Ren has lyme disease. He was misdiagnosed for almost a decade and told it was all in his head. He ended up suffering from psychosis and PTSD because of it. He has been in Canada for almost a year receiving special treatments trying to fix the damage done to his body.
@Professor-hw2dd11 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same thing.
@knightmere45-uj34511 ай бұрын
Damn tragic we all hope ren gets better
@JonNo8611 ай бұрын
HAD Lyme disease, but he's currently battling MCAS. His stem cell transplant in 2016 cured him of Lyme, but he had it for so long he contacted other conditions. He's in Canada trying to get his MCAS under control.
@neurocide11 ай бұрын
@@JonNo86Still HAS Lyme disease. Stem cell therapy doesn't cure Lyme but helps fixing some of the damage like the various inflammations that come with the disease.
@JonNo8611 ай бұрын
@@neurocide He has said in past livestreams that he's no longer battling Lyme, but he's battling with the side effects of having it for so long such as brain damage. He also said that having an autoimmune condition like Lyme run rampant for so long that it breeds other autoimmune conditions, hence why he's currently battling MCAS.
@docdurdin11 ай бұрын
For REN, this was truly his reality. Ren had misdiagnosed Lyme disease for 7 years by conventional doctors who deemed him mentally ill, but when patients are experiencing neurological symptoms, they very often become misdiagnosed. Lyme disease can present itself as many neurological conditions including Acute Transverse Myelitis[3], Ptosis[4], Seizures, and Chronic Fatigue[1] and these symptoms can be often misdiagnosed or deemed psychosomatic. Second is dealing with the symptoms of Lyme neuroborreliosis, these neurological symptoms often leave patients feeling drained and debilitated as they begin losing their quality of life. Over time, patients find themselves unable to do the things they love as they struggle to get ahead of their progressing symptoms.
@theamazingtif11 ай бұрын
And he’s still receiving treatments to deal with the fallout to this day.
@BrotherPraetus11 ай бұрын
The f'd up thing is how easy it is to catch Lyme disease, yet it is incredibly rare for doctors to ever look for it.
@NotAGovernmentAgent11 ай бұрын
yeah, we know
@theamazingtif11 ай бұрын
@@NotAGovernmentAgent thanks Hun.
@Danandrea91911 ай бұрын
I was misdiagnosed for 25 years, used as a Guinea pig for the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex throughout it all... Driven insane with the psych meds, driven to addiction with pain pills, anxiety meds, sleep meds, adderal... My heart stopped and I now have a pacemaker/defibrillator... Lyme was finally diagnosed, went off ALL the meds, and at 59 I'm finally awake and aware! Ren is a GIFT to my soul!! He GETS IT!! And he's bringing us together through his gift. We are no longer alone in our experiences. Much love! ❤
@RhamanaChan11 ай бұрын
Ren has Lyme Disease but it was misdiagnosed for close to 10 years as all kinds of mental issues, he was very very sick for a long time, bedridden for 23 hours a day.
@musicNix1234511 ай бұрын
That epic choir sample is Bre Petrunko by Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble
@rw90196 ай бұрын
Thank you
@markwilson701311 ай бұрын
Imagine everything you said about Ren's illness, only both himself and those 'treating' him didn't know he had Lyme disease and so they started saying it was all in Ren's head (and giving him a load of drugs that further damaged him he didn't need). Then imagine what that would do to a person when you don't even have enough energy to get out of bed and don't understand why! If you guessed psychosis then go to the top of the class 😮
@lesleyd244811 ай бұрын
REN is an inspiration and giving hope to others that are suffering from similar conditions. He’s also a lyrical and musical genius. 💜💜🔥🔥
@hazmania11 ай бұрын
REN was treated (mistreated) unbelievably badly, some of the doctors he saw actually laughed at him! I hope they suffer guilt for that, it’s inexcusable for a doctor to laugh at someone describing symptoms & pain. My heart hurts for h8m & the harm done to him by doctors that just didn’t bloody care!
@ElWray811 ай бұрын
Ren has autoimmune disease (Lyme's Disease) from a tick bite. He was misdiagnosed for many years, receiving all sorts of treatments and drugs that never helped.
@ElWray811 ай бұрын
He eventually received stem cell treatment which did help him recover to a degree. Now he's getting treatment in Canada to rebuild his immune system, undo the brain damage, etc..
@ammogan11 ай бұрын
All while being told by medical professionals, it was all in his head. Leaving Lyme to ravage his immune system and cause brain damage.
