There are just too many variables that affect us folk with Sz…
I highly doubt a cure will come in this lifetime…
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We learn to live in hell. No antidote
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What affects?
I think this is true that there are many things in which sz manifests itself, for example, a violation of the production of certain proteins and so on, but … But they are united by one more global mechanism for changing these processes. And our ability to cure depends on its finding / determination. I think that medicine is very strong now and it has made a breakthrough in the previous few decades. There are opportunities to change genes (I really hope so). This is my optimism.
But there is pessimism. So far, scientists can only slightly influence the outcome of the disease, for example, trying to normalize the production of substances in the brain, rather than eliminating the very cause of the disease. And at the moment they are far from the solution. I am afraid the cure may appear not earlier than in 10-15 years. And it is depressing, because we will spend these years, perhaps the best in our lives, to fight the symptoms and try to live a normal life.
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The symptoms branch out but I have to believe they’re all branching from the same problem. Maybe I’m just an optimist.
A cure in my lifetime is probably 50/50, but better treatment is almost a guarantee. Another generation of antipsychotics which don’t have side effects would be great. Side effects are the number one barrier for me taking meds which otherwise work miracles.
So yes, fingers crossed for more effective, less side-effect inducing antipsychotics in the next couple of decades.
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What you said is reasonable,but the cause of sz is bigger than the proteins or even the genetic functions,because the cause itself in the size of the hidden thing that responsible for production of the whole psychological entity of the human being ,the whole structure and function of the conscious state
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I’ll start my post with an analogy. If i was sentenced to die tomorrow, fear, worry and doubt would do me no good. I could worry myself into an early grave. But faith and hope could pardon me.I have tactile hallucinations which ive spent much money in going to the ER for nothing. Which is even worst if there IS something wrong and i treat it like a hallucination then what? So i know the pain. What helps me isn’t finding a cure through science. But rather believing in God for a miracle. Me, i personally believe there is a cure for every illness. But its not very economic, safe, or legal or moral.
Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.
Who knows what they’ll have in a few years time. The brain is like the final frontier of the human body. So complex and unpredictable but they are learning new things about it every day. I’m reading a book about neuroplasticity which is just a fancy way to describe how the brain changes and heals itself. It gives me a lot of hope. Stroke for instance isn’t the end of some of your functions, you can relearn what you’d lost. Just requires a lot of effort and patience. Admittedly though there isn’t anything in these books about schizophrenia but I have hope that things will improve and get better for us as time goes on.
Won’t be a cure in my lifetime, not much left of it
Recovery not cure
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Yes that’s what we need. Recovery.
I agree, I don’t think there’s going to be a cure-all.
Maybe some genetic engineering to prevent new cases or something, but those of us who already have it are screwed.
I don’t think it’s healthy to just sit and wait for a cure. It’s better to learn how to live with symptoms than dream of them one day magically going away.
In my group therapy for people who hear voices, we’re told in the beginning of the course that we shouldn’t expect to get rid of the voices, but rather expect to learn to make peace with having them, and learn to handle them better.
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Is the normal functioning of the brain is not the normal balance of produced substances (such as proteins), which is controlled by genes? And with the help of genetic engineering, you can restore the damaged gene to a normal state.
But yes, maybe there is a more global reason (I really hope so), which unites and regulates everything
This is a good way to therapy. But still it is very difficult to come to terms with the fact that you are less aware than before and you cannot know, feel, develop something.
I think schizophrenia gets better with age, but it is a slow, painful process. It took 7 years for me to not be in mental agony, emotionally, every day 24/7.
I think supplements helped and staying on meds and changing my ways of thinking. Watching motivational videos helps too. Staying away from alcohol and such helps. It took 6 years to find the right medication. Living in a supportive environment helps too.
I suffer predominantly with negative symptoms, cognitive decline ( although it is getting better), and bizarre, fixed delusions. The delusions are the worst. Anxiety comes with my condition but can be reduced and improved upon.
There wont be a cure for the next 8-10 years in my opinion. I’m not going to just sit and wait. I need to lose weight and get a career going.
I believe theoretically a cure is possible, but it could take 100 years to remove it from the human mind/ condition just like Polio and such. I believe Alzheimer’s will be cured before us. Nobody is that interested in curing schizophrenia. I mean there are a few but more people are interested in other diseases. I believe schizophrenia is being neglected/ stalled.
There’s more money in maintaining it than curing it. We still don’t know a lot about the brain. It is relatively rare, yet very disabling. On the other hand, Alzheimer’s is more severe and more prevalent. I just saw a new headline saying 1 in 3 women will get dementia. People don’t want dementia. Most people dont think about schizophrenia on a daily basis, unless they see a movie or see a homeless man on the street.
I believe I was blessed with the ability to remember my other existences so I do remember a cure but I dont remember the specifics, just a very vague news headline and better treatment. ( I know, I’m crazy).
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If you supposed that,there is a strange germ link with the basic structure of the gene that responsible for coding and decoding the whole conscious state(psychological component), and the germ structure has becomes a part from the basic structure of the human gene
Then,the original gene remain repeats it self and creates proteins as normal,but the germ using the cell protein to pursuance its working order to achieve the germ requirements,then the new protein functions are translating into all types of schizophrenia disorders,changes and symptoms !
The question:how can genetic engineering deal with phenomenon ?
A cure is possible. Every hundred year marker has been remarkably different than the one before it. Technology like devices and internet have only been around twenty years. I know it is hard to explain to someone who is in their early twenties or younger, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Medical technology could see some incredible advancements. We’re saving cancer patients today who faced a death sentence 50 or 60 years ago.
To understand the nature of roadblock and overtaking
You should changing your current idea about the medication itself
Chemical medication is external factor effects body chemistry and the psychological side
Chemical drug is not a natural part from the body chemistry
Chemical drug can causing the cure from disease,or causing diseases"poisoning" or death according to dose concentration
the same thing regard with sz,the sz factor (cause) is external factor effects both the body chemistry and the psychological nature,it is not a natural part from the basic structure of human being
Both medical and schizophrenia are intervention means effects on the body chemistry/psychological side
The schizophrenic process aiming modify the cognitive concept of the mental processes,which in return causing the changes in the chemical levels
=The medical process aiming modify the chemical changes (only) and have no direct effectiveness on the cognitive changes OR in the schizophrenic process itself or its manager
-Therefor,all cognitive changes that occur in the mental nature remain existed and stay running after restoration the normal balance of brain chemistry ,because the schizophrenic process effects directly on pathway of mental process increasing the frequently rate which coding the chemical change
-Simple,schizophrenic process effects on the pathway of the mental process itself,the reaction has creates the chemical change (reverse of all theories)
-In practice: the thoughts number/speed running in mind coding the chemical imbalance in brain
The idea,
the genetic functions involve(as normal) to producing the chemical substances that responsible for establishing the mental processes ,that is without any disorder,but the schizophrenia factor attacks the cognitive content of the mental process itself and becomes a part of it ,reading content of the mental sign and translate it into vocal sentence ,and repeat that with each mental sign all time of wake
Schizophrenia factor does not effects the biochemistry of brain,but it effects the the cognitive content of the mental sign itself ,modify (falsify) the mental concept of the current sign and printing the modified concept in the personal memory each 3 second without stop all time of wake,the extreme number of attacking processes during the time of wake causing chemical imbalance.
the modification process takes one way all time without reverse or stop
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