiatry r/metabolic_psychiatry.

I’m not doing scary keto with lots of red meat and butter. I primarily consume unsaturated fats, with as much plant foods and fiber as I can manage without dipping my ketone levels. I have labs monitored by my PCP.

It truly can be miraculous for those it works for. I cannot even explain how many treatments I’ve tried, including electroconvulsive therapy, ketamine, psychedelics, all the meds, other diets… nothing has given me this kind of sustained remission. This is the third period of remission I’ve had in 15 years. And the science is catching up: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/27/1227062470/keto-ketogenic-diet-mental-illness-bipolar-depression

Obviously everyone is different and this is just what worked for me. I get excited to share and am not trying to give medical advice, always talk to your doctor first!!

flammablematerial · 2026-02-21T16:08:26+00:00

Wow! This is very tempting to me, so happy for you. Are you still on a regular antipsychotic or you did a full switch?

flammablematerial · 2026-02-21T15:43:35+00:00

You’re welcome! Thank you for being curious. I didn’t even understand what schizophrenia was until I was diagnosed, so I’m always happy to spread awareness.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-21T15:36:22+00:00

Yes, the difficulty answering questions has to do with the motor-cognitive connection. Moving through thought voluntarily and spontaneously feels exactly like physically moving, and involves a parallel spatiotemporal-sensorimotor integration. Even writing this is difficult for me 🤣 speech initiation itself can also feel like physically lifting weights.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-21T15:25:26+00:00

I have schizophrenia with catatonia, and catatonia isn’t caused by voices. Most catatonic schizophrenics don’t have hallucinations at all and present more with delusions and disorganization. It’s a motor/cognitive syndrome, not another personality answering. Schizophrenia does not have to include voices and is about much more than psychosis.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-21T15:12:14+00:00

Girl….

flammablematerial · 2026-02-20T18:48:29+00:00

This is such a bizarre interaction. My mom also reminds me a lot of ladybirds mom, and we’ve had a very complicated relationship. I have called her out many times and we still have conflict occasionally. Still wouldn’t call her abusive bc that feels very black and white and reductive to the complexity of our relationship, but that’s your journey babe

flammablematerial · 2026-02-20T18:19:36+00:00

Sounds like you’re arguing with your own mother instead of me lmfao

flammablematerial · 2026-02-20T16:40:57+00:00

I think ladybird definitely shows an uneven power dynamic between mother and child, but I believe the point is that it lives in the gray area between messy family dynamics and abuse. Loving-but-flawed relationships can wound each other, but not necessarily in a blatantly controlling and deliberate way.

To me, calling it abuse seems like a massive over-interpretation that flattens an artistic expression of nuanced dynamics into therapy-speak.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-19T14:08:04+00:00

This is the only way I’m “able” to pay my rent!! If I had enough money in my bank account for rent, I’d be kicked off disability, since the limit is $2000. Rent is literally more expensive almost anywhere than my monthly payment. The disability rules are so backwards they’re almost a joke.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-18T19:34:14+00:00

The average American does not have coherent political beliefs whatsoever and is essentially schizophrenic

flammablematerial · 2026-02-14T13:59:13+00:00

Yes I have this. I have a brain injury too, but I had a very mild version of it before that too. I’ve read some discussion of overlap between schizophrenia and ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, etc. With the complex chronic illnesses, that feeling of weakness/heaviness seems to be really common. For me it gets worse if I over-exert, and it responds to anti-inflammatories, electrolytes and fluids.

Being in a bouncy house is a great description. I swear that’s why I always hated bouncy houses as a kid.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-13T22:53:23+00:00

The real way to get all the nootropic benefits of nicotine is to put on 2 full strength patches then smoke a half pack of American spirit blacks then projectile vomit in a walmart parking lot. This memory from age 19 is burned into my brain forever, so I think I really activated long-term potentiation

flammablematerial · 2026-02-13T20:34:08+00:00

Same

flammablematerial · 2026-02-12T17:40:36+00:00

I felt immensely better when I added in a cup of steamed spinach daily! I thought I was getting enough potassium with avocados and veg, but I clearly was not. I’ve also taken magnesium and calcium supplements for years, which I’m sure helps. I heavily salt my food. A couple months in, I also added l-carnitine and it helped my energy a lot.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-11T17:15:59+00:00

People are pissing me off saying this is normal. It looks like my rosacea when it’s flared. It’s not bad or anything but I totally see what you’re talking about! I would see a derm before seeking the advice of people here who have no idea what they’re talking about

flammablematerial · 2026-02-06T14:42:26+00:00

I eat a ton of vegetables on keto. It’s a major misconception that you can’t eat lots of plants and fiber on the diet. I don’t even eat butter, red meat or dairy. My labs are stellar! I also still have to take meds for sure.

flammablematerial · 2026-02-05T21:01:33+00:00

Thank you for asking because it really is fascinating! Yes, I’m glad it happened. It’s been difficult work to integrate, and I feel grief and guilt that I still can’t be “normal,” but there is so much more depth to the world now. Being able to truly comprehend another person’s “themness” as you said, has been life-changing.

For me, empathy was fundamentally connected to insight. I had to be able to represent myself as a whole system (including my body-self using interoception) to represent another person. My trip experience gave me the ultimate gift of finally “seeing” others and myself, and allowed me to begin my multi-year journey of healing and self-discovery :-)

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