@rivernuri11 ай бұрын
As people have said, he had misdiagnosed Lyme disease. But because of some of the treatments and incorrect treatments, he now also has mast cell activation and stripped myelin
@gurulimbo11 ай бұрын
Ren should have come to you years ago before seeing all the doctors and misdiagnosis! Glad you finally got to this one. Your reactions are always on point! Please do all the Ren!
@musicNix1234511 ай бұрын
That beat is sick, boi!
@Hexenkind111 ай бұрын
Yes, ren has lyme. He also was misdiagnosed for many years. Which is why he had many other side effects that were unnecessary. Now he is in canada for special treatments since almost a year while all of his rise is going on. October 13th the album is coming out and he has a good change with a fantastic chart position. As a independent artist no less.
@TheSyncos11 ай бұрын
Boyd, you constantly impress me with how insightful you are when looking into the lyrics of things, but this is the first time I've been straight up shocked, because of your baseline knowledge of just illness and treatments. Is there training there? or just well-read I wonder. On a side note, I think "Losing *patience* (patients) with the process" is one of the greatest doubles.
@mrlboydmusic11 ай бұрын
i read many medical books and anatomy books growing up that were all around my house
@james4473911 ай бұрын
Love your breakdown’s brother! U never disappoint! 💯❤️
@vanburger11 ай бұрын
Yes .. instead of Lyme disease, he was treated as though he had bipolar because he had years of misdiagnosis and was fed drugs like diazapam and sertraline which like he said in Hi Ren gave him psychosis. This song and his new songs were penned when Ren was at his most psychotic. Actually sick boy came at a similar time as hi Ren. In order his songs make a lot of sense. He's now being treated in Canada for his Lyme disease. Knowing when his songs were penned is key to Rens music. They have come to us out of order because he was bed ridden for about 8 years.
@spruce38111 ай бұрын
As every squirrel knows, having a billion nuts is no fun, if the forest and all the other squirrels are dead - Ren spitting truth to power.
@kurtzbomb11 ай бұрын
Ren has lymes disease that was misdiagnosed for about 10 years. It's actually quite heartbreaking what he went through. He's currently in Canada receiving medical treatment. He has been there for almost a year now. So, all of the songs you have reacted to were written while being very sick. So, now maybe their lyrics and the topics will make more sense to you.
@melodyyoung96404 ай бұрын
I do appreciate that Boyd has a base of knowledge.
@leonfourie929111 ай бұрын
you are the smartest reactor i watch really enjoy it
@yolandescheepers726211 ай бұрын
One of the best breakdowns I've seen...❤❤
@A_Curious_Curator5 ай бұрын
What an amazing analysis.
@TheSwede911 ай бұрын
Your Ren reactions are fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyable, you got all the info from other commenters just wanted to show some appreciation
@RootsMj10 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved your reaction and the knowledge you dropped. RENegade for life!
@protarget111 ай бұрын
As mentioned He was misdiagnosed ME, When actually had Lyme Disease. He finally found out 10yrs later at 27yrs old. The Lyme disease has gone, but what he's left with is the effects of Lyme D, but far worse, is the side effects Ren's suffering from all the medication he took for ME, which didn't need. If caught early Lyme D. can be cured easily with anti biotics,
@LHartman-gj7dl11 ай бұрын
If you haven't done Money Game you really should. There are two parts (watch the lyric video for part 2) but you'll really get it i think. Part 3 comes out in 3 weeks and Ren is really excited about it. If you've already done them, I'll check when I've finished this, then apologies for missing them! Ren was misdiagnosed for so long and medicated for the wrong things for years, including i believe for trauma response (ie his mind was making him sick), he was utterly debilitated by the meds and Lymes. A lot of his older songs give a real insight into this period of his life. 🖤
@LHartman-gj7dl11 ай бұрын
In the end, after trying everything, even "snake oil" he realised he had Lymes but couldn't convince Drs, so lied about his symptoms so he would be given the correct antibiotics for Lymes, which started to work, so he knew he was on the right track, he then self funded two stem cell treatments, and that was the beginning of his road to recovery. A road he's still on.
@LHartman-gj7dl11 ай бұрын
Great reaction by the way!!
@winterlady9 ай бұрын
Great reaction, as always! More Ren!
@michaelaghmalone-hansen565611 ай бұрын
He has Lymes disease and is currently undergoing Stem cell procedures in Canada. He was misdiagnosed for 10+ years and given incorrect meds for Bipolar and other illnesses which had a dire effect on his mental health and health in general, which left him bedridden for a number of years, suffering psychosis and unable to keep food down.
