Can Orthomolecular Psychiatry, and the use of vitamin supplements cure and treat schizophrenia?
Can Orthomolecular Psychiatry, and the use of vitamin supplements like Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Omega 3 Fish Oil, and other vitamin supplements help treat and possibly cure schizophrenia? I am concerned with the drugs I am taking to treat my schizophrenic symptoms, and their side effects. I am taking Abilify(Aripiprazole). I am concerned that over time I might develop Tardive dyskinesia, a possible side effect of the drug.
It really hurts to see a Troll, unqualified in the field of Psychiatry giving this so called "professional advice".
That is simply s.i.c.k.
It’s true that none of the five Psychiatrist I know can successfully treat schizophrenia, but it isn’t the lack of knowledge or their professional – it is due to wrong ways of treatment. They were simply not told any other way while in the university.
As an Orthomolecular Naturopath, I am able to improve the state and conditions of mild schizophrenic cases. Just with the right combination and higher dosage of vitamins and minerals than the gov.RD. It is, as the troll rightly pointed, just an biochemical imbalance of the brain.
Tardive dyskenisa is far more likely to happen after 20 years of treatment with the old-school anti-psychotics….
I would be far more worried about psychotic episodes if you discontinue treatment than a very rare side effect….
And no – no one is ever "cured" of schizophrenia – it is caused by a STRUCTURAL abnormality of the brain, which causes the brain to function differently….
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3WZPB_enUS318US333&&sa=X&ei=DaT6S4ioEoWsNuKYrYcF&ved=0CBIQvwUoAQ&q=schizophrenia+structural+abnormalities&spell=1
And you’ll notice that all the journals stopped being generated years ago – its because omega threes as a potential tx for the disorder didn’t look promising at all….
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=eicosapentaenoic+acid+schizophrenia&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
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