00:00 Why Denervation Can Cause Spasticity (Key Neurology Principle) 01:09 Podcast Intro + Quick Housekeeping (Dogs, Door, and Vigilance) 02:30 The "Impossible" Case: Meige Syndrome Explained 03:42 Vagus Nerve Clues & First-Day FSM Results 07:05 Building the Brain Protocol: Pons Neurotransmitters + Botox Context 08:43 Day Two Strategy: Quiet Basal Ganglia & Cerebellum, Support the Pons 11:59 How She Decides What to Change Mid-Treatment...
00:00 Why Denervation Can Cause Spasticity (Key Neurology Principle)
01:09 Podcast Intro + Quick Housekeeping (Dogs, Door, and Vigilance)
02:30 The "Impossible" Case: Meige Syndrome Explained
03:42 Vagus Nerve Clues & First-Day FSM Results
07:05 Building the Brain Protocol: Pons Neurotransmitters + Botox Context
08:43 Day Two Strategy: Quiet Basal Ganglia & Cerebellum, Support the Pons
11:59 How She Decides What to Change Mid-Treatment (Intuition + Feedback)
12:44 Substrate Matters: GABA/5-HTP Support When Forcing Secretions
18:18 Emotional Frequencies + Speech Pathways (Why Words Triggered Eye Closure)
23:47 Looking It Up Is the Skill: First Principles, Collaboration, and Finding FSM
28:24 CustomCare as Ongoing Management + "FSM First Aid" Protocols
32:11 Root Cause Timeline: Stress Triggers, Misdiagnosis, and Why Medicine Gets Stuck
34:55 Quick Fixes vs Root Cause: Botox, Hyperacusis & Vagus Nerve Clues
35:59 Why the Pons Keeps Showing Up: Patterns, TIAs & Frequency Results
37:41 Rehab Courses Mindset: Assess, Measure, and Prove Progress
39:16 Setting Realistic Expectations: ROM Gains, Pain, and the "Titanium Knee" Reality
41:58 Metrics Beyond Numbers: Confidence, Mood, and the Emotional Work of Healing
44:46 Keep Learning + Resources: Advanced Courses & "Molecules of Behavior" Lectures
46:26 Case Q&A: Spontaneous Pneumothorax—Pleura Scarring, Hypermobility & Breath Coaching
52:02 Hypermobility on Your Radar: Memory Complaints, Mini Mental Status Checks & Re-testing
55:56 Trauma Cases & Documentation: Auto Accidents, Forensics, and Imaging/PT Referrals
58:52 Wrap-Up: Daughter Update, Advanced Signup, Foundation Mission + Podcast Disclaimer
In this episode of the Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss approaching complex, unfamiliar cases by returning to first principles, researching in real time, and collaborating with patients. Dr. Carol shares a case of Meige (MEIGE) syndrome involving severe facial muscle spasticity and involuntary eye closure triggered by speaking, plus light sensitivity, absent gag reflex (partially restored after chiropractic care), elevated shoulders, and a history of extreme stress and childhood abuse. After identifying likely involvement of cranial nerve VII and structures associated with the pons, vagus, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and medulla, they describe an evolving FSM strategy: running protocols such as concussion and vagus/vagal tone, pons repair, increasing secretions in the pons, and "quieting" the basal ganglia and cerebellum (including noting 40/988 for quieting basal ganglia). They discuss searching neurotransmitters of the pons (acetylcholine, GABA, serotonin, norepinephrine), emphasizing inhibitory support via GABA and serotonin, supplementing with chewable GABA and later ordering 5-HTP, and the concept that using "increase secretions" can require providing precursors/substrate to avoid depletion. They also add emotional frequencies for fear/terror and note functional changes across two days, including relaxed facial muscles and improved blinking and speech-related eye control, then send the patient home with a five-hour nighttime program and a loaner device, with follow-up planned. The conversation also covers patient education, expectations and management with CustomCare devices, tracking outcomes with metrics like range of motion and confidence.
