what are the best treatments (no antipsychotics and medication) to eliminate or reduce the positive symptoms? There are effective treatments (no anti psychotic medicines) against the positive symptoms? vitamins, amino acids, fish oil, hormones, supplements or other?
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I get breakthrough symptoms voices
I on clozaril
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This is the only non-medication product that I think has scientific evidenc that it might be helpful:
There are multiple studies listed in the postings below - this herb seems to be helpful for people who have schizophrenia. So be sure to scroll all the way down on this page.
"Our results suggest that Yokukansan has a beneficial effect on Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and on ADL scores and that Yokukansan seems to be a well-tolerated treatment."
and in this study immediately below:
Conclusions. The results of the present study indicate that TJ-54 showed a tendency of being superior to placebo in reduction PANSS scores in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but the difference was not statistically significant. However, compared to the placebo group, TJ-54 group showed statistically signi…
Medication would be the most helpful I believe.
Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics or major tranquilizers, are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. They are increasingly being used in the management of non-psychotic disorders. Antipsychotics are usually effective in relieving symptoms of psychosis in the short term. The long-term use of antipsychotics is associated with side effects such as invol...