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libodem

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3. I worked in an old state hospital

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 03:12 AM

Mar 2012

All my schizophrenic patients smoked like camp fires. It helped them cope. Meds for schizophrenia cause Parkinsons symptoms from pill rolling fingers to the Thorazine shuffle. I hear nicotine patches help some parkinsons patients.

Later in life when I took care of veterans lots of them had Parkinsons. The Meds had dopamine in them which caused hallucinations and delusions like my former mental patients had. I would have loved to help research new meds for both diseases.

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Smoking May Be a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia [View all] MindMover Mar 2012 OP

My schizophrenic mom NEVER smoked. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #1

Nor did my grandma....and she wasn't schizo.....but... MindMover Mar 2012 #2

I worked in an old state hospital libodem Mar 2012 #3

Or is it that those with the TCF4 gene variants who process acoustic stimuli fasttense Mar 2012 #4

Risk factors are correlational and not necessarily causal bananas Mar 2012 #5

My cousin took up smoking in the mental hospital after he developed schizophrenia starroute Mar 2012 #6