In order to hopefully treat and prevent recurrence of schizophrenia we need to understand and — if possible — remove the underlying causes and risk factors. We need to ask: "What else is going on inside the body that might allow schizophrenia symptoms to develop?"
Accurate diagnosis of the factors behind schizophrenia consists of three steps:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Megaloblastic Anemia** | 91% | Confirm |
Huntington's Disease** | 26% | Unlikely |
Seizure Disorder** | 17% | Unlikely |
Pyroluria** | 0% | Ruled out |
Hypothyroidism** | 0% | Ruled out |
Gluten Sensitivity** | 0% | Ruled out |
Metal Toxicity** | 0% | Ruled out |
Syphilis** | 0% | Ruled out |
Have you been diagnosed with or suspected of having Schizophrenia or schizophrenic tendencies?
Possible responses:
→ No / never→ It has been hinted at only → Yes, a significant problem, but in the past only → Yes, it is a chronic but minor problem → Yes, it is a chronic and serious problem |
A review of 2,500 psychiatric patients showed a 1.5% occurrence of porphyria.
An allergy is a negative sensitivity to a substance which causes a physical reaction. Classical responses include creation of blood antibodies, histamine release, swelling, itching, runny nose, and others. However, various substances can cause negative reactions that are not commonly associated with allergies. In the case of cerebral (brain) allergies (which affect the nervous system), reactions include brain inflammation, irritability, fear, depression, aggression, extreme mood swings in a single day, hyperactivity, and psychosis. These symptoms can be mistaken for schizophrenia.
A study of "schizophrenics" by Dr. William Philpott showed allergic responses as follows: Wheat (64%), mature corn (51%), pasteurized whole cow's milk (50%), tobacco (75% with 10% becoming grossly psychotic with delusions, hallucinations and particularly paranoia), and hydrocarbons (30% with weakness being common and some participants reacting with delusions or suicidal inclinations). 92% of the patients showed allergic responses with an average of ten items per person causing reactions.
Some 15-20% of "schizophrenic" patients are in fact suffering from histadelia, which shares similar symptoms and can be misdiagnosed.
It has been found that 50% of patients classified as "schizophrenic" have low histamine levels in the blood and it rises to normal as they improve. These same patients are found to have high copper levels. Elevated copper decreases blood histamine. Excess copper is linked with psychosis. People with histapenia tend to have classic signs of schizophrenia, including canker sores, difficult orgasm with sex, no headaches or allergies, heavy growth of body hair, ideas of grandeur, undue suspicion of people, racing thoughts, the feeling that someone controls one's mind, seeing or hearing things abnormally, ringing in the ears, and others.
Numerous patients given psychiatric diagnoses have actually turned out to have hypoglycemia, including those classified with depression, manic-depressive disorder, and schizophrenia.
The book Natural Healing for Schizophrenia reports that 10% of patients diagnosed with "schizophrenia" have been found to have thyroid imbalances.
In extreme stages bizarre behavior and hallucinations can arise from lack of sleep.
Additional mental disturbances resulting from pernicious anemia include: loss of alertness, drive, self-confidence, and independence, social withdrawal, nervous irritability, headaches, insomnia, moodiness, severe agitation, lack of coordination, anxiety, delusions of persecution, and mania. Deficiency may also induce auditory hallucinations, psychosis, and paranoia. 80% of pernicious anemia patients show neurological changes and 60% exhibit personality changes.
Abnormal production of pyrroles and their appearance in the urine of psychotics was first noticed in 1958 during LSD experimentation. Approximately 15-30% of "schizophrenics" have pyroluria. (At least 10% of these also have histamine problems.)
Not all seizures are jerking motions. In psychomotor (mind-motion) epilepsy the seizures are manifested in personality, emotional, thinking, and behavioral changes. This condition is very likely to be misdiagnosed as a mental disorder. People with psychomotor epilepsy have been given schizophrenia, manic depressive, depression, attention-deficit disorder, and other diagnoses.
Dementia paralytica, or paresis, is a form of syphilis which generally affects patients in their 40s or 50s. Increased behavioral deterioration occurs and the person may be believed to have a "psychiatric illness" or Alzheimer's disease. Symptoms can include convulsions, irritability, difficulty in concentrating, deterioration of memory, defective judgment, headaches, insomnia, fatigue, lethargy, deteriorated hygiene emotional instability, depression, and delusions of grandeur with lack of insight. The patient gradually progresses toward dementia and paralysis.
The mental disturbances brought about by pellagra, a vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency may be mistaken for schizophrenia, or vice versa. The symptoms of schizophrenia and pellagra so closely resemble each other that is it extremely difficult to tell them apart.
A wide array of symptoms occur, fitting a number of psychiatric diagnoses, including "major depression," "schizophrenia," and "hysteria." Children with Wilson's disease can appear to be mentally retarded. Appetite loss and weight loss can appear along with hallucinations and delusions. The physical manifestations of Wilson's disease do not appear until the late stages, thus it is easily misdiagnosed as "psychiatric illness."
Although psychosis is not a common manifestation of Candida, it has occurred. Mental symptoms have included fatigue, inability to concentrate, depression, mood swings, anxiety, hyperactivity, delusions, "manic depression," psychosis, and suicidal or violent tendencies.