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Case Report: Substantial Improvement of Autism in Child By Using Treatment For Vector Borne Infections

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1205545/full

Case report: Substantial improvement of autism spectrum disorder in a child with learning disabilities in conjunction with treatment for poly-microbial vector borne infections

CASE REPORT article

Front. Psychiatry, 18 August 2023
Sec. Autism
Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1205545
Amy Offutt1* Edward B. Breitschwerdt2
  • 1Heart and Soul Integrative Health, Marble Falls, TX, United States
  • 2Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, and the Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States

Poly-microbial vector-borne infections may have contributed to neuropsychiatric symptoms in a boy diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Targeted antimicrobial treatment resulted in substantial improvement in cognitive (such as learning disabilities, focus, concentration) and neurobehavioral (such as oppositional, defiant, anti-social, disordered mood, immaturity, tics) symptoms.

Conclusion

This teenage boy had a drastic improvement in his neuropsychiatric symptoms and in his academic standing, moving from special education services with accommodations to grade level academic standing without accommodations, to college acceptance. Progressive symptomatic improvement occurred only following targeted administration of antimicrobial agents directed at suspected, underlying, chronic infectious pathogens, namely the causative agents of bartonellosis and borreliosis. Further research is clearly needed to define if or the extent to which occult infections can contribute to neuropsychiatric illness, such as ASD.

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Autism, Bartonella, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research, Treatment, Uncategorized

Government Neuroweapons & Undetectable Illness (Is Lyme/MSIDS One?)

https://gregreese.substack.com/p/targeted-individuals  Video Here (Approx. 6 Min)

Targeted Individuals

The US government has been targeting thousands of innocent civilians for decades

GREG REESE

SEP 5, 2023
Excerpts:

Targeted Justice dot com is currently working on suing the federal government for targeting individual US citizens with different high-tech weapons including Directed Energy Weapons. The Havanna syndrome, when diplomats in Cuba were attacked with Directed Energy Weapons, was not an isolated event. There are thousands of individuals who claim to be under this same sort of attack. And they have the scars to prove it.

As far back as 1976, the technology to remotely alter brain waves has existed. Including Voice to Skull technology that allows the government to directly transmit voices into people’s brains.

As bad as all this is, it is likely to get much worse. In 2017 Dr James Giordano gave a lecture on the latest government technologies to target individuals. Such as neuroweapons to control brain function and modify memories. Nano particulates that can give an individual a stroke. He explains how they can make people sick with an undetectable illness to make them go crazy. And he says they can already control insects and use them to deliver bioweapons.

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The Brain is the Battlefield of the Future

Dr. James Giordano

July 3, 2023

**Comment**

If you don’t have time to view the lengthy video, at least watch the brief 6 minute one in the top link.  Relevant snippets have been pulled that you need to hear.

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Directed Energy Weapons

DOD spends about $1 billion annually on directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic energy—weapons, including high energy lasers and high powered microwaves. DOD has pursued these potentially transformative technologies for decades because they could provide considerable advantages. They can deliver destructive or disruptive effects to targets at the speed of light and have potentially significant advantages over kinetic weapons, such as guns and missiles, including lower per-use cost.

Speaking of targeting civilians, recently Hawaii was hit with fires that defy explanation. Let’s review the events:
  1.  No fire sirens were sounded – intentionally.
    The Head of the Maui Emergency Agency, who made this decision, resigned for “health reasons.”
  2. A state official refused to release water to fight the fires and officials are accused of preventing access to water.  Deputy director Kaleo Manuel, linked the the Obama Foundation, and known for his stance on water “equity,” has since been “reassigned” amid accusations of a delayed response that led to death and destruction.
  3. Despite fire warnings, Hawaiian Electric didn’t shut off power to reduce fire potential.
  4. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier who has top FBI clearance and was involved in ethics complaints resulting in an investigation, just happened to be the incident commander in Las Vegas during the horrific 2017 mass shooting.  I mean, what are the odds?
  5. Police put up barricades causing a gridlock and death. Those who disobeyed the road closures survived.

In fact, the entire event is shrouded in bizarre and inexplicable events, until you hear Hawaii Governor Josh Green stating there will be deadly fires “month in and month out” all across the country and that in an effort to “build back better,” the “state will acquire properties as a memorial and for workforce housing.”

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a blackout fence is being built around the entire town. Somehow we are supposed to believe that wild fires selectively burn some houses and not others, and leave whole trees standing while everything in their path is reduced to ashes.  A book was published about the Maui fires just two days after the brunt of the fires were over.  I highly recommend “What the Media Won’t Tell You About the Maui Fires,” with eye-witness accounts.  I also recommend “A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century.”

Again, things are not as they seem. 

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Activism, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Ticks

New Treatment Options For Chronic Lyme Patients

https://www.lymedisease.org/members/lyme-times/2023-summer-features/new-treatments-chronic-lyme-disease/

New treatment options for chronic Lyme patientsNovel therapeutic protocols offer hope for complex cases.

