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Bipolar - Genetic - A Blood Test NOW!

11/19/2015

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This blog post is based on the December issue of Scientific American. First I suggest that when it hits the newsstand that if you have bipolar that you read the article on page 67 in full. Second when there is a scientific or medical article on bipolar it refers to what most people call bipolar 1, not bipolar 2. In fact the current understanding of bipolar 2 does not fit with the medical understanding of bipolar. In most cases a person diagnosed with bipolar 2 suffers from extreme bouts of depression and then in a switch can snap out of it, thus the label bipolar 2. Most people given the label bipolar 2 have never had a full blown case of mania. I asked once of one such person how long they had ever gone without the ability to go to sleep. Their reply was that they never had an issue with sleeping. I explained that I had gone 6 nights, and that full of meds that would have put a rhino out. My point; about 30 or so years ago symptoms of chronic depression started to appear in a segment of the population that at the same time was able to snap out of their depression, unlike suffers with chronic depression. They were suddenly able to be undepressed. This was a similar feature to persons with bipolar, persons with bipolar can be jovial one second and then in a deepened dark state of depression the next second. But unlike bipolar this other segment did not enter a manic state, more of a semi hyper state. So the ASA gave birth to bipolar 2. In 2014 and 2015 more and more research has led to a clearer understanding of bipolar. Most of my information comes from “Scientific American” and “Scientific American Mind” so you can refer to the back issues of 2014/2015 for the data.
Over the course of the last 2 years a vast understanding of the 4 primary mental disorders had come to light, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Autism and Chronic Depression. Through genetic understanding these 4 stand apart as true biological genetically passed to the next generation mental illness. But wait; there is a DSM full of other mental illnesses. True and I do not in any way diminish them, but thus far they are all environmentally contracted. For example, due to my past I carry a few other distinctions after my name; CPTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder); BPD; and DID, but I question the DID, hey I would not have the label if I did not question at least one of them. The CPTSD is a result of the environment I was raised in, it was not passed to me genetically, the BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) again a gift from my childhood environment and lastly the DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), once more my childhood. So what of SAD, commonly referred to as the winter blahs or cabin fever. No those names do not lessen SAD; but it is caused by a shift in environment, or GAD; fact is everyone in the world faces anxiety, some handle it better than others but it is still a result of environment. Then we have panic disorders, an environmental perception based on an unreal event that may or may not happen. My point; in the last 2 years a major understanding has taken place in the universe of mental illness; there are 4 genetic mental illnesses and the rest are due to environment. Nothing related to a dipstick in the brain to check the levels of chemicals and then get the old pill bottle and fill up on a drug to level off the chemical. In short the meta-analysis continues to point in one direction and one only, mental illness is genetic and NOT chemical and the rest is this world’s environment.
So back to the breakthrough on bipolar (remember think only what we know as bipolar 1). In 2014 a team in PA discovered a genetic mutation in KCNH7 found only in bipolar persons. So what goes wrong? Around our cells is a membrane, this membrane is supposed to allow certain proteins to pass through to allow those cells to function properly. In persons with bipolar the above genetic mutation does not allow for the absorption of potassium. Potassium is key to regulation of emotions and cognition functioning. So suppose a signal carrying a certain emotion is passed from one brain cell to another, the blocking of potassium would scatter the ‘information’ at the cell wall of the receiving cell. Therefore only a little of the information gets through which means erratic behavior. (I have simplified the explanation without altering it)
This gets better. Since it has now been established that bipolar has a genetic marker it can now be detected with a simple blood test. The test can be administered while the child is still in development in the womb.
Implications: this changes the whole field of bipolar. It has been suggested that the next DSM will drop bipolar 2 altogether. Since depression has fallen into the 4; depression like Autism may be a spectrum illness. To explain: I have bipolar 1 with psychotic episodes. Because of the latter some doctors wanted to diagnose me with Schizophrenia; but not everything fit the bill. I was diagnosed at a time similar to what we are faced with now. The medical world in the 1990’s was starting to understand that bipolar people could also have psychotic episodes. I am thankful I had doctors that at that time accepted the changes in the direction of the field of mental illness. Today we are at a similar crossroads.
So depression could be ‘Spectrum Depression Disorder’? Since depression seems to take on many forms and colors and it is truly one of the 4, it may be a spectrum instead of one size fits all.
I intend to present my doctor with the article and ask for the blood test.
Other changes that could come about? Funding; it is such a tragic waste of money to continue to look at psychological medications currently on the market to treat bipolar. In study after study for over 25 years not one of these medications can treat bipolar. And not one person can step forward and testify they are better than before taking the medication. And the proof is in the genes. The very fact that bipolar is on a gene that none of the medications touch is proof in of itself. SSRI’s make bipolar far worse, if you give someone a mood stabilizer you have to give them an antidepressant, but then if they go to high something to lower that, then what about the psychotic episodes. Get my point! Doctors (who truly care) realize trying to adjust bipolar people on a lot of meds know it is a time and life waster. With the proof of genetics on the table will doctors stop destroying the lives of bipolar people with what amounts to doping them up? Doubtful Most doctors can’t see the iceberg; they have to hit it first. Then there are the drug companies, this finding will kill their sells, if doctors care for the people they treat enough to start reversing their medications.
What’s the current answer? The data shows beyond any doubt it is not the current drugs on the market; that brain damaging practice needs to stop. It does help explain why lithium works, attaching to ion’s it can create openings in the cell membrane. (A side not; if you have been given the diagnoses of bipolar and you will swear the current medications are working for you then you may not have bipolar. It’s simple logic, with the discovery of this genetic marker; the current drugs do not target this marker. So if they are helping you than it is more likely you have been misdiagnosed.)
I do hope the drug companies will switch their research into that line of reasoning and look at how to allow potassium to cross that membrane. Since now a blood test can be administered before birth parents can prepare, they have about 20 years before bipolar takes hold. Avoid giving kids testing positive anything artificial, no soda’s, no junk, no smoking for them or their environment, give them a chance. Then and hopefully soon a drug that works on the gene KCNH7 will hit the market and people with bipolar may be able to be viewed as normal. I used that phrase because I am told at least once a day “you’re not normal”.


