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Jock Gartshore

Started 01/2026

In Remission From OCD

Key Symptoms Addressed

OCD

Anxiety and Depression

In My Own Words

“I've experienced OCD throughout its entire spectrum of severity, from so severe I couldn't function in society without high doses of psychiatric medication to clinical remission. Metabolic therapies haven't changed my life; they've saved my life.”

My Top 3 Strategies

Ketogenic therapy, sleep and circadian rhythm optimisation and an exercise protocol that is targeted at developing all aspects of athleticism and physical capability.

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My THINK+SMART Story

I've suffered with the symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for as long as I can remember. I received a formal diagnosis sometime in primary school, after I worked up the courage to share with somebody these things I was experiencing, which I knew were not normal and caused me high levels of distress.

This condition has wreaked havoc on my life for 32 years, and there appeared to be no escaping it, only learning how to live with it, as terrible as my life was living with it.

I tried psychotherapy, during which I learned strategies like Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy, the so called "Gold Standard' for treating OCD. The effectiveness of this treatment was limited, though, as the severity of my condition made it almost impossible to break free from the compulsions. Even if I did manage to break one, I would soon enough develop a new one in what was a seemingly never ending cycle.

I tried Pharmacotherapy, but my experiences with psychiatric medications were always terrible, and I was never able to continue using them for any length of time. OCD is typically treated with high doses of SSRI's, often much higher than is used for depression or other psychiatric conditions, and the side effects from these medications include complete emotional blunting, to the point where you almost feel no emotion whatsoever, lack of motivation to do anything, and a complete loss of sexual function, just to name a few.

After I quit the last drug I tried, I virtually lost all hope. My symptoms were the worst they had ever been, and I truly believed my life was all but over. As dark as this time was for me, there's always been a part of me that has never ok with just throwing the towel in. I spent every minute of my days scouring the internet for any scrap of information that might provide some hope. I thought, "There has to be somebody out there that knows something. There always is". After what was probably hundreds of hours that I'd put into this search for something, I just so happened to stumble across a few sentences about this thing called 'ketogenic therapy' for severe mental illnesses. From that point forward, the algorithms did what they were built to do, and I discovered the work of Dr. Chris Palmer, Dr. Georgia Ede and Dr. Bret Scher. So began a journey that has ultimately freed me from the hell I lived in and given me a life I never believed I would get to have. Metabolic therapies didn't change my life; they saved my life.

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Started Journey: 2022

Last Updated: June 10, 2026

Jock Gartshore

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