Re: what's the best way of coping with schizophrenia?

Thanks for sharing your story BenKenobi. It reminds me very much of myself a few years ago. I didn't want to go out, I felt angry whenever anyone wanted to talk to me or called me. I stopped answering my phone all together. I really didn't have much interest in anything but video games for a while there.

I honestly didn't think I was going schizophrenic, but I did come to acknowledge that I was having panic attacks. I think the two are related.

I've got multiple relatives with schizophrenia -- or at least, did. One of them has passed away, and one is still on medication. But the other two have been cured, and I found the same solution worked for me.

We have discovered that all we needed was more b-vitamins in the diet!

There are a lot of drinkers in my family, and it turns out that drinking depletes your supply of b-vitamins and thereby they end up needing more than is usual.

I started drinking at a young age, and when I quit drinking, started eating a healthier diet -- voosh! -- I couldn't believe it. I didn't recognize myself. It was like, "Uhm. Am I being optimistic? Who is this person I've become?!"

Interestingly, this isn't a unique or even unusual story! When I started associating with other people eating the same way I started to eat (you know, for moral support), I found that many of these shining "normal" happy healthy people had been depressed or had severe disorders of the mind. Of course, the weight loss (I lost 30lbs in a month) was just an unexpected bonus.

I actually changed my diet in the first place because I got stomach ulcers and was getting acid reflux multiple times a day. The fact that I stopped being monstrously afraid of the dark, started being social again, lost 30lbs, and started actually believing in life again... Those were just bonuses to healing the stomach ulcers.

Anyhow -- I've written an article on the topic of b-vitamins if you're interested: http://www.raederle.com/2012/08/vitamins-b-complex-b12.html


~ Raederle
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