Symptoms and Diagnosis: Are My Symptoms Enough for a Schizophrenia Diagnosis?
Question by Karen: Are my symptoms enough for a schizophrenia diagnosis?
I got diagnosed with schizophrenia the other day by the psychiatrist.I’ve been on an antipsychotic(risperidone)for a while.The diagnosis was based on my self-reported symptoms and observing my behaviour.I’m not saying i know more than a doctor but i’m having some doubts and i am hoping you guys can help.These are my four main symptoms when i am unwell:
1)Auditory hallucinations(hearing voices that say horrible things about me and to me like i am hopeless and better off dead)
2) Delusions of reference(I believe that i receive special messages from the TV)
3) Disorganised thinking and speech(My thoughts gets jumbled up and i become mixed up and confused.This also affects my speech what the doctor calls “word salad”)
4)Flat affect(i become emotionless,almost like a zombie)
I always thought that this mental disease was more complex than that.Are my symptoms sufficient for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?Is my diagnosis correct?
Best answer:
Answer by ??dA?g??
“The term “schizophrenia” is an inadequate and misleading diagnosis. “Disperceptions of unknown cause” is a better term.
If we include fevers, environmental pains, and drug reactions, there must be a hundred ways to go crazy and be diagnosed as schizophrenic.
A comprehensive list of possible causes for disperceptions that cause schizophrenia is shown in the table below.
Causes of Schizophrenia – well-known, less-known, and almost unknown
Well-known
Dementia paralytica
Pellagra
Porphyria
Hypothyroidism
Drug intoxications
Homocysteinuria
Folic acid/B12 deficiency
Sleep deprivation
Heavy metal toxicity
Less Well-known
Hypoglycemia
Psychomotor epilepsy
Cerebral allergy
Wheat-gluten sensitivity
Histapenia – copper excess
Histadelia
Pyroluria
Wilson’s disease
Chronic Candida infection
Huntington’s chorea
Almost Unknown
Prostaglandins
Dopamine excess
Endorphins
Serine excess
Prolactin excess
Dialysis therapy
Serotonin imbalance
Leucine, histidine imbalance
Interferon, amantadine, anti-viral drugs
Platelets deficient in MAO (monoamine oxidase)
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/causesofschizophrenia.htm
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