Not to rain too hard on anyone's parade, but in a topic as serious as schizophrenia (and its effects on anyone near the disorder), it is somewhat mind-blowing that, when specifically studying the effect of nutrition on the brain, the pioneering work of Dr. However, niacin has a long history of correcting mental illness problems including schizophrenia. Niacin does not bind to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mentioned by Dr. Although niacin was originally derived from nicotine, they are different molecules and have different biochemical functions in the body. The reader should not make the mistake that a "nicotinic receptor" could be functionally related to "nicotinic acid," another name for niacin. A nicotinic receptor opens a membrane ion channel to activate a neuron when it senses the presence of nicotine. Freeman, a "nicotinic acetylcholine receptor", is one of two classes of acetylcholine receptor (the other being muscarinic) in the brain. Now, to prevent any confusion in the reader's mind, the type of acetylcholine receptor mentioned in the article by Dr. "Sincerely, Nicole and children:" (Letter to Abram Hoffer, originally published in the Doctor Yourself Newsletter, Vol 2, No 25, Nov 5, 2002.) It gives me much comfort and assurance that I am not the only one being helped so tremendously by megavitamin therapy." I feel very fortunate to have your research and that of others in your field to back up the "miraculous" healing that I experienced.
"Now I have my life back, and my children have their mother back. I was then able to get off the medications that were making me so lethargic." "My mental symptoms disappeared within just a few weeks of supplementing with niacin and other vitamins. My weight grew from 123 to 200lbs until I discovered nutritional therapy." I cycled every three days and dealt with almost constant horrible suicidal thoughts. For the next two years I lived life from the couch with not enough energy to cook meals or respond to the children's needs. I was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was put on lithium and Paxil. "I "lost" my mind after my third child was born. Freedman asserts, "There's not much out there." (emphasis added) He also laments the fact that "(t)he National Institutes of Health are not currently funding any trials of interventions in humans during pregnancy to prevent mental health problems." I certainly have to agree with him there, though one always must look carefully at some of the past results obtained. When asked, "What other preventive measures for mental illness have been studied?" Dr. There is no mention of epigenetics, which alters all sorts of genetic factors. The discussion quickly segues into the world of genetics, as he mentions the discovery that "There are also genetically (sic) abnormalities in the regulation of choline, some of which are also associated with schizophrenia." Other genes associated with schizophrenia are touched upon, putting the discussion into the realm of today's technically hot (and scientifically acceptable) topic of gene research. The detailed interview latches onto the possibility that some pregnant women may have a deficiency of choline (which I don't doubt for a moment, along with many other deficiencies), due to its apparent ability to affect acetylcholine receptors in the brain.
Freedman realized that, because a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binds nicotine from tobacco smoke, it might explain the "very heavy rates of smoking in patients with schizophrenia they might be self-medicating to increase activity of the faulty receptor." This receptor type is widely distributed in the brain. Since clearly the current treatment of such individuals appears to leave something to be desired, the article discusses the possibility of a lack of a properly functioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptor being involved in mental disorders. Robert Freedman, the psychiatrist who treated James Holmes, the man involved in the shooting of twelve movie-goers in a theater in 2012. 8, 2016, concerning the possibility of a nutritional supplement preventing mental illness. (OMNS, Jan 17, 2017) It caused me a degree of chagrin to read the interview published by Medscape on Nov.
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