A more detailed explanation of Willy's baggie

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Dear group:

 

This is the first major expansion I did on the

specifics of what my son Willy did to become so

extraordinarily well from bipolar disorder and ADHD.

This is not a perfect document by any means, but it is

the best that I could do in the limited timeframe that

I had on the net (in only another day or so and I am

back to the public library for Internet access again).

Despite its imperfections, many might find the

following material quite useful to them. I sincerely

hope that this is the case.

 

Allen Darman

 

Introduction

 

In first posting my son Willy's rather amazing

recovery story to the Internet on June 12, 2006, and

in posting an update to his amazing recovery story in

December of 2006, I received one question back from

dozens of people. This question was the obvious.

Specifically, this question was " What did Willy take

supplement-wise? " for him to become so profoundly well

from ADHD/bipolar disorder. Although I have posted

Willy's baggie ingredient list to another blog in my

360 site (http://360./allen_dar), I

felt that a much longer explanation of Willy's baggie

was justified. The following material is just this,

and it will be expanded and refined even further over

time.

 

The material that follows may contain enough insight,

enough power, and enough " usable by oneself at home "

truth to some day be recognized as an important

turning point in changing humanity's understanding of

what human health is truly all about. This is how

significant that I believe that the broad based

supplementation in Willy's baggie is, whether it is

recognized as such in my lifetime or not.

 

It is my sincere belief that my son Willy's baggie (or

a similar regime) is a broad essential nutrient (and

necessary cofactor) boost that is going to help

millions of persons some day. It is perhaps only a

matter of time before this occurs.

 

It is my sincere belief that the supplement approach

defined in this post, or one that is similar in its

scope, its concepts, and its contents, would

substantially and positively affect a wide range of

health conditions, both mental and physical.

 

However, I am not claiming that Willy's baggie is an

exact prescription for anyone. (It may be close to a

good working formula for you, but only you can

determine this, not I). Someone else may have to

tailor the ingredients in the baggie that is described

herein. Or they may have to tailor the dosages of

these ingredients in order to achieve maximum

beneficial effect (without any adverse effects).

 

Incidentally, Willy and I are still toying with our

baggie ingredients a little bit (we will probably be

doing this for years to come, if not the rest of our

lives). Willy and I are trying to fine-tune our baggie

ingredients, and to fine-tune the dosages of these

ingredients, such that we are taking " the very best

baggie " that we can. Despite the fact that we are

still tinkering with the baggies that we take, Willy

and I are profoundly happy with the baggie that we

take in its current state. Our fine-tuning is not

needed for us to take our current baggie for months on

end (as we have both done). Willy and I always seem to

get a substantial health and mood boost out of taking

baggies, with no adverse effects whatsoever. (Those

rare ones we have had while monkeying with our baggie

contents over the years are so minor and infrequent as

to not even be worth mentioning). Any fine-tuning of

the baggies that Willy and I take is more for the sake

of the rest of the world at this point (such that we

can offer you the best truths that we can develop),

than for the sake of ourselves.

 

However, supplementation is not the whole story of

either Willy's recovery or mine. Broad based

nutritional supplementation such as is proposed in

this post should always be coupled with sound dietary

measures for the best results. Broad based nutritional

supplementation should always also be coupled with an

adequate degree of knowledge regarding a number of

common malabsorptive issues that can lead to serious

chemical deficiency in the body and all of its

internal organs, including the brain.

 

The most powerful and prevalent common malabsorptive

issues are (1) the presence of intestinal dysbiosis

(the most common intestinal dysbiosis issue being the

overgrowth of a yeast called candida albicans. Other

dysbiosis issues involve other yeasts, molds, fungi,

various " bad bacteria " , and/or parasites.), (2) the

presence of hidden food allergies, (3) an inadequate

production of digestive enzymes, (4) underhydration,

(5) a lack of exercise such as walking, which is

necessary for proper GI tract function, (6) inadequate

stomach acid (HCL) production, an issue that becomes

more germane the older one is, and (7) impaired bile

production or flow from an impaired or clogged liver

(see www.curezone.com for liver cleansing if this is

the case).

 

Incidentally, all of the above list of common

malabsorptive issues can be rather readily identified

by yourself and fixed at home (without any doctor

necessary), once you learn how to do so.

 

No, you do not need ANY doctor!, either conventional

or alternative, nor do you need any medication, in

order to fix a serious degree of malabsorption in

yourself. This is true even if this serious degree of

malabsorption is caused by multiple factors (as is

most often the case). To fix a serious degree of

malabsorption in yourself, all you need is a little

bit of knowledge. This knowledge can be rather readily

acquired from reading alternative health books or

looking at alternative health websites on the

Internet.

 

What does (1) correcting one's diet, to include the

elimination of one's allergic foods, (2) identifying

and correcting for all of the common malabsorptive

issues that your regular doctor never mentions to you,

nor knows little about, and (3) broad based

nutritional supplementation do?

 

Perhaps cure is the right word here.

 

Yes, nutrients do cure! once one's malabsorptive

issues are both identified and fixed, once all of the

essential nutrients that one may need in sufficient

amounts to be able to heal are absorbed into the body.

