18/10/2026
Withdrawal Plan 1 of 4.
Follow the diet below for anxiety, depression, insomnia, manopause, ptsd. It will help you heal fast.
Make a smoothie consisting of 1 apple, 1 carrot, 1/4 head of raw broccoli and stalks of cilantro. Add 1/4 bunch of green leafy vegetables as they are most nutrient dense. Adjust the amount accordingly. Add 2 to 4 cloves of smashed garlic, chopped into small pieces and exposed to air for about 15 minutes for the active compound, allicin, to form. Allicin is a powerful antibiotics antiviral & antifungal. Put it in your raw smoothie to kill any bad bacteria.
Expect herxing reaction. The green chlorophyll from vegetables in the smoothie will help to bind toxins to be removed out of the body.
Pour smoothie into 3 or more 300cc mason jars. Close the lids and keep in the refrigerator.
Eat a balanced diet consisting of beef liver ( sautee bombay onion, the stir fry beef liver. Add a few drops of black sesame seeds oil) pasture raised eggs, red meats, sardines, mackerel, wild caught salmon (omega-3 oil will moderate or lesson any withdrawal symptoms) & seafood.
Boil 3 to 5 half boiled eggs, (don't fully boil the eggs as it will destroy upto 70% of nutrients ). Eggs are the richest source of choline, which the brain uses to make acetylcholine, the most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain. Choline also helps the liver to detox. Eat
Take 1 jar of smoothie for bf. Plus half boiled eggs plus part of your usual bf. Similar for lunch. Take 1 jar of smoothie and eat part of your normal lunch food 1 jar for dinner plus your usual food.
You can also make green juice with above ingredients.
The green colour in vegetables is magnesium.
Take at least 60 mg zinc picolinate supplement daily in 2 doses (2 x 30 mg), 1 am and 1 pm, on its own on an empty stomach at least 1 hour before and 3 hours after food which renders zinc inactive or useless. You can take zinc with green tea to form zinc ionophores which are easily absorbed into cells.
Green tea must be made with water temperature of 70 C to 80 C to preserve the polyphenols, flavonoids and enzymes. Pour room temperature water into 1/5 cup. Add boiling water. The resultant temperature will be 70 to 80 C. Nowadays green teas also come in teabags unless you buy green tea leaves. Tear open the teabag, pour out the leaves and make green tea the traditional way. Teabags contains millions of microplastics.
You can also take zinc with apple or onions or berries to form zinc ionophores which are easily absorbed into cells. Excess zinc is flushed out by the body everyday. So you need to take zinc supplement everyday
You need to take 6mg of copper from food to balance the 60mg zinc picolinate you are taking everyday. If you take 90mg of zinc picolinate, then you need to take 9 mg of copper from food.
You can get 6 mg of copper from food by eating about 1.5 ounces of beef liver or roughly 105 grams of cooked oysters.
Top Foods High in Copper
To reach higher amounts through whole foods, focus on the most concentrated sources:
Beef liver: Just 1.5 ounces provides roughly 6 mg of copper (a 4-ounce serving has a massive 16 mg).
Cooked oysters: A 100-gram serving (about 5 to 6 medium oysters) contains around 5.7 mg of copper.
Shiitake mushrooms: One cooked cup contains about 1.3 mg.Cashews: A 1-ounce handful (about 18 nuts) provides about 0.6 mg.
Sesame and sunflower seeds: A 1-ounce serving provides 0.5 to 0.7 mg.
Dark chocolate (70–85% cocoa): A 1-ounce square contains about 0.5 mg.
Other things to do to improve your digestion and gut microbiome. Take 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of Himalayan
salt per day for yr stomach to make strongest stomach acid for digesting yr food. Take raw unpasteurised kimchi or sauerkraut to provide good bacteria to your microbiome, which produces 90 to 95% of our serotonin, the neurotransmitters that make us happy calm and confident.
Whenever you have indigestion or bloating, take 1 tablespoons of Braggs apple c***r vinegar in 1 cup of water. Use a straw to avoid the acv eroding your teeth. For me, I just drink it.
Zinc and magnesium play major roles in brain chemistry, and deficiencies in either mineral link closely to anxiety, depression, insomnia, and stress.
How Zinc and Magnesium Help
• Regulating Neurotransmitters: Both minerals help control brain signaling by blocking over-exciting receptors (like NMDA receptors) and supporting calming chemicals like GABA and serotonin.
• Lowering Stress Hormones: Magnesium helps regulate cortisol, blunting the body’s fight-or-flight response.
• Boosting Brain Plasticity: They support BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), which helps repair and grow nerve connections.
• Improving Sleep and Mood: Research shows magnesium (especially forms like magnesium glycinate or taurate) aids sleep onset and relaxation, while zinc supplementation can improve mood and boost the effectiveness of standard antidepressant therapies.
What the Research Shows
• Depression: Clinical studies show lower zinc and magnesium levels in many individuals with depression. Adding them as supportive treatments has shown positive results in lifting mood.
• Anxiety and Panic Attacks: While low mineral status worsens nervous system hyperexcitability, data on anxiety disorders and panic attacks is more mixed. Minerals help stabilize the system, but they are generally not a standalone cure for panic disorder.
• Insomnia: Magnesium trials frequently report better sleep quality and deeper rest, particularly when a dietary shortage is present.
Recommended Forms and Safety
• Magnesium Forms: Best form of magnesium os from food (calming and good for sleep).
• Zinc Forms: Zinc picolinate is often preferred for absorption.
If you are on benzodiazepines and anti-depressant, when you feel better and stabilized, it is recommended to taper off all your medicines simultaneously in accordance with the Ashton Manual available online at 10% reduction per week. At half point, reduce to 5%. The 1 week interval between reduction is to allow the brain to heal or adjusted to the reduced dose. If your brain has healed, then you dont feel any withdrawal symptoms. If your brain has healed yet, you will fell withdrawal symptoms.
You have to make smaller reductions or slow down if you experience bad withdrawal symptoms. Smaller reduction is preferable as it allows your brain to heal easily.
Taking a zinc supplement and nutritious diet as above will help your brain to heal fast.
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