Its long, boring, and dry. But it answers a lot of questions I had.
I worried about degeneration too, the drugs and the psychosis.
The brain can heal somewhat, and adapt. The important part is not doing any more damage, not doing any more drugs, and keeping on medication to resist psychosis.
All brains lose functionality over time. But there are things like Neuroplasticity training to try to slow that down.
It seems physical exercise is the best thing for healing the brain. Lots of research into it, it helps you grow new neurons and promotes lots of good chemicals etc. I have a good recent review of it, I’ll try and did up a link to it for you.
Probably shouldn’t post the pdf because I think it’s under copywrite.
Blood flow improvements only lasted for about 12 hrs
All the other things listed showed steady improvement for as long as any of the reviewed studies ran (Two years).
The long term effects are increased size of parts of the brain, better connectivity and improvement in function in pre-fontal cortex (amongst others).
It focused on human research with animal models used when no human data was available.
It focused on studies aimed at either improving or halting cognitive decline in older persons. I’m guessing cognitive decline from Sz\SzA can be treated in a similar way.
My neuropsychiatrist told me to exercise to save my brain - so I’ve been working out 2-4 times a week for last 6 months and I’m heaps better. Mood, concentration, motivation, big improvement in negatives. Plus all the health benefits to boot.
It really is the magic pill - it’s just actually taking it that is hard.
Yea its lowered motivation and energy that makes it so hard to consistently do but its worth it if one can do it even if its gentle. Wat kind of excercise have u been doing?
With my negatives I just couldn’t motivate myself to do it. So I got personal trainers. I do cardio, weights, aqua, walking, bit of running - can’t run far. Also took up lawn bowls.
The paper also says Yoga and Dancing are good for the brain.
I had to make regular appointments with trainers and stick to them. I tried for a few years to motivate myself - but just couldn’t. Plus when I did go for a walk or ride, I couldn’t push myself.
The trainers make me go harder than I want to and even though I don’t like it at the time, I always feel great afterward and look forward to the next session.
