I don't think this is the study I had found but it's probably related. [1]
In addition to foods, two things that have helped me tremendously and have not given me the horrendous side effects of Antipsychotics are what I’m currently taking:
- Sarcosine 1 gram/day (dissolved in water) -- An amino acid that occurs naturally in foods such as egg yolks, turkey, and legumes, and can be bought as a dietary supplement.
- BPC-157 250mcg ever other day (enteric coating capsule) -- Which is composed of 15 amino acids, is a partial sequence of body protection compound (BPC) that is discovered in and isolated from human gastric juice
(Don’t blindly take my advice or change medicines without supervision, I make no guarantees on efficacy or safety.)
I have a good deal of research notes on what I’ve found on why they work but hacker news has smarter people than I and would love to hear from others. The brain gut connection is massively important.
Sarcosine:
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sarcosine
The NMDA Receptor and Schizophrenia: From Pathophysiology to Treatment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518924/
Efficacy and cognitive effect of sarcosine (N-methylglycine) in patients with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind randomised controlled trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32122256/
Two grams of sarcosine in schizophrenia - is it too much? A potential role of glutamate-serotonin interaction https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24523591/
BPC-157:
Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and the central nervous system https://journals.lww.com/nrronline/Fulltext/2022/03000/Penta...
Brain-gut Axis and Pentadecapeptide BPC 157: Theoretical and Practical Implications https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5333585/
A novel pentadecapeptide, BPC 157, blocks the stereotypy produced acutely by amphetamine and the development of haloperidol-induced supersensitivity to amphetamine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9547930/
BPC 157, L-NAME, L-Arginine, NO-Relation, in the Suited Rat Ketamine Models Resembling "Negative-Like" Symptoms of Schizophrenia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35884767/
Gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 effective against serotonin syndrome in rats https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15840402/
Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 attenuates chronic amphetamine-induced behavior disturbances https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11978191/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976342...
Spoken dead-pan style in Steven Wright's voice:
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"I used to have schizophrenia, but they still have it"
“I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”
https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/schizophrenia-myths-and-...
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Spoken as the magnanimous Stephen Wright the comedian ;
"We used to have schizophrenia, but now... only to them."
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"schizophrenics used to make jokes to their friends... but now, only to us."
"I used to be afraid of schizophrenic's comments, but now I just dont know where they are coming from"
"A schizophrenic once told me this, and this is true, a Mayan saying is In'Laketch - which means "Iam another yourself" -- and this was my best friend.
So I had only one response.
"I don't even know who you are any more"
It gives me enough energy to go get this food with my bike, 15km away at markets, also helping merchants, I do this twice per week. The rest of the time I work remotely for me real employer
The amount of calories is not only relevant, the way to digest it efficiently as well
Here’s a link to a study: https://journals.lww.com/nrronline/Fulltext/2022/03000/Penta...
As someone with Schizoaffective this works for me. Going to start eating more veggies!
A Yogi master I once knew said to not eat onions (nightshades) as they interfere with your psychic aura or something.
Since you seem to have a handle on your diet, may I request you do an cleanse of sorts and not eat onions for ~1 month and report if you feel any differences?
If I was living before medicine was a common practice I'd probably attribute diarrhea and cramps to "psychic auras" as well.
Like I said, its just something I have been told - and it would be cool if somone could test it -- I eat so many damn onions a week, it would take me 6 months to detox from their sulfites.