by “Nearly six years after embarking on her feces experiment in November 2016, Dudley has retired her blender. After completing ten fecal transplants, she found herself free of depression by March of the following year and, under the supervision of her psychiatrist, medication free by August. Today she is well and living a full life. Of the transformation she says, “I started to like myself for no reason. I started to feel joy for no reason. I went from being completely disabled to being a fully functional adult.”
“She had nine FMT treatments over a period of 11 months. Within 6 months of doing FMT, she was symptom free from depression. She has not been depressed since March 2017 or been manic since September 2017. She has remained symptom free, is no longer on medication and has lost 33 kg in weight. I speculate that her weight loss may be due to her changed microbiome, as well as her having stopped taking psychotropic medication. J went from being functionally disabled to running a small business and has published two books.”
“The results of the study, published in the international journal BMC Medicine, showed that participants in the dietary intervention group had a much greater reduction in their depressive symptoms over the three-month period, compared to those in the social support group.”