These simple truths are destined to replace modern

medicine's nearly exclusive reliance on drugs to treat

every symptom under the sun. It is only a matter of

time before nutritional supplements, some dietary

common sense, and " a little bit of gut knowledge "

replaces many tens of billions of dollars of

prescription drugs.

 

Broad based nutritional supplementation that is

similar (but obviously not always the same) to that

which is discussed in this post should be a key part

of the proper treatment of (1) depression, (2) bipolar

disorder, (3) ADHD, (4) autism, (5) schizophrenia, (6)

anxiety disorder, (7) panic disorder, (8) sleep

disorder (with an inhibitory nutrient regime added at

bedtime perhaps), (9) multiple sclerosis, (10)

Alzheimer's disease, (11) Parkinson's disease, (12)

chronic fatigue syndrome, (13) migraine headaches,

(14) cardiomyopathy (the heart is nutrient dependent),

(15) joint and bone problems (joints are nutrient

dependent, and the bones are as well), (16) high

cholesterol (cholesterol control is nutrient

dependent), (16) high blood pressure (high blood

pressure does require amino acid tailoring to avoid

adverse effect; educate yourself first before using

the supplementation that is suggested herein), (17)

acid reflux disease (proper digestion is nutrient

dependent), (18) diabetes, especially type II, and

(19) almost every other degenerative physical and

mental illness not previously listed, if not every

single one.

 

Broad based nutritional supplementation that is

similar (but obviously not always the same) to that

which is discussed in this post should be a key part

of the proper treatment of all cases of substance

abuse, to include alcohol, marijuana, cocaine (and

crack of course), and heroin. (I helped someone to get

off of heroin once years ago using some of the

nutrients mentioned in here, and they were incredibly

effective).

 

Broad based nutritional supplementation that is

similar (but obviously not always the same) to that

which is discussed in this post should be a key part

of any anti-aging therapy as well. This means that as

one reaches forty or fifty years of age, broad based

nutritional supplementation is virtually applicable to

everyone, to include you (assuming that you want to

live a longer and healthier life that is not

compromised by multiple essential nutrient

deficiencies, and the lack of health that results from

this).

 

Nutrients have always cured!, and they always will

cure!, despite a " drug money corrupted " medical system

adamantly saying much to the contrary, and continually

putting up a big smokescreen to hide this great and

simple truth from an under-educated and unaware

public. Modern medicine is simply concerned with

retaining its power, its prestige, and its money. Your

health (or your health recovery) is not a goal of

modern medicine at all.

 

Lastly, perhaps few persons would do what I am doing

by widely cross posting material such as this to the

Internet. In doing so, I may have given away the

potential to make a great deal of money, as a result

of literally giving away my own discoveries and my own

original thought. It is quite possible that I may have

given away millions of dollars that I may have made

some day. However, I know in my heart I have done the

right thing.

 

Regarding my lack of commercial intent:

 

For the raw materials needed to make up the baggies

defined in this document, I recommend that you use any

reputable supplement discount house (or houses) that

you may find and that you trust on the Internet. I

offer no recommendations whatsoever in this regard; no

names of any supplement discount houses for you to

choose from, and no names of their websites as well. I

have no commercial interest in making this post

whatsoever.

 

I do make suggestions in regard to certain supplements

in the material below. However, I have no affiliation

with any of the sources that I mention. I am not

receiving a single a dime from any company mentioned

in this post, I am not employed by any of them in any

way, nor do I own any supplement company stock.

 

I am simply a paying customer for any of the products

that I mentioned below, just like any other paying

customer would be.

 

Some of the supplement companies that I mention in

this material are the same ones that I have been

recommending for many years, simply because I know of

no other source for the same nutritional products. In

saying this, I certainly do not mean to suggest that a

person reading this material should not look for

alternative sources to any supplement, or supplement

company, that I may mention in this post. Indeed, to

do so is often wise. You might find better products

than I did that will essentially " do the same thing " .

And you might find much better prices than I did as

well. I highly encourage the reader of this post to

educate his or her self, and then " to shop around " a

little bit, if not " to shop around " a lot.

 

Incidentally, I will never take a dime from any

supplement company. To me, this would mean essentially

the same thing that the pharmaceutical companies are

doing when they pay doctors (especially psychiatrists)

money for pushing their products (drugs). This is

immoral, in my book, as it places money in front of

the best free choice (or choices) that might be made

in regard to human health; your health, as well as

mine. This is also immoral, as it hides vested

interest from the public. Did your doctor tell you he

was often being paid by pharmaceutical companies to

recommend and/or prescribe certain drugs to you? My

doctor sure did not tell me.

Willy's supplement regime; his " baggie " further

explained:

 

Willy has used " shotgun nutritional and natural

supplementation " since late July 2004, as much as we

could afford such.

 

The shotgun supplement approach that is defined in

this post is what my son Willy and I call the

" baggie " . This is because that is exactly what it is,

a snack sized Zip Lock baggie. (Zip Lock is

trademarked, I believe. The word " baggie " may be

actually be trademarked by either the same firm or

another firm as well.)

 

For Willy and I, this zip locked baggie was not empty;

it was loaded with a few dozen different nutritional

and natural supplements in various amounts (dosages).

These are dosages that Willy and I had determined and

adjusted to ourselves (this is not that hard for

anyone to do).

