Neuroscientist🧠living with➕researching #BipolarDisorder #Neuroimaging | Postdoc Fellow @McLeanHospital/@HarvardMed | #LivedExperience #EndStigma⚡️Views=mine!

Boston, MA (USA)
Joined August 2022
I have one of those truly treatment-resistant and volatile cases of bipolar 1 disorder that finally, after 11+ years, stabilized because of a #KetogenicDiet. Remission seemed like a myth or, at best, a cruelly-unattainable state/goal. At my lowest and most suicidal…1/5
🧵Dr. Maya Schumer’s Story: A Neuroscientist’s Journey from Suicidality to Stability After 11 years of hospitalizations, suicidality, and treatment-resistant bipolar disorder, Dr. Maya Schumer, who holds a PhD in neuroscience, experienced something she never thought possible: Lasting stability. Here’s how she got there 👇 @SchumerMaya
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I am always grateful for the vulnerability and sometimes painful realities that come with lived experience. Thank you again to @SchumerMaya for sharing resources and suggestions on how people can show up for their loved ones in support, not judgmental or punitive ways.
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Shared with permission from @SchumerMaya Yesterday at #ISBD2026 , I listened to the expert panel of managing chronic suicidality in bipolar disorder. In Maya’s beautiful rock analogy, “pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t serve me” resonated with me the most.
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Very excited for my 5th @ACNPorg as a travel awardee⚡️🚀🧠✨🤓#ACNP2027 acnp has always been a special meeting—back to 2021 when I heard the term “lived experience” for the first time from Dr @KafuiDzirasa ‘s keynote and met @BStaglin from @OneMindOrg !!
Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝
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A conversation led by lived experience. “Metabolic therapies completely changed the trajectory of my mental health and gave me a new understanding of what recovery can look like.” —Donika Hristova, Metabolic Mind Fresh Start Award recipient Donika is joining the lived experience panel for @accordmetabolic alongside familiar faces from our community like @SchumerMaya and @LWSchizophrenia, moderated by Sophie Kwass. They’ll discuss how metabolic psychiatry can help people move toward greater self-agency and recovery. 🗓️ July 23 ⏰ 3-4 PM CDT 🎓 1 CE hour, CMEs and CNEs available Find the link to register in the post below.
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Looking forward to being part of this metabolic health & mental health CME course- Sept 16-19, 2026. This is an exciting, rapidly-growing field📈 that is already having ripple effects. Check it out👇👇👇🥑🧠🤓
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly. Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026. We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models. Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount. I hope you'll join us! learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
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We're excited to see this field get the Harvard stage it deserves! Earn up to 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits in a single live online conference and hear from several members of our community, including @chrispalmermd, @bretschermd, @mitopsychobio, @GuidoFrank, @DrGlandt, @KaniaZupec, @KetoPotterRDN, @matthewbaszucki, @IainCampbellPhD, @Radiantbeasting, and @LWSchizophrenia. 🗓️ Sept 16-19 Find the link to register in the post below.
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly. Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026. We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models. Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount. I hope you'll join us! learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
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"Saying most mental illnesses are related to metabolism is reductionistic." Only if you think this chart is "reductionistic."
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Great things happening at @CPDDorg in Portland today. First-ever lived experience track and man did it feel good. Thanks to @RecoveryDoctor @GarlandGerber @KeithNHumphreys @wkepner
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Looking forward to being part of this metabolic health & mental health CME course- Sept 16-19, 2026. This is an exciting, rapidly-growing field📈 that is already having ripple effects. Check it out👇👇👇🥑🧠🤓
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly. Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026. We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models. Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount. I hope you'll join us! learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
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Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly. Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026. We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models. Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount. I hope you'll join us! learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
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This video from the American Psychiatric Association is something I wasn't sure I'd ever see the likes of. Thank you @janellison for catalysing this shift.
Understanding the brain and mental health from an energetic perspective ushers psychiatry into its next phase of evolution. Exciting times!
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Understanding the brain and mental health from an energetic perspective ushers psychiatry into its next phase of evolution. Exciting times!
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I was sleeping in a lifeguard tower on a beach in Los Angeles. I had a bag of clothes, my laptop, and about three weeks of homelessness behind me. And I was floridly psychotic. I woke up in a Denny's one morning with no memory of how I got there. I was posting rap videos on Snapchat because I believed I was going to be famous. My dad found me at a Starbucks. My parents had been looking for me for days. That was the beginning of my fourth and final psychiatric hospitalization. I was 21. Three years later my mom found research on ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder. I went ketogenic. The mania stopped. I haven't been hospitalized since. I'm telling you this because somewhere, right now, there is a parent who has been told their child is treatment-resistant. That this is just going to be their life. There is hope in ketogenic and metabolic therapies.
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Severe mental illness can ruin a life. Effective treatment can restore it.
I was sleeping in a lifeguard tower on a beach in Los Angeles. I had a bag of clothes, my laptop, and about three weeks of homelessness behind me. And I was floridly psychotic. I woke up in a Denny's one morning with no memory of how I got there. I was posting rap videos on Snapchat because I believed I was going to be famous. My dad found me at a Starbucks. My parents had been looking for me for days. That was the beginning of my fourth and final psychiatric hospitalization. I was 21. Three years later my mom found research on ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder. I went ketogenic. The mania stopped. I haven't been hospitalized since. I'm telling you this because somewhere, right now, there is a parent who has been told their child is treatment-resistant. That this is just going to be their life. There is hope in ketogenic and metabolic therapies.
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“For the first time since I can remember, I felt the weight of depression lift from my mind.” 🎥 In this video, leading clinicians, researchers, and experts by experience share how ketogenic therapy is being used to support brain health and improve depressive symptoms, especially in cases where traditional treatments have fallen short. 👇 Check the first comment for a link to our new Keto for Depression Topic Page, highlighting all the available scientific evidence, expert insights, real-life stories, and resources for those exploring ketogenic therapy for depression
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Looking forward to being part of the Lived Experience Panel at the @BaszuckiGroup @mito2i @SOBP metabolic health🥑 pre-meeting in NYC on April 29th to kick off #SOBP2026⚡️⚡️⚡️come by for an exciting program!!
Join us at the SOBP Pre-Meeting on Metabolic Health in Severe Mental Illness, where we are co-hosting a full-day program exploring the intersection of metabolism and psychiatric care. Hear from leading experts across neuroscience, psychiatry, and metabolic health, from ketone biology to clinical applications. 📍 New York, NY 📅 April 29, 2026 🕣 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM Register: bit.ly/4cpCvvJ #SOBP #MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealthResearch
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🧵This World Bipolar Day there is reason for optimism. Lived experience, alongside emerging research in metabolic psychiatry, is expanding how bipolar is understood and what may be possible overtime. Here are some of our top resources highlighting the potential of ketogenic therapy for those living with bipolar disorder. 👇
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