Isiguli sathunyelwa udokotela ukuze athole ukwelashwa kwengqondo kanye nemithi lapho esethulwa. Umlando wangaphambili wawuhlanganisa izimpawu ezinzima kakhulu ekushintsheni imithi kanye nokuphuma ekulawuleni ukuzalwa kwama-hormonal. Nakuba ayemithi, wethula ukugula okubuhlungu futhi ekhala njalo, echaza ukungasebenzi kahle kwengqondo kanye nezimpawu zokucabanga, ikakhulukazi emijikelezweni yamahomoni. Izimpawu eziwohlozayo zokukhathazeka nokuyaluza zazibangele ubunzima bokuqeda imisebenzi yansuku zonke ngaphandle kokukhungatheka okukhulu. Ngemva kokuqaliswa kokudla kwe-ketogenic iklayenti libika ukungasebenzi kahle kwemizwelo kanye nokucindezeleka okuzungeze umjikelezo walo, lizizwa "lizolile futhi likhona kakhulu" futhi lingakhungatheki kancane.
Iklayenti manje sethula isimo sengqondo esizinzile nomsebenzi omuhle wokuqonda. Useqalile ukusebenza kakhulu futhi ethatha imfundo eqhubekayo emkhakheni wakhe. Usekhethe ukuqhubeka nemithi yakhe ngalesi sikhathi. Uncoma kakhulu abantu abaphethwe yi-bipolar disorder ukuthi bahlole ukudla kwe-ketogenic njengendlela yokwelapha.
“Ngemva kokunikezwa ama-antipsychotic, imishanguzo yokukhathazeka, ukuthola njalo ukutshopa nokuzama ukwenza izinto eziningi zokuzindla nokuzindla, ukudla i-keto kuye kwafakazela ukuthi kunenzuzo enkulu kakhulu. Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho ngikopela ngibuyela ngokushesha esimweni sokucasuka kakhulu ngokuvuselela izindlebe. Okuwukuphela kwento engithobayo ukwazi ukuthi ukudla okuhlanzekile/i-keto kuzonginika impumuzo engiyidingayo.”