 

For the first four or five months of his recovery

(August through December 2004), Willy often (almost

daily) took a baggie containing almost all of his

daily supplements all at once (as we were trying to

hide this supplementation from his mother, at least

until we got caught).

 

Then, in part due to (1) my not having enough money,

and in part due to (2) the fact that even within a few

months Willy seemed to have already gotten out of

major jeopardy mood-wise and health-wise and I wanted

him to learn what a number of individual supplements

do, Willy began to take supplements (of vitamins,

probiotics, digestive enzymes, carnitine, phosphatidyl

choline, taurine, tryptophan and broad based amino

acids) out of various bottles that I gave him, rather

than have me make up baggies for him. This switch

" from baggies to bottles " did not start until Willy

and I got caught in December of 2004, and my ex wife

wisely relented and let me work with my son. Prior to

that, I just did not want to leave too many bottles of

things in the house, as well as Willy was far more

likely to get caught if he was opening a lot of

bottles and taking a lot of time to supplement

himself. (This is explained further in Willy's

original recovery story, in case you have not read it

yet.)

 

Then, after close to a year a half of Willy using many

different bottles of supplements to " cure himself " ,

he kept telling me over and over that " I miss my

baggies " . So in early May of 2006 Willy went back to

using baggies (and he has been on baggies ever other

day or so since).

 

Our " on again " , " off again " , and then " on again "

routine in using baggies since the summer of 2004 has

taught Willy and I one thing for certain. That is that

the baggie that we take is " the absolute nuts " ; it

sure beats anything else Willy and I have ever done to

help ourselves retain or regain our health.

 

I don't know of any child beginning at age thirteen

that has regularly swallowed sixty or more capsules or

tablets of a few dozen supplement ingredients at one

time, like Willy did, or has come even close. Perhaps

there are a few children this age that have done this.

I just don't know who they are. (If anyone does know

of a child of any age that has done something like

this, I'd really appreciate being emailed about it.)

 

However, it is not just the amount of capsules taken

that made Willy's supplement routine work. It was

picking all of " the right (essential) ingredients " in

a dosage that was effective, but not so high that any

adverse effects occurred.

 

My bipolar recovery and my extensive supplement

experiences perhaps helped to point the way here.

Since 1997, I have taken roughly 110,000 capsules of

individual, combined (with a few others), or broad

based amino acids. I have also taken perhaps another

60,000 capsules or tablets of various vitamins,

minerals, essential fatty acids, digestive enzymes,

HCL (stomach acid), probiotics, etc., etc. (almost

" everything but the kitchen sink " ) since this time.

Between September of 1997 and August of 2002 (a five

year period when I had more substantial fiscal

resources that I do now), I was regularly self

experimenting with this supplementation and the

dosages that I took of it in order to " to see what it

might or could do " , or what I could learn from it

that would help other persons some day.

 

Incidentally, I did try the first baggies that were

taken by either of us, for Willy's safety. However, I

was not worried when I did so. I had often taken

shotgun supplementation measures similar in scope to

Willy's baggie before. (I have never tried anything

nearly as good though. Willy's baggie is my BEST

combinative nutrient approach by far, bar none, and I

have tried a lot... perhaps more than almost anyone

else.)

 

Oddly, I would never even have tried such a " nutsy "

supplement regime of piling almost everything Willy

took into one baggie. I would have spread Willy's

supplements out quite a bit, to allow for greater

utilization and/or absorption. I remember thinking

when I was putting the first baggies together in the

summer of 2004 that " this might be such a waste " and

" how much of all of these supplements are going to get

absorbed? " I thought that many of the ingredients in

Willy's baggie would be better absorbed if they did

not have to compete for absorption with each other, as

some practitioners and authors of alterative medicine

had told me over the years. In essence, I knew that I

was " testing " generally accepted alternative medicine

knowledge when I began to give my son baggies. I knew

that I was going against the grain of commonly

accepted alternative medical truth, but the situation

that I was in (in regard to my ex wife and our having

to sneak around her in the beginning) left Willy and I

no choice but to try something that had not been done

before.

 

Incidentally, in the morning, at night, at mealtimes,

and in between meals, it is often wise to take other

supplements besides the supplements contained in your

" baggie " as well. The three most obvious ones are

vitamins B complex and C (the water soluble vitamins

that are lost in cooking), and digestive enzymes. (I

have often thought of making up Willy mini-baggies for

his meals containing these three supplements).

However, in regard to Willy's profound metamorphosis

in mental and physical health, the " single loaded

baggie " that he took beginning in August 2004 carried

the brunt of the load as far as Willy's amazing health

recovery was concerned.

 

Willy's baggie, the one that he and I both first took

beginning in the summer of 2004, and then improved

over time, contained the following:

 

(1) For most all of Willy's recovery, his baggie

contained three tablets (the daily dosage) of an " off

the shelf " multivitamin which I purchased at retail

at one of three local health food stores that carry

this vitamin. The specific vitamin that we used was

Source of Life Ultra. This is a multivitamin

multi-mineral preparation. Some might find the tablet

size too large, and thus have to find an adequate

substitution. There may be even better multivitamin

than this vitamin on the net, and the prices on the

net for supplements are much better than paying retail

as I am doing as well. I have yet to " smart shop "

hardly any item in Willy's baggie (there are a few

exceptions to this). For the most part, to make up his

baggies I just make do with what is at hand in one of

three local health food stores. Unfortunately, I don't

have a credit card, and it is very unwieldy for me to

borrow one. I have to borrow a credit card for some

amino acid purchases that I make on the net, but for

convenience I just went shopping in local health food

stores for the great majority of what is listed here.

