"Trump derangement syndrome" - Joe Rogan's podcast guest gets brutally honest on how media overdose is affecting mental health

In the latest episode (#2262) of The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast, neuroregenerative medicine expert Dr. Mark Gordon shared his knowledge about mental health and the factors that affect it.

Joe Rogan and Dr. Gordon discussed various topics in the podcast. The doctor shared insights on how constant exposure to media changes inflammation in the brain and affects mental health. He also revealed that people didn't like the title of his article, “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” and how it impacted the reception. He explained:

“I've been doing for the last 30 years has been based upon inflammation in the brain, and the inflammation is what stops all the chemistry and why we develop anger and problems. I don't know if you saw the article, which is called "Influence of Media on the Mental Health of America," which used to be called the Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I got so much backlash from having that title, people wouldn't read it because of the title.”

Furthermore, Dr. Gordon shared the details of the article and explained how media exposure leads to increased cortisol levels and reduced serotonin, resulting in feelings of depression. The doctor said:

“It talks about how constant stress from the media echo chambers, social media, reading all this causes cortisol to go up, no doubt, and it shuts down a chemical that protects your brain called fractalkine. Then it starts dumping all this inflammation and causes loss of serotonin, so you become more depressed. It causes loss of melatonin, so you can't sleep. It generates another group of chemicals that induce depression.”

Check out Mark Gordon's comments below (00:02:05):

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Joe Rogan’s guest shares his experience with psychedelic treatment for mental health

On episode #2251 of JRE, W. Bryan Hubbard shared his experience using Ibogaine and revealed how it helped his wife, who had been on Celexa for mood swing disorder, stop taking the medication. Hubbard said:

"The greatest attribute that ibogaine has is its ability to affirm the reality of our human divinity... My wife and I traveled to Tijuana a year ago. She had been on Celexa for 21 years to manage symptoms of a profound mood disorder, which manifested through psychotic mood swings that have affected her since the birth of her son. If I was going to be an advocate for this, I thought that it was necessary to take my own medicine. If I'm going to get out here and advocate for it, I need to be brave enough to man up and to receive it.”

He continued:

"I traveled down to Tijuana - along with my wife - to receive Ibogaine to understand what it would do. My wife decided that she wished to receive it, as well. She is very much a left brain rationalist and was not someone who came to the realm of pyschedelics with any degree of enthusiasm, but she wanted to see if there was the potential that she could be freed of her necessity to take Celexa everyday.”

Check out W. Bryan Hubbard’s comments below (1:53:52):