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"A Pain in the Brain" Cure for Migraines

11/19/2015

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“A pain in the brain” on page 27 of the December issue of Scientific American is a breakthrough in the understanding of migraine headaches. For the first time it is now understood what causes them. No it is not blood vessels or pressure on the brain but a nerve called the trigeminal nerve system. Exiting the base of the brain it branches out to cover the face, up to and around the eyes. It appears that the nerve system gets over stimulated (since it takes in the eyes it explains why auras are seen in some) and that over stimulation travels into the brain. From my understanding it may be that the over stimulation allows for too much sensory information to enter the brain at once alone a single pathway and it triggers the migraine.
So if we now know what triggers a migraine can we stop it? It appears so. With this finding the article states that beta blockers (like those used for the heart) are the best current treatment. So based on the context it appears a person would need to take them daily. However trials have been ongoing for a drug that may be approved in 2016. It is a monthly shot. Although I do not suffer from migraines I do get cluster headaches. Cluster headaches (by some doctors) are said to be worse than a migraine but lesser understood. But unlike a migraine cluster headaches are not nearly as frequent. I get maybe 3 a year; my son also suffers from clusters as do 2 of my sisters. Although doctors say clusters are more painful I believe that migraines are worse since they are far more frequent in occurrence. Hopefully the testing of the drug will continue to show positive results and it will be approved and in turn help millions of migraine suffers.