(A wise person with a credit card would not do what I

am doing. They would find much less expensive sources

for the same or similar supplements on the Internet.),

 

(2) An additional 50 or 100 mg. B complex vitamin,

 

(3) An additional 2,000 or 3,000 mg. of vitamin C,

 

(4) Extra calcium, magnesium, and zinc in absorbable

chelated forms (I did this to load up more on these

major minerals than simply relying on the Source of

Life vitamin that is mentioned above. More details on

this are contained in a 360 blog on Willy's

baggie ingredients that I posted to

http://360./allen_dar a few months ago.),

 

(5) Broad based essential fatty acids, to include fish

oil,

 

(6) Cod liver oil,

 

(7) Evening primrose oil,

 

(8) Flax oil, and

 

(9) Borage oil capsules as well (often I simply bought

a flax/borage oil combination supplement),

 

(10) One capsule of coconut oil (coconut seems to be

" a must " gut helpful and thyroid support nutrient for

Willy and I),

 

(11) Fourteen or so grams broad based free form amino

acids, to include two 500 mg. capsules of L-tryptophan

(I never use 5 HTP, I always use tryptophan instead),

 

[For comparison, an egg averages about seven grams of

protein, and protein is 100% amino acids. Fourteen

grams of free from amino acids represents only two

eggs worth of protein, if it was fully digested and

absorbed. Some might ask why don't Willy and I just

eat two more eggs a day? For one, both Willy and I are

both allergic to eggs (it is perhaps my most serious

hidden food allergies). Secondly, many persons lack an

adequate amount of digestive enzymes to be able to

digest protein foods well, such that their constituent

amino acids can be absorbed. (Protein molecules cannot

be absorbed into the body, as they are composed of

hundreds, if not thousands, of amino acid molecules

linked together. Thus protein molecules found in foods

are far too large to be absorbed.) Even though Willy

and I both use powerful digestive enzymes regularly to

help us to digest foods, both of us still feel the

substantial therapeutic power and health benefit of

the free form amino acid supplementation that is

reflected here.]

 

(11a) Willy's baggie contains fifteen 500 mg. capsules

of Pure Form 20 Blend (broad based amino acids) from

www.jomarlabs.com.

 

(11b) It also contains five to seven 500 mg. capsules

of Jomar Labs WAC Blend as well (to load up on some of

the more necessary " mood amino acids " . Some of these

amino acids are contained in Pure Form 20 in smaller

amounts).

 

(11c) It also contains three capsules of a glutathione

blend from Jomar as well. Glutathione is the key

detoxification molecule in the body. However, it is

not well absorbed. To boost glutathione one can simply

load up on the three precursor amino acids that make

glutathione in the body. Jomar labs sells a blend to

do this, and this is what Willy and I use.

 

(11d) It contains one 500 mg. capsule of taurine (an

inhibitory amino acid that helps to dampen the WAC

blend, which is an excitatory blend). My goal was

balance here in regard to amino acid excitation vs.

inhibition; in other words to balance between " the

amino acid gas pedals " and " the amino acid brakes "

(these are simple terms I often used with my son).

 

(11e) It contains two 500 mg. capsules of tryptophan,

to cover the single essential amino acid that the

blends from www.jomarlabs.com do not contain. This is

" a must addition " to the amino acid regime I am

defining here.

 

Willy and I did spend a week or two in the beginning

defining the amino acid regime and its dosages as

shown in the above. It is my sincere belief that

almost anyone that is given the proper guidelines in

which to use amino acids can do this. (These

guidelines are fairly simple.) It is also my believe

that " the best, if not the only, person " to define

the best, most powerful, safest, and most effective

amino acid regime is the person that is actually

taking amino acids by his or her self. No alternative

medicine doctor or book can give you better

information in regard to amino acid use than you can

generate yourself. " Only you know how you feel " from

whatever amino acids you may take, and only you can

determine the proper dosage range that you may need.

This does not to mean that it is not wise to listen to

either doctors or the wisdom in books for amino acid

advice. However, in the end it does mean that it is up

to you to learn how to use and become familiar with

these incredibly helpful nutrient substances, if you

wish to achieve their greatest benefits.

 

When Willy and I started to define an amino acid

regime for his baggie back in July of 2004, the common

ratio that I personally had used for years was 1 to 1

of Pure Form 20 Blend vs. WAC Blend. On day one Willy

found this 1 to 1 ratio far too excitatory for him (it

made him too hyper). So we immediately reduced this

ratio to 2 to 1, and then about a week later to 3 to

1. Eventually, I went back to 2 to 1, which is where

we are today (15 capsules of Pureform 20 and and 7

capsules of WAC). I personally have gotten used to

this lower amount of WAC blend vs. Pure Form 20, with

added tryptophan and taurine, and now prefer it over

what I was doing prior. This is especially true when

all of the other baggie ingredients are combined with

broad based free form amino acids as a result of their

synergistic effect. Nutrients definitely seem to work

better when taken together, as Willy and I are doing.

