Posted by linkadge on July 15, 2009, at 15:14:14
In reply to Re: paranoid schizophrenia medications » vicksnow, posted by yxibow on July 15, 2009, at 14:19:54
>vitamins are fine, but they're just not going to >do anything noticeable for this condition.
I am generally not a proponent of 'vitamins' for something as severe as schizophreaia, nor would I ever recomend somebody use vitamins in place of antipsychotics. Vitamin C (specifically, however) actually does have documented antipsychotic effects. In human and animal models of schizophrenia it has antidopaminergic effects and reduces the necessary dose of antipsychotics in human and animal models of schizophrnia.
In addition, well designed human studies have suggested vitamin C enhances the clinical activity of atypical antispychotics, reduces the time till recovery in addition to improving disease specific oxidative stress and global functioning.
>Also I have heard plenty of stories of people >who have dropped all their medication in favor >of hearing about "miracle" vitamin "cures" and >ended up with raging symptoms.
This isn't a cure, nor am I suggesting that anyone drops medications in place of vitamins. I am suggesting, however, that for somebody who may not be able to tollerate full dose antipsychotics, the addition of vitamin C to a lower dose AP may prove to be beneficial.
Sometimes I think people go just as extreme 'antivitamin' as they do pro vitamin.
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