By Dr. Steve Harris
 
Summer, 2023
 
Summary:
  • Dr. Mike Snyder’s group at Stanford is working on multiomics for chronic fatigue that track an individual patient’s data. This will help Lyme/MSIDS patients because treatments need to be individualized as each case is different.
  • Mitochondrial work is going to become bigger because illness and wellness is fundamentally all about energy.  Detoxing and absorbing nutrients will help the body function effectively without much external intervention.
  • Unique modalities like growth hormone, DHEA, and metformin are being used to decrease the age of cells to help the very complicated group of patients who are not getting better on standard treatments.
  • Regenerative therapies including exosomes, PRP, and alpha 2-macroglobulin, among others are also helpful for tendon issues, osteoarthritis and orthopedics but exosomes have been used in parallel to stem cell therapies which is written about in a book by Amy Scher titled, This is How I Save My Life.  She wrote about her journey through India, where she received human embryonic stem cells, and went from a very severe neurologic case of Lyme to being quite well now. 
  • Jaw misalignment, spinal issues, and craniocervical instability (all related to body structure) needs to be addressed due to the severe inflammation Lyme/MSIDS patients have.
  • Trauma needs to be addressed but often requires a circuitous approach such as the Dynamic Neural Retraining SystemTM (DNRS), vagus nerve training, neurofeedback, neuro stimulation, and various other methods.  A scientist in Wisconsin, Yuri Danilov, developed the PoNS device, which is a tongue neurostimulation device owned by a company called Helius Medical technologies. It is FDA approved for head trauma but it also works for PTSD.  They’re trying to get FDA approval and they are making it available to physical therapists. It’s mentioned in Dr. Norman Doidge’s book The Brain’s Way of Healing. Some patients have had  phenomenal results using it.
  • The onion parable is used to explain the importance of peeling back layer after layer of issues an individual has – and recognizing that being infected with Lyme and/or the various coinfections is only one layer in this complex puzzle.  Typically these onslaughts alone are not the problem, but the cumulative effect of multiple onslaughts is what makes us sick.
  • Viruses, which are becoming more of a problem, are opportunistic and cause the body to decompensate.  Again, treating them singularly usually isn’t the answer, but they are important to consider in the overall picture.
  • mTOR Agents and Autophagy:  Dr. Steven Phillips uses mTOR agents, (mammalian target of Rapamycin) to increase one’s autophagy (cleans the body of debris).  Honokiol (magnolia leaf), doxycycline, methylene blue, vitamin D, and other agents increase autophagy.
  • Toxic load, nutrient status, and environmental stressors:  using different kinds of fats helps patients through membrane chemistry to flush out debris in the lipid bilayer on the surface of cells.  Many things cause patients to be overreactive and dealing with it is very important.

“In conclusion, these are a few different ways to address this most complicated, most difficult group of patients. I truly believe that everybody can get better, and I think that sharing that hope with the patient is a way for them to be able to hold on during what is a marathon for many of them. Not everybody needs to take every step, but the steps are there, and it can be done.” — Dr. Steven Harris

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Chiropractic Care for MSIDS, Detoxing, diet and nutrition, Herbs, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Treatment, Viruses

Living Well When You Don’t Feel Well: Overcoming Lyme Disease & Illness

http://  Approx. 18 Min

Living Well When You Don’t Feel Well

Overcoming Lyme Disease & Illness

Joe Trunzo PhD Professor of Psychology

Dr. Trunzo highlights a different way of thinking and coping with diseases (and life), specifically Lyme disease. 

He earned his undergraduate degree in 1993 from Marywood University in Scranton PA and completed his graduate work in 2000 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the University of Vermont and his post-doctoral fellowship at the Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine at Brown University Medical School in Providence, RI. He is a Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology at Bryant University. He is also a licensed, practicing clinical psychologist with expertise in the psychological management of chronic medical illnesses such as cancer and Lyme disease, as well as the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, especially obsessive compulsive disorder. He serves on several professional committees and belongs to a number of professional organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys being with his family, live music, running, and mountain climbing.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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**Comment**

A very sane and logical talk on the Lyme/MSIDS controversy involving three camps of thought, which then moves on into how to develop a mindset that focuses on living the best life you can while sick.  Dr. Trunzo utilizes the mindfulness based, values-oriented behavioral therapy called ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) to help patients.

He states that by not accepting what patients are feeling and going through, they can trap themselves and create more problems.  I must throw in a personal note here: one of the most helpful things I was ever told early on by another patient who reached the other side was:

“Don’t be depressed about feeling depressed.”

This may be laughingly simple; however, I found that I needed to give myself permission to feel depressed.  Knowing, understanding and accepting the fact I was going to feel miserable and have some really rotten days (or months!) helped me tremendously.  Being chronically/persistently infected with multiple pathogens that work symbiotically and that are in your brain and virtually every organ of your body wreaking havoc, not only affects you physically but emotionally and spiritually.  Add in the fact that mainstream medicine denies this fact entirely and that your friends and family may choose to believe you are a hypochondriac rather than an extremely ill person who needs help, because after-all you “look fine” – and you can become very depressed and isolated indeed, which doesn’t help the healing process at all!