 

In regard to amino acid dosage, I did try to use a

little less with Willy in the very beginning, but this

seemed to not be enough and I bumped it up a little

more. I have yet to see the need to use more than the

amino acids that are currently contained in Willy's

baggie. It is my sincere belief that many ADHD or

bipolar persons would respond very positively to broad

based amino acids in the ten to perhaps twenty gram a

day range, depending on their need. We humans

generally need 50 to 70 grams of protein (protein is

amino acids that are linked together), but Willy and I

get the rest of the amino acids out of the food we

eat, and powerful digestive enzymes help us with this.

 

Fourteen grams of free form amino acids equates to 28

amino acid capsules (of 500 mg. each). This capsule

amount is assumed by many to be unacceptably high.

(This is an assumption that is often based on no valid

reason other than a simple prejudice against taking so

many capsules at once.) However, fourteen grams (28

capsules) of free form amino acids is really only a

fraction of someone's amino acid requirement on a

daily basis.

 

Incidentally the cost of the amino acid regime

reflected above (and which helped Willy enormously) is

quite reasonable. I use www.iherb.com to source

tryptophan, and I use www.jomarlabs.com for the rest.

If anyone finds any better or cheaper sources than

this, I would sure appreciate it if you would let me

know.

 

(12) One or two 500 mg. capsule of L-carnitine

(Carnitine is an " absolute must " accessory nutrient

for both Willy and I. Jomar Labs and other Internet

sources have a much better price on carnitine vs. what

my local health food store charges.)

 

Warning: I DO NOT recommend taking the free form amino

acids in the quantity that is suggested above without

taking some carnitine and phosphatidyl choline (see

below) at the same time as well.

 

(13) Two or three capsules containing about 400 mg. of

actual phosphatidyl choline (PC) in a phospholipid

mixture. (Phosphatidyl choline is another " absolute

must " accessory nutrient for both Willy and I. The

chain store the Vitamin Shoppe sells PC capsules for a

reasonable price, and these might be found even

cheaper on the net.),

 

L-carnitine and PC apparently work together to either

form and/or activate the major neurotransmitter in the

brain called acetylcholine. Carnitine and PC represent

" a must nutrient combination " for both Willy and I in

order to overcome the tendency we have to have " a

hyperactive brain " in ourselves. This nutrient

combination definitely can slow down " the spontaneous

rate of fire " of the brain, just like lithium does.

This nutrient combination also seems to act as a very

helpful, if not sometimes necessary, buffer for free

form amino acid supplementation in the brain as well.

Carnitine and phosphatidyl choline create the single

neurotransmitter (acetylcholine) that is not primarily

made up of amino acids. Depending on how much PC is

taken, this nutrient combination can lower the volume

and slow down a person's speech to a degree that is

remarkable. (If you are either ADHD or bipolar, and

you tall loud and fast, in my opinion this nutrient

combination, in addition to broad based nutritional

supplementation, is " a must trial " to see what

happens, while you " dose up " one capsule at a time

per day on the amount of PC taken, until you find the

dosage that suits you.) The nutrient combination of

carnitine and PC also increases our (both Willy and I)

ability to learn and to focus. It also helps us to

play a much better game of golf, as our brains do not

inadvertently and distractedly fire while we swing a

golf club. If I take enough PC, I strongly tend to

drive at, or a bit slower, than the speed limit, vs. a

little over it, as most persons usually do. In

addition to all of this, phosphatidyl choline (with

carnitine in our system) also helps both Willy and I a

great deal in regard to resolving a headache in

ourselves. It is much better and faster for both of us

than using aspirin or NSAIDS for the same.]

 

(14) Chlorella (three tablets),

 

(15) Super blue green algae (two or three capsules),

 

(16) Spirulina (two tablets),

 

The " super green supplements " such as chlorella,

super blue green algae, and spirulina seem to be " an

absolute must " for the baggie we are using to work as

well as it does. I would not consider making up

baggies without these very helpful supplements. These

super greens definitely seem to have a " win-win

synergy " with broad based amino acids when they are

taken together (super greens and amino acids go well

together). These supergreens also seem to have a

" win-win synergy " with probiotics when they are taken

together. Also perhaps worthy to note is that a

chimpanzee's diet is composed of a large portion of

green chlorophyll laden foods, which genetically means

our human diet (as we are 99% genetically similar)

should probably be composed of a large portion of

green chlorophyll laden foods as well.

 

I do suspect that some people can handle more

supergreens than others. The supergreens can aid in

detoxification, and for some persons it is not wise to

detoxify too fast. You may need to tailor the amount

of supergreens in your baggie to you, just as you may

need to tailor the amount of free form amino acids in

your baggie vs. what Willy and I are doing as well.

Incidentally, someday Willy's baggie may contain more

of these supergreens, as we the have time to learn

more.

 

(17) Powerful digestive enzymes (two capsules),

 

I am using EliteZyme Pro from

www.throppsnutrition.com, but there may be other

decent enzymes as well. I suggest the egroup

enzymesandautism, if you want to learn more about

enzymes. I use Thropps due to their high protease

content, and the fact that they are so affordable.

Digestive enzymes are very helpful to both Willy and

I, if not are " a must " for us.

