Mark Hyman – Broken Brain Docu-series

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• About 20 years ago, at the start of my medical career, I went from being a healthy, thriving physician to becoming a disoriented and terrified version of myself. I woke up feeling like I didn’t even know who I was anymore. I was depressed, anxious, forgetful. It got so bad that I had a hard time following what my patients were saying during their appointments. I tried to take careful notes and keep track, but I couldn’t focus on our conversations. I couldn’t even remember anyone’s name.
• Some doctors, including my colleagues, said that I was depressed and recommended taking anti-depressants. I saw a few psychiatrists who suggested anti-anxiety medication. My family doctor prescribed me sleeping medication, and a neurologist told me that I had ADD and needed stimulants. Other doctors told me that I had chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. At that point, I was exhausted and I needed answers. All that I knew for sure was that my brain was broken. I was depressed, my memory was failing me, and my body just wasn’t working the way it used to.
• These doctors had good intentions, but all of the recommendations for another pill did not sit well with me. So, I decided to go on my own journey to heal my broken brain.
• It was at this time that I discovered the power of functional medicine and the idea that every system in our body is connected — everything we eat, do, say, think and how we live can influence all aspects of our health, including that of our brain. That was a revolutionary moment for me. It was the moment that I realized my brain disorder was not localized in my brain; maybe the root cause was in the rest of my body.
• Treating my own brain disorder led to me to the world of functional medicine. Although suffering from anxiety, depression, ADHD and brain fog was difficult, to say the least, I truly believe that I went through this experience to discover a revolutionary approach to treating chronic disease.
• Functional medicine has helped thousands of my patients, and the patients of other practitioners, recover from a broken brain. Now, I want to help you identify some of the root causes for brain disorders and how we can recover from them. This is why, for the past year, my team and I have been working on an eight-part docuseries about brain health called the Broken Brain Docuseries.
• Our broken brains cause many problems such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disease, personality disorders, addictions, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder, autism, Asperger’s, learning difficulties and dyslexia. A broken brain also includes psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia or mania and all the neurodegenerative diseases of aging – especially Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
• There are also brain problems that fall on the lighter side of the broken-brain continuum. These are challenges that many psychiatrists and neurologists might brush aside, but they are the most common complaints that I hear about in my office. These problems include chronic stress, lack of focus, poor concentration, brain fog, anger, mood swings, sleep problems or just feeling a bit anxious or depressed most of the time. These are all treatable.

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