How Brain Inflammation Can Influence Bipolar Disorder: Key Nutrients and Recovery Mindset

By the late 70s, Richard Dreyfuss had become one of Hollywood’s top-billed actors. That was when his life began taking a different course. In 1982, he made headlines after crashing his car under the influence of drugs, alcohol, and, as he would later reveal, bipolar disorder.

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Four years later, however, fans would witness the actor’s resurgence in a string of successful films. By this time he had also married and started a family.

What happened in the years in between that enabled Mr. Dreyfuss’s revival?

The actor of “Jaws” (1975) fame has pointed to treating the physical condition as one important factor:

“Richard, somewhere in your brain, there is a faucet that is dripping either too slowly or too quickly,” the actor recalls being told by his doctor.

On Vital Signs, we probe how brain chemistry—in this case, inflammation—can cause bipolar disorder and the myriad methods, including targeted nutrient treatment, that can work in concert to bring relief.

“When things break down in the brain … you get oxidation. And then the oxidation creates your inflammation,” says neuroscientist Dr. Dayan Goodenowe.

Dr. Goodenowe outlines key nutrients that can form part of a treatment strategy for bipolar disorder.

Over a number of decades, Dr. Goodenowe has developed systems for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment across a range of diseases—including autism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Alzheimer’s disease—as covered previously on Vital Signs with Brendon Fallon.

For Mr. Dreyfuss, a near-fatal crash led to deeper insight into his bipolar condition. How much can our mindset factor into mental health recovery?

We explore these and other questions on Life After Crash? – A Kaleidoscopic View of Bipolar PART 2.

You can find out more about Dr. Dayan Goodenowe’s work at: www.drgoodenowe.com and www.prodrome.com

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In Life After Crash? PART 1, we explore how bipolar disorder can be an addictive disease, and examine the “life after crash” of Robert Downey Jr. https://ept.ms/SelfRepair_VS

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Related research by Dr. Goodenowe:

Altered ethanolamine plasmalogen and phosphatidylethanolamine levels in blood plasma of patients with bipolar disorder
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31841251/

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Further viewing:

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
https://g.co/kgs/KdDAxgm

Mindscape: Oscar-Winning Actor Richard Dreyfuss on Living with Bipolar Disorder
https://youtu.be/AsE6c4XkiAc?si=agcaJryhjrs8tUGB

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