 

(18) Various probiotics bought locally (I bought the

best I could find. Probiotics are, " an absolute must "

for Willy and I as well),

 

(19) Grapeseed extract (one capsule),

 

Grapeseed extract is a powerful antioxidant that has

been shown to help with ADHD.

 

(20) Querticin (two capsules),

 

Querticin helps to dampen the allergic response, and

is a helpful cofactor to vitamin C.

 

(21) Milk thistle (one capsule)

 

Mil thistle is liver helpful. Anything that helps with

detoxification and/or liver support is wise when

treating bipolar disorder or ADHD, in my opinion.

 

Essentially I coupled almost everything that I could

find that made sense or had been shown to help ADHD

together when I made up Willy's baggies in the

beginning. I had found such a shotgun supplement

approach very effective when first beginning to treat

bipolar disorder naturally in myself in the fall of

1997. After over thirty years of heavy bipolar

symptoms within two months of broad based nutritional

supplementation (coupled with some food allergy

avoidance and some probiotics use) I was having " the

best chemical days " of my entire adult life. This

occurred in September and October of 1997.

 

Knowing what I know today, it might be wise to add to

consider adding to Willy's baggie capsules of natural

vitamin E with mixed tocopherols, krill oil, inulin,

xanthones (from the mangosteen fruit), if not a bit

more, assuming such is affordable.

 

This past summer I ran into some rather incredible

information on the Internet in regard to zeolite and

detoxificarion, especially when coupled with a green

juice fast (as per Dr. Gabriel Cousens). To deal with

either ADHD or bipolar disorder, I would also consider

using NCD (zeolite), due to its amazing detoxification

properties, especially in combination with a green

juice fast. Willy and I have yet to try this, but it

is inevitable that we do some day (perhaps this coming

summer when we have a chance to be together and share

this experience).

 

Incidentally, one way for the reader of this document

to rather easily verify if a supplement may help with

ADHD, is to simply use google and couple words

together, such as ADHD amino acids, ADHD carnitine

phosphatidyl choline, ADHD digestive enzymes, and the

like. (The same word coupling can be done with

whatever supplement you may be considering and

whatever condition that you suffer from such as

bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, etc.)

 

On July 16, 2006 I used google and got the following

results:

 

ADHD vitamins: Results 1 - 10 of about 2,500,000 for

adhd vitamins

 

ADHD B complex vitamins: Results 1 - 10 of about

383,000 for adhd b complex vitamins

 

ADHD vitamin C: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,560,000 for

adhd vitamin C

 

ADHD minerals: Results 1 - 10 of about 822,000 for

adhd minerals

 

ADHD calcium: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,070,000 for

adhd calcium

 

ADHD magnesium: Results 1 - 10 of about 446,000 for

adhd magnesium

 

ADHD zinc: Results 1 - 10 of about 455,000 for adhd

zinc

 

ADHD trace minerals: Results 1 - 10 of about 166,000

for adhd trace minerals

 

ADHD fish oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 732,000 for

adhd fish oil

 

ADHD cod liver oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 196,000

for adhd cod liver oil

 

ADHD evening primrose oil: Results 1 - 10 of about

80,500 for adhd evening primrose oil

 

ADHD flax oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 162,000 for

adhd flax oil

 

ADHD borage oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 80,200 for

adhd borage oil

 

ADHD coconut oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 134,000 for

adhd coconut oil

 

ADHD amino acids: Results 1 - 10 of about 499,000 for

adhd amino acids

 

ADHD tryptophan: Results 1 - 10 of about 85,600 for

adhd tryptophan

 

ADHD taurine: Results 1 - 10 of about 36,800 for adhd

taurine

 

ADHD carnitine: Results 1 - 10 of about 169,000 for

adhd carnitine

 

ADHD phosphatidyl choline: Results 1 - 10 of about

55,500 for adhd phosphatidyl choline

 

ADHD carnitine phosphatidyl choline: Results 1 - 10 of

about 53,000 for adhd carnitine phosphatidyl choline

 

ADHD chlorella: Results 1 - 10 of about 173,000 for

adhd chlorella

 

ADHD super blue green algae: Results 1 - 10 of about

29,200 for adhd super blue green algae

 

ADHD spirulina: Results 1 - 10 of about 140,000 for

adhd spirulina

 

ADHD digestive enzymes: Results 1 - 10 of about

244,000 for adhd digestive enzymes

 

ADHD probiotics: Results 1 - 10 of about 300,000 for

adhd probiotics

 

(ADHD candida: Results 1 - 10 of about 483,000 for

adhd candida)

 

(ADHD yeast: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,310,000 for

adhd yeast)

 

ADHD grapeseed extract: Results 1 - 10 of about 78,500

for adhd grapeseed extract

 

ADHD querticin: Results 1 - 2 of about 3 for adhd

querticin

 

ADHD milk thistle: Results 1 - 10 of about 132,000 for

adhd milk thistle

 

To logistically handle all of the above two dozen or

so individual supplements that Willy took in his

baggie, I simply laid out a few rows of plastic or

paper cups, and I would plunk whatever I needed to

capsule-wise or tablet-wise out of each bottle into

these rows of cups. When I was done filling a few

dozen or so cups, I would then pour them into snack

sized zip lock baggies for Willy to take when he felt

he needed to or he wished. Sometimes Willy would take

a baggie every day, especially in the first four or

five months that he was recovering. Later Willy would

only take a baggie every two or three days or so to

conserve them due to cost, and/or he did " just did not

feel that he needed one " . (Willy could readily tell

when he was below par chemically, and therefore needed

a baggie, all on his own, just as I can.)