@francesdoll403911 ай бұрын
He is Not getting stem cell treatment in Canada. He got stem cells in 2016-17 which allowed him to rejoin life. Once this album is released he will get heavy duty antibiotics which will come ith a heavy reaction because of his autoimmunity. It's called a Herxheimer reaction. They are trying to reduce inflamation and toxins that were built up over the years in order to allow his brain to heal. No guarantees. He will likely be dealing with autoimmunity for life . He is such an inspiration.
@steveherman690911 ай бұрын
Thank you sir, for one of the top reactions I have seen to date regarding this Ren track. From the start, and your statement regarding how hypochondria can manifest a physical response, through your closing thoughts advocating the need for change, you once again went through said door of a standard reaction cave, if you will. It doesn't take total anarchy to not be complacent and want to explore new concepts and options. Independent thought and curiosity are regarded as an enemy of the broken systems that are making humanity atrophy while destroying the natural world. Perhaps as more folks champion breaking free from the herd and actually do so, some establishments may fall into chaos, but we may be the better for it. Looking forward to more of your insights as your reactions are nearly always though provoking.
@ottharald292711 ай бұрын
really well spoken reaction for the truth whatever it seems to be. You're my top reactor.
@jasonhumphrey89386 ай бұрын
Man how are you so smart everything ive see you react to you always have something in you brain pocket to dazzle me with I love it
@mldkenny11 ай бұрын
Such a brilliant in-depth reaction to this powerful track.
@improveourselves392911 ай бұрын
Periodically narrowing focus to view shadows on the cave wall can help you see additional patterns to the degree that you can remain objective. The utility of this is finding ways to help educate those within the cave to find their own path out. But yes, stepping outside the cave is the only way to see sufficient context to gain wisdom. And once one steps outside, as long as they don't cower and run back inside never to return, the perspective shifts so that those who love being inside the cave wall become seen as petty and foolish. The darkness is the path to the outside, but only the mentally brave are willing to fully face the darkness. And that is the difference.
@mama-llama452711 ай бұрын
You consistently deliver great content. I love your insights.
@mauraleib11 ай бұрын
Your reactions are always very thought provoking-another excellent one ❤
@alexlowe882911 ай бұрын
Much Love.
@Megan-Bradley11 ай бұрын
Check out his story! It will make his music make more sense to you! Great reaction as always! Always love listening to your intelligence!💚
@philflynn916111 ай бұрын
Dude you fuckin rock! A couple of years ago i found your channel. I was at home helping my Da while he was very sick. When he was sleeping i would put on your videos:)
@DaveEd2499.5 ай бұрын
It took you one song and less than 30 seconds to know it was Lyme. It took the NHS nearly a decade to get that right.
@davedavenport867325 күн бұрын
to be fair, they didn't know he was bitten by a tick, but yeah, it can be tough to diagnose long after the fact.
@gritz-blitz536411 ай бұрын
You're one of my favorite reactors great reaction Ren is a legend
@Sirhijinx6 ай бұрын
Check out "Illist Of Our Time" - Ren
@kellyt534111 ай бұрын
The antibiotics would of been great 8 or so yrs ago when he was likely showing first symptoms of the lymes disease. But after yrs of lymes disease tearing through his body and deteriorating it he developed autoimmune disease and psychosis. Along with all the psycho meds they gave him because it was just in his head and nothing else was wrong, he developed many more issues. Only now after all these yrs is he trying to repair some of the damage. The whole incident ruined many parts of his body and his brain.
@dainquiring18018 ай бұрын
If you are on any pills for your mental health eventually your brain does build a tolerance and you have to slowly switch to a new one, the process of even switching can take your through an emotional and medical nightmare being weened off your old stuff to the new stuff kicking in.
@nmcnea77111 ай бұрын
Were you a medical student, the biggest medical hobbyist, or a tick enthusiast? Damn, man
@8starling11 ай бұрын
I believe it was Lyme's Disease that was undiagnosed for a period of time.
@ginaarendtson947811 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@lbow0911 ай бұрын
Great reaction! I knew it would be! I feel like your next step should be 'Money Game'.
@theamazingtif11 ай бұрын
You’ve got it. All his music hits a little different when you understand he’s writing his way through this all of this.
@firstbornunicorn154511 ай бұрын
Wow what an analysis!! Just wanted to add that Ren received 2 stem cell procedures back starting around 2016 (hence the stem cell poster boy) which basically is what brought him back to the land of the living giving him some form of quality of life away from being bedridden for nearly a decade. His treatments in Canada now are to help improve things even more.