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My Wife's New Body Scrub - Nothing Else Like It

11/16/2015

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Cj Scrub

http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Natural-Vanilla-Chai-Body-Scrub-Proprietary-Blend-/201468140138?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

  "I've been using all natural products for years and believe they are the best option when it comes to what I put in and on my body. In the last few years many scrub products have appeared that use plastic beads, sugar, sand or salt as the exfoliant. Plastic is destructive to the environment and will take thousands of years to break down. Sugar and salt can damage the skin tone of some people or may be absorbed into the body and may cause health concerns. Sand, like plastic, does not break down and is unsafe for septic tanks and sewer systems. When I started researching ingredients for my proprietary blend I wanted to use an all natural product as an exfoliant that the Earth itself produced. That research led me to an all natural substance that is produced in nature that is 100% safe for human skin and once processed is FDA approved for human consumption. It is not sugar, salt or any other similar product. I have listed it as "Proprietary Natural Exfoliant" on the ingredients list. This is to protect the proprietary blend of my scrub from being copied or stolen. It's also permissible to do so for a proprietary product.

     I field tested this scrub before marketing it and issued data sheets to collect the users feedback and testimonials without any interference from me or others. Below are some of their comments. I'm currently still testing it in the field and as other data come in I will add those comments. Any comments made by the testers about the results are theirs and theirs alone. I myself make no medical claims as to its use and benefits. The comments of the testers are from their own experience with the scrub and you may not experience the exact same results. Results will vary depending on your skin tone, your environment, your health condition and habits, and your use of the scrub. Your personal expectations will be a personal experience only and should not be compared to any of the statements herein.

     I encourage you to try my Vanilla Chai Body scrub and enjoy "Living Natural".

Cj Watts

**Ingredients**

Organic Coconut Oil; Raw Honey; Real Vanilla Extract; Vitamin E; Cinnamon; Chai Spices & Herbs; & a Proprietary Natural Exfoliant"

"What's in the Box I'll get?"

1 (one) 4 (four) ounce jar of Living Natural Vanilla Chai Body Scrub with the ingredients noted above. Each jar has been weighed and some jars may have some tiny air bubbles but they still weighed in at the proper weight. Each plastic jar is double walled for insulation to assist in the shelf life (it does not need to be refrigerated) and also to the double insulation has proven to assist in shipping. The shelf life should not extend beyond 1 (one) month before the entire contents is used. On the bottom of the jar is the production date as well as a lot number.
Nothing in the staged photo is included, not the faux plant, the wooden box or the material on the floor. Only the 4oz plastic jar of the scrub is included. The staged photo is for promotional use.

~Testimonials~

   "I'm the husband and of course I was the first "testing subject" besides my wife who tested it on herself. I'm 48 years old and as a child was extremely poor so shoes were school and church mostly. Over the years of my life I went about barefoot most of the time. As such, although I can walk about easily barefoot, the skin on my feet is hard, calloused and wrinkly. I used the scrub on my feet and hands for 7 days and there were 3 things that I noticed right off. My hands and feet appeared less wrinkled, the skin on my hands and feet appeared and felt tighter and they also appeared to be smoother. I was really surprised at how well it worked."
Greg W. (Actual Field Tester) TN

    "I was very pleased with the scrub. Made my skin softer. I really liked how it felt on my heels."
Derronia G. (Actual Field Tester) KY

     "It made my hands and arms really soft. I have a rough patch of skin around a mole and it really softened up the skin around it. It also made my feet feel softer."
Syble A. (Actual Field Tester) TN

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"The Grid - The Cost Of Humanity Book 2" The Price Of Feedback

11/11/2015

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Not to many weeks from now I will be publishing "The Grid - The Cost of Humanity Book 2". It is the sequel to "Still With Eyes Closed". To date I have moved a total of 4,000 books. Through sales, Kindle lending, and promotions. Very few have taken the time to remember to leave feedback on Amazon. I asked Amazon for suggestions, from their experience those who really enjoy a book seldom remember to leave feedback. Haters seem to remember. All 3 of my books are currently getting 4 & 5 stars, but few have taken the time to do so.
When I released my first 3 books I hand gave away many signed copies, those who freely took a copy promised to leave feedback. Some have, all the others gave me a verbal 5 star rating and promised to leave the same on Amazon, few have kept that promise.
Authors need good, descriptive, thoughtful high star rating feedback to encourage others to purchase the book. With that in mind with the release of "The Grid" I have chosen to keep it as a purchase only. Ones who followed through on my other books did so for those books. I am hoping that in the end honesty plays out and my work is worth buying.
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My Submission To Scientific American On Dark Energy

11/8/2015

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This is a submission I sent to Scientific American.

