Personal tips gleaned from the scientific literature about improving schizophrenia outcomes.
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(in order of importance)
Medication minimum effective dose (doubles good outcomes) (Though leads to higher risk of relapse in short term) (overall recovery rate may interest you at 7 year mark)
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1707650#yoi130041f2
helps cognitive function (june 2018)
https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/schizophrenia-advisor/schizophrenia-maintenance-therapy-reduced-dose-improves-cognitive-performance/article/755967/
Fish oil (omega 3's) (400% increase in recovery rate (but was used for at risk people before disease developed still beneficial after it develops though for neurogenesis and proper brain function) (20% improvement for established schizophrenia and affect seems to be retained if you discontinue after 4 months (they stopped oil 4 months later still great outcome)) (omega 6's are bad) (they had them taking some vit c with fish oil in the established schiz study)
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/can-fish-oil-prevent-schizophrenia
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8934
Aerobic exercise (1)(30% improvement to brain power.)
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/schizophrenia/aerobic-exercise-and-cognition-people-schizophrenia/page/0/1 (new link)
Yoga vs aerobic exercise (studies show that yoga is even more effective then aerobic exercise when they have been compared (Seems to affect positive and negative symptoms much more while exercise helps brain power. different effects.?) (have to look into more) They both help! (need a study comparing brain power affect between the two. seem to be alot of studies comparing PANS scores) (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3eX0nlkVBRReXFXN2VpT0stQW8) (drive with pdf studies and some other studies plus HTML backups)
socialization and useful occupation (place in universe) supportive friends family ( I'm TUFR strategy)
https://www.livingwithschizophreniauk.org/advice-sheets/recovery-strategies-for-schizophrenia/# (I’M TUFR strategy)
sex (1) (sex and religious devotion are largely interchangeable and likely complimentary)
Brain excersize tool (still looking into. Better then vid games not as fun)
video games (other brain exercises may alleviate structural brain abnormalities)
http://www.kurzweilai.net/video-game-playing-found-beneficial-for-the-brain
meditation (1)
calorie restriction (1) (A calorie counter is recommended such as myfitnesspal on android and iphone)
curcumin (1) (make sure to use extra bioavailable version. theracurmin double strength is what i used) https://naturalfactors.com/product/curcuminrich-theracurmin-double-strength/
vit B
enriched environment (1)
sunlight (1)
http://www.medicaldaily.com/sunshine-could-be-therapy-schizophrenia-and-depression-patients-401934 (new)
(1) http://highexistence.com/boost-brain-harnessing-neurogenesis/
John Nash thought living a quiet life free from grandiose visions helped him recover. A low class, humble, plus low craving existance cuts down on the extra dopamine flouting around i believe. Which should help.
Vitamin B supplementation has some effects more so early on in illness
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216103913.htm
J. Firth, B. Stubbs, J. Sarris, S. Rosenbaum, S. Teasdale, M. Berk, A. R. Yung. The effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on symptoms of schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 2017; 1 DOI: 10.1017/S0033291717000022
I have found it very very helpful to have some olanzapine around in case of a flare up you can take some as needed (prn) as a temporary protective boost.
Long acting medication or oral aripiprazole leads to 33% reduction in mortality taking no medication increases risk of death by 56%
https://www.epmmagazine.com/news/long-acting-antipsychotics-reduce-mortality-risk-in-schizoph/
https://www.schres-journal.com/article/S0920-9964(17)30762-4/pdf
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(Toronto talk with good speakers
Oxford + american
(https://www.medpsychalliance.ca/home)(2017 speakers)
Olanzapine is considered not a good choice because of weight gain and metabolic problems
Check lipids. Heart disease biggest cause of illness. Schiz less likely to recieve treatement for all diseases
Smoking, inactivity, diet, lonliness, poverty (all problems around schizophrenia for health)
Measure waist circumfrance
"go low go slow" with antiphychotics
If two or three different atypical antiphychotics had no postive effect on symptoms and clozapine has then been tried with no effect on symptoms then no medication should be precribed to atleast prevent the negative side effects of the drugs.