@emilianoserranosouza199111 ай бұрын
Great analysis!!
@darelynborunda337611 ай бұрын
Word
@albaPhenom5 ай бұрын
Listening to this video I'm just realising Mr L Boyd is a doctor.
@NilZed111 ай бұрын
They missed the bullseye phase at the start, and only understood he was sick when the more serious longer term symptoms showed up. And they missed it. Nothing physical responded to treatments so they efrbtualky told him is was in his head and started treating mental diseases that didn’t exist. Plus all of this obviously made him depressed. Plus the Lyme disease itself, when untreated, eventually effects the brain...
@jasonstewart399611 ай бұрын
He does have lyme disease. Im sure many people have explained to you by now what Ren has been thru and is still going thru. But man you're a smart mofo. Ive noticed that in all your reactions but your breakdown to figure out it was lyme by the lyrics was crazy smart!
@habiks11 ай бұрын
Was waiting for this.. was worth it :)
@user-fu3cf9vp4w11 ай бұрын
Tens so 🔥 🔥🔥🔥and as handsome as he is talented ❤
@BestPartz9 ай бұрын
Loved your thoughtful analysis. I actually planned on doing a thing on the parable of the cave regarding Ren on my channel. Great job. Subbed.
@lindapease62011 ай бұрын
Love your reactions man. Ren is truly an example of someone who has gone through the wringer and continues to persevere in his creativity, his mission and his life and is an inspiration to us all. I loved the Plato analogy.
@shannonlasell29 күн бұрын
stopping by not sure if i saw it or not but everyonce in a while i go back to old reactions for the heck of it
@zainlevett373111 ай бұрын
Have to be honest your best review yet. Honest and from the heart
@lostcomicjunkie272411 ай бұрын
... shadow of Plato...TRUTH!
@guitarmuscle696811 ай бұрын
The Lyme Disease was ravaging his body for years causing damage while in the mean time he was being misdiagnosed and being told his physical ailments were all in his head, this caused him real mental health problems along with being givens Medication that he didn't need and which caused him other problems.
@projectgibb958011 ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯 good video 👍🏽
@johnforkan149221 күн бұрын
8/10 review
@UKmarlee11 ай бұрын
Show! That simple,!❤
@sandracole257811 ай бұрын
Hey there Doctor Boyd !!
@bradturner855211 ай бұрын
A patient cured is a customer lost
@albamartinez498711 ай бұрын
This doesn't apply in the UK. We don't pay for our health care like Americans do. A small portion of our wages comes out monthly if we work as a contribution to all, if you dont work you dont get charged and everyone gets healthcare without charge. The most we pay is for our medicines and they are all subsidised, so regardless of the prescription wr only pay about £10. Unless you have a chronic condition like diabetes or are elderly/pregnant or under 18 . Then it's free. All the contrary, our NHS has been so underfunded over the last few years that it's barely able to cope anymore. Add that to the problem that Lyme disease is not very common here. So they probably looked for obvious reasons as to why he was complaining and when they didn't find them they fobbed him off as a mental health case. He was unlucky that no one took him seriously and didn't want to spend any further resources on finding out what was wrong.
@deliciousficticious315011 ай бұрын
Love the plato reference
@charleen207411 ай бұрын
Love all your reactions!! You are so insightful!❤
@jane-ju2op11 ай бұрын
Great commentary
@dianesorensen254911 ай бұрын
Genius. The History of the end of the world.
@marithibaut786811 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comments, they show me an authentic and well-educated man. I appreciate this.
@memento797911 ай бұрын
Love MrLBoyd for this, picks up so quick the sickness, pays so close attention and catches it so fast. Love your reactions, never wastes time getting into it either.
@mrsainsburys110 ай бұрын
Another wonderful enlightening reaction, thank you 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍
@pirada7411 ай бұрын
❤
@skunkworksu763811 ай бұрын
Surprised you had not done this one😮
@zebblensheick869410 ай бұрын
Dude, love your mind. People on the spectrum are freaking amazing. See one "Hugh Ross." Great reaction, love the channel.
@Longplay4411 ай бұрын
His misdiagnosis and subsequent suffering have obviously deeply effected Ren. It is a common thread in a lot of his songs. Can’t imagine being told I was crazy just imagining my symptoms then to find out the Doctors were wrong. I’d be pissed enough to start knocking a few of them around.
@murraycruickshank476411 ай бұрын
A monumental moment in the late 1980’s music and top quality. This is the Coldcut remix, with many additional samples. The one you said you recognised was Ofra Haza ‘Im Nin’Alu’
@deanc48611 ай бұрын
Thanks for the music reaction and also the breakdown on Lyme disease in a snapshot. Very interesting. This sounds like a topic you have a personal connection to.
