This is basically all the knowledge I have of schizophrenia that I've learned while being at
a clinical center for treatment.
Basically, schizophrenia is responsible for delusions, hallucinations, and peculiar
behavior. That is caused by the body's high level of dopamin, which is unusual compared to
non-schizophrenic humans.
Back then, doctors thought physical discipline (beating) and scare tactics would help the
patient. It didn't, and later patients were found to react well to certain drugs.
The drugs of today, such as Zyprexa, and Risperidal, usually cause a schizophrenic's face to
look expressionless, while the dopamin causes a certain apathetic look. There are also
side-effects such as more or less salivation (drooling), or tremors.
The hallucinations, that cause a person to think they are hearing voices from, for example,
a deceased person or for example, a telepathic thought, are actually the brain's working of
random (or not so random) thoughts. One instance is this: Person Alpha is hearing a
conversation in his head and thinks it's from someone else. Person Alpha's brain is
experiencing a delusion with thoughts that are basically from one's own thoughts, in a
Jekyll and Hyde effect. These hallucinations are not from demonic possession nor
outerworldly beings, but simply from a high level of dopamin.
Back to the medication of today, so far, today's (2006) medication is able to thwart 80% of
the symptoms of schizophrenia in patients that it works in. The percentage is getting
better as clinical developments occur. Sadly, some schizophrenics don't match any of the
available medicinal treatments. We should pray for their safety and hope there's an
available treatment for them.
That's all I can think of for now.
a clinical center for treatment.
Basically, schizophrenia is responsible for delusions, hallucinations, and peculiar
behavior. That is caused by the body's high level of dopamin, which is unusual compared to
non-schizophrenic humans.
Back then, doctors thought physical discipline (beating) and scare tactics would help the
patient. It didn't, and later patients were found to react well to certain drugs.
The drugs of today, such as Zyprexa, and Risperidal, usually cause a schizophrenic's face to
look expressionless, while the dopamin causes a certain apathetic look. There are also
side-effects such as more or less salivation (drooling), or tremors.
The hallucinations, that cause a person to think they are hearing voices from, for example,
a deceased person or for example, a telepathic thought, are actually the brain's working of
random (or not so random) thoughts. One instance is this: Person Alpha is hearing a
conversation in his head and thinks it's from someone else. Person Alpha's brain is
experiencing a delusion with thoughts that are basically from one's own thoughts, in a
Jekyll and Hyde effect. These hallucinations are not from demonic possession nor
outerworldly beings, but simply from a high level of dopamin.
Back to the medication of today, so far, today's (2006) medication is able to thwart 80% of
the symptoms of schizophrenia in patients that it works in. The percentage is getting
better as clinical developments occur. Sadly, some schizophrenics don't match any of the
available medicinal treatments. We should pray for their safety and hope there's an
available treatment for them.
That's all I can think of for now.