 

Nutrients not added to Willy's baggie, but ones that

may be in the future:

ADHD vitamin E: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,190,000 for

adhd vitamin E

 

ADHD krill oil: Results 1 - 10 of about 831 for adhd

krill oil

 

ADHD inulin: Results 1 - 10 of about 663 for adhd

inulin

 

ADHD xanthones: Results 1 - 10 of about 9,270 for adhd

xanthones

 

Willy also has taken digestive enzymes and probiotics

outside of his baggie (when he was using baggies

instead of individual bottles of things in which to

supplement himself).

 

Throughout the last two years, Willy has found that

two or three 500 mg. capsules of taurine are helpful

to him in regard to going to sleep. He has been taking

taurine daily for almost two years to assist with

sleep. (Many persons may need to combine taurine with

other inhibitory amino acids or other inhibitory

nutrients to resolve sleep difficulty, but this is

much too long to go into here.)

 

Although I am primarily discussing Willy's baggie

herein, I should mention the following... Willy did

make a few dietary changes in order to avoid probable

food allergens, and this was, and still is, very

important to his recovery from bipolar disorder and

ADHD . He took milk and ice cream out of his diet for

the most part (although he still eats some cheese,

despite my strong warning against eating cheese). He

also reduced his egg and mayonnaise consumption (on my

advice). And learned he should avoid popcorn on his

own as well (popcorn lowered his mood and energy, and

he could tell this). I did repeatedly tell Willy to

avoid the gluten grains of wheat, oats, barley, and

rye, but this was not real practical for him to do

very much, as these are so much a part of the standard

American diet.

 

I should perhaps note that Willy has typically eaten a

lot of raw fruits and vegetables, far more than most

his age, from his childhood onward, which really helps

(raw foods are really important to health). But Willy

still eats fast food sometimes, and his diet at home

and in school is nowhere near perfect, by any means.

It is a typical Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) for

the most part, except for the few changes that are

noted above.

 

Google search:

 

ADHD food allergies: Results 1 - 10 of about 8,300,000

for adhd food allergies

 

ADHD hydration: Results 1 - 10 of about 72,400 for

adhd hydration

 

I have yet to get Willy to drink water, and water

only, as a beverage. Willy does drink some Aspartame

sweetened soda (I cringe), and he drinks a lot of iced

tea. Why he has listened to me on everything else, but

just can't or won't switch to hydrating with water vs.

tea (unsweetened thank God), I'll never know. Perhaps

it is because good spring water is never in the house.

 

ADHD water: Results 1 - 10 of about 9,520,000 for adhd

water

 

In honesty, knowing what I have known about hidden

food allergens, the importance of water, and many

other alternative medicine topics for years, I never

thought Willy's recovery would work out as well as it

has. This is due to Willy is still eating the standard

American diet (S.A.D.), the probable food allergen

exposure this means, and the fact Willy's hydration

means is not " just good water " ; all issues that

alternative medicine has taught us about. I was sure

wrong in the assumption that Willy's recovery might

not work out that well. In the past thirty months or

so my son has gone through an absolutely profound

metamorphosis as a human being. Willy seems to be much

healthier than " the norm " (than most children his

age), both mentally and physically. And I wonder how

much healthier Willy might get, if his diet was an

optimal one, and he hydrated properly.

 

Persons that suffer from ADHD and bipolar disorder are

invariably broadly deficient in essential nutrients,

as well as invariably have (1) hidden food allergies,

(2) candida, (3) a lack of digestive enzymes, and (4)

a tendency to poorly hydrate as well. I also think it

wise to consider additional probiotics supplementation

outside the baggie, and perhaps take vitamin B

complex, vitamin C, and powerful digestive enzymes at

every meal (these three items can be made into

" mini-baggies " ). It may also be wise to always try to

identify some nutrient inhibitors for assistance with

sleep.

 

Incidentally, it seems to me that the best person to

trial a supplement regime, such as the baggie approach

that is defined defined above, is either one or both

of the parents of the ADHD (or bipolar) child in

question beforehand. People that are " relatively

normal " and don't have an ADHD or bipolar diagnosis

are likely to benefit from a broad range of nutrients

regardless. Also, anyone that has eaten the Standard

American Diet for years and/or is over 40 years of age

is probably broadly nutrient deficient anyway. If you

as a parent define a baggie that helps you greatly, it

(or a close version of it) may be likely to help your

ADHD and/or bipolar child greatly as well. Perhaps

this baggie should have less dosage-wise sometimes,

depending on the size and/or needs of your child.

Dosage is often best determined by you and your child

at home, once you have educated yourself. Remember,

children often need as much essential nutrients as

adults do, if not usually need more, despite their

smaller size. Simply " dose up slowly over days or

weeks for safety " , especially as far as any amino

acid use is concerned. This simple safety rule of

" dose up slowly " while monitoring supplement effect

applies to both children and adults; and it certainly

applies to everyone that might take baggies

(especially in light of their amino acid content).