@siwlasilva11 ай бұрын
This is what I love about your pieces: all of.a sudden we're having Plato brought up... 😊🌻❤️
@lokithecat722511 ай бұрын
She sells Seashells, on the Seashore.
@michellewright947811 ай бұрын
He has Lyme but was misdiagnosed for like 8 years. That led to many other illnesses
@Vmcf196811 ай бұрын
don't apologize for being brilliant. that was a great reaction. you see through a filter of such a vast general knowledge, it's fun to watch your mind work.
@yeahnahbeauty10 ай бұрын
have you listened to ren and chinchilla do Chalk outlines yet, amazingly raw
@irmaamri624911 ай бұрын
You’re not a buzz-kill. Whenever I hear the truth spoken about climate in an unexpected context it is deeply consoling and encouraging. Thank you for your clarity and passion. I’m clinging to the hope the indicators of breakdown can trigger a big enough change in time to save ecosystems. But it seems we need to go close to the brink before politicians and world leaders will act. My guess is it’ll happen when they’re scared of us (all of us) rather than when they grasp the reality of climate breakdown. Love this breakdown. You seem very knowledgeable about medicine. I hope that’s because of your profession (?) and not because you or someone close to you is ill
@jasonbooth985810 ай бұрын
Damn, thats the first time ive seen a reactor bring up the allegory of the cave. Love it. Brings back intro to philosophy memories.
@reinori832211 ай бұрын
"Has the social contract been broken?" Personally, I have never put much stock into the social contract notion of civilization. It has always been a dominance and submission thing since the Sumerians took the grain from the farmers and doled it out based on fidelity to the priests. If that is a contract, it is unconscionable. It was coerced based on the false assumption that you, the farmer, would be protected, provided for, and be shown the path to ascension. "You will own nothing and be happy." - Klaus Schwab
@sem1conscious11 ай бұрын
I love how the worker almost cuts Ren off with her response a split second before Ren finishes a sentence. Gotta see the next patient asap. Whats worst than ignorance is being confidently wrong.
@raymondduncil578611 ай бұрын
I saw him around but wasn't in the headspace for a new music. Gave in just last night and dammm I wish I wouldn't have waited. Great react as always. By far my fav human reactor outta all of em .
@jp831811 ай бұрын
Alright this one dipped into heavy satire with the hydro-somethin A and "read it recently in a medical journal" bit. I prefer when you keep it subtle.
@steviehinton940311 ай бұрын
He was misdiagnosed for years (so Lyme disease ran rampant), leading him to M.E., psychosis, chronic fatigue, inflammation everywhere. He is still being treated for the issues. He had to go to Canada for help.
@CrAck-MoNey11 ай бұрын
Your ending is not a buzz kill. It's reality. We have been living an alternate blinding reality. It takes guts to pull the vail and see the light clearly.
@matthewwalker543011 ай бұрын
I'll go out the cave door, absolutely, but the fact is that I'll always seek to return to the cave because the cave is safe and comfortable. There is no point going through that door and just wandering off into the darkness & light of the 'real world' if nobody ever goes with you either, you just end up getting lost. Never be afraid to walk through that door, but never be afraid to return to the sanctity of the cave either. It is a 2 way door.
@quinjesuis918711 ай бұрын
Totally awesome 🖤
@natahliak76917 ай бұрын
As someone going through CAEBV I agree the meds are terrifying at times. Especially steroids for me. Stem Cell transplant is next on the cards. I feel every word of this man.
@Crazycanuq11 ай бұрын
Promo vid is for sick boi 2 can't wait fire reaction as always
@sampanther885411 ай бұрын
Excellant reaction 👍👌❤️ something is gotta give.. Think it's getting to a breaking point 😏 need to change 😉
@user-rk5bx8hr4y4 ай бұрын
im impressed by your pharmacological knowledge..new to your chanel what is your day job?
@ozwaltreacts470911 ай бұрын
People say Lyme and that's true but he has given an update since he went to the hospital in Canada. He was diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. I have that too so I'm really familiar with it. It's a mechanistic diagnoses rather than a causative one if that makes any sense. Mast cells are the cells that degranulate and cause the inflammatory response. WIth MCAS your cells degranulate in an abnormal way and in response to a lot of triggers and cause multisystemic inflammatory response and it can be any system including the brain. That's where a lot of the psych stuff comes in. When you have encephalitis you are gonna not think or behave correctly.