To the Editor & Joshua Frieman

            This is in response to Mr. Frieman’s article in the November 2015 issue entitled “Seeing in the Dark”. I thought he presented the material in a very informative manner, one that truly captured my full attention. I am eagerly awaiting the findings of the DES study, and hope to see those results published in Scientific American magazine. I was unaware that there are as many theories as he presented to dark energy and what he presented triggered some very engaging conversations between me and my son who also has a profound interest in science. The reason for my writing this letter is to present another option, one I have been working on for the past 7+ years. I am not a physicist in any light, I hold no Phd’s, I simply read all that I can and watch all the documentaries released on all forms of physics. So with that in mind what I present is purely from a layman’s understanding of physics.

            Over a decade ago I encountered neutrinos and quickly developed a fascination for them and in turn started to learn as much as I could and take in as much as I was able to comprehend. I would stair off into “space” and run through thought exercises and at times I would dream about them. I was already trying to understand dark energy, but when I was introduced to neutrinos the two seemed to me to be a logical pairing. So I got to the dry erase board and went to work. Over the course of 7+ years I have developed what I think might be a link to understanding dark energy. I am not stating this is the answer, just maybe a small accounting for part of the answer to the gravity question. I will first present my concept and then point to the attached illustration of the equation; I do not know how to make the same thing using my keyboard so I took a photo of my dry erase board.

            To begin; I am not going to explain in detail the 3+ and 3- states of the neutrino or their nature, I am going to assume that we are all on the same page with that understanding, so from that point moving forward. We know that the state of a neutrino will alter when acted upon by other matter; we know that neutrinos exist in an innumerable state; we know they can pass through anything and alter their state as they do so. By itself a single neutrino is of insignificant mass and energy, but what if taken as a whole? Suppose the space between galaxies is packed with neutrinos and the mass of the total is a self-acting trigger for other neutrinos. In turn these countless neutrinos would be causing their nearby neutrinos to trigger a change of state, perhaps from the + to the -. These changes would occur through the whole of the universe and in turn as a whole the constant change of the neutrinos would create a gravitational wake. If you attempt to measure a single neutrino or even a small area there may not be enough mass/energy to “see” the dark energy, but we can “see” it as a whole by the way the gravity of dark energy is affecting the universe as a whole.

            So my proposal is that neutrinos fill in the missing “matter” and their acting upon one another creating a changed state and that changed state is creating a small gravitational wake that we can “see” as a whole as the gravity affecting the universe.

            Just one other thought that may or may not be related. I realize that the Pillars of Creation are within the Milky Way and that the cosmic radiation and other related factors will dictate how the clouds are formed. But all nebulas, supernova and other cosmic events are shaped and formed into the mass we see by outside factors, could it be possible that some of these shapes are caused by a neutrino gravitational wake?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

DeWayne Watts
Author “Still With Eyes Closed”; “David’s mark”; “The Boy in The Wood”

(For the attached image)
1st the 3+ & 3- states of the neutrino equals an infinity gravitational wake divided by mass displaced in spacetime by (Einstein stated that as 2 objects cannot be in the same space at the same time 2 objects of matter cannot be in the same exact time at the same time.) .10 to the 7 power of a second multiplied by omega or the maximum warp of spacetime equals the total displacement of dark-matter/dark-energy

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    DeWayne Watts: I started out writing short stories and poetry. Some of which was published in the 1980's. I have parts of 5 novels written and have completed 2 novels. I have been married over 25 years and raised 2 wonderful sons who have been a great addition to the human family.

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