 

Conclusion

 

Although my son Willy's recovery was fairly easy to

him to effect, he actually did a lot of things to

become well; (1) he took his baggies and other

supplements when he needed to, (2) he amended his diet

somewhat (avoiding most, but certainly not all, of

dairy, eggs, and corn really helped), (3) he learned

about what supplements he was taking and how they

affected him, (4) he learned to make dosage

adjustments the few times they were necessary, (5) he

willingly tried new supplements that I suggested, and

he accurately reported back on their effect, such that

I could advise him well, (6) he learned to monitor his

own bowel movements for their frequency and their

health, (7) he suffered through my repetitive teaching

methods, while I drilled some of the key food allergy

and " gut corrective lessons " home over the past two

years, (8) he chipped in when I was broke and bought

his own supplements, out of money he had earned, and

(9) he had the motivation and the discipline to

regularly exercise and go to a health and fitness

club.

 

Despite the extent of Willy's supplementation, the

implementation of this supplement regime amazes both

of us in regard to how simple it was. What Willy did

supplement-wise, and " monitoring himself-wise " , might

have only taken him about five minutes a day. I don't

know how many times Willy and I have talked about

issues related to his recovery, and he will say

something like " Dad, it was so easy, I didn't do

anything " , or " I did not do anything special at all " .

(I beg to differ Willy. You sure did do something

special. Your amazing mental and physical health

recovery over the past thirty months is an invaluable

lesson for the entire world.)

 

Willy's supplement regime still amazes me as to what

it did. According to many alternative medical

professionals, it is a real waste, if not " nuts " , to

take a whole bunch of supplements all at once,

especially to the degree that Willy did. Sure,

combining a handful of essential nutrients is often

done by alternative medicine to treat a wide range of

health conditions. But to combine a few dozen

ingredients in the amounts that Willy and I have is

not yet recognized by alternative medicine as " the

right thing to do " (I sincerely think that they are

wrong in this regard). No one recommends

supplementation such as I gave my son, at least to the

degree that Willy and I carried it out, to the best of

my knowledge. And yet both Willy and I know that his

baggie, or something very similar, was absolutely the

right thing for him to do. Anything much less than

Willy took in his baggie, or any supplementation

regime that lacked " a must have ingredient " (and

there were many of these), would have been far less

effective as far as the profound recovery results that

Willy did achieve in overcoming ADHD/bipolar disorder

in himself. At least that is our opinion (both Willy's

and mine).

 

Despite the fact that Willy's baggie (or a similar

broad based supplement approach) may be destined to

help millions of persons some day, it may not help

everyone, and it may not help you. Only you can decide

this for yourself. Not I, nor anyone else, including

any conventional or alternative doctor that may advise

you, would be able to decide what a baggi can do for

you. Only you can do this, by purchasing the

ingredients to make up your own baggies from whatever

brand, whatever company, and whatever source that you

choose... and then going through a short trial period

of defining " your own baggie " until this baggie suits

you (clearly helps you a great deal).

 

Willy and I represent the first two profound anecdotal

baggie stories, but it may be inevitable that there

will be dozens, then hundreds, and then thousands,

more. This may be especially true for those persons

that also effectively deal with any and all possible

common malabsorptive causes in themselves (such as

food allergies, candida, a lack of digestive enzymes,

underhydration, and the like) while taking baggies at

the same time.

 

It is my sincere belief that, sooner or later, some

human beings are going to believe what I am

representing in this material. These persons are then

going to begin to self-experiment with a supplement

regime that is similar to what is being defined

herein, if not is almost the very same.

 

The profound anecdotal stories of people that are

willing to try baggies and tailor them to themselves

may some day be destined to be just too powerful, and

too overwhelming in their number, to be ignored.

 

This self-experimentation of a baggie supplement

approach by many other persons, when it eventually

does occur (I am assuming that some day it will), may

mark the beginning of the end of conventional

drug-oriented medicine.

 

This self-experimentation of a baggie supplement

approach by other persons, when it does occur, may

also mark the beginning of the end for much of

alternative medicine as well. In truth, most " healing

of you " can be done by you yourself.

 

The truth is that the best person to define what

nutrients you may need to feel optimal and perform

well on a daily basis, and what your malabsorptive

problems are and how to fix them, is you yourself. The

" best doctor " for you is you! once you educate

yourself.

 

How does one become adequately empowered with whatever

knowledge they may need to either recover or retain

their own health? Read, read, and read some more. And

then apply what you have read to yourself, until you

achieve wellness. Some may be disappointed with this

answer, but it is the only answer that I have for you.

There are so many decent alternative health books and

websites today. Educate yourself, as I did, such that

I could first help my own self, and then help my own

son.

 

It is my sincere belief that at some point in time a

company (or companies) will offer baggies for sale

that are already made up as a convenience to you. This

is perhaps inevitable, unless the FDA, the FTC, the

Executive branch, or Congress uses very biased

(pro-drug and anti-nutrient) laws and regulations to

stop this. Whether such pre-made baggies, assuming

they are made by some company in the future, are

better for you than what you yourself could put

together at home with a little self education and a

little common sense is perhaps a question that will

simply work itself out over time. The truth will

inevitably win here. I know it will.

 

The time has come when all members of the public

should become adequately empowered (educated) with

whatever knowledge they may need to either recover or

retain their own health on an individual basis. Amen.

 

Allen Darman

 

 

 

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