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Recovery from Schizoaffective Disorder
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Thanks to Safe Harbor, and a few other sites, my 16 year old son is now in
complete remission of "Schizoaffective Disorder", and not on any drugs. He
was diagnosed during his first psychotic episode while he was treated as an inpatient in Virginia.
The hospital would only allow me to bring in "regular dosages" of B complex
vitamins and a fish oil supplement. After he was discharged with his Risperdal and Adivan, I ramped up his vitamin doses, and added more Omega
3's, Vitamin C and other antioxidants, cut way back on caffeinated
drinks, and insisted on healthier foods. Within a matter of days I was able to
start lowering his drug dosage by cutting his pills up. Each week I lowered
his drug intake, until he was free of all drugs within a month.
He is now back in high school, taking advanced placement courses, playing
trumpet and trombone, playing soccer & basketball, and he's going back to
church. He also got a part time job at a local amusement park, working in
concession stands and as a bus boy.
Two months ago, I was told that my son had a "major mental illness" and that
he would probably need to be on medication for the rest of his life. During
our 4 emergency visits and 2 hospital stays, we spoke to dozens of doctors,
nurses, therapists and even a dietitian. Not one of these "health care
providers" suggested anything other than the normal course of antipsychotic
drugs and tranquilizers.
What a sad statement it is about our health care system, that I alone, a
mother of a teenage boy, with absolutely no medical training whatsoever, was
the only one able to help my son recover from this terrible crisis.
I feel obligated to help other families with my new-found knowledge, but I
don't know how to help. I've tried speak to others at the NAMI.org discussion groups on mental illness, but it's not very effective. It seems
as if healthy lifestyles and vitamin supplements is something people just
dismiss as "wacky".
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