Can paranoid schizophrenia be cured

Answer 1

Schizophrenia can be controlled and cured without the use of medication.

Make sure that the patient is not using any recreational drugs or alcohol as this raises dopamine in the brain, high levels of dopamine are directly responsible for hallucinations and distorted perceptions.

I would however recommend that you stabilize the condition with anti-psychotics (preferably Seroquel or Risperdal)

Risperdal has anti-depressant qualities and Seroquel is powerful anti-anxiety and a good sedative. The sedating effects however do wear off over time.

Once the condition is stable the person can gradually reduce their medication until they are no longer taking anti-psychotics. Although this method is not recommended by Psychiatrists. It has worked for me, as I too suffered from schizophrenia.

It is very important that any person with schizophrenia gets enough sleep as lack of sleep aggravates the condition.

I would say that a person who develops a psychosis from cannabis is not suffering from schizophrenia rather a drug induced psychosis and as such can control that by staying away from the drugs where as someone who develops schizophrenia without marijuana may have difficulties and may need to take medication for ever

However the active component in marijuana contains THC which is known to worsen psychotic symptoms namely paranoia in schizophrenics. John Nash, the mathematician whom a movie was made called a Beautiful Mind regained his grip on sanity without the use of medications, after a very long time of psychosis. Studies indicate that first episode treatment can greatly improve recovery from schizophrenia and untreated schizophrenia can make things worse.

Schizophrenia can be treated, but it can never fully be cured after the second stage of its onset.

Answer 2

Generally the answer is No, though some argue that it is technically possible with proper therapy and medicine. In any case, there can be great benefit in managing the disease, and some people are able to return to their careers and live generally "normal" (nobody's life is really "normal", is it?), productive lives. Overwhemlingly this seems to be with the use of medications.

Some people recommend harboring a great deal of hope that they can "beat" the disease, or that there will be a medical cure, and strive for the goal of "self-cure" as a way to motivate themselves to seek improvement in quality of life. Others might say that this orientation is setting oneself up for disappointment when the person hits a bump in the road or has an embarrassing episode. In either case that it is important to recognize the fact that for most people it is a lifelong condition that needs to be carefully managed.

Schizophrenia is associated with genetic (your DNA and family history) and environmental factors (like trauma or major stress), neither of which are your fault.

There is research that shows that schizophrenia sets in when the brain is physically altered- the spaces inside are larger than in most people's brain. There are also chemical changes to neurotransmitters and other chemicals in the brain.

Medications are designed to rebalance those chemicals which are "out of whack".

There is a TON of unknown data about schizophrenia and the last decade ("the decade of the brain") shed more light on the disease than was ever known in all of time before that. So there is in fact lots of hope for better prevention and better management, possibly even a cure!

The point is to live your life the best you can. Create alliance with those who are there to help you do that, and with other people who are trying to do what you are trying to do. Believe in yourself and your ability to adjust and improve. You really don't have to be alone. Even websites like this allow you to connect with other people and discuss life in general. Good luck to those of you with schizophrenia.

Answer 3

Yes, their is hope for schizophrenics with proper medication and therapy they can be part of normal society