<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2117852/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Eric Smith shares his remarkable journey from child piano prodigy to mental health advocate after battling psychosis and addiction. </p><p>His story reveals how finding the right medication after a decade of failed treatments transformed his life from hospitalization and FBI involvement to becoming a Texas Judicial Commissioner on Mental Health.<br><br>• Displayed extraordinary musical talent from age three, studying under world-renowned pianists and performing with Grammy winners<br>• Experienced early warning signs when grades declined in middle school, with a psychologist predicting future psychosis<br>• Developed full-blown psychosis after getting sober, believing he had decoded assassination plots involving world leaders<br>• Contacted the FBI about his delusions, leading to multiple meetings before his parents sought help from his former psychiatrist<br>• Required three hospitalizations over several years before finding success with Clozapine after more than 10 years of failed medications<br>• Experienced a profound moment of clarity two weeks after starting Clozapine when the "noise" in his mind quieted<br>• Returned to education, maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA through graduate school<br>• Now serves as a commissioner with the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health and runs his own consulting business<br>• Advocates for better access to effective treatments like Clozapine, which international guidelines recommend after two failed antipsychotics<br><br>Visit www.ericwtsmith.com to learn more about Eric's consulting work or to contact him directly.<br><br><br></p><p>https://tonymantor.com<br>https://Facebook.com/tonymantor<br>https://instagram.com/tonymantor<br>https://twitter.com/tonymantor<br>https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic<br>intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild<br>Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)</p>