Obviously, the goal here is not to remain sick, but to achieve wellness and health; however, with Lyme/MSIDS that may take years to accomplish, and even then there is a very real potential that facets of your health may never return to the way they were before you became infected.  As with all things in Lymeland, everyone’s journey is unique to them and no two cases look alike.

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Suicidal & Homicidal Lyme Concerns Podcast

https://danielcameronmd.com/suicidal-and-homicidal-lyme-concerns/

SUICIDAL AND HOMICIDAL LYME CONCERNS

Suicidal and homicidal Lyme concerns

Welcome to another selection from my book “An Expert’s Guide on Navigating Lyme disease.” The books highlights the findings of my first 600 Lyme disease Science blogs.  In this episode, I will discuss suicidal and homicidal concerns in Lyme disease patients.

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Dr. Robert Bransfield from Rutgers-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, has described suicidal and homicidal concerns in patients with Lyme and related tick-borne illnesses in his private practice. Likewise, in my practice I have seen patients with suicidal thinking.

SUICIDAL AND HOMICIDAL BEHAVIORS IN LYME DISEASE.

Dr. Robert Bransfield reports observing suicidal and homicidal behaviors in patients with Lyme and related tick-borne illnesses. Out of 253 patients, he found:

43% were suicidal; 32% were suicidal but not homicidal; 11% were both suicidal and homicidal. No patient was homicidal without also being suicidal. 25% had explosive anger but were not homicidal or suicidal. 10% had pre-existing depression. 97% reported depression after infection. Patients were ill an average of 8.4 years before being diagnosed and treated. Read more.

“Further disease progression contributed to him feeling desperate as a result of multiple late-stage symptoms.”

THREE PSYCHIATRISTS SHARE SUICIDAL AND HOMICIDAL CASES.

Three psychiatrists share published case reports supporting Bransfield’s concerns (Munir et al., 2017). “A 44-year-old male without any past psychiatric history presented with a third unsuccessful suicide attempt and was later diagnosed as having a Borrelia infection” (Bransfield, 2017). One month of medical therapy with intravenous ceftriaxone improved his mental status and resolution of suicidal ideation (Banerjee 2013).

Fallon described two cases in a 1995 paper. “I treated both of these patients, and in addition, I have been able to follow the status of Patient B over a span of 30 years. This patient was highly suicidal, had horrific intrusive images of killing others, and had violent impulses, which were eliminated with treatment. Patient A was also suicidal, violent, and physically assaultive to her son. Combined antibiotic and psychotropic treatment helped both patients.” Read more.

HOMICIDE, TWO ASSAULTS, AND SUICIDE IN LYME DISEASE PATIENT

An article entitled “A Fatal Case of Late Stage Lyme Borreliosis and Substance Abuse,” describes a patient exhibiting aggressiveness, violence, and homicidality. Like many Lyme disease patients, the man experienced a delay in diagnosis and treatment. (One study reports that subjects enrolling in a trial of Lyme encephalopathy were ill an average of two years before being diagnosed.)

The patient’s Lyme disease symptoms progressed. “Further disease progression contributed to him feeling desperate as a result of multiple late-stage symptoms,” wrote Bransfield et al.  According to Fallon et al., the number of Lyme disease patients who feel desperate is not clear.

Based on more than 30 years of experience treating Lyme disease patients, Dr. Bransfield previously described a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lyme disease patients. “… neuropsychiatric symptoms, usually presenting with significant comorbidity which may include developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders (panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, intrusive symptoms), eating disorders, decreased libido, sleep disorders, addiction, opioid addiction, cognitive impairments, dementia, seizure disorders, suicide, violence, anhedonia, depersonalization, dissociative episodes, derealization and other impairments.”

“A 44-year-old male without any past psychiatric history presented with a third unsuccessful suicide attempt and was later diagnosed as having a Borrelia infection.”

The patient’s condition worsened.  “The pathophysiological effects of the infection resulted in an increased number and severity of multisystem symptoms, disability, and substance abuse,” the authors wrote. “He experimented with multiple substances in an effort for relief.”

The authors added, “During acute deterioration of his mental state from phencyclidine withdrawal, NMDA agonism increased, he committed a homicide, two assaults, and suicide.”

In an earlier study, Dr. Bransfield described substance abuse, cannabis use, and intoxication in Lyme disease patients.

Bransfield and colleagues advised prompt diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease to help prevent addictive disorders, substance abuse, and death.

“More effective diagnosis and treatment and attention to substance abuse potential in these patients may help prevent some cases of addictive disorders, substance abuse, and death.” Read more.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. Anyone with the following concerns can call, text, or chat 988:

  • Mental health-related distress.
  • Thoughts of suicide.
  • Substance use crisis.
  • Emotional distress.
  • There are specialized services available for veterans, LGBTQ individuals and other groups.
  • People who are worried about a loved one who may need support also can call.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available by simply dialing 988, is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention helpline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. When someone calls the helpline, his or her call is routed to the nearest crisis center. The Lifeline’s national network, consisting of more than 250 local crisis centers, provides crisis counseling and mental health referrals day and night.
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Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research